Big Del
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Yeah it looked like it was outside so I don't know how it ended up being inline.
Pitched outside .
Hit in line .
The movement off the pitch is what is wrecking the batsmen .
Yeah it looked like it was outside so I don't know how it ended up being inline.
Bowling was great and pitch gave them plenty of assistance. We were still very poor. 4 of top 5 lbw or bowled. That’s poorNo credit to the skills of the bowlers ?
No acknowledgement of the sideways movement off the pitch ?
Nah just stick the boot in ...
The bowling was extraordinarily good from India, but this is another abject failure from our batsmen that was equal parts their own doing..No credit to the skills of the bowlers ?
No acknowledgement of the sideways movement off the pitch ?
Nah just stick the boot in ...
The bowling was extraordinarily good from India, but this is another abject failure from our batsmen that was equal parts their own doing..
we’ve had the best part of year to prepare for this Test .. to sort out the wobbles that crept into our batting around 18 months ago and do everything in our power to ensure we’re ready to go for this first Test..
But instead of controlling the controllables to give ourselves the best possible chance to be at our best, we’ve basically taken a ‘she’ll be right mate’ attitude and allowed the players to choose their own adventures prior to Perth..
The result : 6 for 48 —> 104 all out and our captain and best bowler looking physically underdone and well below his best after two days.. and the game is all but gone.
We had all year to be ready, we knew what India was going to bring.. but here we are, underprepared and beaten after two days
Its a piss take from the blokes wearing the baggy green
Take out KL Rahul`s 50 and scores were even after the 1st innings .
Now the pitch has dried out and is a different proposition .
So what should they have been doing to prepare ?
Bring in a hard man ? LOL .
Mitch Marsh shouldn’t be in this team if he can’t bowl. He’s not good enough with the bat to hold his spot. Much rather see Aaron Hardie at 6 and get more over to support the attack better.
Nothing further your honour ..It isn't rocket science mate, even for someone as limited as you.
Get the blokes playing more FC matches in the lead in and actual, you know, tests.
Cummins last four day + outing was early March - 8 months ago. Hazlewood played 3 first class games in the last 12 months. Starc and Hazlewood have played one FC game since NZ. The batting line up have all performed extremely poorly for the last 2 years (haven't played tests since March).
They are not ready. India played two A games in the lead in plus an intra game, on the back of tests against NZ which, ironically, they were smashed because they were underprepared for that because they were focusing on this series but at least they were playing tests.
Australia came in underdone and underprepared, its embarrassing that this needs to be explained to you.
Aussie batters out there stealing a paycheck at the moment... get paid to score **** all runs and then stand in the field talking shit ... if you lose who cares as long as everyone is doing it their way.So our fast bowlers are gonna be fried and then expected to score 200+ to win