The BaggyGreens Thread
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Fleetwood
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I've never seen anything quite like it - it looks like someone who only bowls at nets, except he's heading for all-timer status! I love that cricket can still produce a top-level performer with technique like nothing you've seen before
Fleetwood
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Has it really flattened out that much? Hard to see from the limited highlights over here in Pom country
Sounds like there was still plenty of play and misses but it has definitely calmed down from what it was doing yesterday.
Fleetwood
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Watching your side go around the park is one of the more dispiriting experiences that sport has to offer - I'd rather watch my team get skittled out any day of the week.
Going on the ease the Indian openers found things last evening I'd say positively yes. This pair struggled big time in first innings.
Really, ECB not interested in taking the feed. That is slack. See if you can find a free streaming site. If no luck I'll help you.
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Oz are the proverbial 'dads army' now with average age 33. The oldest team we have fielded in 80 yrs of India Tests. Well they set a precedent by allowing Davey Warner to play on past his used by date. Now Ussie looks cooked at same age.
Sharkman84
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Words fail at me. As brilliant as we bowled in their first innings it's been downhill from then on.
Our innings was some of the worst batting I have ever seen.
Our innings was some of the worst batting I have ever seen.
Made to look worse than it was by the freakish Bumrah.
Sharkman84
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I think there'll be changes for the Test here. Don't know who's getting dropped though.
The 80's were bad sure, this is ten times ************** worse.
The 80's were bad sure, this is ten times ************** worse.
Sharkman84
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About ************** time they declared.
Smiths dismissal was awful.
In a vacuum it’s horrible, when you consider he’s been getting out like that for at least a year it’s even worse. He was an incredible batsman in his prime but he’s gone.
We really need some top order batsmen to come through the ranks soon.
We have Green at 4 when he’s recovered and McSweeney will hopefully end up at 3. That means we have 2 opening spots to account for and frankly no one is a whole lot for it.
Also I can guarantee you no one is getting dropped after this match.
The only person that would possibly be dropped is McSweeney and frankly he got out to 2 very good balls. The first one seamed in a mile and was unlucky to not be hit outside the line. The second one kept low.
The only person that would possibly be dropped is McSweeney and frankly he got out to 2 very good balls. The first one seamed in a mile and was unlucky to not be hit outside the line. The second one kept low.
Also Bumrah is a freak of a bowler.
I think a lot of his success this test is from bowling with a dead straight seam. I think our bowlers are way too reliant on the wobble seam and proved to be a little bit shit on this pitch. Hazlewood was the best, but he often bowls with a straight seam anyway, similar with Starc.
Cummins was the most exposed, although he arguably is just very rusty, still looked completely toothless.
Lyon also did not look like taking a wicket for a large chunk of the innings.
I think a lot of his success this test is from bowling with a dead straight seam. I think our bowlers are way too reliant on the wobble seam and proved to be a little bit shit on this pitch. Hazlewood was the best, but he often bowls with a straight seam anyway, similar with Starc.
Cummins was the most exposed, although he arguably is just very rusty, still looked completely toothless.
Lyon also did not look like taking a wicket for a large chunk of the innings.
By a bloody country mile. He smothered them, unfortunately the pressure he built did not transfer into wickets. Then came Cummins and Starc a bad third. He handed Jaiswal, Kohli and co over 100 runs on medium difficult batting deck. That is unforgivable. Lyon as useless as tits on a bull with two wickets for the match.
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No mate, Marnus' spot is hanging by the proverbial thread. Completely out of his depth against fast bowling. Seen his last 10 Test scores, only decent one was in NZ against a pop gun attack. Be dead wrong to drop Sween after one game.
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Sharkman84
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Sorry for the mic drop of profanities last night.
Was just livid with what I was seeing.
Some of the worst cricket I've seen from an Australian team in years.
Was just livid with what I was seeing.
Some of the worst cricket I've seen from an Australian team in years.