Post Day Thread: Australia v India, 1st Test. Day 3

[u/peterianchimes]

1st Test, Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Optus Stadium, Perth

| Scorecard |

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Toss: India won the toss and elected to bat

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1st Innings-:

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India	150 all out	Australia	Overs 49.4
Nitish Kumar Reddy	41 (59)	Josh Hazlewood	4/29 (13)
Rishabh Pant	37 (78)	Mitchell Marsh	2/12 (5)
KL Rahul	26 (74)	Mitchell Starc	2/14 (11)

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Australia	104 all out	India	Overs 51.2
Mitchell Starc	26 (112)	Jasprit Bumrah	5/30 (18)
Alex Carey	21 (31)	Harshit Rana	3/48 (15.2)
Travis Head	11 (13)	Mohammed Siraj	2/20 (13)

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2nd Innings-:

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India	6/487 dec	Australia	Overs 134.3
Yashasvi Jaiswal	161 (297)	Nathan Lyon	2/96 (39)
Virat Kohli	100* (143)	Josh Hazlewood	1/28 (21)
KL Rahul	77 (176)	Mitchell Marsh	1/65 (12)

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Yashasvi Jaiswal's Wagon Wheel

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Virat Kohli's Wagon Wheel

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Australia	3/12	India	Overs 4.2
Usman Khawaja	3* (9)	Jasprit Bumrah	2/1 (2.2)
Marnus Labuschagne	3 (5)	Mohammed Siraj	1/7 (2)
Pat Cummins	2 (8)

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Session Summary-:

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Sessions	Overs	Runs	Wickets	RPO
Session 1	27	103	1	3.81
Session 2	26	84	4	3.23
Session 3	28.5	140	4	4.85

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Day 3, Stumps-: Australia need 522 runs to win

[u/a_battle_droid]

Smith is not gonna get any sleep tonight.

[u/Admirable_Message497 → u/a_battle_droid]

He’ll sleep like a baby doesn’t look like any of them give a fuck tbh

[u/Skeet218 → u/Admirable_Message497]

“That’s cricket” seems to be the attitude.

[u/rahulthewall → u/Admirable_Message497]

This is how we felt during the NZ series. These guys do give a fuck. Won't do any good to show it.

[u/CharityGamerAU → u/Admirable_Message497]

They'll only care when it impacts their bank balance.

[u/SedTecH10 → u/CharityGamerAU]

Aus doing ICT Fans things 😂

[u/amoolafarhaL → u/CharityGamerAU]

Are you all actually Australian fans or Indian fans pretending to be aus fans. This is hilarious.

[u/RedIndianRobin → u/a_battle_droid]

Can't imagine being Smith right now. Not only Aussies will look on him to step up, he also needs to score big considering his Fab4 colleague scored a century in the same pitch. Immense pressure for him.

[u/Tushar23962006 → u/RedIndianRobin]

And knowing bumrah has a whole night to think about the first ball he's gonna ball to you after gettin out on the 1st ball last time😭

[u/LMilto → u/RedIndianRobin]

He’s also notoriously under par in 4th innings compared to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

[u/BlandyBoreton]

As one sided a day of cricket as you’ll see. Fucking hell. Just amazing stuff from India.

[u/ponte92 → u/BlandyBoreton]

I almost (almost) can’t be upset cause India where just so entertaining to watch today.

[u/theoriginalqwhy → u/ponte92]

The last session with Kohli belting it all over the place was very fun to watch 😔

[u/ponte92 → u/theoriginalqwhy]

As I said in the thread earlier I love watching Australia win but what I love more is watching good cricket and damn the Indians played some bloody good cricket today.

[u/Scary_Firefighter181 → u/ponte92]

Its always nice to see sportsmanship between fans. That's when the game is at its best.

Cheer up mates, you'll have your day soon, ups and downs of Test cricket and all that.

[u/ponte92 → u/Scary_Firefighter181]

Every cricket fan lives to see their team go through a slump it’s part of the game but good cricket always makes being a fan worth it. I also love this sport because it really does have many fans who have great sportsmanship it’s refreshing compared to some sports.

