Australia thrash India by 333 runs to win 1st Test within 3 days

[RamLakhan]

Flat ones.We can outbat them on pattas

Exactly right! That should be the ploy! Except Smith (and to some extent Warner), they are not harmful. You will see that this Australian team is more or less same as England on flat (Indian) pitches.

 

[ethan hunt]

An accurate left armer is always the most dangerous weapon on rank turners
More so than leg spinners and offies .
Said it in the england series when the pitches were not even as helpful .

 

[MMHS]

Rahane gets out to O Keefe.

Please explain this dismissal and tell me what's brilliant about this ball and how Rahane got outwitted.

I want to know.

He is not good against spin, therefore he is playing always with a confused mind - never on top of the game. Often it ends like a wrong choice of shot.

The question you are asking, I'll answer with a counter question - everyone can see conventional out swing & it won't hit the stick if you leave it - still from Bradman to Martin, highest number of wickets has gone down to batsmen kissing the out swing.

 

[Aman]

If SOK gets out Bradman, it will make my day

 

[Adijazz1706]

Ashwin isn't really offering a shot, hiding the bat behind the pad outside the off stump.

 

[Romali_rotti]

O'keefe averages 24 with the ball in a country that is known as graveyard for spinners, where so called legends like Yasir Shah and Ashwin have been humiliated time and time again.

Lets wait till the series is finished, wouldnt surprise me one bit of Okeefe gets totally smashed next test match........

 

[vandokkum]

All this whining about pitches, you would have thought it's India and not Australia who are playing away from home.

 

[Stallion__]

Time for O'keefe the destroyer to sneer and pester some Indians

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

O'keefe averages 24 with the ball in a country that is known as graveyard for spinners, where so called legends like Yasir Shah and Ashwin have been humiliated time and time again.

Ashwin picked up a 4fer in a tour game in Aus in 2011.

Jayant Yadav averaged low 20s in Aus during A tour.

See a pattern?

Apples and oranges. Playing Aus in Aus in tests is a totally different situation than playing some domestics teams in Aus.

With that being said, O keefe would have bowled to better bats in domestics (cos tour game teams ain't all that great). Just bringing in a sense of perspective.

 

[akki]

It doesn't matter if they go on to lose, this would never happen to Aus at home

Rahane out, India 4 down.

A 3 day loss at home.

cmmon this match they outplayed us....but what about australia record in last 10 years in india and india 10 years record in australia.....they always have won the toss in india yet they always get whitewashed here.....this one is an eye opener for us though...but we will still win this series

 

[Convict]

Does this look like the face of mercy?

 

[Saurav]

He turned that ball SIF

 

[Aman]

Ashwin picked up a 4fer in a tour game in Aus in 2011.

Jayant Yadav averaged low 20s in Aus during A tour.

See a pattern?

Apples and oranges. Playing Aus in Aus in tests is a totally different situation than playing some domestics teams in Aus.

With that being said, O keefe would have bowled to better bats in domestics (cos tour game teams ain't all that great). Just bringing in a sense of perspective.

There will ALWAYS be an asterisk on Ashwin's numbers.

 

[Drreddymd]

All this whining about pitches, you would have thought it's India and not Australia who are playing away from home.

Who is whining about pitches? We r laying in to the indian team performance but u r looking into the pitch

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

He turned that ball SIF

Wow..that's the magic delivery where I won't blame the bats.

Excellent ball.

Full, spun more and just missed the edge.

 

[Adijazz1706]

10-fer for SOK?

 

[MMHS]

Out, I guess - pad first. Ball shouldn't miss stick.

 

[Big Mac]

That looks like pad first

 

[Aman]

10-fer for SOK?

Good chance for 15.

He has the Indian's spooked

 

[Adijazz1706]

He's gone imo

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

There will ALWAYS be an asterisk on Ashwin's numbers.

Obviously cos he has to perform outside Asia.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Where's the turn? All I see are straight balls. This is not a turner. I don't believe it.

 

[Convict]

10-fer for SOK?

Only ten?

 

[Adijazz1706]

:d :d )

 

[Aman]

Another for SOK )

This is epic ) )

10fer for SOK, he has the MOTM locked down.

 

[roshanrocks]

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Does this look like the face of mercy?

The real Bradman of bowling.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Brilliant review. Always looked pad first

 

[JaDed]

[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] ur day is made!

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ashwin bat behind pad....

)

O Keefe for president

 

[Drreddymd]

Haha haha another one lbw to a straight one

 

[Aman]

We need a damn SOK smiley ASAP.

Going to troll Indians with it for the next decade.

 

[jattafridi]

Brad man gone


10 for keefe )

 

[kingusama92]

O'Keefe giving India a bit of their own medicine here.

Classic spin bowling.

 

[ethan hunt]

I would love to see younis khan play on such pitches .
He is definitely a better player of spin than the current indian lot though .
O keefe and lyon looked horrible in the UAE against sarfraz and company but than those pitches were flat af.

 

[Aman]

Obviously cos he has to perform outside Asia.

Look at what SOK has done to India on the wickets Ashwin has taken his wickets on. He looks like a spin god out there )

 

[JaDed]

Guess its better to switch off now , can't believe the test wrapped up in 3 days

 

[Ozymandiasza]

O'Keefe'd

Are you not entertained?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Haha haha another one lbw to a straight one

Important point to note:

Straight delivery...bat behind pad in DRS era.

All these batsmen should be SHOT.

