Jeor Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Good first day from India, but the test will be whether their batting can put up a decent total and make their bowlers' efforts count. Australia has some problems with their batting order, Labuschagne and Smith aside, there doesn't seem to be anyone who can reliably make a score. With those two, (Smith's duck aside), you know that even if they don't score a big century or whatever, you're still going to get a decent innings out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I went to bed toward the end of the second session and I wake up and Australia went 195 all out?! I mean, they were not covering themselves with glory but I thought the middle order and tail could at least hold out until Day 2. Good effort from India's bowlers -- I really enjoyed watching them pick apart the Australian batsmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Sri Lanka are doing quite well in South Africa. I thought losing de Silva retired hurt to an odd looking hip injury running through an easy single might derail them but they’re still ticking along well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 310/5 already looks like Sri Lanka will have a healthy 1st innings lead. Our batting line-up is wank and are much more likely to be skittled out for <200 than get close to 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On the Australian batting performance - the last time they failed to make 200 in two consecutive first innings in Australia was 1978. And that was the Kim Hughes era. Warner can't return quickly enough! New Zealand are just being themselves, pacing themselves to a strong position against a decent Pakistani attack. Sri Lanka was a surprise. ETA: Another (slightly cheeky) way I like to think about how ordinary Australia's test batting is, is to ask: how many NZers would walk into the Aus batting line-up? Williamson obviously, replacing, let's say, Green. But maybe also Latham (averages 43 compared to Burns at 39); Taylor (averages 46 compared to Head at 41); Nicholls (averages 42 compared to Wade at 31); and Watling (averages 38 compared to Paine's 33). In other words, only Marnus and Steve Smith would keep their places in a combined top 7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 So, I have been drinking for 13 hours. Which makes me perfectly qualified to do commentary on the Test match until I inevitably pass out in about 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Is it just me, or does Hazlewood look like a man who who would steal pensioners’ luggage at a service station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Would it be wrong to say that Cummings looks like a man unjustly accused of a pub bombing? I’m guessing yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Who is this Stuart Broad impersonator? Bad job, not pretty enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 This is the commentary I am here for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 And the pub bomber breaks through! This is the challenge now for India. Usually it would be Chet and Virat at this stage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, Hereward said: So, I have been drinking for 13 hours. Which makes me perfectly qualified to do commentary on the Test match until I inevitably pass out in about 30 minutes. You are one hour short of a prime Bumble pre-performance routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 AA Gill, prominent restaurant critic, plays a predictably shit shot. India should have picked Gordon Ramsey instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I’ve clearly missed something. Is Paine no longer shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Two wickets in rapid succession. We should be falsely accusing Cummins of pub bombings more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 What’s going on with this pitch? It looks like it’s rained, which is clearly impossible. I fondly remember Desire accusing all other countries’ groundsmen of cheating cause their pitches don’t behave like Australian pitches, which are clearly the default! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Melbourne is similar to UK. Shit weather all year. So there was definitely a shower at some point between the break of play. The pitches have been quite un-Australian so far. Pretty bowler friendly. No doubt to play to their strengths since the batting lineup is piss weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Rahane gives me a similar level of confidence as Boris Johnson. Though presumably with less extramarital spawning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Get a fucking haircut Green, you look like a 1980s frat villain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Team needs more mullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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