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lazzadesilva wrote:...
But geez if Lyon and Murphy can get runs on this pitch, the Indian batsmen will have a feast! I still think in order of result probability, it will be a high scoring draw, an Aussie win or an Indian win.
Yes, atrocious pitch.
Dead pitches are an existential threat to cricket.
But... Sad thing is: Oz really needed Lyon's and Murphy's runs.
Gobsmacking how the top order threw their wickets away. Alex Carey's slog was atrocious.
And the three bowleds, Marny, FTB Smith, Pete. Wow... Just hopeless. Sheesh, atrocious batting from all three. It's like Marny's been infected by FTB!! (And getting bowled by a fast bowler won't get Pete out of the stereotype that he's a spin specialist.) It's like their feet were stuck in concrete! No foot movement at all. Their six feet combined woulda moved less than a yard.
Totally agree with you. Labu will come good but the other two are very dicey, inconsistent and Forrest Gump like when batting (no idea how they go).
I term the current Collingwood attack based strategy “Unceasing Waves” like on a stormy and windy day with rough seas. A Perfect Storm
All out 571. Kohli made 186. Lyon and Murphy each took 3; Kuhnemann and Starc each took 1, Yadav was run out and Iyer was absent. Australia 0/3 at Stumps.
And the one wicket wasn't out (the naked eye said it was missing leg by a mile and the DRS confirmed that the ball wouldn't have hit a 5th stump on the legside - just shit umpiring: you have to wonder how someone who stands in Tests could give that out, which raises the question whether the umpires should be able to give each other out for incompetent decision-making) - but Australia didn't want to waste a review on the nightwatchman.
^ Don't be a numbnut - there's under 2 sessions to go and the only wicket that's been taken was the nightwatchman (and he wasn't actually out). The only thing for Australia here is to draw. Our bowlers took under one wicket a session while India batted for about 9 days. We are not going to win.
