CRICKET Australia v India Summer

[1910]

Australia A: Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McSweeney (c), Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Josh Philippe (wk), Fergus O'Neill, Todd Murphy, Brendan Doggett, Jordan Buckingham

India A: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, B. Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ntish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar

India batting.

 

[Fitzy]

Australia A: Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McSweeney (c), Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Josh Philippe (wk), Fergus O'Neill, Todd Murphy, Brendan Doggett, Jordan Buckingham

India A: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, B. Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ntish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar

India batting.

To be expected. Annoying that they batted 2 blokes out of position rather than batting an opener at 4 and swapping them for both. Obviously 4 probably makes things easier if anything for McSweeney but you want him to prove he’s capable of opening I don’t know why you move him further away. Especially for Bancroft, he needs to show he can score runs not whether or not he can open the batting.

 

[Sproj]

I put this in the general cricket thread, the top 4 are in a bat off I reckon for the test side.

O'Neill is bowling great, unlucky to not get a wicket yet.

 

[Sproj]

Beautiful by Buckingham.

I really get the sense he is benefitting from O'Neill's pressure. He is a bit like Harmison, Buckingham that is, he'll bowl a shocker and follow it up with a gem.

 

[Sproj]

Doggett and Murphy get one each.

India 4-71.

Funnily enough, O'Neill the guy without the wicket has been the best bowler in my opinion. Murphy also impressive.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Doggett and Murphy get one each.

India 4-71.

Funnily enough, O'Neill the guy without the wicket has been the best bowler in my opinion. Murphy also impressive.

You've got a massive hard on for a net bowler mate. Just calm down

 

[Sproj]

You've got a massive hard on for a net bowler mate. Just calm down

Thanks for this pointless contribution.

O'Neill unlucky not to get another two there before lunch. Very, very impressive.

India 4/76 at lunch.

 

[broncsgoat]

I'm going to Day 1 in Perth. Looking forward to it.

 

[Sproj]

Doggett gets another.

India 5-77.

 

[Fitzy]

Is this pitch doing much or India is just shit?

 

[Sproj]

Is this pitch doing much or India is just shit?

There's a hint of swing. It has been pretty good bowling overall too. I think the Indians are getting done by the bounce too.

 

[Sproj]

Doggett gets a well deserved fourth.

 

[Sproj]

Doggett gets his fifth.

 

[Sproj]

Doggett with 6.

 

[Fitzy]

Now for the main event. One of them falls cheaply, another gets a 30, Bancroft or McSweeney to notch a 50, Webster and Phillippe to top score. Nerves will get the better of them I reckon.

 

[Fitzy]

Konstas probably out of the race for me. Great prospect but I just think it’s unrealistic to expect a 19 year old to cope at this stage.

 

[Sproj]

Konstas probably out of the race for me. Great prospect but I just think it’s unrealistic to expect a 19 year old to cope at this stage.

And he got a duck.

 

[1910]

Doggett not even in the squad comes in for his mate Steketee and gets 6/15.

Nice inclusion.