Australia A vs India ¦ 2nd practice match! December 11! SYDNEY

[Gollum]

Real question is do we really need a spinner in the D/N test? Saw the scorecards of previous D/N tests in Aus and 2 things stand out..

 

- Starc is the main danger, phenomenal record with the pink ball. In general the weakest quick in their attack but with pink ball towers over Cummins, Hazlewood, Pattinson. 

 

- Spinners mostly rendered useless, all visiting spinners have been weak links in their bowling attacks and Lyon except a couple of cheap 4fers (after match done and dusted) hasn't exactly been a major factor. Sure Adelaide is his favorite hunting ground and he worked as a groundsman there before, maybe Aus persist with him for that reason. An attack of Starc/Cummins/Hazlewood/Pattinson will scare me more in those conditions, no breathing space. 

 

Should we take the punt and go with 4 quicks? Vihari can fill in with 10-15 overs per innings. At least with Jaddu, we had his improved batting and electric fielding to make up for lacklustre bowling. I don't think the present version of Ashwin adds that much value to the XI. He can be the workhorse in super flat MCG and an attacking option in SCG. Horse for courses right? 

Edited December 11, 2020 by Gollum

[express bowling]

41 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Their batsman have an excuse of playing under lights and they are third string players. Our top young talented batsmen could not survive in natural day light.

 

These batsmen are the next in line for their test team and a couple will probably play in the test series too.

 

Harris, Burns and Maddinson have played more than 50 tests between them.

 

Plus they are playing in their own country.

 

 

[express bowling]

28 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

Notice also how nobody has mentioned Pant. That's because he was flawless behind stumps. Lots of energy too.

 

 

4 catches today by Pant.

 

Very under-rated keeper against pace bowling.

 

Playing him as the keeper batsman is a no brainer for me in tests in SENA.

Edited December 11, 2020 by express bowling

[Forever Indian]

23 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Real question is do we really need a spinner in the D/N test? Saw the scorecards of previous D/N tests in Aus and 2 things stand out..

 

- Starc is the main danger, phenomenal record with the pink ball. In general the weakest quick in their attack but with pink ball towers over Cummins, Hazlewood, Pattinson. 

 

- Spinners mostly rendered useless, all visiting spinners have been weak links in their bowling attacks and Lyon except a couple of cheap 4fers (after match done and dusted) hasn't exactly been a major factor. Sure Adelaide is his favorite hunting ground and he worked as a groundsman there before, maybe Aus persist with him for that reason. An attack of Starc/Cummins/Hazlewood/Pattinson will scare me more in those conditions, no breathing space. 

 

Should we take the punt and go with 4 quicks? Vihari can fill in with 10-15 overs per innings. At least with Jaddu, we had his improved batting and electric fielding to make up for lacklustre bowling. I don't think the present version of Ashwin adds that much value to the XI. He can be the workhorse in super flat MCG and an attacking option in SCG. Horse for courses right? 

Would agree with this approach unless the pitch had no Grass. But do you think this TM has that much imagination to take the attacking option?

[express bowling]

26 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Real question is do we really need a spinner in the D/N test? Saw the scorecards of previous D/N tests in Aus and 2 things stand out..

 

- Starc is the main danger, phenomenal record with the pink ball. In general the weakest quick in their attack but with pink ball towers over Cummins, Hazlewood, Pattinson. 

 

- Spinners mostly rendered useless, all visiting spinners have been weak links in their bowling attacks and Lyon except a couple of cheap 4fers (after match done and dusted) hasn't exactly been a major factor. Sure Adelaide is his favorite hunting ground and he worked as a groundsman there before, maybe Aus persist with him for that reason. An attack of Starc/Cummins/Hazlewood/Pattinson will scare me more in those conditions, no breathing space. 

 

Should we take the punt and go with 4 quicks? Vihari can fill in with 10-15 overs per innings. At least with Jaddu, we had his improved batting and electric fielding to make up for lacklustre bowling. I don't think the present version of Ashwin adds that much value to the XI. He can be the workhorse in super flat MCG and an attacking option in SCG. Horse for courses right? 

 

 

I want 4 quicks in the Pink ball test.

[raki05]

54 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Their batsman have an excuse of playing under lights and they are third string players. Our top young talented batsmen could not survive in natural day light.

So cameroon green has suddenly become third grade talent form last match, wasn't carey and abott play internation for them. Who are the first grade talent apart from the playing xi then.

[WC2011INDIA]

Bumrah and bowlers have the day.

[Serpico]

5 minutes ago, raki05 said:

So cameroon green has suddenly become third grade talent form last match, wasn't carey and abott play internation for them. Who are the first grade talent apart from the playing xi then.

Green didn't bat today because of concussion he got while bowling. Burns is a regular test opener, opened throughout last home season for aussies and he got out on second ball

[nevada]

Wow, what an astonishing turn around by India! Great to see our bowlers return fire with fire.  

[coffee_rules]

32 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

 

I want 4 quicks in the Pink ball test.

Yes, 4 bowlers and Vihari. Saini performance better than Siraj. 

[RAZPOR]

this is why saini needs to play ,he has the x factor as a bowler.

[gattaca]

India's highest score is for bumrah bumrah ... what ? Indian batsman not taking these matches seriously. 

[Soumo]

1 hour ago, RAZPOR said:

this is why saini needs to play ,he has the x factor as a bowler.

According to few people he only bowls gun barrel straight and with no movement 

[Serpico]

With this innings Bumrah's first class average jumped from 7.6 to 10.35 

[prudent_kreeda]

9 minutes ago, Soumo said:

According to few people he only bowls gun barrel straight and with no movement 

 There is difference in pink/Red ball and white ball re: amount & duration some movement ca be  extracted .

[Lannister]

With Rahane as a captain, we may have a slight chance. Why couldn't the fraud just take the entire series off? Damn. 

[OpeningBatsman]

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Edited December 11, 2020 by OpeningBatsman

[OpeningBatsman]

Match will b over tmoro

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by OpeningBatsman

[ShoonyaSifar]

2 hours ago, raki05 said:

So cameroon green has suddenly become third grade talent form last match, wasn't carey and abott play internation for them. Who are the first grade talent apart from the playing xi then.

The guy has ZERO understanding of how pink ball behaves in Australia. Batting with a pink ball in the post-supper session has been relatively the easiest. First two sessions have been the toughest. Look at how he's twisted the obvious facts for his propaganda (all part of Kohli PR)

[vishalvirsingh]

Hats off to Shammi Saini BOOM BOOM Siraj.

 

got the Australian 11 on the knees, out of which at least 2 to 3 players may be in the Test 11.

 

Our bowlers did not push themselves very hard , had they did , we could have got them under 80 too.

 

I will not be surprised if  we win the test series 3-2, though it is being too optimistic. 

 

Among pacers it seems all the 5 are looking good. saini siraj umesh are also looking pretty good.

 

Shammi and bumrah are not at their very best and i hope that in tests they will come back to full pace.

 

we also did not bat well and biggest surprise was bumrah scoring 55 and siraj scoring 22.

 

Starc is the main danger for indian batsman and Pujara is the key as he has the capability to blunt the new ball.

 

Mayank should open with Gill or Prithvi.

 

i am quite sure that they would come with 4 fast bowlers and India should also pick up 4 best pacers out of 5. Unless ashwin is genuinely turning the ball and is showing some promise. 

i beleive australia will create a fast track as they still believe that they can bat better against fast bowlers.