SK_IH Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, rkt.india said: Warner and Smith are as susceptible on pitches like these. Lol comparing nobody's with Warner and Smith. You are just dismissing these with simple "on these pitches" as if every pitch was a minefield. I can still agree with you regarding Warner but surely no Smith , that guy is a freak irrespective of pitches. Mind you even Warner was colossal last time Aus won in SA. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Pollack Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Tempted to say no. We would have continued our habit of being close to win yet botch it up. UrmiSinhaRay, nevada and Bigg Brother 1 2 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Could we have won in 2004 if Tendulkar wasn't injured? Real McCoy and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Warner only yes with both smith and warner no. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Nikola Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 First they would have made pitch more batting friendly if they had smith and warner. Now they are relying on pitch more to get them win. Second all other supporting batsman like Marsh bros & Khawaja would have had not pressure to perform and be lead batsman in absence of steve smith & warner so they would have done surely better than they are doing now. If you remove Kohli & Pujara from our side then surely we might have players replacing them but our bowlers & batsman will feel pressure that we don't have someone reliable to score for us. Bigg Brother and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Our attack is our strength these days I think we would have conquered Smith atlast here Smith would have inspired many others to punch above their weights While i write this,now i think, that would have been super tough to win a series in their presense considering we narrowly win the first test,had Smith,Warner been there that could have gone either way But SA did it last time ,why can't we Real McCoy and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
Pollack Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, rkt.india said: Warner and Smith are as susceptible on pitches like these. LoL Smith is a freak. He would have manhandled Ishant, Umesh, Shami, Ashwin and Jadeja. Don't know about Bumrah though. One thing for sure winning would have been at least twice as difficult as now. Also note one of two wins was very close even without Smith. UrmiSinhaRay and JourneyMan 2 Link to comment
JourneyMan Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Would my wife be ten pounds heavier if she was a southee? We will never know. Seriously speaking, I don't think we would have won the series if Warner and Smith were in the team. They add 100-200 runs between them. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 25 minutes ago, JourneyMan said: Would my wife be ten pounds heavier if she was a southee? We will never know. Seriously speaking, I don't think we would have won the series if Warner and Smith were in the team. They add 100-200 runs between them. The answer to your first question is at least 50 lbs. UrmiSinhaRay and JourneyMan 1 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, wanted_desi said: Could we have won in 2004 if Tendulkar wasn't injured? Not sure. Wasn't that during the time of tennis elbow? I don't think he would have made a difference in nagpur. We got beat badly. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Pollack said: LoL Smith is a freak. He would have manhandled Ishant, Umesh, Shami, Ashwin and Jadeja. Don't know about Bumrah though. One thing for sure winning would have been at least twice as difficult as now. Also note one of two wins was very close even without Smith. he's a freak in non seamer friendly conditions/against average pace attacks. With our new pace attack he wouldnt get it so easy. Tell me, which batsmen has had better of our pace attack this year? ABVD? eventually we got a hold of him too. Real McCoy and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) if Australia would have made batting friendly tracks, KL Rahul and M Vijay would have been made to look like Grenidge and Haynes. Edited December 31, 2018 by mancalledsting Real McCoy, Stan AF and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) What if Bhuvi, Privthvi Shaw and Pandya were fit?? Edited December 31, 2018 by mancalledsting express bowling, Real McCoy and UrmiSinhaRay 1 2 Link to comment
Nikola Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 3 hours ago, mancalledsting said: What if Bhuvi, Privthvi Shaw and Pandya were fit?? Bhuvi would have never played ahead of current 3 bowlers. Pandya hasn't don't anything big and shaw has just played 2 matches. Idk what are you talking about. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 26 minutes ago, Nikola said: Bhuvi would have never played ahead of current 3 bowlers. Pandya hasn't don't anything big and shaw has just played 2 matches. Idk what are you talking about. Bhuvi would have been effective in Perth (freemantle doctor notorious for assisting swing bowlers). He would have also elongated our tail. In Perth, Marcus Harris and Finch opening partnership was key to them winning match. If Bhuvi was there and fit, doubt they would have got away so easy. Australian conditions are perfect for Hardik's game, he has good list A record there and has shown he can do it in Cape Town. So Prithvi Shaw likely to be worse than KLR of M Vijay? Real McCoy and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 18 hours ago, rkt.india said: Yes, on these pitches, yes. Not on flat pitches. Both Smith and Warner are FTBs. He was the top run getter for them in India and Srilanka which were some of the trickiest pitches. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
raki05 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 We have all seen how much diff AB has made during sa series , singlehandedly won the first 2 matches for SA. UrmiSinhaRay, Stan AF and Bigg Brother 1 2 Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Smith and Warner would have made it close but we still would have won it by sandpaper width UrmiSinhaRay and nitinbwj 2 Link to comment
nevada Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 14 hours ago, Pollack said: Tempted to say no. We would have continued our habit of being close to win yet botch it up. Yeah. I think the scoreline would be 1-2 instead of 2-1. Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 What if Shaw was fit ? One of the biggest issues we have had in Australia is opener woes. If Shaw was there, this could have been totally different. And I don't think Warner would have done well on the slow pitches in Adelaide or Melbourne or with the ball moving in Perth. He flourishes on faster tracks with true bounce and little movement. Moreover Smith and Warner post Sandpaper scam and ban, may not be the same batsmen for quite some time. Suhaan and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
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