India v Aus
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Crowd looks massive at the new stadium. Not capacity but big.
Wow what a first ball. Kohli at 2nd slip takes it, but it wasn’t hit.
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Yesterday was a reasonable day for Aussie with the bat
Some tour matches before the first Test would’ve been useful
@Duluth said in India v Aus:
Some tour matches before the first Test would’ve been useful
The issue is that home boards play silly games and give touring teams pitches that bear no resemblance to what they wind up playing on. I get it, but Australia considered it and declined
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@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
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Kohli gets his ton at long long last.
And Lyon is up to 58 overs in the innings. Wow. Australia have India 455/5 and with only 4 1/2 sessions to go, India are not going to lose barring a catastrophe.
Australia could have a tricky few sessions to survive on Day 5. Will be fascinating.
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@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Green would need to bowl more to really be classed as a top all rounder
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@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Green would need to bowl more to really be classed as a top all rounder
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@MN5 said in India v Aus:
Green would need to bowl more to really be classed as a top all rounder
18 overs in the 4th test not enough?
@nzzp said in India v Aus:
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
Green would need to bowl more to really be classed as a top all rounder
18 overs in the 4th test not enough?
I’m just talking in general. 63 wickets in 50 First class games indicates to me he’s not a frontliner. Still, bloody young and plenty of time to ease into this role I guess.
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@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Green would need to bowl more to really be classed as a top all rounder
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Watson was a goodish all rounder but not a great top 3 player. Batting average of 35.19 bowling of 33.68. It looks good next to one of the premiere all rounders of the same time Flintoff: 31.77 batting and 32.78 bowling (Flintoff with a lot more wickets though)
Again, not a great top 3 player. But him playing at the top of the order allowed Aussie to pick Hussey at 6 and gave the same balance to the side, 5 specialist batsmen and an all rounder in the top 6
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@MN5 said in India v Aus:
@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Watson was a goodish all rounder but not a great top 3 player. Batting average of 35.19 bowling of 33.68. It looks good next to one of the premiere all rounders of the same time Flintoff: 31.77 batting and 32.78 bowling (Flintoff with a lot more wickets though)
Again, not a great top 3 player. But him playing at the top of the order allowed Aussie to pick Hussey at 6 and gave the same balance to the side, 5 specialist batsmen and an all rounder in the top 6
@Duluth said in India v Aus:
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Watson was a goodish all rounder but not a great top 3 player. Batting average of 35.19 bowling of 33.68. It looks good next to one of the premiere all rounders of the same time Flintoff: 31.77 batting and 32.78 bowling (Flintoff with a lot more wickets though)
Again, not a great top 3 player. But him playing at the top of the order allowed Aussie to pick Hussey at 6 and gave the same balance to the side, 5 specialist batsmen and an all rounder in the top 6
Australia haven’t had a great all rounder since Keith Miller. He was one of the best of all time. Benaud, Davidson and Lindwall were all decent “bowlers who could bat” much like Paddles.
A true all rounder is definitely handy but it never stopped the Windies from dominating in the 80s ( closest they had was Malcolm Marshall with a handy ten test 50s )
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@Duluth said in India v Aus:
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:
@hydro11 said in India v Aus:
Green is finally out. He's a fantastic player already and will only get better.
Not if Australia doesn’t stuff him around like every other all rounder of the past 15 years….
It’s not Australia’s fault that Shane Watson and Mitch Marsh weren’t up to it.
Watson was a goodish all rounder but not a great top 3 player. Batting average of 35.19 bowling of 33.68. It looks good next to one of the premiere all rounders of the same time Flintoff: 31.77 batting and 32.78 bowling (Flintoff with a lot more wickets though)
Again, not a great top 3 player. But him playing at the top of the order allowed Aussie to pick Hussey at 6 and gave the same balance to the side, 5 specialist batsmen and an all rounder in the top 6
Australia haven’t had a great all rounder since Keith Miller. He was one of the best of all time. Benaud, Davidson and Lindwall were all decent “bowlers who could bat” much like Paddles.
A true all rounder is definitely handy but it never stopped the Windies from dominating in the 80s ( closest they had was Malcolm Marshall with a handy ten test 50s )
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
weren’t up to it.
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
a great
Very different things
He was 'up to it' but wasn't 'a great'
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@MN5 said in India v Aus:
weren’t up to it.
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
a great
Very different things
He was 'up to it' but wasn't 'a great'
@Duluth said in India v Aus:
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
weren’t up to it.
@MN5 said in India v Aus:
a great
Very different things
He was 'up to it' but wasn't 'a great'
Fair call. I judge Aussie players to much higher standards than other teams.
Watson was unfairly compared to Kallis which was just ridiculous.
Easy for teams to become obsessed though, I remember some of the donkeys that England tried out when Botham was injured or suspended. A real roll call of mediocrity.
