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

[Aman]

NZ will win if the pitch is a green mamba like Hobart 2011. Everywhere else, they will lose heavily.

And Australia producing such tracks is outta the question.

What were Perth and Adelaide? Smith and Warner played both those Tests.

One poor DRS decision cost us another drawn series.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bumrah fifer. WHat a bowling. Amazing exhibition of fast bowling. He took pitch out of the equation.

 

[Shandarchowka]

India won vs Australia last year in India without Kohli playing the final (decisive) test, and averaging only single figures in the other tests.

Rahul of all people was the key batsman that series.

Kohli was a liability that series and India found a gun captain in Rahane.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Thrashed? We lost 2-0, drawing one Test and losing the D/N match in controversial fashion, we were ahead up until the Nathan Lyon decision.

Huh.

Do you even follow your own team's matches?

This was the last trans-Tasman series.

2 tests in NZ, 2 thrashings suffered by NZ.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/914251.html


As for the series in Australia before, losing 2-0 in a 3 test series is getting hammered.

 

[Varun]

Kohli was a liability that series and India found a gun captain in Rahane.

Yep, and Kohli wasn't/isn't a ball tamperer either.

 

[Buffet]

Bhumrah 5/33 ... Indian needed some one to bowl with fire and he did it here on flat pitch.

 

[Varun]

What were Perth and Adelaide? Smith and Warner played both those Tests.

One poor DRS decision cost us another drawn series.

Just to be clear - Pakistan and New Zealand should have been the victors in Australia in their last tours there, bar a 'dodgy pitch' and a 'poor DRS decision'?

 

[Shandarchowka]

Yep, and Kohli wasn't/isn't a ball tamperer either.

Smith is a great batsman but he lost my respect after the scandal. I’m with you on that. However it doesn’t make Kohli any bright brain either.

 

[Aman]

Excluded that test match intentionally - Perth (WACA) was a bonafide concrete slab where the scores were 559,624, 385/2 and 104/2. Nobody was 'pushing' anything.

Should be erased from the record books ideally.

It was 385/7... and Aus were 2 down for nothing in the third innings before you know who and Voges scored 100s. In the end we finished stronger of the two teams (better placed).

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bhumrah 5/33 ... Indian needed some one to bowl with fire and he did it here on flat pitch.

He took the pitch out of the equation. 6fer now 3 bowleds 1 leg before.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Just to be clear - Pakistan and New Zealand should have been the victors in Australia in their last tours there, bar a 'dodgy pitch' and a 'poor DRS decision'?

Moral victories >>> real victories.

We have already concluded that. Keep up Varun.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Bhumrah 5/33 ... Indian needed some one to bowl with fire and he did it here on flat pitch.

Don't do this Buffet lol

 

[Aman]

Just to be clear - Pakistan and New Zealand should have been the victors in Australia in their last tours there, bar a 'dodgy pitch' and a 'poor DRS decision'?

Who brought up a dodgy pitch?

I've been following the Australian summer for years, that was the closest an Asia team got to a victory outside India in Perth (off Sehwag being brought back into the team and Irfan Pathan IIRC) and Pakistan in Sydney.

 

[ali2220]

Looks like indi will be 2-1 up now, unless it rains i don't see aus escaping a defeat in this one.

 

[Buffet]

6/33

One of the best bowling from visiting side in recent years.

 

[Shandarchowka]

It’s amazing how Indian team is on fire as soon as the bounce on the pitch is gone. Don’t get me wrong but that is not a bad skill at all.

 

[Buffet]

Only rain can save Aus here. There is rain forecast.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

India actually performing as expected. They should have obliterated Australia in second test as well. This Aussie team is weaker than Bangladesh all in formats. Absolute rubbish.

 

[Buffet]

He took the pitch out of the equation. 6fer now 3 bowleds 1 leg before.

Yah, India never had a bowler who could take pitch out of equation.

 

[Buffet]

India actually performing as expected. They should have obliterated Australia in second test as well. This Aussie team is weaker than Bangladesh all in formats. Absolute rubbish.

Toss has been the major difference. I am not sure if Indians can win after losing toss. Everyone is talking about weak Aus here, but I think toss is important. Eng won against Ind by 4-1, but they got lucky with toss. I would have liked to see that series with Indians winning more tosses.

 

[Balthazar]

I am still not convinced with that Indian batting order. We are making Vihari a scapegoat here by sending him to open. Rohit should come out and bat, not hide behind Kohli and Rahane.