 

[Hasan123]

Okeefe dismisses bradman, man this is too much ) ). Gonna miss the rest of entertainment because of work

 

[Adijazz1706]

Pujara hitting out already )

 

[Drreddymd]

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Only ten?

Convict u see. Is he spinning the ball ? This is brilliant bowling in this pitch

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I would love to see younis khan play on such pitches .
He is definitely a better player of spin than the current indian lot though .
O keefe and lyon looked horrible in the UAE against sarfraz and company but than those pitches were flat af.

Younis would surely have done better than this mess.

Heck Australians batted better.

 

[Aman]

Two smileys please.

:sok and keefed

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

oh man what's going on, let's go Aussies

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Beating India on their own game, this is history

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

How is Lyon bowling? How come he isn't as effective as Keefe

 

[Drreddymd]

Important point to note:

Straight delivery...bat behind pad in DRS era.

All these batsmen should be SHOT.

Still u dont blame our bowlers for such horrible bowling in both innings

 

[Convict]

Leave India to me

 

[Aman]

What's above Bradman in cricketing terms?

:sok?

 

[MMHS]

O'keefe is doing a fantastic thing - he is adjusting his release point with the turn of the wickets. This is 3rd wicket that he has got from non turner & every time he has released the ball from closer. When he is flighting & looping it for big turners, he is going across & releasing it probably from 6 to 9 inch wider; creating an angle & bringing the ball in, then the wicket is turning sharp.

One soultion I see for IND is to bring couple of lefties, otherwise he'll trouble right handers.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Smith is a better batsman than Steve Waugh, what a kaaptaan's knock

 

[Drreddymd]

Can india last a session at this rate?

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Lol [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION] going nuts.

 

[Yatoo]

These batsmen are being tested by spin, second or third time in Subcontinent.
By Hearth and now SOK

Indian batsmen are Bradman on phattas and their spinners do the job well.
Give them a minefield or a green mamba, they look like chicken.

 

[troodon]

Marcus North, Monty and now Okeefe.

 

[Convict]

Look at what SOK has done to India on the wickets Ashwin has taken his wickets on. He looks like a spin god out there )

The Tsar of Turn

 

[Aman]

SIF, at least you were right about India doing better in the second innings

 

[Big Mac]

Where's the turn? All I see are straight balls. This is not a turner. I don't believe it.

O'Keefe is getting so many revolutions on the ball that instead of turning it square like MacGill or Murali, he's going all the way round to 360 degrees of spin and the batsmen are being totally bamboozled.

 

[MMHS]

Smith is a better batsman than Steve Waugh, what a kaaptaan's knock

Wasting time watching a Test match!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Still u dont blame our bowlers for such horrible bowling in both innings

I blame them.

But I am just saying ALL these dismissals would be dot balls against Aussies.

You can't blame one person for not earning double the salary cos the other person is an unemployed loafer.

Full, straight, bat behind pad....I don't even know where to start.

Its like blaming our spinners are useless cos Moeen Ali picked up 25 wickets in England at an average of 20. We can blame our bowlers but the reference point is wrong.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Warner is rubbish at leg slip

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Lol unlucky Lyon. Missing out on free wickets.

 

[Big Mac]

SIF, at least you were right about India doing better in the second innings

Slow down son, India could still lose 5 wickets for 9 runs.

 

[Convict]

O'Keefe is getting so many revolutions on the ball that instead of turning it square like MacGill or Murali, he's going all the way round to 360 degrees of spin and the batsmen are being totally bamboozled.

 

[troodon]

At least we won't be dismissed for under 100.

 

[Drreddymd]

I blame them.

But I am just saying ALL these dismissals would be dot balls against Aussies.

You can't blame one person for not earning double the salary cos the other person is an unemployed loafer.

Full, straight, bat behind pad....I don't even know where to start.

Its like blaming our spinners are useless cos Moeen Ali picked up 25 wickets in England at an average of 20. We can blame our bowlers but the reference point is wrong.

Sif without yadav in first innings we would have lost by an innings

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

SIF, at least you were right about India doing better in the second innings

Slow down son, India could still lose 5 wickets for 9 runs.

Here I was thinking that was an aberration and over-rating our batsman.

Little did I know they would play like gully cricketers this innings.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Sif without yadav in first innings we would have lost by an innings

Of course.

But even with Warne and Murali, we would have STILL lost big.

105 all out and 99/5

See what's the common trend here?

 

[Red Devil]

World's most dominant home team. ) )

 

[Saurav]

Calm down [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION]

 

[Convict]

Here I was thinking that was an aberration and over-rating our batsman.

Little did I know they would play like gully cricketers this innings.

Can't be helped. They're up against Steve O'Keefe

 

[Adijazz1706]

5-fer for SOK, you beauty! WOWOWOWOW :rambo

 

[Convict]

Calm down [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION]

this feels like Johnson at the Gabba in 2013.

So amazing. So surreal.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Another fifer for O Keefe

 

[Adijazz1706]

Can't be helped. They're up against Steve O'Keefe

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[MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION] on :AAG

 

[Big Mac]

Another one

WHAT IS GOING ON

 

[Saurav]

Saha no review left

 

[Drreddymd]

Of course.

But even with Warne and Murali, we would have STILL lost big.

105 all out and 99/5

See what's the common trend here?

What i am stressing is in this pitches u should never let a team cross 180 but we had done that in both innings

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Can't be helped. They're up against Steve O'Keefe

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Another one.

Playing good length straight ball backfoot.

This guy is GOD man.

GOD.

 

[ExpressPacer]

lol I was so wrong about Aus losing by an innings.