Cricket Thread: Sth Africa in the Top End (3 x T20s, 3 x ODIs)

[Cromulant]

This is not going to be an easy chase.

Despite a strange comment earlier, this isn't an easy pitch to bat on.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Boland. Well deserved. Up to the batters now.

 

[Cromulant]

162 it is.

A nasty little chase.

 

[rocket18]

Aussies bowlers couldn't have done much more this morning, great effort to wrap their innings up.

Can our batsman finally pull their fingers out.

Treat it like a T20, defensive shots will get them out.

Horrible pitch for a test, questions need to asked.

 

[Crow-eater]

It all rests on Bumrah's fitness. If he can bowl, it'll be bloody tough. If he can't, we probably have the edge. Time for the batters to earn their match fee.

 

[Vader]

Some good Aussie bowling this morning. Boland unlucky. Great ball there from Cummins.

It's marvelous what happens when you pitch the ball up, and bowl it at the stumps - particularly against the tail enders.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Aussies bowlers couldn't have done much more this morning, great effort to wrap their innings up.

Can our batsman finally pull their fingers out.

Treat it like a T20, defensive shots will get them out.

Horrible pitch for a test, questions need to asked.

Horrible pitch is a bit hard. Some absolute good bowling from both sides. A bit of ball movement off the pitch but not a minefield.

 

[Cromulant]

Aussies bowlers couldn't have done much more this morning, great effort to wrap their innings up.

Can our batsman finally pull their fingers out.

Treat it like a T20, defensive shots will get them out.

Horrible pitch for a test, questions need to asked.

It's not a great pitch, but you've got 2 batting lineups in ordinary form

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Some good Aussie bowling this morning. Boland unlucky. Great ball there from Cummins.

Bowlers did their job, now up to batsmen.

No Bumrah opening helps.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Aussies bowlers couldn't have done much more this morning, great effort to wrap their innings up.

Can our batsman finally pull their fingers out.

Treat it like a T20, defensive shots will get them out.

Horrible pitch for a test, questions need to asked.

Interesting that McDonald praised the pitch.

It's been the lowest average pitch for fast bowlers in our lifetime.

 

[Cromulant]

Not a great start by the Indian bowlers.

 

[rocket18]

Konstas in their heads with his approach, throwing them off line and length.

 

[Cromulant]

Konstas in their heads with his approach, throwing them off line and length.

Yep, there are 3 stumps at his end and they've gone nowhere near any of them so far.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

This guy extras is playing well.

 

[Cromulant]

Garbage shot

 

[Firewalker]

Yeah that was a little bit too crazy

 

[Cromulant]

Yeah that was a little bit too crazy

That's where, in time he'll have to learn when and where to play it.

Wasn't necessary, they were rattled already

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Doesn't seem to be able come down from top gear...

Don't mind attacking intent chasing this low score, but that was not a good cricket shot.

 

[Firewalker]

This series is absolutely crazy, no one could’ve predicted by the end of it there’d be a 19 year old trying to be Australia’s version of Shahid Afridi

 

[Eagleboy2011]

T20 run rate so far.

 

[StonesThrow]

Am I the only one who doesn't like how Konstas is going about it? He doesn't look good enough yet to play this way as a test opener. Not sure there's much method other than to ride your luck and throw the bowlers. Don't know how sustainable this is.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Am I the only one who doesn't like how Konstas is going about it? He doesn't look good enough yet to play this way as a test opener. Not sure there's much method other than to ride your luck and throw the bowlers. Don't know how sustainable this is.

Yes, your the only one.

A young David Hookes against Tony Grieg may have had the same advice.

 

[Cromulant]

Yes, your the only one.

A young David Hookes against Tony Grieg may have had the same advice.

Hookesy stood still and played cricket shots though.

 

[Firewalker]

Am I the only one who doesn't like how Konstas is going about it? He doesn't look good enough yet to play this way as a test opener. Not sure there's much method other than to ride your luck and throw the bowlers. Don't know how sustainable this is.

I think it’s fine in his infancy as a test player and given the situations he’s found himself in you can maybe excuse it.

I just find it really weird he has never played any Sheffield Shield innings in this manner he’s just switched personalities to the player he is at that level which is the only thing I’m slightly sceptical about, saw someone say just now he’s in danger of becoming a ‘meme’ at Test level.

 

[Cromulant]

Am I the only one who doesn't like how Konstas is going about it? He doesn't look good enough yet to play this way as a test opener. Not sure there's much method other than to ride your luck and throw the bowlers. Don't know how sustainable this is.

Short answer, it's not sustainable.

He CAN bat in a normal fashion, but for whatever reason in these 2 games he's chosen not to.