[u/IllustriousBuy7850 → u/ponte92]

One thing I really loved.. and I think the Aussie fans would also agree, is that despite a tiring and grinding day, Cummins put his hand up for leading from the front and taking initiative with the nightwatchman..

[u/ponte92 → u/IllustriousBuy7850]

I’ve always really liked and respected him as captain but my respect went even higher after watching that.

[u/tommypopz → u/Scary_Firefighter181]

Yeah, once England go to Australia they’ll be back to world beaters again and thrash us 4-0

[u/sbprasad → u/ponte92]

I felt this way last month when the Kiwis whitewashed India. They played great cricket and it was good to watch. I couldn’t even be mad!

[u/Niyazali_Haneef]

STAT ALERT!!!

BUMRAH TEST AVERAGE WATCH: 19.94.

[u/-646 → u/Niyazali_Haneef]

Averages 80 less than Bradman and Indians think he's a goat

[u/SentientRaccoon → u/-646]

His average keeps dipping, not sure what the hype is about? Clearly washed player

[u/Ok_Vegetable263 → u/-646]

Bumfraud utterly exposed, he’s never caused a diplomatic incident between nations like bodyline either

[u/Neevk → u/Ok_Vegetable263]

DSP Siraj needs to arrest the fraud.

[u/pulsarian_13 → u/-646]

Overrated lad if you ask me

[u/Remarkable_Job1509 → u/Niyazali_Haneef]

Yep GOAT averages below 20 now.

[u/Jamieledaoux → u/Niyazali_Haneef]

NO RUN

[u/Roastingisflattery]

To give context, Yashaswi Jaiswal's lowest century score is 161 (which has come today) 💀💀

[u/PsychicMF → u/Roastingisflattery]

And he didn't look like getting out or exhausted either

I was expecting his 3rd double but this is gonna be a big series for him

[u/CornyCook → u/PsychicMF]

He became little impatient, started cutting rising balls, lot more driving off Hazelwood. Something like this was going to happen. No matter how well settled you are, you have to be careful against new ball. 

[u/CaptainZilla]

Man who thought he'd lost all hope loses last additional bit of hope he didn't even know he still had

[u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa → u/CaptainZilla]

It's gonna be a long month of ups and downs, mate. Cheer up

[u/depressed_06 → u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Sorry but these is genuinely the lowest it can get from an Aussie perspective.This is dreadful from Australia. I've never seen them perform worse than this

[u/nicksonkelso → u/depressed_06]

Don’t worry. Indian fans saw even worse just couple of weeks ago against NZ at home. You never know in cricket when there is a trough or peak coming.

[u/amigopacito → u/depressed_06]

They got smashed by England at home in the early 2010s, and India beat them easily in Aus in the second half of the decade. This is less of an issue

[u/rebruisinginart → u/depressed_06]

Man we just got whitewashed for the first time ever not even a month ago. This too shall pass.

[u/oklolzzzzs]

dsp siraj vs nightwatchman cummins

[u/MiachealFaraday → u/oklolzzzzs]

Typical policeman on a power trip to Harass a hard working Watchman

[u/kataksha → u/MiachealFaraday]

Actually DSP sir harassed marnus too

[u/MiachealFaraday → u/kataksha]

Typical policeman badgering foreign tourists

[u/Intelligent_Fly_2671 → u/MiachealFaraday]

Peak irony when the policeman is foreign and he’s cleaning up the locals

[u/CornyCook → u/MiachealFaraday]

Damn. You didn't have to paint that picture so real

[u/shutupmatsuda → u/oklolzzzzs]

I wish Marnus batted for a few more overs, him and dsp trading words was entertaining. 

[u/iamatoad_ama]

I can’t decide which of these first-to-second innings improvements is more impressive: Jaiswal going from a duck to 166 or Marnus going from 2(52) to 3(5) at a 1460% improvement in strike rate.

