Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[LP]

For all his good batting here is where Smith lets himself down.

451 runs on the board, India 0/62 and we have one slip and a gully to a bowler who can reverse the ball. Of course the edge goes between slip and gully.

[DJC]

The ball hasn't been tossed to Maxwell yet  :

[DJC]

The ball hasn't been tossed to Maxwell yet  :

Only two overs so far  :-\

I would have thought that Maxwell could have maintained pressure on the Indians while spelling the frontline bowlers ... and perhaps jagging a wicket.

[flyboy77]

The ball hasn't been tossed to Maxwell yet  :

Dean Jones always says that Maxwell's a better bowler than batter.

[LP]

So last night you get a perfect example of how low Indian cricket and the Indian cricket media is prepared to go.

Using their high profile, Indian media use past players to beat up a story about Smith mocking Kohli's shoulder injury. Smith is vilified in broadcasts and online, Kohli stands on the team balcony clapping disgracefully at a failed DRS review by the Australian captain.

But the whole story was concocted and fake news, in the best Trump style.

Of course this is just a one off, the media and that is any or all media, wouldn't do this sort of thing normally! :

[img width=350]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7MJ-wtXgAAZlMd.jpg[/img]

But wait, someone with a conscience scuppers the evil plans and publishes the full image on social media.
[img width=250]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7MJ_A2XQAEjZW0.jpg[/img]

Anyway I'm off to have my paranoia checked out, apparently it's completely unjustified and excessive.

[Professer E]

The Australians learning about ruthlessness ATM.  If there is a god we will be able to bat the match out.

Sure, they might make 700 but it will all be meaningless if we can draw the game. 

[LP]

The Australians learning about ruthlessness ATM.  If there is a god we will be able to bat the match out.

Sure, they might make 700 but it will all be meaningless if we can draw the game.

A draw is as good as a victory for India after losing the toss on that pitch. I thought the pitch would go one of two ways, crap or concrete, and it has gone the way of concrete which I expected least likely but possible.

[ElwoodBlues1]

The Australians learning about ruthlessness ATM.  If there is a god we will be able to bat the match out.

Sure, they might make 700 but it will all be meaningless if we can draw the game.

Pat Cummins been good, very hard for the quicks but he is the ideal foil for Starc when fit and Hazlewood......Okeefe 75 overs for 192 runs....going to be a tired man
by series end...

[LP]

Pat Cummins been good, very hard for the quicks but he is the ideal foil for Starc when fit and Hazlewood......Okeefe 75 overs for 192 runs....going to be a tired man
by series end...

Is Lyon unfit, is there a reason he only bowled 40 overs, and why would you only bowl Maxwell 4 overs on that pitch?

[LP]

FMD, a night-watchmen!

What is this the 1970s?

Says something about our teams state of mind, a losing one!

India targeting a victory with a 150 run 1st innings lead, and doing it with more aggression than we showed when we were 450 runs ahead! We might not make it to 100!