Australian International Summer 2024/25

[Armchair expert]

This is our 119

[mal]

Had to feel for McSweeney.

Tough initiation to test cricket

Was gutted walking off. Selectors have to stick with him for the next test.

A solution might be
Open the batting with Elysse Perry , and bat McSweeney at 5

[dedja]

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that Australia are the no.1 ranked Test team.

[Eagles2014]

Why do they not finish the over in that case and make Smith have to come out and face the final four balls?

[Jim05]

A crowd of 32,368 yesterday at Perth Stadium, the highest attendance for any day hosted there so far.[/quote

And the record for both grounds Previous WACA best for a test was 22523.

And aren’t the Perth faithful patting themselves on the back for what still is a pretty average turnout

[The Dark Knight]

Kohli now has 7 hundreds in Australia (from 27 innings), equalling Wally's Hammond and second to Jack Hobbs who made 9.

Other stats after day 3-
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bgt- ... re-1461401

201 Partnership runs between Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, the highest opening stand for India in Tests in Australia. Kris Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar held the record previously with their 191-run partnership in Sydney in 1986.

6 Opening pairs with a partnership of 200-plus runs in Tests against Australia in Australia, including Jaiswal and Rahul. The previous five such stands were all put up by England's openers. The last of the previous five was in 1991, a 203-run stand between Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton at the Adelaide Oval.

378 Number of balls batted out by the opening pair of Rahul and Jaiswal. It is the second-longest opening stand by a visiting pair in Australia since 1998 (from when complete data is available). Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook batted out 398 balls in the second innings of the 2010 Brisbane Test for their 188-run stand

3 Opening stands of 200-plus runs for India in their second innings of a Test match, including Jaiswal-Rahul's effort in Perth. Their previous two came against England - 213 by Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan in 1979 at The Oval and 203 by Vijay Merchant and Mushtaq Ali in Manchester in 1936.

4 Number of 150-plus scores for Jaiswal in Tests, the joint-second most by any batter before turning 23. Don Bradman tops the list with five such scores, while Javed Miandad and Graeme Smith also have four 150-plus scores before their 23rd birthday.

2 Number of players who have converted each of their first four Test hundreds into 150-plus scores. Graeme Smith and Jaiswal are the two players on the list.

3 Indian batters with three or more 150-plus scores in a calendar year in Tests before Jaiswal in 2024. Sachin Tendulkar (in 2002 and 2004), Virender Sehwag (in 2004 and 2008) and Virat Kohli (in 2016 and 2017) are the other ones.

3 Indian men with a century in their maiden Test in Australia, including Jaiswal. ML Jaisimha in 1968 and Sunil Gavaskar in 1977 scored hundreds in India's second innings in Brisbane during their respective debuts on Australian soil.

1 Rahul is the first Indian opener to be part of a century opening stand in Tests in Australia, England and South Africa. Rahul was previously part of a 126-run stand with Rohit Sharma at Lord's in 2021 and added 117 runs with Mayank Agarwal in Centurion in 2021.

7 Batters with a higher individual score than Jaiswal's 161 in a Test match where they bagged a duck in the first innings. He is only the fourth Indian batter with a 150-plus score and a duck in a Test match.

35 Sixes hit by Jaiswal in the 12 Tests he played so far in 2024, the most by any batter in a calendar year in the format. He bettered Brendon McCullum's record, who hit 33 sixes in nine Tests in 2014.

3 Previous instances of the opening partnership in the third innings of a men's Test match being higher than the team totals in the first innings. The last such instance was by Shan Masood and Abid Ali, who had a 278-run opening stand against Sri Lanka in the 2019 Karachi Test after the first-innings totals of 191 and 271.

England's Graeme Fowler and Chris Tavaré added 223 against New Zealand in 1983 at The Oval, where the first two innings totals were 209 and 196, while Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden put on 242 against West Indies after both teams made 240 in their respective first innings at St John's in 2003.

[mal]

While you are at it TDK
How many of the current Indian players have beards ?

[The Dark Knight]

While you are at it TDK
How many of the current Indian players have beards ?

10? Jaiswal doesn't have a beard/facial hair.

[whufc]

Tough place for Aussie cricket at the moment.

The team has been extremely successful winning the test championship, there is no denying that.

However, the writing has been on the wall a tad in recent times, the test loss to WI, and more so a batting line up thats relied on individual brilliance rather than team consistency, Smith carried the batting for a while, Labuschagne had an amazing run and then Trav had a couple of years of craziness.

There has been no denying the bowling line up has been Australias strength and our back up bowling stocks don't look to bad either.

What are they are going to do with the batting line up though. You look through the shield and you hardly see a name that you think is unlucky to not be in the sad.

Smith looks like this could be close to his final summer.
Trav looks like he might be back in one of his slumps albeit a few more hits won't do him any harm and one his innings away from being back in great form.
Labuschange had that amazing stint but let's not forget when he came into the test side he was low thirties averaging shield cricketer. Maybe his not as good as that scintillating start he had suggested.

Going to be very interesting to see how the selectors play this one.

[Lightning McQueen]

While you are at it TDK
How many of the current Indian players have beards ?

10? Jaiswal doesn't have a beard/facial hair.

He's gotta reach puberty yet.

[Lightning McQueen]

One thing I don't get, why did McSweeney face? Is it mandatory for us to rotate who faces?

Usman is clearly our most composed batter, I would've thought it was a no brainer.

Secondly, we're going to get beaten here, we went in at a tough period and it paid off for the Indians but we are the #1 test team and we do have the utensils to do the job, no point all going stacks on the mill immediately, it's how we respond that matters before we start dropping people.

[amber_fluid]

Predictions
All out 87

[amber_fluid]

One thing I don't get, why did McSweeney face? Is it mandatory for us to rotate who faces?

Usman is clearly our most composed batter, I would've thought it was a no brainer.

Secondly, we're going to get beaten here, we went in at a tough period and it paid off for the Indians but we are the #1 test team and we do have the utensils to do the job, no point all going stacks on the mill immediately, it's how we respond that matters before we start dropping people.

Coz it’s all about protecting the old blokes and their averages
Uzi should have said I’ll face up first

[locky801]

Predictions
All out 87

144

[another grub]

No news this morning?

[mighty_tiger_79]

As we are all keen fans of the SACAs we've seen this before

[mighty_tiger_79]

Reviews
Why oh why did Uzi let Marnus review that? Clearly plumb

[amber_fluid]

Reviews
Why oh why did Uzi let Marnus review that? Clearly plumb

Marnus being Marnus would have reviewed it anyway
Although he had nothing to lose(other than the review)

Hopefully Smith can get a hundred and show us he’s not done yet

[Lightning McQueen]

Reviews
Why oh why did Uzi let Marnus review that? Clearly plumb

Probably wanted to see if it looked just as ridiculous on screen as it did live.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Reviews
Why oh why did Uzi let Marnus review that? Clearly plumb

Marnus being Marnus would have reviewed it anyway
Although he had nothing to lose(other than the review)

Hopefully Smith can get a hundred and show us he’s not done yet

Probably but also shows how out of form batsmen can be when they review such decisions