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How is Smith's conversion rate Pete. .. 30 fifties 27 maximums. Wonder if Williamson and Kohli can match that. Pretty sure Smith has both covered on the least matches to 7000 runs too. On track to do same with 8000.
 
Reckon two of our dismissals were from ball hitting a crack. Smiths definitely rose suddenly off a good length.. Green's seems to have gotten big on him at last moment. As no Indian bowls faster that 135 clicks you cant say either were beaten by pace.
 
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Need the tail to eke out 30/40 more runs

10 more actually. 50 important runs.
 
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baggygreen man said:
How is Smith's conversion rate Pete. .. 30 fifties 27 maximums. Wonder if Williamson and Kohli can match that. Pretty sure Smith has both covered on the least matches to 7000 runs too. On track to do same with 8000.
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Smith's conversion rate is very impressive Craig - Williamson isn't too far behind him with 32 50's & 24 100's, what's so amazing about Williamson's stats is we normally only play a one test or two test series & hardly ever play a 3 test series... the big 3 have a big advantage of playing a 4 or 5 test series allowing batsmen to get a much better flow going with their batting.

Going to be a cracker on the last day mate - India need just over 100 per session... hope you put the squeeze on them tomorrow Craig & get early wickets, then keep chipping them out.
 
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Signman said:
Smith's conversion rate is very impressive Craig - Williamson isn't too far behind him with 32 50's & 24 100's, what's so amazing about Williamson's stats is we normally only play a one test or two test series & hardly ever play a 3 test series... the big 3 have a big advantage of playing a 4 or 5 test series allowing batsmen to get a much better flow going with their batting.

Going to be a cracker on the last day mate - India need just over 100 per session... hope you put the squeeze on them tomorrow Craig & get early wickets, then keep chipping them out.
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Good point you make Pete. I have Williamson ahead of Kholi then as my #2.

A cracker indeed mate..that is if bad weather does not intervene and cruel the finish. Aussie star quicks.. Cummins and Hazlewood must be feeling weary after a tortuous workload last two matches. But a Border/Gavaskar trophy is at stake so these blokes will grow another leg for the final hurdle. Starc and Lyon need a big step up.

Just took a look at the deck Pete.. cracks a plenty and most have doubled in size since day one. Our quicks will be targeting those as theirs did yesterday. We just happen to bowl 5/10ks faster on average. Tipping Cam Green to break his wicket duck as is Smithy.
 
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Pete it is cricket such as we have seen in this entire series that can only be good for the survival of the Test format. White ball cricket just does not get the senses and competitive juices flowing or the nerve ends jangling like an enthralling Test cricket contest does.
 
Hazlewood looks overdone to me. His most wayward spell since the second match. Cummins looks completely on song. Interesting Green bowling before Starc. Will be good for the kid's morale. C'mon now give us your first test wicket big fellar.

Hazlewood has left the field after only three overs. There did seem something amiss with him. To be honest he and Pat have been bowled into the ground past two matches. Australia can ill afford losing either of them for our crack at the Test Championship final.

Josh is back on so obviously nothing serious. Pitch is not playing up at all.. that is a surprise with all those cracks. Did the overnite moisture soften them.
 
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We need Lyon to stand up here and now and own this last day. He has had a moderate series. Not his first.

Pat is doing a Josh today. Great economy: 8-5-6-1. Is he going to break this game wide open and win it for us?




Our bowlers have managed to tie Pujara in knots but given Gill far too much freedom.

About time the pitch started to misbehave in our favor.
 
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Paine's captaincy is pretty poor Craig - he's not applying enough pressure with his field... it's astonishing he's not placing two close in fielders either side of the bat when Lyon is bowling.
Can't see India getting 120 per session & unless Paine becomes much more inventive looks to be a certain draw.
 
Signman said:
it's astonishing he's not placing two close in fielders either side of the bat when Lyon is bowling.
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Not astonishing mate. Like I say and have always said .. Lyon is accurate but has little penetration because he is a defensive bowler. So a defensive field as India has shown that he can be lofted safely whenever they attack him. Ashwin and the rookie Sundar are also offies but they mostly attack the batsman.
 
baggygreen man said:
Pete it is cricket such as we have seen in this entire series that can only be good for the survival of the Test format. White ball cricket just does not get the senses and competitive juices flowing or the nerve ends jangling like an enthralling Test cricket contest does.
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Absolutely Craig - test cricket is far more intriguing than the white ball stuff... in tests it's really about mental toughness & all the little battles that go on within the 5 day game.
 
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Can't see India getting 120 per session & unless Paine becomes much more inventive looks to be a certain draw.
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Pete this deck is the easiest batting Gabba deck I can recall. Its saving grace may be the cracks which have now opened and will assist our quicks either by the variable bounce or mentally by sewing doubt into their batsmen minds.
 
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Absolutely Craig - test cricket is far more intriguing than the white ball stuff... in tests it's really about mental toughness & all the little battles that go on within the 5 day game.
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spot on mate.

Same old story with Starc . He lets off the pressure that Cummins, Lyon and Hazlewood have built. Have always said Starc is out attack's weak link. Constantly bowling an out of form bowler is my biggest criticism of Paine. Even Green looks more likely. Least he does not offer freebies.
 
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baggygreen man said:
Not astonishing mate. Like I say and have always said .. Lyon is accurate but has little penetration because he is a defensive bowler. So a defensive field as India has shown that he can be lofted safely whenever they attack him. Ashwin and the rookie Sundar are also offies but they mostly attack the batsman.
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Agree what you're saying about Lyon - but by having a fielder either side of any batsmen it's going to create much more pressure on them to force them into a mistake... if Paine doesn't start trying different things to try & create wicket taking opportunities this test is going to be a draw.
this situation reminds me of Williamson's captaincy.
 
baggygreen man said:
Pete this deck is the easiest batting Gabba deck I can recall. Its saving grace may be the cracks which have now opened and will assist our quicks either by the variable bounce or mentally by sewing doubt into their batsmen minds.
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Yeah, it doesn't look too difficult to bat on... hope those cracks help your bowlers out Craig.
 
So frustrating to have this man in your attack when you are trying to win a match as he gives away a boundary almost every over. He has just served up his second 6 to Gill. Get him off Tim now!! WTF Starc just gifted them 20 runs in one over This aint effing T20 Starc..

The other thing is a Cummins/Hazlewood partnership is far more potent than the other. So why isnt Paine pairing them more.???
 
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baggygreen man said:
spot on mate.

Same old story with Starc . He lets off the pressure that Cummins, Lyon and Hazlewood have built. Have always said Starc is out attack's weak link. Constantly bowling an out of form bowler is my biggest criticism of Paine. Even Green looks more likely. Least he does not offer freebies.
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Yeah, bowlers need to bowl accurately in pairs to keep the pressure on... as you say Craig give Green a crack, he can't be any worse than a very erratic Starc.
 
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So frustrating to have this man in your attack when you are trying to win a match as he gives away a boundary almost every over.
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What shite bowling from Starc - bowling both sides of the wicket giving away gift runs... Paine has to take him off & give Green a go
 
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