3rd Test: Australia v India at SCG Jan 7-11 2021

[Sphagnum]

The irony of it all being that the population of Sydney is about 90% Indian these days

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

I agree he should have swallowed that , but i try not to bag Paine too hard because the next option is Wadey .

All our options in position are piss poor.

Everyone knows that Wade is Edward Scissorhands, but for some reason Paine gets regarded as a good keeper. He's f**king trash - massively overrated.

 

[hineyrulz]

Can’t believe how negative some of these fields are.

 

[hineyrulz]

Langer is upset that paying customers have the right to a say, the same bloke was happy to publicly assassiate Matty Renshaw in the media.


Hypocrite of the highest order.

 

[2 weeks]

Jonty Wadey

 

[TIGER14]

What wrong with Notch? f**ken good bowler, had the opportunity to face him quite a bit in his younger days. Lightning quick at 15

That makes sense, seeing as Mitch is a Queenslander

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

'Pucky'

Such creativity.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Twizzle]

 

[hineyrulz]

XXL Pants is after big bash boost point.

 

[hineyrulz]

'Pucky'

Such creativity.

Elite creativity.


Being too creative might hurt someone’s feeling and that would be bad, and JL would get very upset.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Tim Paine is Mike Brearley without the captaincy ability.

Average keeper
Substandard batsman
Trash captain

But an automatic selection? Lets be honest, Autstalia have been winning Tests on the back of 5-6 blokes recently - Smith, Marnus, and the quicks. It's a credit to them.

 

[Tommy Smith]

India won't need a lunch break as Lyon is serving them pies on the field.

 

[undertaker]

All our options in position are piss poor.

Everyone knows that Wade is Edward Scissorhands, but for some reason Paine gets regarded as a good keeper. He's f**king trash - massively overrated.

I agree that Paine is far from the #1 wicketkeeper in Australia.

However, CA and the national selectors are showing loyalty to him and have given him an extended run in the side solely due to the way he's held the team together since he took over the captaincy from Steve Smith. Purely as a PR exercise, CA chose the person they knew would appeal to parents with young children after Sandpapergate.

Paine would either need to reinjure the finger Dirk Nannes shattered a decade ago, or have an absolute shocker of a series for the selectors to force their hand in his retirement. Otherwise, they will let him bow out on his own terms, which most likely will be after next summer's Ashes series (he'll be 37 by then)

 

[Fangs]

India are capable of 273 if Pant can at least get Pujara moving along. Highly unlikely and they have some injuries to deal with.

 

[hineyrulz]

Paine taking Lyon off, doing what India want.


Fat Tits was going to hit one in the air eventually against Lyon, Paine Meh.

 

[hineyrulz]

1 slip in, Paine you absolute gimp.


Pant goes hard at the ball two slips is a must for a bloke like him.

 

[Fangs]

Paine taking Lyon off, doing what India want.


Fat Tits was going to hit one in the air eventually against Lyon, Paine Meh.

Paine probably thought Pant would keep attacking and perhaps fk up against Lab leggies. Still would have continued with Lyon though. He has created opportunities this morning.

 

[Eelectrica]

Pant channeling Stokes. Time to get everyone back and protect the boundaries.

 

[Fangs]

Deep down I want this partnership to get another 100 so we can see a game of it. If Pant goes soon then Pujara will turtle India out of the game.