Paxter Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 29 minutes ago, Hereward said: Rahane gives me a similar level of confidence as Boris Johnson. Though presumably with less extramarital spawning. Poor Rahane. If we had a dollar for every time an Indian cricket fan rips into him on social media... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Also WTF the cricket thread is hoooooot. When’s the last time that happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 7 hours ago, Paxter said: Also WTF the cricket thread is hoooooot. When’s the last time that happened? When Kapil Dev led India to the '83 cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 7 hours ago, Paxter said: Poor Rahane. If we had a dollar for every time an Indian cricket fan rips into him on social media... Man that's a captain. And Gill was good enough for his debut. Someone joked about picking someone else instead of him, but he's mature beyond his years. Calm and composed. Good looks don't hurt too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Markram and Elgar have made a good start. Sri Lanka put up a very good total though and a potential batting collapse is always just around the corner for SA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Yeah, there’s some surprisingly competent batting going on at Centurion. Although, in fairness, I don’t recognise most of these bowlers for either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Silly run out to end Rahane’s grand innings. I guess his just desserts for the Kohli incident in Adelaide. And...oh dear. Pakistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Good mini-fightback from Aus. They are still well behind but they have the advantage of bowling last and the psychological scars from Adelaide. See what happens... Cannot reiterate more strongly what a difference Jadeja and Pant make to India. Much more balanced side than the previous XI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 The Rahane runout may be a turning point. Jadeja and Rahane really should have buried Australia with a 200+ lead. Their current lead of 130 is good, but any chase over 150 is going to be fair game. While the Australians haven't batted well this series so far, setting that sort of a target is not really a tall order, and if some of the batsmen fire, anything over 200 is going to be really testing for the Indians chasing. Still in India's favour, to be sure, but it's only one good partnership away from being a 50/50 proposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 And Burns out for 4. At least not back-to-back ducks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 While it seems the Burns experiment hasn't gone so well, his spritely 51* in the last match shows it wasn't all bad. When Warner comes back he'll probably be toast, but Wade hasn't been setting the world on fire either with 8, 33 and 30. If he falls for a low score, he might be under pressure too. Wade's average of 30 is not great over 30+ tests, although to be fair his non-wicketkeeper average is a slightly more defensible 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Both needs to go. I'd much rather they just try a newbie out because they might have future prospects. These guys are old farts at the end of their career and are still shit. They aren't going to improve significantly any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I’m expecting a Wade century after that remark TWS. Oh and one for Smith after my earlier comment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Still trailing with only 4 wickets in hand. Green, Cummins and Starc can all bat, so it's not completely out of the question yet, but very much looks like an Indian victory on the cards. If so, it will have been a great response from the Indian team after being bowled out for 36. And a great individual response from Rahane as well, who didn't exactly have a great First Test (running out Kohli) but has come up trumps this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Potentially big drop there from Pant. Still India’s match, but you don’t want to be chasing much over 100 with this Aussie attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Paxter said: Potentially big drop there from Pant. Still India’s match, but you don’t want to be chasing much over 100 with this Aussie attack. They're just leading by 2 runs. Not sure if the tail enders and bowlers can push that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, TheLastWolf said: They're just leading by 2 runs. Not sure if the tail enders and bowlers can push that much I think Cummins made 60-odd in the equivalent fixture in 2018. India need to nail these four wickets tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 SA have actually managed to rack up an excellent score and are still going - 574/6 (178 run lead). Vintage performance from Faf (182 not out) holding everything together and ably supported by Elgar, Markram, Bavuma, Mulder and now Maharaj. Bit disappointed with de Kock though - for all of his talent, he needs to grow up and start showing more maturity with his batting instead of approaching every innings as though it's a limited overs game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Consigliere said: Vintage performance from Faf (182 not out) Poor fella. 199 out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 9 hours ago, TheLastWolf said: Poor fella. 199 out ooof that's brutal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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