4th test Australia v India at the Gabba 1030 AEDT

[CricketingErrors]

Leather hunt for the Aussies

 

[k31th]

gee, both Lyon and Starc together look like the most toothless attack, especially with a ball that's only 10 overs old

 

[Cleavy]

we're cooked

 

[Perth bloke]

and wtf is langer and Co going to do about it.....

Paine should be giving starc the biggest rocket !!!! get down the pitch grab him by the head and give it to him

this is very very poor

To be fair the real disappointment for mine is Nathan Lyon. Completely outbowled by his young Indian counterpart debutant

 

[Ducky Tie]

Lyon is never a big turner of the ball but it's hard to remember a single ball that has spun from him this series.

 

[ABAB]

Paine took the blame for Starc's bowling last, but looking at this Test it doesn't seem like anything has actually changed:

My mood affected Starc at SCG: Paine

Tim Paine says he should have been a better captain and kept Mitchell Starc more relaxed at the SCG, where the left-armer recorded match figures of 1-127.

www.perthnow.com.au

WTF....he wasn't good after the 1st innings in Adelaide.

 

[kenberger]

Not even the best bowling attack in Oceania

 

[catpremier 07]

Pray for rain!

 

[PhatBoy]

I've never in my life seen any Indian tailender show any sort of courage or technical prowess. This is extremely impressive. Well done Thakor you've played well. Please f.uck off soon though

I recognise your age may have something to do with this but they have a bowler with 500 test wickets who has a test century and once batted with a broken jaw.

Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan also had a habit of making really valuable nuisance runs.

 

[Gough]

Paine took the blame for Starc's bowling last, but looking at this Test it doesn't seem like anything has actually changed:

My mood affected Starc at SCG: Paine

Tim Paine says he should have been a better captain and kept Mitchell Starc more relaxed at the SCG, where the left-armer recorded match figures of 1-127.

www.perthnow.com.au

If Starc was to go to water when his skipper's body language was bad, he would have spent most of Smudge's tenure in tears.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I don’t understand why we have so many fielders on the fence.

 

[CricketingErrors]

This will be 50 runs lead for Australia

 

[Westend]

Should have played Neser or Pattinson

this is getting embarrassing and starc needs to show something.......this is getting close to career ending

 

[Bob Neil]

What’s the stat for how often Lyon is played off of the back foot?? So poor.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Hazelwood has to be on after a break, even if its only a short spell because he is tired. he's been the most likely by a long way.

 

[k31th]

what compels Paine to bowl Lyon so early with a new ball? seems like a huge waste of time, to me

 

[Smeg Head]

Starcs pie shop is doing a roaring trade I see.

 

[Perth bloke]

I recognise your age may have something to do with this but they have a bowler with 500 test wickets who has a test century and once batted with a broken jaw.

Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan also had a habit of making really valuable nuisance runs.

Fair call mate. As you pointed out it was just based on what I'd seen. Which to be fair is pretty much slogging first ball from India's tailenders

 

[Richard Pryor]

I don’t understand why we have so many fielders on the fence.

MS Dhoni school of captaincy. At a certain point he would pack the boundary and just wait for something to happen.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

what compels Paine to bowl Lyon so early with a new ball? seems like a huge waste of time, to me

Huge waste of time to bowl him at all

 

[bh90210fan]

Phillipe averages about 29 in shield cricket. He shouldn't be near the test team

What was labuchagne averaging when he got a start? Phillipe is only 23 and improving quickly. Do you want a opener who has played shield for 10 years but averages a couple of runs more? We don’t have anyone knocking down the door, Phillipe is one of our brightest talents and could be an option down the track if he continues the way he’s going

 

[CricketingErrors]

I don’t understand why we have so many fielders on the fence.

It’s Paine and his captaincy.

 

[Gough]

What was labuchagne averaging when he got a start? Phillipe is only 23 and improving quickly. Do you want a opener who has played shield for 10 years but averages a couple of runs more? We don’t have anyone knocking down the door, Phillipe is one of our brightest talents and could be an option down the track if he continues the way he’s going

Vaughan is a fan.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

One thing I will say, at least its not devolved into "just bang everything short" like in Sydney.

 

[murphster]

This will be 50 runs lead for Australia

That’s optimistic, at this rate we will be 100 behind.