 

[Buffet]

I am still not convinced with that Indian batting order. We are making Vihari a scapegoat here by sending him to open. Rohit should come out and bat, not hide behind Kohli and Rahane.

It hardly matters who bats where. 300 runs lead with 10 wickets in hand is too much.

 

[Shandarchowka]

It’s clear India wants to kill Australian bowlers here . Poor guys couldn’t even rest for proper 2 sessions and they’re back again. All the blame goes to the inept batsmen. Such a shame!

 

[Varun]

I've been following the Australian summer for years, that was the closest an Asia team got to a victory outside India in Perth (off Sehwag being brought back into the team and Irfan Pathan IIRC) and Pakistan in Sydney.

Then you haven't been followed the Australian summer close enough, because you seem to have forgotten about Adelaide 2014, when Kohli scaled down a 350+ 4th innings target nearly by himself.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Toss has been the major difference. I am not sure if Indians can win after losing toss. Everyone is talking about weak Aus here, but I think toss is important. Eng won against Ind by 4-1, but they got lucky with toss. I would have liked to see that series with Indians winning more tosses.

Australia does have plenty of mediocre players though. Their star bowler Starc is very overrated in tests, gets absolutely murdered when pitch is flat. Honestly Indian bowlers (especially Bumrah and Shami) are much more threatening than Starc, despite having less pace.

I do agree toss is a big factor, but still losing to this awful Aus team is not acceptable imo.

 

[rhony]

Can someone post how we setup each and every Aussie batsmen?

Ishanth to Finch. This is an easy one. In coming deliveries with a short midwicket in place

Bumrah to Harris. He's knocked Harris' helmet a couple of times this series including yesterday and got him edging a pull to fine leg on another short one. He was late on the ball

Jadeja to Khawaja. He was all over the place with reverse sweep just a ball before. Don't think he reads Jadeja well. Caught at short leg off an edge.

Bumrah to S Marsh. Beauty. Last ball before lunch and he bowled his first malingaesque slower Yorker. In the entire series. Bamboozled the batsmen for an lbw

Bumrah to Head. Head got into trouble with short balls all series and a nice full searing ball knocked out his stumps. 145 kph

Jadeja to M March. Ball landed on the rough and straightened. Slip catch.

The rest are straight forward. Fir once, the skills of the Indian bowlers we're matched by great tactics by Kohli. Commentary from Gilchrist, border was fascinating as they explained the setup and field placements better. Exciting

 

[rhony]

I am still not convinced with that Indian batting order. We are making Vihari a scapegoat here by sending him to open. Rohit should come out and bat, not hide behind Kohli and Rahane.

For once her scored some runs at 6. Let him stay there

 

[Balthazar]

It hardly matters who bats where. 300 runs lead with 10 wickets in hand is too much.

That's not the point. These players need to be ready for the fourth Test and if we lose the toss. They are not batting in their usual positions.

 

[Varun]

For once her scored some runs at 6. Let him stay there

With that 63* Rohit has made his place in the line-up for the next 4 years.

Shaoli will see to that.

 

[rhony]

With that 63* Rohit has made his place in the line-up for the next 4 years.

Shaoli will see to that.

It's him or Vihari when Shaw returns. I'd say Vihari will be serving drinks for a while

 

[Joseph Gomes]

With that 63* Rohit has made his place in the line-up for the next 4 years.

Shaoli will see to that.

Rohit is a good test batsman unless he plays in Eng and Saf. He can handle bounce, spin, low and slow tracks really well.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It’s clear India wants to kill Australian bowlers here . Poor guys couldn’t even rest for proper 2 sessions and they’re back again. All the blame goes to the inept batsmen. Such a shame!

The reason we have back to back test. Let us assume India bowls on the trot and they somehow make 350 odd and Australia bat at sydney. That is a lot of overs with not much break.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rohit is a good test batsman unless he plays in Eng and Saf. He can handle bounce, spin, low and slow tracks really well.

No he is not. He is just a lucky doofus. He doesn't have proper defensive technique.

 

[Varun]

It's him or Vihari when Shaw returns. I'd say Vihari will be serving drinks for a while

What happened to Karun Nair? The triple centurion?

Rohit is the Yuvraj Singh of this generation - constantly brought back into the test team in the hope that he'll be as good in the format as he is in ODIs.

 

[Varun]

Rohit is a good test batsman unless he plays in Eng and Saf. He can handle bounce, spin, low and slow tracks really well.

