Re: Australia v India test FL
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:30 am
alfie wrote:Could be a close finish ! Looks like you or me , Adi ? Think the Reds are too far back ?
Of course , someone could get injured...
All top 4 have almost similar teams.
Red as well as Red Jr. do not have Lyon, who imo will be key at Sydney. If Aussies win toss and bat first, then Lyon imo is liekly to gather loads of point.
Starc is key for me to win. If Aussies bowl last then that will boost his chances of getting good number of wickets. I expected Starc to run through the top order and it is indeed poor from a bowler of his quality not to be able to pick a fiver fer in home conditions whereas Jas, Shami, Pat have managed one 5 / 5+ wicket haul in innings. Even Ishant picked 4 in an innings. Starc has best of 3 fer iirc. He has been the udner performer, something which i did not expect given our opening combo and the fact that he would be bowling to them as opening bowler.
Rishabh Pant will earn keeping points in next test too. That is certain given the test matches this series. If he manages to score 30 odds in both innings in this test as well then i am going to need Starc to give a Cummins like bowling performance.
For both of us, we need just one player to fire. For Red and Red Jr. to win, they need both players to score loads of points as they are 100 behind.
All top 4 have almost similar teams. The players top 4 have won't be replaced. None of Starc, Lyon, Jas, Rishabh, Pat will be rested unless for injury.
Red as well as Red Jr. do not have Lyon, who imo will be key at Sydney. If Aussies win toss and bat first, then Lyon imo is likely to gather loads of point and we both will extend the lead.
Starc is key for me to win. If Aussies bowl last then that will boost his chances of getting good number of wickets. I expected Starc to run through the top order and it is indeed poor from a bowler of his quality not to be able to pick a fiver fer in home conditions whereas Jas, Shami, Pat have managed one 5 / 5+ wicket haul in innings. Even Ishant picked 4 in an innings. Starc has best of 3 fer iirc. He has been the udner performer, something which i did not expect given our opening combo and the fact that he would be bowling to them as opening bowler.
Rishabh Pant will earn keeping points in next test too. That is certain given the test matches this series. If he manages to score 30 odds in both innings in this test as well then i am going to need Starc to give a Cummins like bowling performance.
For both of us, we need just one player to fire. For Red and Red Jr. to win, they need both players to score loads of points as they are 100 behind.