Australia's Tour of India

the schedule is out

October 2-5 - Tour match
October 9-13 - 1st Test, Bangalore
October 17-21 - 2nd Test, Mohali
October 28-Novermber 1 - 3rd Test, Delhi
November 5-9 - 4th Test, Nagpur

i see a few draws there. delhi should be our shoo-in

0-4

Rediculous that Eden Gdns doesn't host a test in the series.

rotation

Rotate all they like for the 'smaller' series; australia, Pakistan and possibly England and SA should always get Kolkata and Mumbai.


I know it will never happen...

The One wrote:the schedule is out

October 9-13 - 1st Test, Bangalore

FFS. Not this cursed ground again.

leg glancer wrote:

The One wrote:the schedule is out

October 9-13 - 1st Test, Bangalore

FFS. Not this cursed ground again.

And that too first up, against Aussies of all.

What are the pitches usually like at those 4 grounds, SG? I imagine we'll get a fair bit of spin . . .but the last few tests in India against Pak and SA seem to have been on roads . . .

October 9-13 - 1st Test, Bangalore: Usually a flat pitch though as lg said a very inauspicious ground for India.

October 17-21 - 2nd Test, Mohali: Used to be India's best pitch for seamers, has changed its character a bit of late. Still a true pitch though.

October 28-Novermber 1 - 3rd Test, Delhi: Always flat, though last test played here against Pak indictated it isn't that flat anymore.

November 5-9 - 4th Test, Nagpur: Flat as far as I know.

PS: All the above 4 pitches except Mohali aid spinners usually from 3rd day onwards.

thank you for the analysis SG

Cheers, SG . . . so batting 1st is the way to go, eh?

and then we can rely on our spin kings to bowl them out on the 5th day bunsens

horace wrote:and then we can rely on our spin kings to bowl them out on the 5th day bunsens

I'd say that Clark and Lee will be a handful on a dodgy pitch . . .

i expect clark and midge to do well and hope that bung can carry a load...they will need to...

Had a beer in an iconic Brisbane public house last night with a bloke that has played a game or two in India. As we were talking a monster cockroach flew in to join us. (I can confirm it wasn't RD). This bloke commented that the cocky reminded him of similar things that had come out in a night game in India. He said that it wasn't a matter of flicking them away with the toe of the bat. These things were that thick on the wicket that he had to lie the bat flat on the ground and sweep them away. Perils and highlights that television misses.

hmnn...iconic public house...the waterloo?, the brunswick, royal george...some of my old watering holes...hopefully not the normanby!!!...

wonder if the bowlers aim for the cockies?

horace wrote:hmnn...iconic public house...the waterloo?, the brunswick, royal george...some of my old watering holes...hopefully not the normanby!!!...

wonder if the bowlers aim for the cockies?

The Creek - not sure that the bowlers had to try too hard - like a scene from a Hitchcock movie.

horace wrote:hmnn...iconic public house...the waterloo?, the brunswick, royal george...some of my old watering holes...hopefully not the normanby!!!...

wonder if the bowlers aim for the cockies?

Horrie - I've had a couple in the Queens Arms recently. Tolerably gentrified.

Mick Sawyer wrote:

horace wrote:hmnn...iconic public house...the waterloo?, the brunswick, royal george...some of my old watering holes...hopefully not the normanby!!!...

wonder if the bowlers aim for the cockies?

Horrie - I've had a couple in the Queens Arms recently. Tolerably gentrified.

How is Trev?

Mick Sawyer wrote: I've had a couple in the Queens Arms recently. Tolerably gentrified.

and you have the gall to call others a spiv

I'm just wondering if you spend Sunday mornings on Park Road in lycra drinking coffee

tac wrote:

Mick Sawyer wrote:

horace wrote:hmnn...iconic public house...the waterloo?, the brunswick, royal george...some of my old watering holes...hopefully not the normanby!!!...

wonder if the bowlers aim for the cockies?

Horrie - I've had a couple in the Queens Arms recently. Tolerably gentrified.

How is Trev?

**snigger** Alive & living in hell, according to the cartographers.

G.Wood wrote:

Mick Sawyer wrote: I've had a couple in the Queens Arms recently. Tolerably gentrified.

and you have the gall to call others a spiv

I'm just wondering if you spend Sunday mornings on Park Road in lycra drinking coffee

Another snigger. I said "tolerably gentrified" ya feckin opportunist.

Mick Sawyer wrote:

horace wrote:hmnn...iconic public house...the waterloo?, the brunswick, royal george...some of my old watering holes...hopefully not the normanby!!!...

wonder if the bowlers aim for the cockies?

Horrie - I've had a couple in the Queens Arms recently. Tolerably gentrified.

used to drink at the QA before it got gentrified...then only went on the odd friday night to play pool with and rip off the yupsters

never liked the brekky that much tho..

big guffaws at tac and RD

"Another snigger. I said "tolerably gentrified" ya feckin opportunist."



right, and skully's reaction to the Greatest of all Shield victories has been tolerably smug

hehehe at the above...

park rd is a godawful place...an ex Ms H used to insist on swanning around there and tried to make me attend. As she insisted i wear loafer type shoes as opposed to the trusty thongs i rarely had the misfortune to go there...the foul dregs of the hideously expensive coffee flogged there rivals only the dregs of the yups who frequent the area..still they have their very own Eiffel Tower...billyville...what else is there to say???