Lol...
When everyone thought that Indian inning is about to over and Aussie would get 150+ runs lead. 2 new boys put their foot down and showing top order batsmen how to bat. I am now sure that Sunder is playing against England next month and how good is lord Shardul. This is highest 7th wicket partnership for India. Mighty impressed!!
This series need a documentary and 5 match series from now on..
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India will need to bat well in the morning session, if they lose a couple of quick wickets then we could see them bowled out for a low total. I think Lyon is the key for Australia as this pitch normally takes spin later in the match.
For India the morning session is crucial as they need to bat for a much longer period to save the match. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara is their main players and if they bat longer then India will have a chance and the rest of the players can be a hit and miss too often in foreign pitches. The situation with Australia is that, the amount of damage if India is able to draw this match even without a full squad will dent their reputation and i am hoping a fierce competition.
India has avoided the follow on, and that means that in all probability the match will end in a draw. Heavy rains are predicted for the remaining days and I don't think that there is enough time remaining for Australia to bat again and then bowl out India for the second time. Overall, it was a quite disappointing series for Australia. They have now fallen behind in the WTC points table.
Pujara and Rahane gone now.. Top 3 got the good start but failed to convert in big inning.
Last recognized batting pair at the crease -Mayank-Pant- After this long Indian tail starts, although Sunder and Shardul know bit of batting but its too much to ask from tailenders if top order batsmen getting out after good start. I hope Lyon gets 3 more wickets and reach 400 mark today.
Team India will be waiting for the rain to return and the weather forecast says that there will be rainfall by evening Last recognized batting pair at the crease -Mayank-Pant- After this long Indian tail starts, although Sunder and Shardul know bit of batting but its too much to ask from tailenders if top order batsmen getting out after good start. I hope Lyon gets 3 more wickets and reach 400 mark today.
. Rohit Sharma threw his wicket away after starting well and the response he had in the press conference is that, it is how he plays, no wonder he is not an established Test player
. If India is able to score close to 300 runs and with the help of weather condition they can somehow avoid a defeat
.Pant got the good start, let's see what he does next and Sunder looking confident so far, i think if he gets some run here then he could replace Jadeja against England as jaddu is injured.
Lol Pant threw away his wicket haha
From here its Australia's game.
Pujara and Rahane gone now.. Top 3 got the good start but failed to convert in big inning.
Last recognized batting pair at the crease -Mayank-Pant- After this long Indian tail starts, although Sunder and Shardul know bit of batting but its too much to ask from tailenders if top order batsmen getting out after good start. I hope Lyon gets 3 more wickets and reach 400 mark today.
Team India will be waiting for the rain to return and the weather forecast says that there will be rainfall by evening Last recognized batting pair at the crease -Mayank-Pant- After this long Indian tail starts, although Sunder and Shardul know bit of batting but its too much to ask from tailenders if top order batsmen getting out after good start. I hope Lyon gets 3 more wickets and reach 400 mark today.
. Rohit Sharma threw his wicket away after starting well and the response he had in the press conference is that, it is how he plays, no wonder he is not an established Test player
. If India is able to score close to 300 runs and with the help of weather condition they can somehow avoid a defeat
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Pujara and Rahane gone now.. Top 3 got the good start but failed to convert in big inning.
Last recognized batting pair at the crease -Mayank-Pant- After this long Indian tail starts, although Sunder and Shardul know bit of batting but its too much to ask from tailenders if top order batsmen getting out after good start. I hope Lyon gets 3 more wickets and reach 400 mark today.
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Lunch - Shared session, Indians added 99 runs and lost the 2 key wickets.
Last recognized batting pair at the crease -Mayank-Pant- After this long Indian tail starts, although Sunder and Shardul know bit of batting but its too much to ask from tailenders if top order batsmen getting out after good start. I hope Lyon gets 3 more wickets and reach 400 mark today.
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Lunch - Shared session, Indians added 99 runs and lost the 2 key wickets.
India will need to bat well in the morning session, if they lose a couple of quick wickets then we could see them bowled out for a low total. I think Lyon is the key for Australia as this pitch normally takes spin later in the match.
For India the morning session is crucial as they need to bat for a much longer period to save the match. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara is their main players and if they bat longer then India will have a chance and the rest of the players can be a hit and miss too often in foreign pitches. The situation with Australia is that, the amount of damage if India is able to draw this match even without a full squad will dent their reputation and i am hoping a fierce competition. Sri Lanka was completely shattered in the first innings but returned to form in the second innings. The openers did not play well in the first innings but they played well enough in the second innings. Lahiru Thirimanne is still unbeaten, he has scored 76 runs off 189 balls. Great innings. But Kushal Mendis is out of form in both innings. I want to see a century from Lahiru Thirimanne tomorrow
Don't even remind me how fucking shit SL played in 1st inning, it was look like they were not playing test match but T20 and playing very risky shot even without settling.
The Australian middle to lower order batsman have come good at the time time in the series helping Australia make 369 runs which I think is a good total on this pitch. India will need to bat well in the morning session, if they lose a couple of quick wickets then we could see them bowled out for a low total. I think Lyon is the key for Australia as this pitch normally takes spin later in the match.
Watch out!! Natarajan, Shardul, Sunder and Siraj going to make their maiden test century here in Gabba. Shitpost 101 
The Australian middle to lower order batsman have come good at the time time in the series helping Australia make 369 runs which I think is a good total on this pitch. India will need to bat well in the morning session, if they lose a couple of quick wickets then we could see them bowled out for a low total. I think Lyon is the key for Australia as this pitch normally takes spin later in the match.
