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

[peternorth]

 

[Lia]

Gutsy batting from the tail.

 

[freo_leo29]

We will be very lucky to get to 100 in the second dig, so gotta keep them to 150ish

 

[Belnakor]

and so it should...he is picked because he is supposedly the best gloveman in the land...and for his ability to play spin

Inglis is a better gloveman I don't care what anyone says and so is Pierson

carey has been a major disappointment this tour ....a quick 30 today would of been gold

Carey isn’t a great player of spin I’d expect he’ll play really well in England.

 

[Copernicus]

That Green LBW was bullshit, was looking good too.

I suppose all we can hope for now is to knock them over for 100 odd again. Don't really think that's likely, have a feeling shit's all downhill from here.

 

[Gethelred]

We'd have had the exact same decision without DRS and we'd have had several more wrong decisions not overturned in this match alone.

But that would be a situation which is more justifiable than the current use of Hawkeye is.

 

[Belnakor]

We will be very lucky to get to 100 in the second dig, so gotta keep them to 150ish

Wouldn’t want to be chasing any more than 100.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

It's tough to bat out there, no question about it, but we have made India's job much easier.

Yes, it's tough to bat out there, as it should be, it's Test cricket FFS, but that's no excuse to just fall to bits all the time. A bit of application would be nice for a change.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

How many runs have our bottom 4 contributed this series. If you took out Cummins' innings last test it must be single figures

Not many. Cummins has 40, Lyon 31. Murphy, Kuhnemnann, Starc and Boland all single figures.

 

[FRUMPY]

Keep India to 180 or less and we are in this match. Would have liked a 100 lead, but the important stat is adding 41 runs today and increasing the lead. Reverse swing for Yadav there should encourage Starc and Green.

Not sure we want to get to 70 overs before reverse starts....they'll be 200 by then

 

[BGman]

The umpires have got trigger fingers today.

No reviews left for India.

This is a large lead given the conditions.

 

[Sphynx]

As well as they’ve bowled, you can’t play 3 x #11’s like Lyon, Murphy and K.

The tail is critical in the subcontinent and we’ve basically been 6- all out in every test so far.

In an injury free fantasy scenario I’d actually like to what a side with Agar and Maxwell for Starc and Murphy would go.

Head
Khawaja
Labuschagne
Smith
Handscombe
Green
Maxwell
Carey
Agar
Lyon
Kuhnemann

 

[Dazza the Viking]

I reckon at the start of the day the Aussies would of been happy with 120 lead, a bit short, I don’t think Australia would want to chasing more than 80

 

[BACCS]

That Green LBW was bullshit, was looking good too.

I suppose all we can hope for now is to knock them over for 100 odd again. Don't really think that's likely, have a feeling s**t's all downhill from here.

What about India’s batting this match suggests they’re making anymore than 200 here? This pitch is harder to bat on than yesterday.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Our tail starts at 7. Expected collapse

 

[Freezin]

Geez that was quick, how many times does the dreaded drinks break change a team's momentum. Can't afford to be chasing any more then 120 I reckon.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Tailenders haven't given a yelp all series

6 fa 12 is scraping the bottom of a sh1t barrel lower than pathetic

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Carey isn’t a great player of spin I’d expect he’ll play really well in England.

Carey was very good in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He would be disappointed in his tour because I think he is a better player of spin than he has shown this tour.

 

[kickazz]

What makes it all the more galling is that Handscomb and Green did well to negotiate the first hour. Got to drinks with no wickets falling, and then in the space of 40 minutes or so, Australia gets bowled out. It's tough to bat out there, no question about it, but we have made India's job much easier.

Yep.

They set it up so that we should have been batting for at least an hour after lunch in the better conditions. Wasted it. And though we know our tail is no good, getting 30 or 40 from 7-11 would be nice.

 

[Doggy]

That Green LBW was bullshit, was looking good too.

I suppose all we can hope for now is to knock them over for 100 odd again. Don't really think that's likely, have a feeling s**t's all downhill from here.

Based on the pitch doing a 180?

Yeah ok

 

[k31th]

As well as they’ve bowled, you can’t play 3 x #11’s like Lyon, Murphy and K.

The tail is critical in the subcontinent and we’ve basically been 6- all out in every test so far.

No point whinging about it without offering another option. We just don't have other options that would bolster the batting in the process.

 

[FRUMPY]

As well as they’ve bowled, you can’t play 3 x #11’s like Lyon, Murphy and K.

The tail is critical in the subcontinent and we’ve basically been 6- all out in every test so far.

Of course you can play 3 bunnies - issue is we have 5 atm...carey down

 

[dogs105]

Could feel that happening early in the over. Handscomb not getting to the pitch of the ball with the ball going too far.

Need to not collapse from here.

In before 6-11.


Nope, too late..

 

[BGman]

As well as they’ve bowled, you can’t play 3 x #11’s like Lyon, Murphy and K.

Well they had Agar to call on for some vital runs. Reckon he'd have bowled well here too. Will never know now.

 

[BACCS]

Not sure we want to get to 70 overs before reverse starts....they'll be 200 by then

True, but I think the pitch will help keep the ball low for Starc and Green too. Can’t see them bowling more than 5 overs total combined, but would be gold if those 5 overs snare a wicket or two.