India v Australia, 1st Test, Nagpur, 9-13 February, 2023

Uzzie's stranded as Visa not approved yet.

He'll get it soon. But it's very stupid if they sent his visa application to process with the rest of the team and not in advance compared to the rest given his Pakistani roots.

Nath wrote:Uzzie's stranded as Visa not approved yet.

Does he not have a Mastercard? Or some good old fashioned traveller’s cheques?

beamer wrote:

Nath wrote:Uzzie's stranded as Visa not approved yet.

Does he not have a Mastercard? Or some good old fashioned traveller’s cheques?

needed a reference from "Bill" or a "Mr Bribe".

I still can't believe CA agreed to go straight into a 4 Test series with no warm up or at least a few more days to acclimatise.

We'll be lucky to score 250 in any innings.

Smudge said it is irrelevant because last time they toured they served up a green top in the warm up game and the oppo didn't bowl their spinners.

BCCI "promised" to provide turning practice wickets

skully wrote:Smudge said it is irrelevant because last time they toured they served up a green top in the warm up game and the oppo didn't bowl their spinners.

Koaja said the same thing ...must be the line of Team Ron

Can’t expect any better from the BCCI.

Ban India.

sounds like Green isn't fit to bowl, so now what...?

Between him and Renshaw for number 6 spot

Cummins Starc and Boland likely bowlers with Lyon.

I thought Koo had been ruled out of T1.

skully wrote:I thought Koo had been ruled out of T1.

If so, Hazlewood in.

lardbucket wrote:

skully wrote:I thought Koo had been ruled out of T1.

If so, Hazlewood in.

Haze injured and ruled out.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/josh-hazlewood-ruled-out-first-test-india-australia-nagpur-boland-overseas-debut/2023-02-05?fbclid=IwAR0hjCXxPzB0jgmPWP-nUwqTC-FmTOGA4GouTmWJP3oYjR4Vs6BuAzmM3P8

So Koo,Haze, and possibly Green out.
The work experience kid might get his first cap.

Bowling line up of Boland, Morris,Lyon,Swepson,Labuschagne.

Blackadder wrote:So Koo,Haze, and possibly Green out.
The work experience kid might get his first cap.

Bowling line up of Boland, Morris,Lyon,Swepson,Labuschagne.

Cummins is definitely playing, and most likely Agar.

Nath wrote:

Blackadder wrote:So Koo,Haze, and possibly Green out.
The work experience kid might get his first cap.

Bowling line up of Boland, Morris,Lyon,Swepson,Labuschagne.

Cummins is definitely playing, and most likely Agar.

Living in hope the Aus selectors finally give up on Agar.

Hopefully in the week off from the babel they will have reminded the spinners what a Test line and length is ...and give them the time and runs on the board to spin a web on the Bannies 

Reality is ...our batters will all fail except for GCS batting right handed vs Ashwin ....and the Bannie batters will all score a million going the tonk

Glass half empty, and it’s a thimble anyway?

Hope it’s not that bad. Surely Smith will make runs, with contributions from Head and Khawaja. .

Blackadder wrote:

Nath wrote:

Blackadder wrote:So Koo,Haze, and possibly Green out.
The work experience kid might get his first cap.

Bowling line up of Boland, Morris,Lyon,Swepson,Labuschagne.

Cummins is definitely playing, and most likely Agar.

Living in hope the Aus selectors finally give up on Agar.

Bring him to the Ashes and he might get that elusive century, a decade on…

beamer wrote:

Blackadder wrote:

Nath wrote:

Blackadder wrote:So Koo,Haze, and possibly Green out.
The work experience kid might get his first cap.

Bowling line up of Boland, Morris,Lyon,Swepson,Labuschagne.

Cummins is definitely playing, and most likely Agar.

Living in hope the Aus selectors finally give up on Agar.

Bring him to the Ashes and he might get that elusive century, a decade on…

0/100?

Sage Nath.

Pretty poor of Haze. Insisted on playing in Spiv Test and copped an Achilles strain. Still not fit. Should be sent home with Neser flown over.

Neser has been unlucky, like Bichel, Reiffel, and Bird before him; consistently overlooked for Spivs.