Australia v India - pre series discussion

[74561347]

In fairness, Marsh’s batting has been pretty good, and you could argue he warrants a spot regardless. His ability to bowl solid fast mediums is a huge bonus. The thing is, IMO we need at most one allrounder - Green is it at the moment. Webster needs to get in on bowling alone or batting, not both.

6 wickets @ 50 since test recall.

If marnus is as a legitimate option with the ball as your 'all rounder' you've got issues

 

[big_e]

Jesus wept. Bad enough for public toilets out in the community. When 30,000 people have been drinking and need a piss at the same time, disaster. Logistics shocker before the hygiene issues kick in. You are doing everything to not take a shit at a stadium to start with but if it is stalls only there would be 100 different blokes pissing on the seat.

Urinals have been added back into the plans, apparently.

And it was never going to be no urinals in the whole ground - which is half the capacity you mention - it was just in one section.

Fwiw, the WACA gets more people at women's matches than men's matches these days anyway, and the plan for toilets without urinals was that those could effectively be toilets for everyone, instead of having massive queues for girls and women, and men's toilets practically empty.

 

[Black Diamond]

Kurtis Patterson has now passed 50 in his last three innings including 91.

Hopefully he has turned a corner. He was comfortably the best of the post-sandpaper debutants. Maybe he can put some pressure on.

 

[Cleavy]

per Cricinfo:

"KL Rahul got hit on the elbow by a rising Prasidh Krishna delivery and had to retire out in a match simulation at the WACA.

Most of the India batters fell to the moving ball; Virat Kohli got a few cover drives away before nicking to second slip"

KL Rahul injury scare as India batters struggle in WACA match simulation

The opener was struck on the elbow and retired hurt while a number of other batters fell to the moving ball

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[eth-dog]

per Cricinfo:

"KL Rahul got hit on the elbow by a rising Prasidh Krishna delivery and had to retire out in a match simulation at the WACA.

Most of the India batters fell to the moving ball; Virat Kohli got a few cover drives away before nicking to second slip"

KL Rahul injury scare as India batters struggle in WACA match simulation

The opener was struck on the elbow and retired hurt while a number of other batters fell to the moving ball

www.espncricinfo.com

Prasidh was very good against Aus A the day I watched.

 

[Nuggetz]

per Cricinfo:

"KL Rahul got hit on the elbow by a rising Prasidh Krishna delivery and had to retire out in a match simulation at the WACA.

Most of the India batters fell to the moving ball; Virat Kohli got a few cover drives away before nicking to second slip"

KL Rahul injury scare as India batters struggle in WACA match simulation

The opener was struck on the elbow and retired hurt while a number of other batters fell to the moving ball

www.espncricinfo.com

Pretty worrying as an Indian fan they're getting out in the same manner, beaten by a bit of bounce & pace. You can't be poking or half arsing shots in Perth.

 

[Nuggetz]

Shami might play a few tests later in the series if he pulls up okay from his current domestic ranji match.

 

[sabso]

Pretty worrying as an Indian fan they're getting out in the same manner, beaten by a bit of bounce & pace. You can't be poking or half arsing shots in Perth.

The WACA is an impossible deck to bat on as an overseas batsman tbf

 

[StillAtLarge]

I talked batting with Bradman in 2000. What he told me explains Test cricket’s decline today

As Test cricket braces against dwindling attendance and competing formats, a return to its technical roots might be its lifeline.

www.theage.com.au

Not a massive greg chappell fan but this is a prescient insight re: the decline of long-form batting from a technical perspective