5th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy January 3-7 1000hrs @ the SCG

[Kuuz]

Lads are working hard.

Feels like it could go either way at this point, the partnership now is up to 35 & have passed the balls faced by Gill and Kohli.

I worry if Pant gets 50, as he will surely start being aggressive with his eye in.

 

[Cataholic]

Watson was such an almost superstar. Never been another bloke in history look so glorious getting to 35 then getting out LBW.

His ineptitude at picking what to review was supernatural.

 

[HK_Hawk]

Those two dropped catches… ouch!

 

[SC_Power]

What’s everyone’s excuse for the Australians having bowled only 50 overs? It’s not the run rate.

Clearly a tactic to minimise play and win the series. Reverse the situation and we’d be complaining about those cheating Indians and the corrupt ICC. When it’s simply smart cricket tactics.

 

[JimmyBC]

Tom Moody was useful in the 1999 World Cup I have no other memory of him really.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

What’s everyone’s excuse for the Australians having bowled only 50 overs? It’s not the run rate.

Clearly a tactic to minimise play and win the series. Reverse the situation and we’d be complaining about those cheating Indians and the corrupt ICC. When it’s simply smart cricket tactics.

it doesn't look good, and don't think anyone can excuse it

 

[Bletch]

Bring in the BIG SHOW . he takes some good catches. Glenn is Fun to watch batting too.

36 years old. Shield average 35. Hasn't played red ball cricket for 2 years. Be surprised if he's played more than a handful of 1st class games in the last 5 years. Maybe in England, dunno.

Love watching him play the short game, but he's a very long way down the pecking order for a test berth. Won't happen.

 

[hawkman]

What’s everyone’s excuse for the Australians having bowled only 50 overs? It’s not the run rate.

Clearly a tactic to minimise play and win the series. Reverse the situation and we’d be complaining about those cheating Indians and the corrupt ICC. When it’s simply smart cricket tactics.

Pant has probably wasted 10-15 minutes with the amount of times he has been hit

 

[SC_Power]

Bring in the BIG SHOW . he takes some good catches. Glenn is Fun to watch batting too.

So, he is Sam Konstas but a generation too old.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Game delicately poised

I'm not enjoying this new, gritty, determined Rishabh. Looks intent on playing a long innings.

He's much more fun when he's enraging Sunny

 

[dogs105]

His ineptitude at picking what to review was supernatural.

Picking?

Don't think he had much of a decision to make ever. Just reviewed everything.

 

[V_23]

Watson was such an almost superstar. Never been another bloke in history look so glorious getting to 35 then getting out LBW.

His cover/straight drives were a thing of beauty

 

[dogs105]

What’s everyone’s excuse for the Australians having bowled only 50 overs? It’s not the run rate.

Clearly a tactic to minimise play and win the series. Reverse the situation and we’d be complaining about those cheating Indians and the corrupt ICC. When it’s simply smart cricket tactics.

Tell Rishabh to stop getting hit

 

[PhatBoy]

****ing painful commentary on fox right now repeating themselves about India’s cautious approach.

Abysmal listening before to the criticism of Pant ‘batting like a scolded schoolboy.’

Well why wouldn’t he? He was absolutely hammered for his shots in Melbourne (rightly) and his team is 4-nothing in game they have to win on day one here in Sydney.

He’s been hit all over his body and is digging in and he’s getting bashed for not scoring quick enough.

 

[Hoops]

What’s everyone’s excuse for the Australians having bowled only 50 overs? It’s not the run rate.

Clearly a tactic to minimise play and win the series. Reverse the situation and we’d be complaining about those cheating Indians and the corrupt ICC. When it’s simply smart cricket tactics.

How many overs are they behind?

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Nah mate your off there

Goes alright, Webster, aye Achy?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

What's a par first innings score based on what we've seen so far?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Just saw that dropped Smith catch for the first time.

Wowee.

 

[BGman]

Ball dominating bat big time with India only a piddling 107 at tea.

 

[PhatBoy]

His ineptitude at picking what to review was supernatural.

lol, his ineptitude at getting hit on the pad right in front of the stumps was worse. He was simply silly enough to review it. I have no idea why could never adjust to that flaw because everything else in his game was more or less textbook

 

[SC_Power]

Pant has probably wasted 10-15 minutes with the amount of times he has been hit

That probably was the Windies in their heyday excuse when they’d bowl 72 overs a day.
2 elite pace, 6 overs each in the first hour.
2 more elite pace, 6 overs each in the second hour.
40 min lunch break
First 2 pace coming off a 1 hour 40 minute break
Then ditto second pace

 

[SC_Power]

“So Tanveer, first question , what do you think of Sam Konstas?”

FFS.

 

[Topkent]

His cover/straight drives were a thing of beauty

It was the over exaggeration of the front foot on both that made them look so pure. Mike Hussey the same for his cover drives, Ponting with his on drives.

 

[Cataholic]

Picking?

Don't think he had much of a decision to make ever. Just reviewed everything.

'Picking' as there were several occasions he didn't review, but yeah, more or less reviewed everything.

 

[Plugger35]

India not throwing a wicket away before a break, they have changed their game plan.

I used to be the guitar/singer guy on Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons at The Wembley in the early 90s…I remember some extended staff lock-ins at that place

Edit: wasn’t former WCE Peter Wilson one of the owners too?

The Wembley was great in the 90s, Karl Langdon and Peter Wilson were owners too so lots of West Coast players would go there.

It was the place to go, I even saw Alan Bond there one night, despite doing a stint in jail he was still very popular, a WA cult hero.