As evidenced by his brilliant record everywhere else?

He has only scored runs against WI at home in situations where there has been zero pressure, like that Sachin retirement test.

 

[MP2011]

What a delivery that by Bumrah to get rid of Shaun Marsh. Anyone undermining that delivery for being slower and hence didn't deserve a wicket is clearly a troll and hence should be ignored at all costs.

 

[Buffet]

That's not the point. These players need to be ready for the fourth Test and if we lose the toss. They are not batting in their usual positions.

You have to bat the same order in next match and play same way. If you lose the toss then batting big first time will be extremely important.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ricky ponting said Pujara's innings would cost India the match

 

[jnaveen1980]

Australia has a high class fast bowling unit. But one complaint is they all have poor seam position. If only Cummins learn to hold a perfect seam he will be a handful.

 

[Varun]

Now that we're batting, watch the pitch suddenly become a batter's track again.

 

[MP2011]

What a spell of fast bowling by Bumrah? Anyone citing absence of cheats in this series should not forget that Bumrah missed first 2 tests of England series, due to injury and not due to being a cheat.

And we lost both the tests....

 

[Varun]

Australia has a high class fast bowling unit. But one complaint is they all have poor seam position. If only Cummins learn to hold a perfect seam he will be a handful.

Keep in mind that they have to be legit with their bowling operation these days...if you know what I mean. #Bancroft

No balls of the century for the time being.

 

[abhay]

Now that we're batting, watch the pitch suddenly become a batter's track again.

BCCICC

 

[jnaveen1980]

Now that we're batting, watch the pitch suddenly become a batter's track again.

It is strange isn't it They bowl with kookaburra better than Aussies.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Keep in mind that they have to be legit with their bowling operation these days...if you know what I mean. #Bancroft

No balls of the century for the time being.

THey compensated their poor seam position by tampering. What a shame.

 

[rhony]

Keep in mind that they have to be legit with their bowling operation these days...if you know what I mean. #Bancroft

No balls of the century for the time being.

Indians let go of their egoes and have grinded the Aussie bowling. Pujara showed the template in Adelaide and they followed the same plan in melbourne

 

[MP2011]

Ricky ponting said Pujara's innings would cost India the match

Lol. How he wishes someone half as good as him putting on a baggy green. His pre series favourite, Khwaja seems to be in dire straits currently.

 

[Marathonrunner]

Bhumrah 5/33 ... Indian needed some one to bowl with fire and he did it here on flat pitch.

What a superb performance from Bumrah, becomes first Asian player to take 5 wickets against Eng, SA and Oz in same calendar year

 

[Varun]

Good idea not to enforce the follow-on, by the way. Probably best not to burn the bowlers when it's not the last game of a series which hasn't been won yet.

 

[abhay]

 

[Shandarchowka]

Fox is talking about lessons to Australian fast bowlers from Indian seam positions

It’s the ineptness of the batsmen silly

 

[JattMaula]

I love you Bumrah!!

 

[Napa]

It would be the equivalent of boasting about defeating India without Kohli and Pujara.

Replace Kohli, Pujara and Vijay with Shaw, Gill and Agarwal and the Indian batting isn't much weaker.

 

[Savak]

How low has Australian Cricket fallen where they are going to lose in their backyard to a subcontinental team?

The Australian side of 1999-2007 will be thoroughly embarrassed to see the depths their Cricket has fallen too. Won't be surprised to see Tim Paine gone after this series

 

[Babbar]

The same Australian team will be a world beater when playing against NZ or Pak- with or without cheater Smith or crazy Warner. Credit should be given to Indian ‘slow medium’ tundler bowlers like Bumrah, who
May not be as good as Hassan or superstar Amir, but get wicket by boring the batsmen. Just like NZ played like world champion once it went to UAE after losing badly to India!

There is a tendency to think that a team lost just because one special player, whoever is injured or out due to cheating or coach ‘scandalously’ did not select, is not in team.

 

[Savak]

The gap between India's bowling attack and Pakistan has been exposed today.

Pakistani bowlers could not dismiss Australia in a single innings and ended up with a total of 33 wickets in 3 tests. The over rated Mohd Amir went wicket less in 2 tests. The Indians have been way better than Pakistan in Australia on all fronts for a long while now

 

[Shandarchowka]

Warner is tearing into Australian batting on fox.. how can you expect bowlers to get wickets when batsmen are not even giving you time to breathe.. very valid criticism

 

[abhay]

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They are at 129 now

 

[Shandarchowka]

The gap between India's bowling attack and Pakistan has been exposed today.

