Quote from: Pamoldar on January 05, 2019, 05:44:00 AM

Who is watching Sri Lanka vs New Zealand?
New Zealand again scored 300+ but not like the last match. Today they have 320. Sri Lanka already lost 1 wicket for 31 runs. Dickwella couldn't do much today.

I am now because Aus-Ind match stopped due to bad light as @Vella85 mentioned that too. Finger crossed for a good chase. don't wanna see the one-sided match.

Quote from: vella85 on January 04, 2019, 10:36:20 PM

Quote from: JohnBitCo on January 04, 2019, 05:13:02 PM

Quote from: onrise on January 04, 2019, 05:41:05 AM

Pujara deserved a double tom but just missed by 7 runs would hurt all . India is nearing 600 and would declare soon and try to get Oz all out quickly and give them followon and try to win this match as well . It will be test of bowlers again to get PZ team 20 wickets .

I wonder what's wrong with the Aussies this time around. Making such a big score is not a easy task against them in the Australian grounds. There was a time when McGrath and other bowlers used to destroy the batting lines of opposition. Time have changed and now Australians are losing their control over the game.

Australia still have a good bowling attack however the Indian batsman have just outclassed them. Also India have been lucky that the pitches have suited them on this tour, this is why when I saw the schedule of the matches and where they would be played it suited India a lot. I knew the match in Perth would be better suited by Australia even though it was a new ground however the pitch was similar to the other ground due to the conditions in Perth. The other 3 grounds are suited by India which is why I said that this is their best chance to win a test series in Australia and also that Smith and Warner are out of the team. When touring teams travel to Australia normally the first test match is played at The Gabba which Australia have a very good record at and all teams struggle on this ground but this time around it was Adelaide which is a batsman pitch which as we know India have a better batting line up then Australia. All of this has helped India in a big way however I will say that Australia haven't really played all that well either and India deserve the lead in the series and most likely will win the series.

Respectfully disagreed on Pitch statement. Pitch was the same for both teams in every match, it cliche but true here. Oz and all cricket pundits failed to read the pitch including curators. even in 3rd Test Match, everyone were criticizing Indian batting due to slow run rate. Ricky Pointing even says that Pujara's slow inning going to cost India Match.

Would like to add following points too

1. Bad selection when picking top 6
2. Starc forgets how to bowl an old ball. he used to be lethal with the old ball.

Quoting his statement when he earned Man of the Match taking 9 wickets in Durban against South Africa

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He even told Cricket Australia's website, cricket.com.au, that it took a group effort to get the ball in the right condition for reverse swing.

What group effort? Ball tampering? not attacking but just wanna know what Aussie thinks about Starc. Shane Warne is very vocal about him may be due to personal grudes or may be he's hinting something very serious which lead to us Back to Sandpaper gate saga.