Border Gavaskar Trophy, India v Australia, 3rd Test 1-5 March, 1430hrs at Indore

[FRUMPY]

anyone get the feeling they might go renners today

renners
ussie
marnus
smudge
head
handscomb
green
carey
starc
lyon
murphy

I would much prefer

Head
Ussie
Marnus
Smith
Handscomb
Green
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Murphy
Kuhnemann/Boland

Renshaw got dropped for the 2nd test and then got a reprieve and failed again. Head worked well as an opener the 2nd inning so i dont see why they would play renshaw

So, yes, they probably will

 

[Woody15]

If Kuhnemann doesnt play here, I'd say he is pretty close to a sure thing to join the 1 Test club.

He's only 26 but I'm going early.

 

[Westend]

Thought they sent Renshaw home injured?

Fox had a graphic up last week sometime

Nah

Smith also said Australia were open to extending their batting order following collapses in each of the first two Tests, meaning Matthew Renshaw (who was dropped for Delhi before being called in as Warner's concussion replacement a day later) may not be out of the reckoning.

 

[Westend]

If Kuhnemann doesnt play here, I'd say he is pretty close to a sure thing to join the 1 Test club.

He's only 26 but I'm going early.

Nah he will be on the radar for future subcontinent tours

 

[Woody15]

Nah he will be on the radar for future subcontinent tours

I'm confident with my position..

 

[FRUMPY]

If Kuhnemann doesnt play here, I'd say he is pretty close to a sure thing to join the 1 Test club.

He's only 26 but I'm going early.

he'd be 3rd in line atm and Lyon will go on for how many more years?

plenty of time for him to get more games especially in Asia.

 

[Westend]

I'm confident with my position..

Okay cool bro

 

[LukeParkerno1]

anyone get the feeling they might go renners today

renners
ussie
marnus
smudge
head
handscomb
green
carey
starc
lyon
murphy

I would much prefer

Head
Ussie
Marnus
Smith
Handscomb
Green
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Murphy
Kuhnemann/Boland

Renshaw has a injury (knee injury). Not available surely.

 

[Tugga27]

Smith as the captain should order the players to not get out to stupid shots

Ok.
That should work.
Gotcha.

 

[Westend]

Renshaw has a injury (knee injury). Not available surely.

well starc is not 100% fit and he will play so renners could be a chance

who knows with our selectors

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Ok.
That should work.
Gotcha.

Especially when his shot was in the top 3 of stupid shots in the second innings! Only beaten by whatever Cummins did and whatever Carey was doing

 

[LukeParkerno1]

well starc is not 100% fit and he will play so renners could be a chance

who knows with our selectors

We need Starc, and I feel physically unwell saying that! Dead set I'm over us being 5 out all out

 

[FRUMPY]

We need Starc, and I feel physically unwell saying that! Dead set I'm over us being 5 out all out

Starc will either last 4 balls or 20 balls and make 30. Either way he'll be caught on the boundary going the slog. He's not that great a bat (he can be good when he knuckles down but often just throws it away)

 

[BGman]

Well no it wasn't it was beyond abysmal

Yes it was. But these guys are professional cricketers, paid the big bucks to perform under the most trying conditions. They are so pampered by CA, it makes me sick.

We need Starc, and I feel physically unwell saying that! Dead set I'm over us being 5 out all out

Starc has a @22 average he is not the batting messiah. Agar would have given us more valuable late runs. Starc is no longer the tail mop up man we once counted on either.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Yes it was. But these guys are professional cricketers, paid the big bucks to perform under the most trying conditions. They are so pampered by CA, it makes me sick.

All comes back to being prepared, in a way being smashed is what they deserved after the ridiculous prep they had. If another person says we had a good prep seriously, the proof is in the performances. They weren't prepared and the squad selection was even worse!

 

[Woody15]

he'd be 3rd in line atm and Lyon will go on for how many more years?

plenty of time for him to get more games especially in Asia.

Yeh I could end up being wrong. I'm just filling time with long distance stabs.

He doesn't impress me much. Hoping someone else pops up soon.

 

[PhatBoy]

I love Indore cricket

 

[BGman]

All comes back to being prepared, in a way being smashed is what they deserved after the ridiculous prep they had.

I have said same at least four times since the series started. CA should be ashamed to call themselves administrators of the Australian Test team. They couldnt organize a r**t in a brothel.

 

[FRUMPY]

Yeh I could end up being wrong. I'm just filling time with long distance stabs.

He doesn't impress me much. Hoping someone else pops up soon.

first time i had seen him ever - he bowled ok but not threatening. looked a ODI/T20 bowler (which is probably what he has played most)

 

[Woody15]

first time i had seen him ever - he bowled ok but not threatening. looked a ODI/T20 bowler (which is probably what he has played most)

That was what I thought as well.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I have said same at least four times since the series started. CA should be ashamed to call themselves administrators of the Australian Test team. They couldnt organize a r**t in a brothel.

Yep I mean who prepares for an Indian series in a nice Australian summer lol

Talk about beyond dumb

 

[Westend]

Can see us losing the toss and bowling

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Can see us losing the toss and bowling

Hey might go 4 days lol

 

[Hawksboy72]

I've watched abit of the NZ/ENG and abit of the SA/WI last night and there's a few fragile Batting line-ups out there at the moment.

 

[freo_leo29]

Starc in Cummins out doesn't do much for the batting tbh

Starc in with Cummins down the order is better

If we are trying to strengthen the batting then starc isn't gonna change much