3rd Test: India v Australia at Ranchi on Mar 16-20, 2017

[AlwaysGreen]

Lead Less than 100 now.

 

[Hutty1986]

Looks more and more like a match-winning knock from Pujara unfortunately. Just like in the second test, this side appears good enough to get into a position of strength, but can't land the knock-out blow.

 

[Pete Cash]

Ultimately the top order (besides smith and maxi) failed. It was a 600 pitch. I think weve bowled pretty well to keep indias scoring to a snails pace

 

[8Ball]

5/240 is a pretty decent day's play for us on that deck.

 

[TheParraboy]

Hope get some sort of lead today, preferably 40-50 runs, then we need to bat out the day. If India are gonna chase some runs let them do it on day 5
Worst scenario is India get a 50+ lead and we crumble to be all out under 150, which could be the most likely scenario.

 

[Iafeta]

Fantastic bowling from Cummins. Seems to play his cricket hard and compared to his team mates in the right spirit. If only he could get over his injury run, he's a 300 test wicket bowler.

 

[Twizzle]

draw coming up, this pitch looks like it may just hang in there

interesting that Sokky boi has bowled 43 overs yet the Goat only 29

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Not so sure about the draw. I've seen enough of India this 49 test home season to think that the position they're in now is right where they like to be. Saha and Jadeja with Pujara are more than capable of adding 150, getting a lead and then letting loose their spinners on us and knocking us off cheaply.

 

[mave]

Things happen quickly in India, as Clarke told me about 100 times yesterday in commentary

 

[aussies1st]

Another test of the Aussie collapse coming up

 

[aussies1st]

Funny how India all up in air about Maxwell mocking Virat injury but were LOL when he did the same to Renshaw

 

[Bazal]

Fantastic bowling from Cummins. Seems to play his cricket hard and compared to his team mates in the right spirit. If only he could get over his injury run, he's a 300 test wicket bowler.

He's a special bowler. I stand by my opinion that he is the most talented of our four main "young" test quick bowling options (Starc, Haze, Cummins and Pattinson). If he can stay fit, a three pronged pace attack of Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins is going to go through a hell of a lot of batting orders.

 

[hineyrulz]

He's a special bowler. I stand by my opinion that he is the most talented of our four main "young" test quick bowling options (Starc, Haze, Cummins and Pattinson). If he can stay fit, a three pronged pace attack of Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins is going to go through a hell of a lot of batting orders.

The Poms should be shitting themselves about now.

 

[Bgoodorgoodatit]

there's no way that was missing leg...

 

[Tommy Smith]

The Poms should be shitting themselves about now.

Hazlewood
Starc
Cummins

We're going to get 'Adam Lythed' in Australia 5 nil this year.

My mate wants an Ashes trip to one of the tests but I have no interest in seeing us get mullered live by that attack and home town Davey.

 

[Hutty1986]

That first test pitch must have been so, so bad if SOK took 12-fa on it. He is just a more economical Nathan Lyon. India would be 2/950 if Cummins wasnt playing here

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Indis got dis

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Hazlewood
Starc
Cummins

We're going to get 'Adam Lythed' in Australia 5 nil this year.

My mate wants an Ashes trip to one of the tests but I have no interest in seeing us get mullered live by that attack and home town Davey.

Yep we will win 4-1 or 5-0 and than everyone will say our great we are and than they will lose every overseas tour after that

Overratedstralia

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Our allrounder has bowled 2 overs so far.

Levers bowled about 5 overs in the first 2 tests.

Again, wtf is the point of picking an 'allrounder'?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Ravi: 'Australia need some wickets'.

Thanks skip.