2nd Test - Australia vs India

[Bornadog]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Would also be hoping he would improve on his first class record of averaging 35 and scoring a century less than once a year.

You would wonder how he gets a game based on that record?

[Bornadog]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Harris and Siddle out

1 David Warner, 2 Chris Rogers, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Steven Smith (capt), 5 Shaun Marsh, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

India Squad


MS Dhoni*†, VR Aaron, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, DS Kulkarni, Mohammed Shami, NV Ojha†, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, KL Rahul, SK Raina, WP Saha†, I Sharma, KV Sharma, RG Sharma, M Vijay, UT Yadav

[chef]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

You would wonder how he gets a game based on that record?

Cause his last names Marsh I guess.

[LostDoggy]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Cause his last names Marsh I guess.

He's not there for his catching ability. Two disgraceful efforts so far!

[lemmon]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Tough day so far, really flat deck with enough pace in it to make the scoring rate pretty quick. We didn't make enough use of the new ball early which was swinging fairly well. Hazlewood and Watson have been the pick of the bowlers thus far, Josh has been brilliant while Shane has hit the best areas of anyone and has been underused by Smith.

Currently 3/240 with a fair bit of time left in the day

[Bornadog]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Tough day so far, really flat deck with enough pace in it to make the scoring rate pretty quick. We didn't make enough use of the new ball early which was swinging fairly well. Hazlewood and Watson have been the pick of the bowlers thus far, Josh has been brilliant while Shane has hit the best areas of anyone and has been underused by Smith.

Currently 3/240 with a fair bit of time left in the day

Winning the toss was always going to be crucial in this test. India set to make a big score with plenty of good batting left to come.

[lemmon]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Winning the toss was always going to be crucial in this test. India set to make a big score with plenty of good batting left to come.

I wonder whether the change in schedule had much to do with the pitch? Has more pace than Adelaide but I wouldn't call it a fast pitch by any means especially by Gabba standards, no real grass which you'd expect on day 1 either. It should quicken up but unless it begins to crack or someone produces a great spell of swing bowling I can't see either side taking 20 wickets.

[Bornadog]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

With injuries mounting to the bowlers, I will take a draw now.

[bulldogtragic]

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Smith just took catch of the summer!

[lemmon]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

Starc won't be playing in the Baggy Green for a long time based on this dross

[bulldogtragic]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

That's 4 wickets for Josh now. Could Josh get a 5fa on debut. He looks the goods.

[lemmon]

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I like the Hazelwood selection, I may have a little flutter on him for most wickets.

Hate to brag but boy do we have a good one here, there's a reason he's been touted the best of the Pattinson, Cummins, Starc generation.

[Twodogs]

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I can't remember an innings where the first 8 wickets to fall were all caught by the keeper or in the slips. 6 catches is a fair effort by Haddin.

[bulldogtragic]

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I can't remember an innings where the first 8 wickets to fall were all caught by the keeper or in the slips. 6 catches is a fair effort by Haddin.

2 minutes after you posted this Haddin missed a nick!

[Twodogs]

Re: 2nd Test - Australia vs India

2 minutes after you posted this Haddin missed a nick!

Two minutes after you posted some bloke I have never heard off takes a pearler in front of the wicket.