Pakistani bowlers could not dismiss Australia in a single innings and ended up with a total of 33 wickets in 3 tests. The over rated Mohd Amir went wicket less in 2 tests. The Indians have been way better than Pakistan in Australia on all fronts for a long while now

Futile to discuss Pakistan here on a series that happened 2 years ago against a different Aussie side. Park that aside.

 

[jnaveen1980]

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Stunning !! wow.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

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Ambrose/Marshall/Walsh has to be the grestest bowling trio of all time. Sad to see how far WI has sunk.

 

[JattMaula]

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They are at 129 now

Legendary if true!

 

[Shandarchowka]

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Marshall and Steyn both feature 2 times each. Champions and best bowlers of all time for a reason.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ishanth to Finch. This is an easy one. In coming deliveries with a short midwicket in place

Bumrah to Harris. He's knocked Harris' helmet a couple of times this series including yesterday and got him edging a pull to fine leg on another short one. He was late on the ball

Jadeja to Khawaja. He was all over the place with reverse sweep just a ball before. Don't think he reads Jadeja well. Caught at short leg off an edge.

Bumrah to S Marsh. Beauty. Last ball before lunch and he bowled his first malingaesque slower Yorker. In the entire series. Bamboozled the batsmen for an lbw

Bumrah to Head. Head got into trouble with short balls all series and a nice full searing ball knocked out his stumps. 145 kph

Jadeja to M March. Ball landed on the rough and straightened. Slip catch.

The rest are straight forward. Fir once, the skills of the Indian bowlers we're matched by great tactics by Kohli. Commentary from Gilchrist, border was fascinating as they explained the setup and field placements better. Exciting

Thanks man.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ambrose/Marshall/Walsh has to be the grestest bowling trio of all time. Sad to see how far WI has sunk.

They still have similar fast bowlers. But they are not nurtured properly. Roach, Gabriel are still quick. They still produce lot of good bowlers. But they don't have a coaching unit to properly extract the best out of them. they are natural athletes. They just don't have a system to groom these talented players. Wayne Daniel, Winston Benjamin or Winstaon Davis for that matter were not as quick as some of the recent WI fast bowlers.

 

[Buffet]

Good idea not to enforce the follow-on, by the way. Probably best not to burn the bowlers when it's not the last game of a series which hasn't been won yet.

That's fine but there is no point in batting 2.5 runs per over. You want to give as much time as possible to bowl Aus out. Rain is predicted.

 

[Buffet]

The gap between India's bowling attack and Pakistan has been exposed today.

Pakistani bowlers could not dismiss Australia in a single innings and ended up with a total of 33 wickets in 3 tests. The over rated Mohd Amir went wicket less in 2 tests. The Indians have been way better than Pakistan in Australia on all fronts for a long while now

Pakistan's bowling was garbage in Aus. You don't have to compare that with any other unit to say that.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

The plan should be to play cautiously till 100 runs. (100-2 will be perfect). And then launch a blitzkrieg.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Sunny when that bird got on the pitch -" Australians won't be happy with that. Roughing up the pitch" )

 

[Buffet]

The plan should be to play cautiously till 100 runs. (100-2 will be perfect). And then launch a blitzkrieg.

Nah, Indian should score quickly 150 and declare. No point in taking lots of over to get to 100. Rain is predicted.

 

[Buffet]

Not sure why Pujara is batting here. Some one needs to make a quickfire 50.

 

[TM Riddle]

Indian batsmen losing the plot once more. Should have sent someone like Rohit ahead of Pujara.
Pathetic captaincy again by Anushka.

 

[MP2011]

And he is gone first ball.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Not sure why Pujara is batting here. Some one needs to make a quickfire 50.

Cummins gets him for a duck.

Excellent bowler (and bat).

World class.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Cummins what a lion-hearted soldier he is. Most teams would have their shoulders down after conceding 292 lead and bowl third day in a row.

 

[Mainul]

India has proved it again that they are long way in front of Pakistan in quality and performances. Even no competition. How time changes!

 

[MP2011]

12 wickets have fallen today and this pitch is being called a Bunsen. Bet the usual suspects will now call this a treacherous pitch.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pujara's wicket was purely due to captaincy. That was an odd field placement. I wonder if he noticed that fielder.

 

[MP2011]

Score another 100-150 runs and declare.

Kohli gone for duck.

 

[TM Riddle]

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