CRICKET Australia v India Summer

Bucking Beads said:
Yep. So you’ve gotta attack the stumps and set the field accordingly
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It's crazy because years ago when India first won in Aust after how ever many years, they did it by attacking the stumps... and the poms have started attacking the stumps.

Australia just keep bowling the channel and stay there no matter what.

Hazlewood ends up looking our most dangerous because he gets bounce from his height.
 
This is just awful bowling. The bowlers were massively let down but the batsmen but this looks like they’ve all just given up. If this continues, I hope there are some changes for the second test but I doubt it regardless of result.
 
Sproj said:
Watch it look like a minefield though when Bumrah bowls again. Australia are really falling apart here.
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BroncsFan said:
It's crazy because years ago when India first won in Aust after how ever many years, they did it by attacking the stumps... and the poms have started attacking the stumps.

Australia just keep bowling the channel and stay there no matter what.

Hazlewood ends up looking our most dangerous because he gets bounce from his height.
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CA have developed a terrible arrogance. It’s so much harder to get in the team these days too. Way harder to get dropped
 
Bucking Beads said:
CA have developed a terrible arrogance. It’s so much harder to get in the team these days too. Way harder to get dropped
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They’ve also allowed this current senior playing group to lead a nice, cosy, comfortable existence over the last two and a bit years .. choosing when and how much they train and play and operating just as much as a wellness camp as an elite cricket side..

When these guys shuffle away into retirement in a year or two (they’ll choose when) , surely there’s a hard reset to the way the Australian cricket team operates
 
Labs added 20kph to his bowling? He used to be around 115, he’s bowling 135 here, that’s faster than late career McGrath.
 
Crazy to think that two days into the series (2 sessions in if we are being truly honest), Australia look absolutely shot. They look tired, disinterested and unprepared. Its a long series but these are not just bad signs, they are deeply troubling.
 
Sproj said:
Crazy to think that two days into the series (2 sessions in if we are being truly honest), Australia look absolutely shot. They look tired, disinterested and unprepared. Its a long series but these are not just bad signs, they are deeply troubling.
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Unprepared is probably the correct word... I feel like India got wrecked by NZ because they were looking at this series and thought they could just walk it in for their home series.

Leaving Jadeja and Ashwin out is a big call... they also look like they bat deep because they know their batting has been susceptible.

Australian batters still look miles out of form and still look late on every ball regardless of the pace.

The bowlers can only save them so many times.
 
Bull Shark said:
They’ve also allowed this current senior playing group to lead a nice, cosy, comfortable existence over the last two and a bit years .. choosing when and how much they train and play and operating just as much as a wellness camp as an elite cricket side..

When these guys shuffle away into retirement in a year or two (they’ll choose when) , surely there’s a hard reset to the way the Australian cricket team operates
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Absolutely hope the hard reset happens. They’ve been given far too much leeeway and not really dominated at home like I’d have expected z
 
BroncsFan said:
Unprepared is probably the correct word... I feel like India got wrecked by NZ because they were looking at this series and thought they could just walk in the home series.

Leaving Jadeja and Ashwin out is a big call... they also look like they bat deep because they know their batting has been susceptible.

Australian batters still look miles out of form and still look late on every ball regardless of the pace.

The bowlers can only save them so many times.
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I also like that India haven't been afraid to give some young guys a shot, even at the expense of some of their proven champions. You can say Australia has done this with McSweeney but what other choice did they have?

As much as it would be harsh on Boland to overlook him in the rotation through the series, he's old and Australia is woefully unprepared for the mass retirement exodus incoming. Who replaces Khawaja? Smith? Marsh? Starc? Hazlewood?

As much as I love Richardson, in many ways, he's a bowling Pucovski, he may never get his issues right.

Australia doesn't even need to bring in super young guys, just guys closer to 30 than 35 at least. I'd be seriously looking at bringing in Inglis as a batsman for next test, Webster and O'Neill.

So, I'd go:

1. Khawaja
2. Inglis
3. McSweeney (unless Labs scores something in the second innings)
4. Smith (this would be his last series for me unless he rediscovers something)
5. Head
6. Webster
7. Carey
8. Cummins (he has also been off for a while now, but he's captain, so he isn't getting dropped)
9. Starc
10. O'Neill (Hazlewood rotated out)
11. Lyon
 
Bucking Beads said:
What a disaster from our batting line up. Just no idea how to bat properly anymore.
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No credit to the skills of the bowlers ?
No acknowledgement of the sideways movement off the pitch ?

Nah just stick the boot in ...
 
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