God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

Credit to India for the courage they showed but we were really were poor in the field and bowled like we expected things to happen rather than trying to make them happen. When you cant get a bloke out with a blown hamstring and another who is a bowler all be it who can bat a bit you have to  ask some questions. Too much BS sledging by Paine,Wade and crew and not enough attention to where to bowl and position the field IMO. Paine dropped some catches but he also lacks a bit of imagination IMO. The continued short pitched attack especially by Cummins on a dead wicket had me confused, they were ducking most of the short stuff and didnt look overly troubled IMO. When Starc bowled in a more traditional method and looked for the edge we looked more likely to take wickets but it was too late at that stage.
Not sure why Green has to start with a warm up half rat power bouncer every spell either, hasnt taken a wicket yet and I hope he improves as his fitness gets better as he really bowled crape in this test and has been ineffectual with the ball.
I would have tried Lyon and Marnus as a combo attack a bit more and made Vihari use his feet.......Ashwin kept Vihari away from Lyon and Vihari was happy to take the quicks after Ashwin got hit in the chest and we just let them keep facing up to their preferred bowlers.
Agree with Prof, I'd play Neser on his home track and if the test gets played in Sydney due to Covid issues in Qld I'd play Abbott
and drop Starc who looks cooked more times than not although his last spell was his best.