At least no one is suggesting that we could have used Bird right now. He probably would have wept seeing this pitch. Any sane quick bowler would.
Third Test: Australia Vs India @ Mohali (Mar 14-18 Thurs-Mon)
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At least no one is suggesting that we could have used Bird right now. He probably would have wept seeing this pitch. Any sane quick bowler would.
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Yeah, Bird getting injured cost us - him and Patto should be first picked fast bowlers.
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save us.... well, anyone really.
I would have loved seeing him, he'd show both teams how it's done
I assume you are being sarcastic again?
Actually i appreciate good bowling and Patto + Bird are the future
I will say that the buzzword for this tour will be Homework
I'm actually looking forward to seeing our top 7 bat for the remainder of this series. It feels like most of them are improving, albeit slowly.
Actually i appreciate good bowling and Patto + Bird are the future
I will say that the buzzword for this tour will be Homework
Why would anyone assume that Jackson Bird - who has never played in India before - would bowl well here?
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is this really a bowling attack?
seems disrespectful to teams that dont have close to 150 runs hit against them in a session.
seems disrespectful to teams that dont have close to 150 runs hit against them in a session.
He is a special bowler thats why!
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I see that Lyon didn't do his homework about bowling in Indian conditions. Each delivery pretty much 90kmh, meaning that none of them have any opportunity to dip or spin. Why is he playing for Australia again?
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doubt he's gonna be a match winner (hard to see this not being a draw) but surely he's in our best three quicks....
irrelevant anyway. he's injured.
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Why would anyone assume that James Pattinson? - who ha never played in India before - would bowl well here?
It's all good and well talking about horses for courses and all that but maybe that's been talked about too much.
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Terrific shot from Vijay. Effortless back foot cover drive.
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its a good fun game!... do try...
its a good fun game!... do try...
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Is it safe to call Lyon and Doherty Australia's 4th and 5th choice spinners respectively? Maybe 5th and 6th if Maxwell can push himself up that list.
James Pattinson did well in the first test by the use of speed. I guess bowling at Sehwag helps too.
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Ok, moving on.
Would you say or not say that James Pattinson was our best bowler, (not pace bowler, just bowler) in the first two tests?
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o'keefe must be licking his lips.
The time zone is not great, so I mostly watched highlights on Sky of the second test - watched some streams of the first.
He's our best young quick overall. A bit of a hothead but that's a help more than a hindrance when you are a quick. He can get caught up trying to bowl wicket taking balls when wickets don't come easily rather than concentrating on pressuring the batsmen consistently but he's very young and willl get better at that as he bowls more.
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Little bit of reverse there for Siddle?
Doherty should be irrelevant when picking a side but Lyon is probably at number 3 for me equal with O'keefe. Behind Ahmed and Agar.
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I think the fact is, that him, Siddle and Henriques were the only ones to play both tests and he bowled better than him. You have a good point but doesn't detract from the fact that he was our best bowler.
Yeah, but Pattinson and Bird are very different bowlers. I suspect that Bird would struggle because he's not express and even on pitches with a lot of juice his swing and seam movement is very subtle. He gets wickets with nippy little balls that jump up and bite the batsman on the glove, or move very slightly and beat the bat/take an edge.
Those sorts of deliveries wouldn't do much on dead pitches like this. His movement would go from subtle to nonexistent and the edges wouldn't carry. Sure he's accurate but that only goes so far. If he played I suspect he'd have very similar results to Henriques - quite economical but not that threatening.
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