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

No surprises that the Bannies are serving up a dust bowl.

This is a worry... "A bone-dry Nagpur pitch already sporting loose cracks two days out from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener...".

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Get forward, boys.

Seems there is some world class pitch doctoring going on. Different treatment of the pitch for left and right handers. Of course we have a heap of lefties.

Just so blatant it is funny.

Cheats. Never change India.

Ashtray et al will be licking their lips. We need our star righties (Smudge and Marnus) to go big.

Series tips from Foxy "experts"...

Allan Border

Series result: Australia 2-1

Most runs: Steve Smith

Most wickets: Kuldeep Yadav

Player of the series: Steve Smith

Mark Howard

Series result: 2-2

Most runs: Steve Smith

Most wickets: Ravichandran Ashwin

Player of the series: Steve Smith

Adam Gilchrist

Series result: Australia 2-1

Most runs: Usman Khawaja

Most wickets: Pat Cummins

Player of the series: Pat Cummins

Kerry O’Keeffe

Series result: Australia 2-1

Most runs: Cheteshwar Pujara

Most wickets: Nathan Lyon

Player of the series: Nathan Lyon

Mark Waugh

Series result: 2-2

Most runs: Virat Kohli

Most wickets: Nathan Lyon

Player of the series: Virat Kohli

Michael Hussey

Series result: 2-2

Most runs: KL Rahul

Most wickets: Nathan Lyon

Player of the series: KL Rahul

Isa Guha

Series result: India 2-1

Most runs: Steve Smith

Most wickets: Axar Patel

Player of the series: Virat Kohli

Ian Smith

Series result: Australia 3-1

Most runs: Steve Smith

Most wickets: Nathan Lyon

Player of the series: Steve Smith


I reckon Isa Guha is closest to the mark, but all I can do is hope the majority are correct. And I don't know what drugs Smuthie is on.

India have a major advantage in that they have two spinning allrounders in Ashtray and Ravi Jadeja. This will allow them to play Axar Patel as their third spinner. Add Umesh and Shami, and it's a potent attack. Thank fark Bumrah is out injured.

I can't see the point in Aus playing 3 spinners given that only Elmer is world class. Personally I'd make the batting as strong as possible i.e Renshaw at 6, and play Swepson as the 2nd spinner. If Koo and Purple are out, maybe let Harris loose, to partner 2nd and ScoBo.

The pitch is hilarious. Normal on good length to right hinders and dry as a bone on good lengths to lefties

Murphy to debut they reckon

I don't reckon I've ever seen a pitch that has a stark bare dry square outside the lefties off stump at both ends like this pitch, before the start of play.

If the pitch doctoring continues, would the ICC dare issue a poor rating for the pitch?

skully wrote:India have a major advantage in that they have two spinning allrounders in Ashtray and Ravi Jadeja. This will allow them to play Axar Patel as their third spinner. Add Umesh and Shami, and it's a potent attack. Thank fark Bumrah is out injured.

I can't see the point in Aus playing 3 spinners given that only Elmer is world class. Personally I'd make the batting as strong as possible i.e Renshaw at 6, and play Swepson as the 2nd spinner. If Koo and Purple are out, maybe let Harris loose, to partner 2nd and ScoBo.

Morris?

Blackadder wrote:If the pitch doctoring continues, would the ICC dare issue a poor rating for the pitch?

match referee would get the death threats and be blackballed out of the game

Nath wrote:

Blackadder wrote:If the pitch doctoring continues, would the ICC dare issue a poor rating for the pitch?

match referee would get the death threats and be blackballed out of the game

Indeed. He would be Dennessed.

lardbucket wrote:

skully wrote:India have a major advantage in that they have two spinning allrounders in Ashtray and Ravi Jadeja. This will allow them to play Axar Patel as their third spinner. Add Umesh and Shami, and it's a potent attack. Thank fark Bumrah is out injured.

I can't see the point in Aus playing 3 spinners given that only Elmer is world class. Personally I'd make the batting as strong as possible i.e Renshaw at 6, and play Swepson as the 2nd spinner. If Koo and Purple are out, maybe let Harris loose, to partner 2nd and ScoBo.

Morris?

Oops, thanks. Hope MB doesn't arc up that I forgot who Neville was again.

lardbucket wrote:

Nath wrote:

Blackadder wrote:If the pitch doctoring continues, would the ICC dare issue a poor rating for the pitch?

match referee would get the death threats and be blackballed out of the game

Indeed. He would be Dennessed.

Foxy have been playing the highlights of the Aus v India games (in Aus) all day. Watched the bits from THAT Test again at lunch time. Other than a possible slightly dubious catch by Clarke in the slips to remove Ganguly (Gangles walked off shaking his head), it's hard to see why Violet spat the dummy after play (other than the fact that they lost a Test they should have drawn). All the dismissals were clearcut other than Ganguly's which was given out by a neutral umpire in the box.  The Bannies got Bucknor banned from the following Test. They are such farking sooks.

From memory their main beef was that we showed disrespect for not getting around to shaking the last 2 batsmen's hands. But geez, we won a Test from nowhere with Clarke taking 3-0 in 2 of the last 3 overs of the match, so forgive us for running around like headless chooks.

And I reckon the qunts still have a grudge to this day.

skully wrote:

lardbucket wrote:

skully wrote:India have a major advantage in that they have two spinning allrounders in Ashtray and Ravi Jadeja. This will allow them to play Axar Patel as their third spinner. Add Umesh and Shami, and it's a potent attack. Thank fark Bumrah is out injured.

I can't see the point in Aus playing 3 spinners given that only Elmer is world class. Personally I'd make the batting as strong as possible i.e Renshaw at 6, and play Swepson as the 2nd spinner. If Koo and Purple are out, maybe let Harris loose, to partner 2nd and ScoBo.

Morris?

Oops, thanks. Hope MB doesn't arc up that I forgot who Neville was again.

Its expected that you are a farqwit ...again

As expected. Tart.

Handscomb being talked up as the Aus no. 6.

The fact that he's right handed is probably in his favour and he is supposedly a good player of spin.

I guess we'll find out.

From watching Sneaky Pete in SS, his technique v Quicks seems better as well. Mind you he was seeing it like a beach ball.

Well, at least he won't be facing Jimmeh with a pink ball.

SEN had an interview with Shastri who said bullshit to the cheating claims. Very funny. Cummins is being statesman like, unfortunately.

They are always the Subi con artists and racists to boot.

I note Adani, skully's hero coal company are at the centre of white collar racketeering.

Crazy PM Modi is a danger to his own people and abroad

BANINDIA

horace wrote:I note Adani, skully's hero coal company are at the centre of white collar racketeering.

WTF??

Meanwhile, 2nd's ability at the toss continues. He wins the toss and we bat.

Ooze plays around an inswinger from Siraj and is gone lbw on review.

Ugh - 1-2.

Awful doctored pitch that only helps spinners....

Waner - too old, too slow. Played all round a straight one with an angled bat to lose his off stump.

Jesus, 4-0 couldn't be any more certain.