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Gill out.

IND 1/11

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Sharma want to join the Aussie team with an audition like that?
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RSharma out..

IND 2/60

Nice catch by Starc, Garry gets wicket 397.
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Northern Raider wrote: January 16, 2021, 10:59 am Paine out on 50. Made the mistake of edging it to Rohit who's the only one that can catch. Sensational outswinger from Shardul Thakur.
Paine, like Head, is a player where you know what you are getting. A bloke who makes starts but can't go on.
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-TW- wrote: January 16, 2021, 11:06 am Yeah it's not really a win if we don't end up **** the bed here, we've struggled against India's B and C teams

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Our bowling has kept us in it. TBF, they should have won the last Test.

But yes, we have faced an increasingly depleted side, and therefore should win comfortably
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It’s piercing down in Brissie..
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BadnMean wrote: January 16, 2021, 12:35 pm
Northern Raider wrote: January 16, 2021, 10:30 am
BadnMean wrote: January 16, 2021, 9:04 am Which middle order bats are pushing for Test selection? I've only really kept up with the openers this season. I suppose Harris could shift down if Pucjoski returns (or vice versa).
Harris :lol:

Plenty of other batsmen who have actually handled test cricket before. Head, Khawaja, Patterson, Renshaw. Even Burns is better suited down the order that the irrational notion of retaining Harris.
Head, Renshaw and Burns were all not up to it either. Usman was the only one of those who looked the part. Looks like an awful lot of shuffling the deck chairs though. Patterson hardly has a run this season.
Head , Renshaw and Burns performance at test level is streets ahead of Harris. He's in the Cameron Bancroft category.
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Matt wrote: January 16, 2021, 2:27 pm
Northern Raider wrote: January 16, 2021, 10:59 am Paine out on 50. Made the mistake of edging it to Rohit who's the only one that can catch. Sensational outswinger from Shardul Thakur.
Paine, like Head, is a player where you know what you are getting. A bloke who makes starts but can't go on.
There's not much wrong with Paine's batting contributions if he's doing a good job behind the stumps. Something he's been good at. Concerns his work behind the stumps is slipping. If that's the case it's time to move on to somebody like Carey.
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Northern Raider wrote: January 16, 2021, 3:38 pm
Matt wrote: January 16, 2021, 2:27 pm
Northern Raider wrote: January 16, 2021, 10:59 am Paine out on 50. Made the mistake of edging it to Rohit who's the only one that can catch. Sensational outswinger from Shardul Thakur.
Paine, like Head, is a player where you know what you are getting. A bloke who makes starts but can't go on.
There's not much wrong with Paine's batting contributions if he's doing a good job behind the stumps. Something he's been good at. Concerns his work behind the stumps is slipping. If that's the case it's time to move on to somebody like Carey.
He leads the drops in the series with 5.
Pant 3
Shaw, Labu, Wade 2

Australia have dropped 12 catches, costing 389 runs, to India's 13 for 316 runs (Labu 5 of those drops for 212 runs).

Ric Finlay, ABC stat man, posted this today.
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Betting on a draw here
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Lunch day 3

IND 4/161

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Azza wrote: January 17, 2021, 10:33 am Betting on a draw here
Looking that way. Some rain forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Unless we roll India in this next session it will be hard to get a result.
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SHUT UP SHANE !!!
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Doesn't look like the pitch has much spice in it either. Disappointing, especially for the Gabba.
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Azza wrote: January 17, 2021, 1:56 pm Doesn't look like the pitch has much spice in it either. Disappointing, especially for the Gabba.
Agreed
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Matt wrote: January 17, 2021, 2:30 pm
Azza wrote: January 17, 2021, 1:56 pm Doesn't look like the pitch has much spice in it either. Disappointing, especially for the Gabba.
Agreed
It's been like that a lot lately. Doesn't holds moisture like it used to.

Or possibly being prepared differently.

Edit: looks like the latter. A quick google search tells me Kevin Mitchell Jnr retired as head gorundsman in 2017 and David Sandurski been in charge since.

Mitchell took over the job from his father in 1989. Sandurski was previously working at the MCG.
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IND are sticking it to us..
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Thakur brings up his 5 with a 6 of Lyon. Sundar gets his 50 too. Both took 3 wickets each. Pretty good effort from a pair of rookies.
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We stink.
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HOW HARD IS IT TO HIT THE STUMPS?!?
BOWL AT THE PEGS ****!!!
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If this was an ODI Starc would bowl at least 1 yorker an over. Have barely seen 1 since Adelaide
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India playing for a draw on Day 3
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I feel like we have this rant at least once a year.
Tailenders can nic it like top order players.
They are also far more likely to miss the ball, and therefore LBW and bowled can happen.
Quit it with the short stuff
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I saw 1... I saw 1. An attempted yorker
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Another great catch for Green.
For a bloke that apparently never fielded at slip or gully, he is a damn good gully with great hands
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Wasted 1st ball. YORKER!! Go for the wicket with 1 left in the over. GRRRRR
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Australia bowled like poorly in the 4th innings in Sydney.

The last 2-2.5 hrs have been utter trash
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We don't deserve to win the series, and won't.
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Aiming for the stumps worked a lot better than trying to bounce out the tail.
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Starc is all over the shop.

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1. Our bowling plans to the tail are a disgrace
2. That pitch is a **** road, draw would be odds on

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-TW- wrote: January 17, 2021, 6:39 pm 1. Our bowling plans to the tail are a disgrace
2. That pitch is a **** road, draw would be odds on

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Very much so. Current odds are:

Australia 4.50
India 18.00
Draw 1.28
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The only way we win this is if Warner scores a run a ball 100+++. We are going to need a lead of at least 350 with 4 sessions at them again.

We then need the Indian batsmen to not only flash at everything but catch everything too.
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Fat chance
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We stink..
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