Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[laj]

Their openers have been crap as well.  Overall the Indian batting has been almost as inconsistent as ours,  just a few guys have gone on.  Haven't been impressed by 6-8 (Pant  or the previous no.  6), none have batted according to the match situation.

Indian bowling has been most impressive,  got lengths wrong, like most sides in Perth.  Sharma is a pest of a bowler,  bowls a load of tripe at times but ends up with wickets.  Bumrah looks like he'll take a lot of getting used to,  they're not picking him up.

Yes, their openers have been crap.

They have Kohli and Pujara, equivalent of us missing Smith and Warner. Kohli's only had one good innings. If we knock both Kohli and Pujara out early then  we can run right through them.

[LP]

Our bowling went really flat during India's 2nd innings in Adelaide.

Except in the 1st innings they were 7/189 and made 250, that is what really hurt us, 60 minutes at the end of the day bowling sprayed rubbish! We had a foot on their throat and instead of squeezing harder we picked them up and dusted them off!

[deags]

Our bowling may be subpar, but the problem really lies with the batting.
Our guys are struggling to get in, and once in, they then get out either to a cracker delivery, or a lapse of concentration.
The batting line-up has been inconsistent for some time now, and has been generally saved by one mediocre score. Our bowlers haven't defended a "par" score for so long.
Having said that, I am of the opinion that since McGrath left the side, we haven't bowled well to tail enders. McGrath made an art form of bowling that persistent line and length that tail enders had no end of difficulty playing, now it's all about chin music and intimidation.

[laj]

Except in the 1st innings they were 7/189 and made 250, that is what really hurt us, 60 minutes at the end of the day bowling sprayed rubbish! We had a foot on their throat and instead of squeezing harder we picked them up and dusted them off!

What was worse at that point Pujara knicked the ball and we didn't review. He made another 34 runs, they won by 31. We did bowl a heap of crap at that point.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Yes, their openers have been crap.

They have Kohli and Pujara, equivalent of us missing Smith and Warner. Kohli's only had one good innings. If we knock both Kohli and Pujara out early then  we can run right through them.

They have the injured Hardik Pandya missing at No 6 and can improve their tail by including Ashwin and Jadeja ..the latter averages 32 and thats handy coming in at No 8.
Jadeja and Pandya are also excellent in the field......I cant believe they didnt play Jadeja in Perth.....
They will be a lot harder to beat at the MCG if those three play....
Agree their openers are rubbish and I would expect changes there, I expect Handscomb to hold his place given the game is in Melbourne.....

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[malo]

There seems to be a few mixed reports as the what we can expect the pitch to play like.  Last year was an absolute road, in fact an awful pitch for Test cricket.

Some seem to think it has been better this season in the shield games, but there have been some big scores racked up in a few of these.  One thing, the groundsman will not want to serve up what he did last year...that would play right into India hands & flatten our attack for the last test.

[LP]

There seems to be a few mixed reports as the what we can expect the pitch to play like.  Last year was an absolute road, in fact an awful pitch for Test cricket.

Some seem to think it has been better this season in the shield games, but there have been some big scores racked up in a few of these.  One thing, the groundsman will not want to serve up what he did last year...that would play right into India hands & flatten our attack for the last test.

The groundsmen cannot win, if the pitch is moving around or even slightly unpredictable the heavily biased pro-batsmen commentary teams gives them heaps of liberal party curry!

Look at all the complaints over in Perth coming from the morons behind the microphone, yet the match went into the 1st session of the last day!

[Professer E]

Madugalle has slammed the Perth Wicket.  Must have been upset because it didn't turn square before lunch on day one.

Obviously wasn't in Sri  Lanka when they broomed the pitch,  or Pune when the pitched that was brewed up was a disgrace.

[LP]

Madugalle has slammed the Perth Wicket.  Must have been upset because it didn't turn square before lunch on day one.

Obviously wasn't in Sri  Lanka when they broomed the pitch,  or Pune when the pitched that was brewed up was a disgrace.

I don't get it ProfE, some of these duds must want a return to the old ways, matches going 6 or 7 days before being abandoned without a result, or matches over halfway through day 3.

Our younger posters won't know this. But these modern spuds have got it too easy, go back to the days when pitches were not covered and it rained too heavy they'd get the hessian mats out. Some of these modern spuds would retire from the sport rather than facing up under those conditions!

Back in Perth there was a bouncer that took off, I think from Hazelwood, that bounced just a couple of metres short of being 6 byes. Back in the old days on matting there were bowlers that could do that on demand! These flakes would faint if that had to face that, and it was back in the years before helmets!

[Professer E]

How's about blokes aiming at the seams and patches in the matting.... Absolute faaaarking cawnarge.