No idea why we’re still chasing the game. Whoever told them “it’s a road just go out and play your shots” needs the sack. There were only two results possible from the start of our innings. Should have been looking at nothing more than batting out the draw from the outset. No game or series sense whatsoever.
I facepalmed listening to Slater before play this morning talking about putting on scoreboard pressure and aiming for about 500 by lunch tomorrow. You just know people like him are blowing smoke up Finch's ass and telling him to go out and play his shots.
Its plainly not so much fun to block, leave balls alone and play disciplined lock down cricket to try and save a match rather than win it. But most people over about the mental age of 14 understand there are times you need to do this, and that the first step to winning is usually to get yourself in a position where it's hard to lose.
Given the achievable task they were faced with (bat carefully for a day with 10 wickets on a decent pitch) we are watching one of the most numbskulled, abject capitulation ever by an Australian cricket team.
Well done to India, they showed us how it's done yesterday and boxing day, and dangled just enough of a total out in front of the meatheads today that they took the bait.