1st Test: India v Australia at Pune on Feb 23-27, 2017 - AUST WIN BY 333 RUNS

[AlwaysGreen]

Another one SOK with 5 in the innings and 11 all up.

And a lot of happy Indians in the crowd.

 

[_snafu_]

SOK going off.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Going off like a frog in a SOK.

 

[aussies1st]

Lol this track is ridiculous. Great stuff SOK

 

[hineyrulz]

Absolutely pathetic from team India, gutless worms.

 

[JJ]

Good to see the white ball specialist keeping it tight.

 

[Eelectrica]

SOK for MOTM, Great performance and pisses Warne off even more, so Win-Win.

 

[TIGER14]

Going off like a frog in a SOK.

Any journo not using that headline tomorrow should be fired on the spot.

 

[blaza88z]

Any journo not using that headline tomorrow should be fired on the spot.

I can hear Rothfield typing it right now as we speak with his fat fingers

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

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[butchmcdick]

Could be his last test then, because he'll be getting some tonight

I hope he finishes in Warne's mouth

 

[JJ]

I hope he finishes in Warne's mouth

Would that shut him up?

 

[blaza88z]

If it was Wade's or one of the Marsh boys partner could you blame them?

She would have made the first move

 

[undertaker]

Warney's probably jealous of sokky's record in india.

And now another one!!!

Warne only averaged 42 in India with the ball. I believe even Lyon has a better average in India than that.

Let's hope O'Keefe doesn't fall off the radar though. We all saw what happened to Jason Krezja after his 12 wickets on debut in 2008.

Lol this track is ridiculous. Great stuff SOK

Absolutely pathetic from team India, gutless worms.

In view of this comment below that I made yesterday, I can see this being true especially after Steve O'Keefe's 11 wickets (and possibly more, as there's still 4 more wickets to take). Like in 2012 vs England, dishing up a rank-turner has backfired on India and we'll be back to the nice, boring flat-tracks India have been infamous for, designed to inflate Kohli's average and at least ensure a draw with a large first innings score, putting all the pressure on Australia.

If India lose this test, you watch...the BCCI will be pushing very hard to make the next 3 test pitches flat-tracks which crumble appreciably on day 5, with the hope of India winning the toss, batting first and piling 500+ in the first innings.

The backfire of making these rank-turners reminds me of England's 2012 tour of India, when Panesar and Swann wreaked havoc in the conditions, taking 27 of India's 40 wickets in the two tests England won in that series (including 19 out of 20 in Mumbai).

 

[Bazal]

And that's 12 for the match....carn mate, one more...beat Warnie

I actually thought there was a nick on that but he's fired him

 

[undertaker]

O'Keefe has 12 now! When was the last time an Australian took more than 12 wickets in a test? Warne/MacGill/Krezja all bagged 12-fers.

 

[Hutty1986]

Hahaha unbelievable!!

 

[_snafu_]

Nice

 

[undertaker]

O'Keefe has 12 now! When was the last time an Australian took more than 12 wickets in a test? Warne/MacGill/Krezja all bagged 12-fers.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283211.html

Just researched it. Bruce Reid took 13 in the 1990 Boxing Day test vs England.

 

[blaza88z]

I just expected India to find a way, these guys are near unbeatable at home.. yet here we are