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Australia vs India | 3rd Test | Melbourne | Dec 26-30, 2018 | Day 3 Thread

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As things stand at start of Day 3:

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Aaron Finch feels that "Its game on" but can Australia really match India in batting?
 
India smelling blood and you know what that means.... they’ll throw away the chance with tactical errors but let’s hope they keep the pressure this time
 
Mahee said:
going to be a boring draw...it's a completely dead pitch
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Australia batting is fragile and India has a good bowling unit. India can break through even on a flat pitch if they hold on their catches
 
Aus needs to simply blunt this new ball.
 
India has learned to avoid bowling too many bad balls.
 
Aus needs to put their heads down and bat time here. First 2 wickets were due to playing shots.

They need to bat like Indians batted.
 
Aus just need to bat entire day and avoid follow on to secure a draw. It's not too hard.
 
Lol this is the worst Aussie batting line up I’ve ever seen

This is literally a joke at this point
 
What a fantastic piece of execution by Bumrah !! wow 4 away going balls on the trot. Then the slow yorker to polish off the lunch. Brilliant execution.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
What a fantastic piece of execution by Bumrah !! wow 4 away going balls on the trot. Then the slow yorker to polish off the lunch. Brilliant execution.
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That is genuinely one of the best pieces of bowling ever, spin, swing, seam everything requires some element of help from conditions but that was pure skill and control, if he staves off any injury issues,he will one of world's best bowlers in years to come.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
What a fantastic piece of execution by Bumrah !! wow 4 away going balls on the trot. Then the slow yorker to polish off the lunch. Brilliant execution.
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That ball had Malinga's mentorship all over it
 
Slog said:
Lol this is the worst Aussie batting line up I’ve ever seen

This is literally a joke at this point
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Indians have bowled really well so far as well.
 
You could say this is the era of fast bowling !! There are so many very good fast bowlers going around.
Boult, wagner, Oliver, Rabada, Pat cummins, Ngidi, Abbas, Shannon gabriel, Hazlewood, Bumrah.
 
BDfanforever said:
Yes but the way Marsh got out it shows how pathetic their batting is. They wont even go past 200, and will likely lose by an innings.
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Yah, It was disappointing even more given it was last ball before lunch.
 
BDfanforever said:
Yes but the way Marsh got out it shows how pathetic their batting is. They wont even go past 200, and will likely lose by an innings.
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That was a result of absolutely amazing set up that preceded that ball. You think bowling a slow ball will get a wicket in tests without some kind of set up?
 
Buffet said:
Yah, It was disappointing even more given it was last ball before lunch.
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Surprised you agree with the poor troll there.

Marsh was set up beautifully and actually played quite well up to that point.


Anyways, as I was saying the first 2 days, this is not a road. Kohli stuttered throughout his innings which should tell a lot about the unevenness of the pitch.
 
Sin Nombre said:
Surprised you agree with the poor troll there.

Marsh was set up beautifully and actually played quite well up to that point.


Anyways, as I was saying the first 2 days, this is not a road. Kohli stuttered throughout his innings which should tell a lot about the unevenness of the pitch.
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Pujara immediately realized the uneven nature of the bounce and prepared to take blows. His fingers got pounded time and again never attempted a pull shot even against knee height slow medium short ball from Marsh.
 
Sin Nombre said:
Surprised you agree with the poor troll there.

Marsh was set up beautifully and actually played quite well up to that point.


Anyways, as I was saying the first 2 days, this is not a road. Kohli stuttered throughout his innings which should tell a lot about the unevenness of the pitch.
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Despite good bowling, I don't think Aus should have been 4 down here. Pitch doesn't have any demons , it was simply perfect execution from Indian bowlers which got 3 wickets. 1 wickets was due to rough and Jadeja. Aus is trying to play too many shots for my liking.
 
No matter how good is India's bowling today, it will all go in vain as there is a very heavy rain forecast for tomorrow and the day after.
 
India's hopes of winning this series ended at Perth itself, IMO.
 
What are the Aussies doing? This is a road, are their batsmen that bad?
 
Bhumrah is so good.... Taking out pitch out of equation here..
 
Sin Nombre said:
Surprised you agree with the poor troll there.

Marsh was set up beautifully and actually played quite well up to that point.


Anyways, as I was saying the first 2 days, this is not a road. Kohli stuttered throughout his innings which should tell a lot about the unevenness of the pitch.
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First of all go learn the definition of a troll. Second, there was nothing wrong with what I or Buffet said. Although, IND have bowled well, Aus batting has been pathetic throughout the series. This current bunch of Aus even got blank 5-0 in Eng even though it was ODI. When was the last time you see Aus getting dominated by Eng especially in ODI? They also got destroyed in UAE even though NZ won there. Without their front line batsman they are quite weak.
 
Aman said:
What are the Aussies doing? This is a road, are their batsmen that bad?
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Yes, Aussie batting is poor and at the same time indian bowling is very good.Had kohli not been so thickheaded, india would have been 2-0 up in the series by now.
 
