India v Australia, 5xODIs + 3xT20s, 17 September - 13 October, 2017

Aust make two changes but none of them make any sense. Wade is back & so is Zampa. Two players that have done SFA since the series began so WTF are they doing back in the side. At least No Show has been dumped. Still no Faulkner. It makes no sense at all.

Big Dog wrote:Aust make two changes but none of them make any sense. Wade is back & so is Zampa. Two players that have done SFA since the series began so WTF are  they doing back in the side. At least No Show has been dumped. Still no Faulkner. It makes no sense at all.

Zampa replaces Agar, so that does make sense.

Nath wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Aust make two changes but none of them make any sense. Wade is back & so is Zampa. Two players that have done SFA since the series began so WTF are  they doing back in the side. At least No Show has been dumped. Still no Faulkner. It makes no sense at all.

Zampa replaces Agar, so that does make sense.

Not really. He went for a motza in his last game.

Be grateful for small mercies. I was convinced sokpoc would be called up.

Fair start from gcs and fink

Indians are probably coasting.

Wicket looks like a road. Hate to think what the Bannies will do on it especially with Zampa bowling.

Crikey!! 0-189.

I'm at dinner with friends who don't have Foxy (bastards!!). Maybe it's the reason we are going ok??

skully wrote:Crikey!! 0-189.

I'm at dinner with friends who don't have Foxy (bastards!!). Maybe it's the reason we are going ok??

Don't forego the Port & dessert. Aust will find some way to fark this up.

Three down. Collapse is on.

Big Dog wrote:Three down. Collapse is on.

i blame skully!

Could be an interesting chase.

I think we're 40-50 runs short

It seems telling that Aus are usually quite quick to dump Maxwell but so keen to get Wade back in at any opportunity. Certain captains have favourites, and I think Smith just doesn’t like Maxwell’s attitude as a cricketer, never mind that Wade is completely rubbish.

At least Maxwell has plenty of natural talent that can win you a game now and then.

FMD, 0-231 after 35 and we couldn't make 360??? That was a shitty 8 an over requirement.

We are at least 30 or 40 short. Pissweak middle order fails again.

Big Dog wrote:

skully wrote:Crikey!! 0-189.

I'm at dinner with friends who don't have Foxy (bastards!!). Maybe it's the reason we are going ok??

Don't forego the Port & dessert. Aust will find some way to fark this up.  

Sage.

Aus now successfully bowling for run outs. Another 4 or 5 of them and we may have a chance.

India faltering a bit here.

We win a dead rubber game....typical

oh we won?! HTF did we do that?

Welly well well, a surprise win.

I toddled off to bed with India at 3-220 with 14 to go and felt they would cruise home. Seems the 3 big quicks pulled back the momentum.

Well done to GCS on celebrating his 100th game with a ton.

Henry wrote:It seems telling that Aus are usually quite quick to dump Maxwell but so keen to get Wade back in at any opportunity. Certain captains have favourites, and I think Smith just doesn’t like Maxwell’s attitude as a cricketer, never mind that Wade is completely rubbish.

At least Maxwell has plenty of natural talent that can win you a game now and then.

I'm no fan of Wade's but you can't argue that he isn't trying his arse off. Maxwell on the other hand is an utter qunt of a team mate.

JGK wrote:I'm no fan of Wade's but you can't argue that he isn't trying his arse off.   Maxwell on the other hand is an utter qunt of a team mate.

Hard to argue with these points. My views on NoShow are well known. The qunt just never improves.

I'm still not convinced that Weed is our man for the future.

I think Henry may have been been indulging in a bit of baiting.

Jayzus, still half a month to go of this tour of dread.