Australian tour of India 2023

[stampy]

It is

sister/mum who cares!!!

[amber_fluid]

Lazy batting by both Ussie and Warner. It's as if their minds were already on facing spinners. Can't blame the pitch for either dismissal

Warner was plain unlucky, you don't expect a straight ball to be heading towards the wickets in the 2nd innings of a test match.

Or the 2nd over

[stan]

Seamers actually back on. Maybe the pitch isn't stuff enough yet for Ashwin.

[Brodlach]

Matthew Hayden saying on Fox that the non selection of Travis Head has left him flabbergasted and the most perplexing selection he has ever seen.

Hard to argue.

Steve Waugh also questioning leaving out the 4th ranked test batsman in the world at the moment.

To be fair, I reckon they've been reading this thread.

Busted, I’m Matthew Hayden

[RustyCage]

Head omitted

Go India!

[Lightning McQueen]

Lazy batting by both Ussie and Warner. It's as if their minds were already on facing spinners. Can't blame the pitch for either dismissal

Warner was plain unlucky, you don't expect a straight ball to be heading towards the wickets in the 2nd over of a test match.

Or the 2nd over

Don't ya hate it when you just completely stuff something up?

[DOC]

Kolhi drops Smith.

[tigerpie]

Seamers actually back on. Maybe the pitch isn't stuff enough yet for Ashwin.

They haven't broken it up enough yet so did to run through it a few more times.

[amber_fluid]

Very even 1st session one would think.
Hopefully one of these two can go on and make a big score

[locky801]

2/76 at lunch happy to take that after being 2/2

[stan]

Terrible crowd.

[whufc]

You’re all looking at it from the wrong angle.

Our two exhausted players now have a huge amount of time to freshen up….watch out second test.

[whufc]

Terrible crowd.

Yep even India struggle with crowds for day time tests.

All tests will need to move to day/night (which they sold out against Sri Lanka) in the near future.

[mal]

World class batting by Mr Smith and Mr Lab
Australia might have been 6 out by lunch but for the 2 champs

[daysofourlives]

This is the problem you get when you have a Chairman of selectors and a coach of a Test team that never made it at the level, both solid shield cricketers at best, who else is in the selection panel? Cummins? nuff said

Im far from Heads biggest fan but he deserves first crack. Renshaw should have opened in place of Warner.

Now we have Finch talking Test cricket, give me a spell

[Rik E Boy]

This is the problem you get when you have a Chairman of selectors and a coach of a Test team that never made it at the level, both solid shield cricketers at best, who else is in the selection panel? Cummins? nuff said

Im far from Heads biggest fan but he deserves first crack. Renshaw should have opened in place of Warner.

Now we have Finch talking Test cricket, give me a spell

Warner should have been punted. Hasn't been able to hit it off the square for years. That 200 was a shocking innings. Watch it again, if it wasn't for Marnus he wouldn't have gotten there.

regards,

REB

[David Brent]

Terrible crowd.

Yep even India struggle with crowds for day time tests.

All tests will need to move to day/night (which they sold out against Sri Lanka) in the near future.

This test is a complete sell out... In India when you buy a ticket you buy that ticket for 5 days. So I imagine there are lots of people working today that will be there Friday/Sat/Sun etc.

[DOC]

We are every chance of seeing something quite rare today.

90 overs in the allotted time.

[DOC]

This is the problem you get when you have a Chairman of selectors and a coach of a Test team that never made it at the level, both solid shield cricketers at best, who else is in the selection panel? Cummins? nuff said

Im far from Heads biggest fan but he deserves first crack. Renshaw should have opened in place of Warner.

Now we have Finch talking Test cricket, give me a spell

Tony Dodemaide

[RB]

Terrible crowd.

Yep even India struggle with crowds for day time tests.

All tests will need to move to day/night (which they sold out against Sri Lanka) in the near future.

I don't think day v day-night makes as much of a difference in India. Ticket prices however have long been a problem.