Cricket Thread

[waspish]

Aussies get another 1 here India could panic

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

Why on earth would Australia bowl first?

To ensure the deal that Aussies take the money and India take the pot is fulfilled.

 

[Cheeky Txiki]

To ensure the deal that Aussies take the money and India take the pot is fulfilled.

tbf it's looking like the right decision now

 

[jimharri]

India teetering on the brink here. Another wicket going fairly quickly, and they could be posting a low score (200-ish?). If that happens, you'd have to back the Aussies.


Can’t both teams lose?

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Delayed acknowledgement but the fucking pressure on that catch from Head - absolutely top notch.

Sharma at the crease for any length of time hammers the opposition..........

 

[jimharri]

Steadying of the ship by India here. If they can get to 30 overs with no further wickets lost and be around 160 or so, then they can start to accelerate.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Why on earth would Australia bowl first?

Looks to be the right decision.

 

[The blue phantom]

Will be tough for India to get 300.

 

[crooky]

Will be tough for India to get 300.

Crucially they haven't lost their heads though. They'll comfortably add another 100 here and with 280 on the board you'd have to have the Indians as favourites in my book.

Edit - Comfortably might not be the right word... 50/50 for me now.

 

[The blue phantom]

Crucially they haven't lost their heads though. They'll comfortably add another 100 here and with 280 on the board you'd have to have the Indians as favourites in my book.

Edit - Comfortably might not be the right word... 50/50 for me now.

Odds suggest that now too.

4/5 India
11/10 Aussies.

 

[waspish]

Think India have better bowlers but apparently the dew make is slightly easier to bat?!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Think India have better bowlers but apparently the dew make is slightly easier to bat?!

Time will tell, but I’m glad it’s not a run fest.

 

[waspish]

Time will tell, but I’m glad it’s not a run fest.

Yep India not getting 350+ makes it more of game because even if it's 280 Australia have to get it be tough

 

[journolud]

Tsk

 

[jimharri]

Don't see too much yellow in that crowd!

 

[waspish]

Can see no one left in the stadium apart from a few thousand Aussies if they look like winning it with 10 over left

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Well it's weird, but I find myself rooting for Australia (a bit). And, believe me, that's weird for me.
It just seemed to me the whole thing was set up for India to win it. Maybe they still will. It just seemed like a processional march.

 

[GornikDaze]

Don't see too much yellow in that crowd!

There was a great pic on the BBC of three Aussies on their own in the middle of a few thousand Indians having a great time

 

[Corky]

50/50 now, could look vet different 10 overs into the Aussie innings. They would have taken chasing 5 a.o.

 

[jimharri]

Odds suggest that now too.

4/5 India
11/10 Aussies.

I doubt those odds are still in place now!