God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[LP]

Funnily enough,  it isn't an Australian, although there are many who claim that we're the source of all evil.

I get that, it is a natural part of being combative in sport, but we should be highlighting the hypocrisy not turning the other cheek.

[ElwoodBlues1]

India should have done better but are self destructing with Kholi at war with Ashwin and Rohit Sharma.
Got to give credit to the Kiwis.. Test champs and in the t20 finals now too.
For a nation that small its a decent effort and Williamson is one of the best modern day captains the game has seen.
Watched  the NZ leggie Sodhi get hit by a full on drive that had the ball smacking him straight in the forehead and he should have been taken from the ground because he was concussed for sure but kept bowling and its an area the game needs to clean up.

[Professer E]

Makes me laugh EB the rank hypocrisy emanating from India.  Ashwin is a great bowler but he ain't got a lot of mates,  he's been involved in more than a few very unsavoury on field acts.  Nothing destroys a team faster than disunity.  As for commentators, as soon as they leave the game they think they're the best ever and they can't help themselves trying to get back involved.  Like wicketkeepers,  the best aren't noticeable.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Makes me laugh EB the rank hypocrisy emanating from India.  Ashwin is a great bowler but he ain't got a lot of mates,  he's been involved in more than a few very unsavoury on field acts.  Nothing destroys a team faster than disunity.  As for commentators, as soon as they leave the game they think they're the best ever and they can't help themselves trying to get back involved.  Like wicketkeepers,  the best aren't noticeable.

Yep, lot of commentators have an axe to grind and use their new job to pot old foes and teammates.
Indian cricketers are treated like rockstars and have an inflated opinion of their own importance. Kohli is the megastar and Ashwin the evil Prince wanting his crown.
More of a reality series now with the IPL, there are more cricket shows than Bollywood flicks getting made and the money is obscene when you have so many poor in the country.
Great for the game when the Kiwis beat them in the test final and now they have all turned on each other.
The coach Shastri has quit because he knows its now a bitch fight reality show..

[LP]

More of a reality series now with the IPL, there are more cricket shows than Bollywood flicks getting made and the money is obscene when you have so many poor in the country.

Is there is a bit of schadenfreude watching India reap what it has sowed?

They used the IPL to undermine opponents, they put in place a system that was massively biased in favour of Indian 1st class cricket and undermined opposition test squads. Yet now India is starting to suffer the same fate as the rest of the test playing nations with the quality of 1st class cricket massively degraded and divided loyalties. Money corrupts.

So I'm not sure if it is schadenfreude or satisfaction that I feel!

[Milhanna13]

Well bowled Starcy

[capcom]

We won the final ... not that I care for T20 at all, but good to see

[raven19]

And hilarity ensues when you think of the $$$ India pour into t20, likely more than our countries GDP... 

Not real cricket but we'll take the win and trophy.

[LP]

And hilarity ensues when you think of the $$$ India pour into t20, likely more than our countries GDP... 

Not real cricket but we'll take the win and trophy.

The BCCI make a bag of money out of T20, I don't think they care that much about T20 compared to Test, but they now have the same problem as every other country, the players want the cash!

[ElwoodBlues1]

We won the final ... not that I care for T20 at all, but good to see

Main thing was India didnt win......just hope we dont get sucked in with Mitch Marsh and put him in the test team at some stage.
Good short format player but not test material IMO.