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Reply #795 –
Scotty Boland will rip the heart out of the Indian team and a decent batting effort in the 2nd dig should set us up for a close fought win.
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Reply #796 –
He won't get enough support.  Too many softies from north of the Murray.
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Reply #797 –
Well that was a short series, and we aren't even on the pitches yet that favour the Indians!

Dead and buried at selection ............. yet again!

PS: Can you imagine the outrage if Warner was seen handing Lyon a substance to put on his spinning finger, yet crickets about Jadeja's magic finger mix?
The Force Awakens!
 

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Reply #798 –
100%. Totally and completely illegal.  You just can't do it and he must be sanctioned.  It was so he could bowl with a newish pill, so that's getting an unfair advantage.

Where our blokes get into trouble with spinners is the straight one - Ashwin's arm ball or the slider from Jadeja.  Few of of our wickets were from balls that deviated from the line - you miss those, they're too good.  Bowl one early in the over as a set up then attack the line of the stumps.
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Reply #799 –
Quote from: Professer E on
100%. Totally and completely illegal.  You just can't do it and he must be sanctioned.  It was so he could bowl with a newish pill, so that's getting an unfair advantage.
Jadeja is claiming he has a sore finger, but if I recall correctly just recently Lyon and Starc were required by match referees to remove dressings and other coatings from their fingers before bowling, so much so Starc was forced to carry a towel to soak up blood dripping from his finger.

Dodgy wicket preparation, dodgy bowling tactics, piss-weak response from officials, this is how money corrupts!
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Reply #800 –
Damn straight.  If he was playing grade cricket over here he'd be watching for the next month, they're red hot on this kind of stuff. 

It might not be as extreme as sandpaper, but its still not on and it is so f*****g typical of p-weak officials on stuff like this.  But if an Australian did it....
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Reply #801 –
Could Australia's fortunes be turning? Murphy has 3
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

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Reply #802 –
It will be four nil, as predicted.  No lessons have been learnt and this result will finish careers.  Sure, they were hamstrung by injuries but it was the most clueless set of selections I've ever seen.  I'm looking at you George.   Only four bowlers and no Head.

The players looked horribly underprepared - why do they constantly get beaten on the inside when batting?  WHY!?!

Khawaja cannot play off spin, period. That's the issue Langer brought up with him and why he spent years in the wilderness.
Warner is finished.  F-i-n-i-s-h-e-d for those who don't get it.  Brings nothing.
Boland can't take wickets on that kind of pitch, doesn't get movement through the air.  The dropped catch was awful.  Not disgraceful but not right for these decks.
Renshaw.....Aaaaargh.  And injured.  Lucky not to be on a plane.

And let's not forget Mr Cummins.  First real test for him and he didn't lead.  And needs to rediscover how to bat.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #803 –
Quote from: Professer E on
Boland can't take wickets on that kind of pitch, doesn't get movement through the air.  The dropped catch was awful.  Not disgraceful but not right for these decks.
The dropped catch was ordinary, the NSWelshmen will hang Boland high for that one to cover up the other dropped catches by Smith, Labuschagne and Khawaja.

But in regards to Boland and bowling in India, let's not forget they had already put down two certain(90/10) chances off his bowling and another one that probably should have been been 60/40 but they didn't even get a hand to it. He actually generated more chances than Cummins! ;)

Add those drops to the ones of Murphy and they cost Australia about 200 runs! Catching close in can be tough in Inda, the ball stays low, Smith has a flaw in his technique he keeps standing up. It's great in Australia because he can dive left and right and take the spectacular catches on pitches where the ball carries 40m, but in India where the ball comes to at ankle height 10m from the stumps his technique is a problem, a huge negative.

But the catching that isn't the big problem, the big problem is the batting is not technically sound for Indian conditions. They needed guys with sound basic defence who can and will sweep from ball one, and they hand none!

It almost looked to me like the players don't care about India, and they are tuning up BazBall style batting for The Ashes!
The Force Awakens!

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Reply #804 –
F-me, stand up and applaud, AUS 0-50
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

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Reply #805 –
And as I say that, Warner gone for 15 ! Im a curse.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

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Reply #806 –
F-me just turned it on in time to see Warner go out! Switching TV off.

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Reply #807 –
More Bazball, this could be a two day test!
The Force Awakens!

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Reply #808 –
Make that 2-91
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

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Reply #809 –
Seems to be a rule whereby if we get hit on the pad, it's LB.  First one (rightfully overturned) had so much wood in it it was almost a cover drive.

Game over.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?