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Australia v India | 3rd Test | December 26-30, 2014 | MCG

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MarkCooper said:
Make it a ten match series. Scrap the World Cup!
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Nah, it should be played by only Eng and Aus.

Fly Eng team right now to Aus. Since matches will be over in 3 days, 20 days are enough for 5 tests.
 
Aussie batting is so boring at the moment, the commies are talking about which cities are better and which Pizza everyone prefers.

:facepalm: :facepalm:
 
Screw the rain, I wanted to see one side particularly lose today. Im in the mood to see someone lose.
 
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Aussies should declare now.

India are never chasing this in 80 overs.
 
Cricket_Engineer said:
What do you want them to do if it keeps raining? They don't know when to declare so no point losing wickets because even if rain has dictated terms
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Rain has nothing to do here if you can't be good as captain. I won't blame him since his first game as captain but this is negative thinking.

Just blast out 10 overs and give India the batting atleast get the game moving. You going nowhere with this batting.
 
What the hell. Smith is idiot, just lost all the respect I got from his batting. just killed test cricket.. Indian would have been very afraid for losing. only good 3 quality batsman.

BRING BACK CLARKE. going to sleep,
 
Interesting to see Nathan Lyon
padded up. Looks like
Australia are going to bat on.
 
Min overs today is only 77 now. Aus should immediately declare. No way Indians can chase 340-350 runs in 75 overs( 2 overs will be wasted during change)
 
Negative cricket, What kind of message is Smith sending to his bowlers ? That he is not confident in them to get the Indian 'flat track bullies' out on a day 5 wearing MCG pitch ? lol.............................. Smithy real challenges awaits you, this is nothing, if you are too weak mentally maybe you should resign from your captaincy post
 
The commentators keep talking about pizza and what is the best topping.

The best pizza is plain cheese and tomato with no fancy toppings on.

We like our pizza's plain where I come from. The Southern softies love all the posh cheeses and toppings though.
 
Buffet said:
Only one team can win from here so don't understand why not declare and try to win this game.
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Because little Smithy is too scared, Awwww someone needs to read him a bed time story and sing twinkle twinkle little stars before he goes to bed.... I cant wait to see this kid in India, the look on his clueless face when India give Australia another beating of a lifetime....
 
Aussies intentions were very clear from ball 1 of this day's play... They were scared of Indian batting line up and were playing for draw.
 
Lyon who is padded up, has a
smile now as the cameras
watch him. Smith went inside the
dressing room at the end of
the last over haa ha ha
 
Romali_rotti said:
Because little Smithy is too scared, Awwww someone needs to read him a bed time story and sing twinkle twinkle little stars before he goes to bed.... I cant wait to see this kid in India, the look on his clueless face when India give Australia another beating of a lifetime....
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What this has to do with playing in India? Are you jumping on Rohit's bandwagon of come to India ;)

Joke Aside, Rahane and KOhli assault has clearly made Smith think twice but I think 360 runs in 75 overs is pretty much impossible for any team to chase on 5th day here against these bowlers. Only two results are possible, draw or loss for India from this position.

I understood not declaring overnight but now Aus can't really lose from this position. Series is safe for Smith.
 
What's the point of keep batting when you have 360 on the board and on day 5. I don't understand the logic behind this.
 
Anfield said:
Aussies intentions were very clear from ball 1 of this day's play... They were scared of Indian batting line up and were playing for draw.
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If the lead was only 300, I can understand.

The lead is over 360. What are the Aus scared about? Even 2 Kohlis cannot chase this.
 
Dont understand the moaning. Australia have no reason at all to do anything. Its indias series to lose so if they want to prevent that they should try bowling Australia out.

Might be boring defensive cricket but its the series result that matters. Not Smiths fault India cant bowl Australia out
 
Oh great, let's wait for marsh's 100 which should happen sometime tomorrow

Sent from a carrier pigeon
 
Anfield said:
Aussies intentions were very clear from ball 1 of this day's play... They were scared of Indian batting line up and were playing for draw.
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That's fine but Indians can't really chase 360 in 72-73 overs. Pretty much impossible to chase now so don't understand the hesitation.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Dont understand the moaning. Australia have no reason at all to do anything. Its indias series to lose so if they want to prevent that they should try bowling Australia out.

Might be boring defensive cricket but its the series result that matters. Not Smiths fault India cant bowl Australia out
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What is there not to understand at this moment? Only two results are possible. Aus win or a draw from this point. Delaying it for even 5 overs simply increases the chance of a draw. Your comments would have been valid for declaring earlier but not right now.
 
Its things like this that kill test Cricket. People cry out for 2 tiers yet there's hardly any crowd for this 5th day Aus-Ind. Idiots.
 
Shami to R Harris, no
run, Harris gets forward and
plays a solid forward defensive
 
Buffet said:
What is there not to understand at this moment? Only two results are possible. Aus win or a draw from this point. Delaying it for even 5 overs simply increases the chance of a draw. Your comments would have been valid for declaring earlier but not right now.
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The way the wicket is playing Aus don't have much chance of bowling out the Indians so why not just bat as long as they can, why put the Indians in the dressing room when you can keep them in the field.
 
Gilly said:
The way the wicket is playing Aus don't have much chance of bowling out the Indians so why not just bat as long as they can, why put the Indians in the dressing room when you can keep them in the field.
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I can see that point of view but only 3 Indians have scored any runs so far in this series. You never know what can happen if you get them cheaply.
 
Energetic said:
Its things like this that kill test Cricket. People cry out for 2 tiers yet there's hardly any crowd for this 5th day Aus-Ind. Idiots.
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Its not Australias fault that the indian bowling is toothless, what do you want Aus to do, declare when they are 5 down every time they play india so India can win.
 
Gilly said:
Nothing like a loser to start thumping his chest, why didn't India win the tests.
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we have played competitve cricket. ... 1st test bad umpiring cause us test....and wt about oz in india :;: test match over in 2.5 days....lol
 
Steve Smith is channeling the spirit of Graeme Smith.

What is the use of having world class bowlers if you are not sure of defending 350+ in 70 odd overs at home.
 
Declaration is not on mainly due to century by Marsh. That's what I think.
 
Since Lunch is coming and finally Marsh is moving on, lol.
 
You can get annoyed with smith not declaring but in the end it's Indias fault. They should get Aussies out and not rely on their declarations to make a match out of it. Let's be honest if it wasn't for rain and Clarke's very sportly declaration India wouldnt had a chance to compete in first test.
 
cr7great said:
we have played competitve cricket. ... 1st test bad umpiring cause us test....and wt about oz in india :;: test match over in 2.5 days....lol
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First test you were outplayed by a big margin. All results were possible only due to Clarke.
 
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