4th Test Australia v India - 15 to 19 January 2021 - GABBA

[bornadog]

Fourth test starts Friday so not much of a rest, Australia hasn't lost at the gabba since 1988.

Will Pucovski may miss due to a shoulder injury

[Axe Man]

Harris to play if Pucovski isn't right.

I would have brought in Pattinson for Starc if he hadn't injured himself mowing the grass. Perhaps Neser a chance to debut on his home deck?

[Happy Days]

Beautiful pivot from Paine to place all the heat on his sledging to distract everyone from his abysmal keeping. I'd drop him and Wade but instead I look forward to four more grassed chances and Wade taking it to the bowling at the top of the order in Puc's place for a well made 14 (13). This team is exhausting to support.

[Axe Man]

Bumrah reportedly has been ruled out with an abdominal strain. If we can't win this match might as well shut her down.

[GVGjr]

Harris to play if Pucovski isn't right.

I would have brought in Pattinson for Starc if he hadn't injured himself mowing the grass. Perhaps Neser a chance to debut on his home deck?

Harris should have been preferred at the start of the series given Burns couldn't buy a run but our fascination with left and right handed batsman at the top of the order worked in Burns favour

Neser for Starc makes a bit of sense but once again we do love a left arm bowler

[Axe Man]

Confirmed Pucovski ruled out and Harris in.

If Marcus makes a score it will be a tough decision for selectors come the South African tour (if it goes ahead).

[bornadog]

Australia choose to bat first

[Axe Man]

India have been decimated, entire front line bowling attack is missing.

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

[comrade]

If we don't win this...

[bornadog]

India have been decimated, entire front line bowling attack is missing.

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

Bumra and Ashwin a big loss.

I enjoy watching them bowl.

[bornadog]

Pathetic Warner

[Topdog]

Pathetic Warner

I'm really struggling to understand how he came back into the side

[comrade]

Another Test, another Aussie opener fails.

We may as well throw Marnus up there, he's coming in within the first 10 overs anyway.

[Axe Man]

I'm really struggling to understand how he came back into the side

Why pick a bloke who makes runs in Australia for fun? Our opening options are threadbare, Warner is an automatic inclusion if fit. The only query is whether he really is fit enough or not, although I doubt his groin could be blamed for that dismissal.

Another Test, another Aussie opener fails.

We may as well throw Marnus up there, he's coming in within the first 10 overs anyway.

I get what you are saying but no way should we move a number 3 averaging 60. So hard to find a good number 3.

[bornadog]

Both Openers gone cheaply