Cricket Thread: Indian Summer

[Vader]

I was having more of a go at Marsh being useless as a batsman.

... and the scary thing is that his batting is better than his bowling!

 

[BRL121]

Given that 5 of the 7 Australian wickets were given away, rather than taken by the Indians, it's hard to get a read. We'll know more after the Indian batsmen have had a go. For now though, it's looking very much like a batsman's paradise.

Looking at the Australian batting card - 6 of the 9 batsmen have scored 30+ (with Starc on 15* having only recently started his innings). Only Head and the walking wicket have missed out. When even the bowlers are finding it this easy, it's probably safe to say that the pitch holds few gremlins.

The pitch looks like a padded carpet, but there is variable bounce as the main risk.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

lol wtf Starc.

 

[BRL121]

Curious observation: during off-camera commentary, someone (Howard) happened to mention that Carlton were a pretty good AFL team; someone else (Vaughan, I think) immediatley retorted that they weren't as good as the Adelaide Crows!

We have more supporters than we think.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Jadeja has now taken as many wickets in this innings as Lyon has for the whole series!

Surely we should be thinking of other spin options...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

lol wtf Starc.

Was still thinking of his Christmas ham.

Perhaps needs to use his own bat agaib instead of Alyssa's...

 

[Mr_Moogle]

LOL

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Now that is one of the most bizarre dismissals you will ever see...

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Two of the worst wickets I've ever seen and we've robbed ourselves of 550+ innings.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Two of the worst wickets I've ever seen and we've robbed ourselves of 550+ innings.

550+ innings was a bit optimistic.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

550+ innings was a bit optimistic.

Particularly how long tests it this series have gone.

This one may even go into a 5th day without rain.

 

[crows dude]

May as well declare if theses two are just leaving balls

 

[Mr_Moogle]

May as well declare if theses two are just leaving balls

Bolland should slog. He's just as likely to get out playing defensively.

 

[Mostyn]

So are Starc, Lyon & Hazlewood. Hell, even Glen McGrath was a better Test batsman then Mitch Marsh most of the time.

Vader, you're getting repetitive.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Live update of combined XI

1 Rahul 235 @ 47
2 Jaiswal 193 @ 39
3 Smith 264 @ 44
4 Kohli 126 @ 32
5 Head 409 @ 68
6 Jadeja 77 runs @ 77; 3 wickets @ 56
7 Carey 193 @ 39; 15 dismissals
8 Reddy 179 runs @ 45; 3 wickets @ 48
9 Cummins 108 runs @18; 14 wickets @ 24
10 Starc 91 runs @ 18; 14 wickets @ 23
11 Bumrah 24 @ 14

Few spots up for grabs...

 

[Vader]

550+ innings was a bit optimistic.

It's a 600+ pitch. Australians have robbed themselves of 150+ through their own stupidity.

** Smith the very least of the offenders. Going for quick runs after the #10 comes out is entirely the right move, in the context of the game. Others who got themselves out earlier do not have that excuse.

 

[Mostyn]

It's a 600+ pitch. Australians have robbed themselves of 150+ through their own stupidity.

** Smith the very least of the offenders. Going for quick runs after the #10 comes out is entirely the right move, in the context of the game. Others who got themselves out earlier do not have that excuse.

There's no reason to think it's a 600 pitch. For the most part, we've batted very well. It's unrealistic to think that a side will bat completely errorless for an entire innings.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So are Starc, Lyon & Hazlewood. Hell, even Glen McGrath was a better Test batsman then Mitch Marsh most of the time.

Lol what?

Marsh is bad, but comparing him to McGrath is ridiculous!

 

[Mostyn]

Lol at Boland, keep sending it upstairs and being right each time.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

It's a 600+ pitch. Australians have robbed themselves of 150+ through their own stupidity.

** Smith the very least of the offenders. Going for quick runs after the #10 comes out is entirely the right move, in the context of the game. Others who got themselves out earlier do not have that excuse.

Since when is this a 600+ pitch?

When was the last time we scores 600?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Lol at Boland, keep sending it upstairs and being right each time.

Umpires also enjoyed the leftover Xmas game at the lunch break...

 

[Eagleboy2011]

DRS is Bolands friend.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

DRS is Bolands friend.

Hopefully when he bowling too more importantly.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Since when is this a 600+ pitch?

When was the last time we scores 600?

Correct,

Maybe it's a 700 pitch. Think of a number.

 

[Scorpus]

Mitch Marsh is Vader's David Mackay