Pitches have been really flat

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Expected more seam movement swing sharply there in as except sydney pert.But pitches have lacked venom. Australia bowling averages Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10 Ct St JR Hazlewood 2* 2 39.2 6 142 7 5/68 7/142 20.28 3.61 33.7 1 0 1 0 NM Lyon 3* 4 105.5 12 424 17 7/152 12/286 24.94 4.00 37.3 2 1 3 0 MG Johnson 3* 4 76.3 16 289 8 4/61 4/142 36.12 3.77 57.3 0 0 1 0 RJ Harris 2* 2 40.0 12 104 2 1/49 2/104 52.00 2.60 120.0 0 0 1 0 MR Marsh 2 3 21.0 6 54 1 1/14 1/14 54.00 2.57 126.0 0 0 1 0 PM Siddle 1 2 27.4 5 109 2 2/88 2/109 54.50 3.93 83.0 0 0 0 0 MA Starc 1 2 25.0 2 110 2 2/27 2/110 55.00 4.40 75.0 0 0 0 0 SR Watson 3* 4 34.4 13 85 1 1/39 1/66 85.00

[bulbul]

yes...only new ball is helping bit.

[kosingh]

You'll get your wish when Aussies bowl

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You'll get your wish when Aussies bowl

They have bowled in adelaide,brisbane too

[kosingh]

They have bowled in adelaide' date='brisbane too[/quote'] Yep bowled out india in both matches

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Yep bowled out india in both matches

More like india bowled out themselves .hardly anything in adelaide where we gifted the match and in brisbane too .

[bharat297]

We can make excuses all we want but in the first 2 Tests, Australia have managed to take 40 wickets and we have taken 28.

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We can make excuses all we want but in the first 2 Tests' date=' Australia have managed to take 40 wickets and we have taken 28.[/quote'] Not excuses i feel our best chance is on green top.

[India-KXIP fan]

Yep bowled out india in both matches

Bowled India out at an average of 350 runs an innings including 2nd innings GABBA pitch. :giggle:

[kosingh]

If there was more in it for the bowlers these matches would not even lat 3 days.

[Mindreader]

Pitches as World cup preparation

[Number]

Brisbane wasn't really flat. We were just 4 wickets away, if we had 230 we might have won even after the embarrassing collapse. Adelaide was how it has been for years. MCG is good for batting once you get set.

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Brisbane wasn't really flat. We were just 4 wickets away, if we had 230 we might have won even after the embarrassing collapse. Adelaide was how it has been for years. MCG is good for batting once you get set.

Its not about being 4 wickets away these are poor batting lineups.I am talking about seam movement off the pitch even aussie bowlers who are world class have not got anything off the pitches.

[bharat297]

Brisbane wasn't really flat. We were just 4 wickets away, if we had 230 we might have won even after the embarrassing collapse. Adelaide was how it has been for years. MCG is good for batting once you get set.

It's just excuses. This is a recurring problem for India.

[kubrickian]

I wouldnt call any of these pitches flat. They have good pace and bounce and there is always something for bowlers. Adelaide was a bit easy paced but that's the way it has been playing for a while. There has been some good batting from both sides. From India, it has been mostly Vijay, Kohli, Rahane and for Australia, it has been Warner, Smith. The bowling hasnt been exceptional but Australia have bowled much better. Lyon, Hazlewood, Johnson have bowled some great spells. From Indian side, none.

[India-KXIP fan]

India's specialist batsmen as a unit probably scored as many as Aus ones against a much stronger attack. Good job they have done bar Rohit :nice:

[Number]

Its not about being 4 wickets away these are poor batting lineups.I am talking about seam movement off the pitch even aussie bowlers who are world class have not got anything off the pitches.

I think that's pretty much how Aus always is. In Perth there is swing, Sydeny first day a little, other than that there is bounce and pace off the pitch, not much lateral movement.

[AmreekanDesi]

good for our world cup i guess not much hopes for this series now but atleast we will do well on flat tracks in ODIs

[kubrickian]

Some people are assuming pitches in Australia to be minefields after seeing the way our previous team and English side played there. They made them look far worse than they are. South Africa batted quite well in Aus in their last series. Pitches in Australia have always been good for batting but there is help for bowlers too.

[moniker]

I wouldnt call any of these pitches flat. They have good pace and bounce and there is always something for bowlers. Adelaide was a bit easy paced but that's why it has been playing for a while. There has been some good batting from both sides. From India, it has been mostly Vijay, Kohli, Rahane and for Australia, it has been Warner, Smith. The bowling hasnt been exceptional but Australia have bowled much better. Lyon, Hazlewood, Johnson have bowled some great spells. From Indian side, none.

Well, if a pitch offers little sideways movement, and has predictable bounce then it's flat. It can have good pace and carry, but as long as it's true bounce, then it shouldn't matter. The pitches have been flat doesn't mean that Australian bowling hasn't been good or Indian bowling hasn't been bad. India's performed poorly, Australia are playing well and the pitches are flat. These statements don't need to be mutually exclusive.