The people who were describing the pitch as a road and Indian batting as disgraceful are today describing Australian batting as worst ever. There is a reason why test matches are played over five days and are considered the most difficult format of the game. It is not only the most difficult to play, but the most difficult to understand too for some fans.
 
ali2220 said:
And aus can handle ash and Ravindra there?
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Ashwin is not a great turner of the ball...he has never done well in overseas even when the pitch was supporting spinners... example, Adelaide.
 
BDfanforever said:
First of all go learn the definition of a troll. Second, there was nothing wrong with what I or Buffet said. Although, IND have bowled well, Aus batting has been pathetic throughout the series. This current bunch of Aus even got blank 5-0 in Eng even though it was ODI. When was the last time you see Aus getting dominated by Eng especially in ODI? They also got destroyed in UAE even though NZ won there. Without their front line batsman they are quite weak.
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I agree with you.Aus got destroyed in UAE even though Yasir was off color, NZ defeated us even when Yasir was on top of his game.
 
latecut said:
The people who were describing the pitch as a road and Indian batting as disgraceful are today describing Australian batting as worst ever. There is a reason why test matches are played over five days and are considered the most difficult format of the game. It is not only the most difficult to play, but the most difficult to understand too for some fans.
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Not too difficult to understand actually: Win toss, bat first, put runs on board, choke opposition on 4th innings pitch, win games.
 
BDfanforever said:
First of all go learn the definition of a troll. Second, there was nothing wrong with what I or Buffet said. Although, IND have bowled well, Aus batting has been pathetic throughout the series. This current bunch of Aus even got blank 5-0 in Eng even though it was ODI. When was the last time you see Aus getting dominated by Eng especially in ODI? They also got destroyed in UAE even though NZ won there. Without their front line batsman they are quite weak.
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lol talking about ODIs now, great.

They went to UAE and got a draw in the format we are talking about. And beat England 4-0 in their last series at home.

Mitch Marsh average 116 and Shaun Marsh averaged 74 in that series.
 
latecut said:
The people who were describing the pitch as a road and Indian batting as disgraceful are today describing Australian batting as worst ever. There is a reason why test matches are played over five days and are considered the most difficult format of the game. It is not only the most difficult to play, but the most difficult to understand too for some fans.
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Agreed.

The same guys were talking about how Australia would score 400 over 5 sessions yesterday.

Somehow the batting has gone from being capable of scoring 400 to incompetent overnight.

Clueless.
 
Sin Nombre said:
Agreed.

The same guys were talking about how Australia would score 400 over 5 sessions yesterday.

Somehow the batting has gone from being capable of scoring 400 to incompetent overnight.

Clueless.
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I never said that? I've said multiple times this is the weakest Australian batting line up I've seen in my life.

It's not surprising to see them in this situation, they don't have any class batsmen to handle to pressure and do the scoring. They would rely on Smith and Warner to do it while the rest played support roles to them.

It's the equivalent of taking Kohli and Pujara out of a team and expecting Rohit, Rahane and Rahul to score runs for them.
 
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Indians are into the lower-half of the hosts' batting. Mitchell Marsh c Rahane b Jadeja
 
Can Aus cross 150? Steven Smith alone would've scored more runs than this entire Aus batting lineup full of Marsh brothers and where Khawaja is their best batsman.
 
Aman said:
I never said that? I've said multiple times this is the weakest Australian batting line up I've seen in my life.

It's not surprising to see them in this situation, they don't have any class batsmen to handle to pressure and do the scoring. They would rely on Smith and Warner to do it while the rest played support roles to them.

It's the equivalent of taking Kohli and Pujara out of a team and expecting Rohit, Rahane and Rahul to score runs for them.
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They have had plenty of time to remedy the vacuum created by them and this team is playing at home. What you said would warrant merit if those two were pushed out right before this series started...

The point is, none of you couple of fellas who keep coming back to indiavaus threads give credit to indian batsman or bowlers and keep insisting on how bad the aussie batsmen are. Yes, they would be a better unit with Warner and Smith in, but at the end of the day, these are internationally selected players selected on merit.

Outright dismissing the whole batting unit only serves to undermine India’s bowling attack which has been exceptional. I know that is the purpose of your posts by the way.
 
[MENTION=131470]gazza619[/MENTION] "Will be a thrilling game. India will want some runs from the openers. Australia will be red hot to win this one. Not sure if Jadeja will give any Australian batsmen sleepless nights."

My reply was "Jadeja has a long record of performing better than expected..."

Jadeja's relentless accuracy and scoreboard pressure makes him difficult to play in these situations. Also his long spells give time for the pacers to recover.
 
Napa said:
[MENTION=131470]gazza619[/MENTION] "Will be a thrilling game. India will want some runs from the openers. Australia will be red hot to win this one. Not sure if Jadeja will give any Australian batsmen sleepless nights."

My reply was "Jadeja has a long record of performing better than expected..."

Jadeja's relentless accuracy and scoreboard pressure makes him difficult to play in these situations. Also his long spells give time for the pacers to recover.
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Jadeja is a top 5 bowler for a reason. He also outperform Ashwin in England if I recall. Problem with Jadeja is that he is in the IND squad as an all rounder though and not as a specialist bowler like Ashwin.
 
