Australia v India

[MN5]

@Paekakboyz said in Australia v India:

@Snowy maybe John saw how Han stuffed Luke into a Tauntaun to warm him up? Just lucky for those other players that he only had a cold finger...

Holy shit, gratuitous Star Wars reference !!!!!

[MN5]

[Duluth]

Aussie wins the toss and bats first

Consensus seems to be that the pitch is drier than normal. Already has a crack in it

Australia
1 David Warner, 2 Marcus Harris, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Matthew Wade, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

India
1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 5 Mayank Agarwal, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 T Natarajan

[MN5]

@Duluth said in Australia v India:

Aussie wins the toss and bats first

Consensus seems to be that the pitch is drier than normal. Already has a crack in it

Australia
1 David Warner, 2 Marcus Harris, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Matthew Wade, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

India
1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 5 Mayank Agarwal, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 T Natarajan

That Australian batting line up is a strange mix of absolutely outstanding, extremely journeymanish and inexperienced.

[KiwiMurph]

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@Duluth said in Australia v India:

Aussie wins the toss and bats first

Consensus seems to be that the pitch is drier than normal. Already has a crack in it

Australia
1 David Warner, 2 Marcus Harris, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Matthew Wade, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

India
1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 5 Mayank Agarwal, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 T Natarajan

That Australian batting line up is a strange mix of absolutely outstanding, extremely journeymanish and inexperienced.

They'll back themselves against the Indian 'attack' for this test.

[MN5]

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@Duluth said in Australia v India:

Aussie wins the toss and bats first

Consensus seems to be that the pitch is drier than normal. Already has a crack in it

Australia
1 David Warner, 2 Marcus Harris, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Matthew Wade, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

India
1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 5 Mayank Agarwal, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 T Natarajan

That Australian batting line up is a strange mix of absolutely outstanding, extremely journeymanish and inexperienced.

They'll back themselves against the Indian 'attack' for this test.

Fighting words

[No Quarter]

India really needed to win that toss and put some runs on the board.

[KiwiMurph]

@No-Quarter said in Australia v India:

India really needed to win that toss and put some runs on the board.

Yep - they're fucked.

[MN5]

@No-Quarter said in Australia v India:

India really needed to win that toss and put some runs on the board.

I love it when head office use that cliche in a sales context.

[KiwiMurph]

Excellent catch by Sharma.

[No Quarter]

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@No-Quarter said in Australia v India:

India really needed to win that toss and put some runs on the board.

Yep - they're fucked.

Good start getting Warner but they're going to have to roll Aus for under 200 if they want to be in this game.

[mariner4life]

Warner going early always brings a smile to my face.

[Hooroo]

@mariner4life said in Australia v India:

Warner going early always brings a smile to my face.

Same here but it's catch 22 for me as I do like watching him bat.

[MN5]

Not the best comeback for Davy Boy in the longer version of the game so far.....

[KiwiMurph]

@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.

[MN5]

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.

Indeed so why is he playing then ?

[mariner4life]

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.

Indeed so why is he playing then ?

as a kiwi cricket fan you should know this better than most. Guys get rushed back when the pool of other options is paddling depth

[MN5]

@mariner4life said in Australia v India:

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.

Indeed so why is he playing then ?

as a kiwi cricket fan you should know this better than most. Guys get rushed back when the pool of other options is paddling depth

Historically yes but we have loads of guys banging on the door of the test team at the moment ( apparently )

[Hooroo]

Did I just hear that right? India have used 20 players in this test series?

[KiwiMurph]

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.

Indeed so why is he playing then ?

Because the other option is Joe Burns....