Australia vs India | 4th Test | Day 2 | Sydney | 7th January

[GLORY OF '92]

Australia in a dominant position. Can India recover?

 

[Random Aussie]

Australia in a dominant position. Can India recover?

No

 

[Random Aussie]

Yawn

 

[Aman]

Why on earth does this snore fest series get separate threads for each day when the real draw match gets the one?

 

[Aman]

I hope Watson gets a triple, the Aussies deserve it.

 

[Random Aussie]

We should aim for that 952 record here.

 

[Random Aussie]

This trundler is not a Test bowler.

 

[Energetic]

Pitch is a shocker. And ppl think world cup will aid pacers lol

 

[Aman]

The Indians could score 500+ here, the Aussie bowling attack looks pretty ordinary.

 

[Random Aussie]

Smith now on 91. Trundler on 70.

 

[habibi hayya]

If this is a sign of things to come, I would need to rethink waking up early for every WC match.

I want to watch the world cup, not the IPL

Sent from a cave in Afghanistan

 

[90MPH]

Lovely trunding from Kumar.

He's hitting 120KPH reguarly.

 

[Random Aussie]

This pitch is about as good as that one in Pakistan where Mark Taylor batted for 2 days and scored 334* then declared to try and win the game. Pakistan then batted for 2 days with the Axeman putting up 185* IIRC.

 

[Random Aussie]

Should aim for 700 by stumps, have a dash tomorrow and get to 1000 then put em in.

 

[vandokkum]

Dhoni is laughing out loud in the dressing room about now

 

[90MPH]

^^The pitch might be dead but the bowling is dreadful.

No discipline whatsoever.

Anyway as Boycott says judge the pitch when both teams have batted on it.

I think may break up a bit on days 4 and 5 anyway.

 

[Batman_DB]

smith closing on 700 runs for the series staggering

 

[Thivagar]

4 centuries in 4 matches. Unbelievable

 

[90MPH]

Another Ton for Smith.

Number 4 in the series.

What a dream series for him - especially as captain.

 

[Batman_DB]

4 hundreds in a series

 

[spiderreddy]

Smith now on 91. Trundler on 70.

Lets see if he can beat phaast and phurious

 

[Batman_DB]

time for virat to join smith he can score a 100 here too

 

[vandokkum]

If India lose this match on this graveyard, their batsmen should be flogged

 

[Batman_DB]

8 100s in 27 innings for smith

 

[Thivagar]

Looks like Kumar shortened his run up

 

[Random Aussie]

Lets see if he can beat phaast and phurious

At what? Chess maybe, that's about it.

 

[Random Aussie]

Looks like Kumar shortened his run up

Good idea, he's been trying to bowl a bit too fast.

 

[vandokkum]

8 100s in 27 innings for smith

8 100s in 49 innings... still a phenomenal record, more frequent than Tendulkar

 

[Random Aussie]

Smith closing in on Tendulkar's average now

 

[vandokkum]

Warner has the best hundred rate after Bradman, 12 100s in 67 innings.. and at almost run a ball... WOW

 

[Random Aussie]

This is one of the worst pitches I have ever seen.

 

[Thivagar]

Ashwin is the biggest Skinnyfat cricketer.

 

[Batman_DB]

8 100s in 49 innings... still a phenomenal record, more frequent than Tendulkar

so he should go above sachin's 51 easily mayb few more series like this will help

 

[Thivagar]

If this is a sign of things to come, I would need to rethink waking up early for every WC match.

I want to watch the world cup, not the IPL

Sent from a cave in Afghanistan

Don't worry some of the teams in this WC are good as IPL teams are

Sent from a drone above a cave in Aghanistan

 

[vandokkum]

so he should go above sachin's 51 easily mayb few more series like this will help

Who knows? If he plays 200 tests then it's certainly possible, Warner/ Amla will get 50 hundreds if they play over 200 tests... but it will be extremely difficult to actually play so many tests...

 

[spiderreddy]

Who knows? If he plays 200 tests then it's certainly possible, Warner/ Amla will get 50 hundreds if they play over 200 tests... but it will be extremely difficult to actually play so many tests...

and to maintain that consistency

 

[Random Aussie]

2/397

Happiest guys in the Indian squad are Ishant and Dhoni for missing out on this game.

 

[vandokkum]

and to maintain that consistency

Ofcourse, it's all hypothetical, there are only two or three players who can possibly play near 200 tests and score hundreds consistently, and that's a big if.

 

[Anfield]

B kumar, Praveen Kumar, vinay Kumar...all kumars are garbage

 

[Random Aussie]

B kumar, Praveen Kumar, vinay Kumar...all kumars are garbage

What about the ones at number 42?

