1st ODI: Australia v India Perth, Jan 12 2016

[JW]

Obviously a suspect attack, but seeing it in action... bleh.

 

[Hutty1986]

This is going to get very, very messy.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

They had the pics up of the Australian team earlier and I could only think that it was close to one of the worst, if not the worst, ODI team we have ever put up.

No Lyon, Khawaja, Pattinson, Burns, Nevil. All would make this team 10 times better.

 

[Ibleedblue]

Our attack is hopeless apart from Hazelwood. At least Boland has been ok but doesn't look like anything special.

We will need a big innings from Warner, Finch, Smith and Faulkner later.

 

[chigurh]

Score predictions?

I'll go 336

 

[Twizzle]

What ever happened to the pace and bounce of the WACA ?

Seriously, all our pitches may as well be synthetic turf with a bowling machine at one end.

 

[hineyrulz]

What ever happened to the pace and bounce of the WACA ?

Seriously, all our pitches may as well be synthetic turf with a bowling machine at one end.

The WACA has become a poor joke, just like all the wickets around here.

This is a 320 plus pitch so the game is not over yet, we bat very deep.

 

[undertaker]

Few observations from the game so far:

1) Very surprised Ch9 signed up Kevin Pietersen, as like the folk at Ch10 such as Gilchrist and Ponting, Pietersen is very forthright in his views compared to most of the folk at Ch9, and doesn't kiss up like Slats/Healy/Brayshaw/Warne do.

2) I dunno who the hell has been spruiking Boland in the media since he took 7 wickets in a Shield game, but he has been absolutely bog ordinary. Doesn't have any venom or pace that has been widely written about him since that Shield match.

3) Are there any bowlers going around who can at least bowl 140+ km/h regularly besides Pat Cummins?

4) The fact that despite the heatwave in Perth over the past week we still have a bone flat pitch with 3 of the 4 boundaries being a miniscule 62-63m (out of the maximum 82m allowed) from the centre shows how much of a fall from grace the WACA has experienced. Still miss the WACA from 20 years ago, with the long unroped square boundaries - along with the straight boundary at the old Adelaide Oval - being the longest in the world on a fast, hard pitch.

 

[TheParraboy]

the deck looks sweet

We could chase down whatever India score

 

[Timbo]

Honestly would have been better off recalling the rug. At least he still regularly cracks 140kph.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Don't worry lads, PredictViz is saying India will win. Means Australia have it in the bag.

 

[Timbo]

Oh ffs, they've added Hastings to the squad!

Another medium pace plodder! Why not pick James Hopes while we're at it!

 

[TheParraboy]

Score predictions?

I'll go 336

I said 325+ ages ago

 

[TheParraboy]

ahh good Dhoni sends himself in, he will take a few overs to play himself in

 

[undertaker]

Positives:

- Nice to see Australia wear the gold jerseys again, for the first home summer since 2005/06. Good to see they ditched the dark green from the past decade.

 

[TheParraboy]

f**k these oooohhooohho ho ho ho kfc ads are friggin annoying


Im getting red rooster for dinner everytime a one dayer is on

f**k you

 

[undertaker]

Honestly would have been better off recalling the rug. At least he still regularly cracks 140kph.

As I said, where have all the 140+ km/h bowlers gone? We ain't scaring anyone bowling in the 120s and 130s on a flat deck.

Rug was screwed by the selectors a few years ago (before the 2010/11 Ashes) and has been out of favour since then.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Boland isn't even a stand-out at state level let alone international.

 

[undertaker]

f**k these oooohhooohho ho ho ho kfc ads are friggin annoying


Im getting red rooster for dinner everytime a one dayer is on

f**k you

Yeah, bloody hate them. I know KFC have paid a lot for advertising cricket during the summer, but it's overkill now.

There's got to be a point in advertising where constant exposure to an ad turns the potential consumer away from buying their product.

 

[hineyrulz]

Great effort by Haze to go for just 41 off his 10.

India should still get over 300 from here.