Australia v India, 1st Test at Adelaide Oval Dec 6-10.

[Patron]

Need to get runs flowing again otherwise we could dig ourselves back into a hole.


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[DaRick]

My god i didn’t think our batting line up could get worse but if those chance come to fruition then I stand corrected.

Maxwell has been in good Shield form and Marsh has been batting like a tailender - plus Maxwell's record against Ashwin is better.

Burns is a poor starter, but he has a good record at home. Both Burns and Finch have technical faults.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

I’ve seen enough to believe the selectors should stick with through thick and thin because he’s a long term prospect.

We need to stick with youth.

 

[FRUMPY]

I know you're a proud Victorian, so it must hurt to say that?

I hope that Finch comes up with something in the second dig to prove me wrong.

Shithouse shot today but it's one inning. Selectors can't go wielding the axe after 1 test. Goto go with this line-up for 2 tests minimum.

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[Gavin Excell]

Who would be favourite now?

 

[DaRick]

Id say he's also been poorly managed by Cricket Australia. Just look at his non-selection of the Australia A tour before Pakistan. He then gets dragged to the UAE to play meaningless T20I and misses a couple of Shield games before this series begins.

We are witnessing the result of CA prioritising and focusing on the benefits of domestic T20.

Beautifully summarised.

The problem with (the departing) Sutherland and the thankfully departed Peever is that they think more like accountants than cricketers - short-term profit was always going to triumph over the long-term health and prestige of the game with such a mindset.

 

[SSwans2011]

Who would be favourite now?

India. Not even close yet.

 

[DaRick]

Shithouse shot today but it's one inning. Selectors can't go wielding the axe after 1 test. Goto go with this line-up for 2 tests minimum.

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You could make a case for a stay of execution for Finch, but surely not for Marsh?

EDIT: Bear in mind that I usually disapprove of chopping and changing, but IMO desperate situations call for desperate measures.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Cummins removes the helmet to celebrate the 50 partnership

 

[smasha]

I know you're a proud Victorian, so it must hurt to say that?

I hope that Finch comes up with something in the second dig to prove me wrong.

I love Finch but he is very nervy at the start of an innings,I reckon big burly Burnsy will be a good opener and stay there and provide a good launchpad.

Hopefully Finch proves me wrong.

 

[HLM*]

Michael Vaughan really summing up our batting woes.

“I have never seen the australian public on their feet to celebrate a 50”

 

[western royboy]

They leave it pretty long out there. Ryegrass too. It's gonna be struggling after the past few days of hot weather on there.

Ryegrass?? Really? I'd bet my left nut that they're couch. The only FC rye grass wickets that I know of are at Bellerive. I went to a curator's show one night and Les Burdett was there and this old bloke says to Les "How do you get ryegrass to strike over there (Adelaide)?" Les goes "I don't - it's a ******* weed!"

 

[Westend]

Who would be favourite now?

India

Australia need at least a 100 run lead to put pressure on them

Anything over 150 in the last innings for us to chase and based upon our poor batting we will struggle

 

[Bob Neil]

You need to be made of very special stuff to part of a 3 paceman attack and captain the team.

Definitely the exception rather than the norm...but perhaps our current circumstances call for exceptional measures.

 

[RookiePick]

Ashwin reads like he is bowling hand-grenades on cric-india

 

[KennyHuntersBlues]

India. Not even close yet.

For the series as well

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Definitely the exception rather than the norm...but perhaps our current circumstances call for exceptional measures.

Maybe, but I'd prefer Cummins just concentrate on his bowling. I was a bowler and a captain and it's really not that easy.

 

[The Convert]

Good knock by Head, I know age doesn't come into it much but he is 10 years younger than Marsh and 8 years younger than Finch. Moving Finch down the order at the expense of Head as was suggested earlier is ridiculous.

Finch is yesterdays man. Find a youngish bloke witha few years under his belt or give elise perry a bat

 

[Bradesmaen]

Just woke up... Pissant Sharma got finch early? End of your career Finchy.

 

[yakka man]

Silly

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

plumb as

 

[Van_Dyke]

Cummins in serious strife here, this ain’t being overturned I reckon

 

[Richard Pryor]

Braindead leave.

 

[HLM*]

Maxwell has been in good Shield form and Marsh has been batting like a tailender - plus Maxwell's record against Ashwin is better.

Burns is a poor starter, but he has a good record at home. Both Burns and Finch have technical faults.

Apart from Maxwell’s 270 he hit last season he hasn’t done anything worthy of a test recall.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Bad review. An obvious out. Hit the back leg for a start.