 

[mithun_minhas]

Garbage bowling on garbage pitches.

Just how overrated is Yadav? Where are all his fan boys? Going at over 6 an over in a Test Match

 

[Random Aussie]

Watson out! It's all happening!

 

[Random Aussie]

Australia teetering at 3/400

 

[mithun_minhas]

India should only Play 2 test series. Bowlers show no nterest and they dont even try.

 

[sjahmed23]

The scorecard looks almost like the scorecard Pakistan had in UAE not too long ago...

 

[Random Aussie]

Smith out, collapse is on

 

[Batman_DB]

30 overs 72 runs 2 wickets great session for india but its all too late

 

[as-95]

Really glad India is being humiliated here. The Indian fans/media were all over Dhoni, but it wasn't his captaincy that was holding them back. Its just that Indians are less skilled, talented, weaker physically and weaker mentally than the Aussies. Pampered Rockstars dont know what to d owhen the going gets tough. Kohli has ran out of ideas. Hope Australia can the Indians even more. It will show them that it wasn't Dhoni, but that Indians are just inferior.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Really glad India is being humiliated here. The Indian fans/media were all over Dhoni, but it wasn't his captaincy that was holding them back. Its just that Indians are less skilled, talented, weaker physically and weaker mentally than the Aussies. Pampered Rockstars dont know what to d owhen the going gets tough. Kohli has ran out of ideas. Hope Australia can the Indians even more. It will show them that it wasn't Dhoni, but that Indians are just inferior.

Where was the Aus skill when they played inAsia?

 

[as-95]

Where was the Aus skill when they played inAsia?

)))))) It seems that Indian posters here have the same mindset as their Rockstar heroes). I won't even explain what I mean by that. You can work it out

 

[Random Aussie]

4/457

Life is a highway.....

 

[Romali_rotti]

)))))) It seems that Indian posters here have the same mindset as their Rockstar heroes). I won't even explain what I mean by that. You can work it out

Well They cant win in our house and we cant win in theirs.. Why cant you explain that ? Oh I forgot its the Pakistani way of running for cover when someone gives you an eye for an eye...

 

[Random Aussie]

4/473

Word is they are planning to use the pitch for car racing after this Test

 

[Random Aussie]

Can Marsh make it five batters from five to make half centuries?

 

[Batman_DB]

can aussies score 600? how many overs do they need to take indian wickets i feel 7 sessions will be enough

 

[Random Aussie]

4/480

Kinda like playing with a tennis ball on concrete

 

[Batman_DB]

 

[Thivagar]

4/457

Life is a highway.....

And the Australians are living in the fastlane

 

[Thivagar]

I think Rohit will hit 300 on this pitch.

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies will declare at 600 here

 

[Aman]

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Those are nothing scores compared to KW's.

 

[Justcrazy]

India would love quick wickets here

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

LOL ... gosh

Hope our batters can pull out a draw, lets c

 

[IAJ]

Some overs ago commentators were making fun of Kumars pace. Bowling at 117 kph. That is way too slow really, even for indian standards. If he is not fully fit they should not have risked him.

 

[Random Aussie]

Those are nothing scores compared to KW's.

Whatever Frodo *pats head*

 

[Random Aussie]

Some overs ago commentators were making fun of Kumars pace. Bowling at 117 kph. That is way too slow really, even for indian standards. If he is not fully fit they should not have risked him.

You have to be extremely accurate to bowl at that pace, and he isn't.

 

[Justcrazy]

500 up

 

[Thivagar]

Some overs ago commentators were making fun of Kumars pace. Bowling at 117 kph. That is way too slow really, even for indian standards. If he is not fully fit they should not have risked him.

He hit 138 around last year.......im serious. Looks like he may have cut his run up.

 

[Aman]

Whatever Frodo *pats head*

Whats more impressive is he hasn't scored any of those runs on the roads of Australia.

 

[Justcrazy]

Joe getting into groove here

 

[Justcrazy]

514.4

Both batsmen well set

 

[Justcrazy]

Joe Burns

 

[Random Aussie]

Whats more impressive is he hasn't scored any of those runs on the roads of Australia.

That's great. I mean that's just great.

 

[Random Aussie]

So six fifties from the Aussie top 6.

 

[NZcricketfan]

Ryan Harris is right. These Aussie pitches are a joke

 

[Justcrazy]

114 runs partnership already.

 

[Random Aussie]

4/529.

This pitch is deader than Tupac.

 

[Justcrazy]

529 / 4

still 33 overs left .

I wonder what time will Aussies declare.

 

[Aman]

First ball six )

 

[Aman]

No sighters needed here.