Useless Ultra Flat highway. Boring Draw awaits us. Curator should be penalized for making such a highway. LOL.
 
Aus bowlers toiled hard for entire 2 days. Now after one session of rest they are again back in middle. Pathetic application from batsmen.
 
TheRock said:
Useless Ultra Flat highway. Boring Draw awaits us. Curator should be penalized for making such a highway. LOL.
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Flat as pancake and Australia are 106 for 6. Did the indian bcci drop in a turner pitch
 
TheSensible said:
They have had plenty of time to remedy the vacuum created by them and this team is playing at home. What you said would warrant merit if those two were pushed out right before this series started...

The point is, none of you couple of fellas who keep coming back to indiavaus threads give credit to indian batsman or bowlers and keep insisting on how bad the aussie batsmen are. Yes, they would be a better unit with Warner and Smith in, but at the end of the day, these are internationally selected players selected on merit.

Outright dismissing the whole batting unit only serves to undermine India’s bowling attack which has been exceptional. I know that is the purpose of your posts by the way.
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Where has anyone questioned India's batting? They've played extremely well, it's just that they're up against a pathetic Australian team. Australia's bowling is still strong, but their batting is by far the worst I've ever seen. Most would agree, many Aussies who have watched since the 80s say the same thing. Them crumbling like this is further proof of it.
 
I think Indian bowling unit is the best in the world. They have delivered it in three different conditions in this year alone. I am fairly surprised to see their improvement. Kohli's support is the difference here.
 
TheSensible said:
They have had plenty of time to remedy the vacuum created by them and this team is playing at home. What you said would warrant merit if those two were pushed out right before this series started...

The point is, none of you couple of fellas who keep coming back to indiavaus threads give credit to indian batsman or bowlers and keep insisting on how bad the aussie batsmen are. Yes, they would be a better unit with Warner and Smith in, but at the end of the day, these are internationally selected players selected on merit.

Outright dismissing the whole batting unit only serves to undermine India’s bowling attack which has been exceptional. I know that is the purpose of your posts by the way.
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What he says is correct. If you take out Kholi and Pujara you are left with Rahuls and Sharmas. If you take out Azhar Ali and Asad Shariq from Pak you are left with your Hafizs and Sarfarzs.

It will take Ind at least another decade to replace someone like Kholi. This however does not take anything away from IND.
 
Buffet said:
Aus bowlers toiled hard for entire 2 days. Now after one session of rest they are again back in middle. Pathetic application from batsmen.
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Stop trying to undermine the mighty India, Buffet...
 
BDfanforever said:
What he says is correct. If you take out Kholi and Pujara you are left with Rahuls and Sharmas. If you take out Azhar Ali and Asad Shariq from Pak you are left with your Hafizs and Sarfarzs.

It will take Ind at least another decade to replace someone like Kholi. This however does not take anything away from IND.
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Go to any Australian space, all they're talking about how mediocre this batting line up is.
 
What is more important in Test Cricket, batting or bowling? I used to think that stronger bowling was preferred, but after seeing Aus bat I am not so sure.
 
BDfanforever said:
What is more important in Test Cricket, batting or bowling? I used to think that stronger bowling was preferred, but after seeing Aus bat I am not so sure.
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Definitely bowling, it's just that this Australian batting line up is not international standard.

I read half of the players in the team don't even have good First class records.
 
Aus somehow needs to bat whole day here.
 
I think we have missed a golden opportunity to whitewash Aussies here. If only not for that terrible selection blunder in the second test.
 
BDfanforever said:
What is more important in Test Cricket, batting or bowling? I used to think that stronger bowling was preferred, but after seeing Aus bat I am not so sure.
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Bowling. Here Indians are bowling really well otherwise Aus may have scored big with previous Indians bowling units despite being weaker in batting.
 
First time I've seen an Aussie team where none of the batsmen would make the NZ team :))
 
Bumrah is the world's best fast bowler right now along with Rabada.

Never thought I'd see the day when Australia's batting talent will be at par with Pakistan's. Something's gone wrong in Australian domestic circuit.
 
Aman said:
I never said that? I've said multiple times this is the weakest Australian batting line up I've seen in my life.

It's not surprising to see them in this situation, they don't have any class batsmen to handle to pressure and do the scoring. They would rely on Smith and Warner to do it while the rest played support roles to them.

It's the equivalent of taking Kohli and Pujara out of a team and expecting Rohit, Rahane and Rahul to score runs for them.
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Clearly you have different definitions for a "road", "lifeless pitch", "curator should be fired" than I do.

The likes of Rohit kill teams on actual roads. Someone obviously hasn't paid attention to Rohit's career. As will the likes of Mayank, Shaw, Rahul.

0/10 as far as your attempt here goes.
 
The Marsh brothers are definitely the Akmals of Australia. After every 1 year both of them make the team.
 
shariqnoor said:
Bumrah is the world's best fast bowler right now along with Rabada.

Never thought I'd see the day when Australia's batting talent will be at par with Pakistan's. Something's gone wrong in Australian domestic circuit.
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Pakistan are better, they have Azhar, Fakhar and Babar. This team has nothing.
 
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