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We stink.
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You’d think IND will be without Vihari and definitely Jadeja for the Gabba.

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I dont see us getting there. These 2 have anchored in
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This is boring as all get out.
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Yeah a win for India here would have been ideal (and a great win for them) but a draw is still a result where they'll be leaving the SCG feeling far the happier of the two teams.

Aussies have blown an opportunity here - funny when you think they bowled India out for 36 two tests ago.
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Pretty impressive how they have weathered the early bouncer storm and bedded in.

They've copped a battering this tour but stood up remarkably.
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greeneyed wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:03 pm This is boring as all get out.
That doesn't even make sense.
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Thats down Warner's throat Tim!
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Paine drops another one..
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Catches win matches..

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Is it just me or does the worse the pressure gets, the worse Paine does in the field / captaincy wise?
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Azza wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:10 pm
greeneyed wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:03 pm This is boring as all get out.
That doesn't even make sense.
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Azza wrote:Is it just me or does the worse the pressure gets, the worse Paine does in the field / captaincy wise?
The whole team does

They're downhill skiers

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greeneyed wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:40 pm
Azza wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:10 pm
greeneyed wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:03 pm This is boring as all get out.
That doesn't even make sense.
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is busy as all get-out

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You don't even know what you're talking 'bout.
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-TW- wrote: January 11, 2021, 4:40 pm
Azza wrote:Is it just me or does the worse the pressure gets, the worse Paine does in the field / captaincy wise?
The whole team does

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Possibly true, except Smith. I'm just referring to his shocking captaincy in the closing moments of that Ashes test a couple of years back with Stokes etc.
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2 overs to go.

Super effort from IND today.
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Too many drop catches from both teams. That's why nobody could take 20 wickets and win the test.
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3 wickets for the whole day
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That’s it.

Match drawn.

Series at 1-1

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Bet if that was us, we collapse and lose

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Warner
Labu
Smith
Maxwell
head
phillipe
green
Cummins
Pattinson
lyon
hazewood

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Stay off the cans Boney
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bonehead wrote: January 11, 2021, 5:25 pm Warner
Labu
Smith
Maxwell
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Cummins
Pattinson
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Northern Raider wrote: January 11, 2021, 6:13 pm Stay off the cans Boney
He scoured the Shield until he found the only 'keeper with a lower FC batting average than Tim Paine and then he went right for the jugular.
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BadnMean wrote: January 11, 2021, 6:52 pm
Northern Raider wrote: January 11, 2021, 6:13 pm Stay off the cans Boney
He scoured the Shield until he found the only 'keeper with a lower FC batting average than Tim Paine and then he went right for the jugular.
I think a prerequisite of Test selection is being able to make your state team first.
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Northern Raider wrote:
BadnMean wrote: January 11, 2021, 6:52 pm
Northern Raider wrote: January 11, 2021, 6:13 pm Stay off the cans Boney
He scoured the Shield until he found the only 'keeper with a lower FC batting average than Tim Paine and then he went right for the jugular.
I think a prerequisite of Test selection is being able to make your state team first.
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The SCG pitch was definitely the most disappointing of the series so far.
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Azza wrote:The SCG pitch was definitely the most disappointing of the series so far.
Yep. Been very average for over a decade now. Far too bland a pitch.
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Yeah Melbourne has done a great job bringing the life back into theirs, SCG needs to do the same. Used to be a great wicket. Didn't really deteriorate that much and seemed slow. This is not to take away from India's batting yesterday.
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They could play on that for the next week and it still wouldn't deteriorate.

Awful pitch, hopefully it gets a poor rating like the MCG did

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curator said pre test he struggled to prepare with the weather but these drop ins have been ordinary for a few years now

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I don't think much blame goes to the pitch when all 4 results were just about in play in the final session Day 5 (Jadeja's injury notwithstanding). Especially when the bowling team drop 4 clear cut chances and the opposition end up 5 down... Innings scores between 340 and 240 all game... Wickets shared by quicks and spinners... Quick enough to break a bone for the quicks and spun enough for Lyon to be the key man on Day 5 (got 2 and had 2 or 3 dropped that would have opened the gate to the tail and further wickets).

I'd say that wicket did it's job.

It didn't break up -quite- as much Day 5 as some Sydney wickets but it was quite a wet, cool summer leading into the game.
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bonehead wrote: January 12, 2021, 9:09 am curator said pre test he struggled to prepare with the weather but these drop ins have been ordinary for a few years now

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The SCG isn't a drop in pitch. They've deliberately avoided it due to the lifeless nature of the old drop ins (Adelaides is ok though). It's the same old Sydney pitch- just the weather affected the prep minimally, Oz dropped a bunch of clangers, India batted well and Starc was bog ordinary for mine. Maybe they all looked a tiny bit flat.
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BJ wrote: January 12, 2021, 7:57 am
Azza wrote:The SCG pitch was definitely the most disappointing of the series so far.
Yep. Been very average for over a decade now. Far too bland a pitch.
Tough critics. The game was in the balance on day 5. All 3 results were possible.
There were runs available for batsmen who got in.
There was enough in the pitch for the quicks who bent their backs. Swing, both regular and reverse, even if it didn't last long.
Spin late.

Australia should have won. Abbott and Paine's drops are the reason they didnt. None of the catches are tough enough that pros shouldn't take them. And at worst, Paine's drop of Vihari late was down Warner's throat at 1st slip.
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Not arguing Australia should have iced the game. Neither team took 20 wickets though, and with the quality of the bowling attacks (and the average nature of Australia's batting line up overall) that says something to me. This is not the first year the SCG has been like this either, as has already been pointed out.
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