Sri Lanka was completely shattered in the first innings but returned to form in the second innings. The openers did not play well in the first innings but they played well enough in the second innings. Lahiru Thirimanne is still unbeaten, he has scored 76 runs off 189 balls. Great innings. But Kushal Mendis is out of form in both innings. I want to see a century from Lahiru Thirimanne tomorrow
Only century is not going to help he need to stay on for very long time because just fourth day of match and they are already trailing so they need to do some big score if they want to do something good otherwise its already out of way for them Mathews and Chandimal still to come mean this person can go with them need inning like Root then surely its could make some big difference. Sri Lanka was completely shattered in the first innings but returned to form in the second innings. The openers did not play well in the first innings but they played well enough in the second innings. Lahiru Thirimanne is still unbeaten, he has scored 76 runs off 189 balls. Great innings. But Kushal Mendis is out of form in both innings. I want to see a century from Lahiru Thirimanne tomorrow
Don't even remind me how fucking shit SL played in 1st inning, it was look like they were not playing test match but T20 and playing very risky shot even without settling.
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Sri Lanka was completely shattered in the first innings but returned to form in the second innings. The openers did not play well in the first innings but they played well enough in the second innings. Lahiru Thirimanne is still unbeaten, he has scored 76 runs off 189 balls. Great innings. But Kushal Mendis is out of form in both innings. I want to see a century from Lahiru Thirimanne tomorrow
Anyone watching the one sided match between Srilanka and England ? Just saw the score on cricinfo and was surprised to see such a poor performance from srilanka. They only made 135 runs in the first innings. I expected them to show some better performance in their home ground.
After very poor performance in first inning now they are doing much better in second as they are facing fight against time they must need to avoid inning defeat at home because this could be worst for them just because of this now much things better but tomorrow first session could be very important as Thirimanne is key for them if he is going to stay then surely they will able to do some moe good after end of third day in this first test England 421/10 Sri Lanka 135/10 & 156/2 very poor from Sri Lanka. 
Anyone watching the one sided match between Srilanka and England ? Just saw the score on cricinfo and was surprised to see such a poor performance from srilanka. They only made 135 runs in the first innings. I expected them to show some better performance in their home ground.
Saw the scorecard and expected that SL is now not as powerful as a team what they used to be few years back. Only good thing in this test match is that SL has come back strongly than the first innings atleast. Though the ned result might be England winning it, but what SL requires is to sustain their innings for longer time and bat as much as possible and not give up easily like in first innings they did. This is how the players will get exposure and experience and which in turn will help may be in future games.
Anyone watching the one sided match between Srilanka and England ? Just saw the score on cricinfo and was surprised to see such a poor performance from srilanka. They only made 135 runs in the first innings. I expected them to show some better performance in their home ground.
Wasn't surprised since England has better squad than Sri Lanka. Still 135 is very low, quite some performance from Dom Bess and Broad in first innings. Winning is out of option for Sri Lanka, they still have chance to draw (very small chance). They started the second innings well with both the opening batsman giving them quite a score. Still Thirimanne is on crease which is a good sign for Sri Lanka, I think startegy for the fourth day should be to play it slow and push the match towards draw. It would be quite some task for the middle order though.
Anyone watching the one sided match between Srilanka and England ? Just saw the score on cricinfo and was surprised to see such a poor performance from srilanka. They only made 135 runs in the first innings. I expected them to show some better performance in their home ground.
Australia has set a big target, if the Indian players perform same as the previous match it'll be more interesting. These days most of the test matches are getting the result compared to the past. In the past most of the matches ends in a draw. Australia have scored 369 and India has started good losing two wickets with the score of 69.
Two batsman who are on crease currently will play a vital role tomorrow. If they could negotiate the first session without losing more than 1 wicket then things may be better looking for India else since they do not have much depth in their batting order now in this test it will only add more pressure on remaining batsman. Even if 1 of them from Rahane and Pujara can reach century then India would reach near OZ score even if they do not end up taking lead in first innings.
Australia has set a big target, if the Indian players perform same as the previous match it'll be more interesting. These days most of the test matches are getting the result compared to the past. In the past most of the matches ends in a draw. Australia have scored 369 and India has started good losing two wickets with the score of 69.
Anything above 350 would put Indian batsmen in unease. This is evident as India lost a couple of wickets in quick succession. I am sure they will avoid the follow on but I doubt they will win this match. Australian batsmen have done their job now the bowlers need to do their.
The weather will be helpful for India as rain stopped play earlier and if there is further more delays then they can draw the match. Even with a new bowling line up India did not concede much as expected and all the debut bowlers picked 3 wickets each and if their batsman can spend some time in the crease and if weather will come to their aide then they will share the trophy and it will be a win that no one expected considering the long list of injured players.The match is even at the moment and i would not call any team favorite at this moment. Tomorrow first two session will decide the fate of the match because if india bat well, we could be headed towards a draw because there could be more rain interruptions in the coming days. However if they fail to bat well, then again they have to survive the last innings as they did in last test match.
I managed to see Loyd take a wicket earlier - he's one of the few consistent bowlers Australia has I feel.
Welcome to the thread, glad to see that you watch cricket. Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc are bowling well along with Pat Cummins, the fielders are a disappointment in this series. In the past three Test match alone, Australia dropped around 15 catches and India dropped around 12 catches. The bowlers are bowling their heart out but the fielders are a disappointment dropping catches. Jump to: