2nd Test: India v Australia @ Delhi Feb 17-21, 2023

[TheParraboy]

1 run lead coming up I reckon...

 

[Hutty1986]

1 run lead, lol

 

[Eelectrica]

Yay. We have a whole 1 run lead. We're riiiiichh!!!

 

[Sphagnum]

EZ first innings lead

 

[Bazal]

Pretty pathetic from 7/140 odd or whatever

 

[Fangs]

I'll take a 1 run lead.

 

[Sphagnum]

Pretty pathetic from 7/140 odd or whatever

Axar batted very well

 

[AlwaysGreen]

1 run lead still gets us the bash boost point.

 

[Hutty1986]

How many wickets before stumps? I'll go with 4

 

[Bazal]

Axar batted very well

He did but I thought we went very defensive very quickly.

Anyway, hopefully we can get someone putting a 115 run stand together. 200- 250 would be a brutal chase on this you'd reckon.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Will need a similar score to the 1st innings.

Reckon India could still chase 230-240 on this wicket.

Where I reckon we would struggle to get to 150 batting last here.

That's the difference between the 2 teams

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Here's your chance Mr Renshaw

Edit cancel that Head and Khawaja to open

 

[Fangs]

Here's your chance Mr Renshaw

You mean Mr Head.

 

[Fangs]

So Head should go full tonk. Take it to them from ball one. Quick fire 40 please much better than what Warner can provide these days.

 

[King-Gutho94]

So Head should go full tonk. Take it to them from ball one. Quick fire 40 please much better than what Warner can provide these days.

Getting to 20 would be an achievement compared to warner

 

[Bazal]

Strange decision. Not sure Head has ever opened in red ball cricket.

It's probably his best chance to score runs but he's also totally unfamiliar with the role. Bit of a 50/50 call

 

[TheParraboy]

Whats a winning lead here?

Assuming deck is going to continue to deteriorate, we want india to be batting day 4 to chase bulk of the runs

So we need to bat well over 2 sessions tomorrow, get over 200 should be enough ??

 

[simmo1]

I think it's a good call opening with Head. He goes better against the quicker bowlers than starting against the turning old ball. In saying that, so does Renshaw. Probably going to be one of those calls that will be judged in hindsight. I think it's worth the gamble. If he can score a quick 40 or so it can really kick start the innings whereas Renshaw takes a little longer to get going.

 

[Bazal]

Haydos sounds like a belligerent drunk at a rural QLD pub. Shut the f**k up

 

[simmo1]

Whats a winning lead here?

Assuming deck is going to continue to deteriorate, we want india to be batting day 4 to chase bulk of the runs

So we need to bat well over 2 sessions tomorrow, get over 200 should be enough ??

I think 230 is a par chase. 270+ would be a huge effort to chase down. Anything less than 200 I think won't be enough barring something extraordinary.