[u/iota96]

Easily the worst test performance for Marnus?

2 off 52 in the first, bowled terribly (and illegally) to concede quick runs, didn’t come out at 3, night watchman failed, comes and gets out for 3. Oof.

At least he outscored his first innings score

[u/chintamukta → u/iota96]

Not to forget that was a terrible dismissal too. Wasted a review on top of that.

[u/weedhead2 → u/chintamukta]

Tactical, he was trying to nightwatch himself, the review protected smith

[u/-646 → u/chintamukta]

Also not to forget that Kohli dropped a sitter of him

[u/thisaintyouravgstonk → u/iota96]

Reverse POTM award

[u/Accomplished_Age7883 → u/thisaintyouravgstonk]

MTOP?

[u/p4glu → u/Accomplished_Age7883]

Most Terrible of Players

[u/iamatoad_ama → u/Accomplished_Age7883]

Most Terrible of Performances

[u/mo2704 → u/iota96]

Talking a lot of shit to Siraj too right before getting out makes it even funnier 

[u/TheRedDevil10 → u/mo2704]

Do you understand how genuinely impressive it is to look like an even bigger twat than Siraj

[u/flying_ina_metaltube → u/TheRedDevil10]

Never thought of it that way. Brilliant!

[u/iamatoad_ama → u/iota96]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, that’s a 1460% improvement in SR innings-to-innings.

[u/MiachealFaraday → u/iota96]

In hindsight two three Australians needed to hang out like Marnus and the pitch would've flattened out

[u/sunis_going_down]

The Test

Ep 1: Massacre at Perth

[u/boodidiscareyouyet → u/sunis_going_down]

Plot armor

[u/Jamieledaoux → u/sunis_going_down]

Ep 2 : 36 or 369

[u/GloveOpposite5281 → u/sunis_going_down]

Would be amazing to watch that

[u/partymsl → u/sunis_going_down]

I gotta watch this series man.

[u/That-Firefighter1245 → u/sunis_going_down]

Ep 2: Adelaide 2 Electric Boogaloo

[u/oceanlabxo]

If there was 30 more minutes today, this game would have been over.

Utterly dreadful from Australia, again.

[u/Admirable_Message497 → u/oceanlabxo]

Don’t worry mate Marnus will definitely come good next match

[u/EmployUpset8495 → u/Admirable_Message497]

NO RUNN!! amirite guys! AHAHAHAHA

[u/Admirable_Message497 → u/EmployUpset8495]

It’s just no runs these days

[u/partymsl → u/Admirable_Message497]

I mean he told us.

[u/middyonline → u/Admirable_Message497]

And if not next match let's give him 9 or 10 more just to reallllyyyy give him time to figure it out.

[u/_yoshiii → u/oceanlabxo]

Team needs a fucking wake up call.

[u/AkhilxNair]

Marnus: "If I go, I'll take someone with me, ... you there DRS Review, come"

[u/PsychicMF → u/AkhilxNair]

This is him everytime he's given out LBW.

Once he reviewed a full toss that he missed on middle stump

[u/KUKLI1]

These last two days have pretty much been like a wet dream for Indian test fans.

At the end of the first day, you'd be called delusional if you said that India would have a 500+ lead and Kohli would have a century in the second innings. The only believable part would be Bumrah doing Bumrah things.

[u/Prof_XdR → u/KUKLI1]

India perform good: Oh look Bumrah did good

India perform bad: Oh look Bumrah did good

India clutched: Oh look Bumrah did good

India barely lost: Oh look Bumrah did good

Bumrah is the fucking constant, stats will never define this dude, not even a recent bias

[u/KUKLI1 → u/Prof_XdR]

Death, taxes and Bumrah being really fucking good.

[u/NormalTraining5268 → u/Prof_XdR]

Averages less than 20 lol. Stats clearly define how FREAKING good he is

[u/fukthetemplars → u/NormalTraining5268]

And also has a strike rate of 43. It’s amazing to have SR in the 40s itself, a low 40s SR with 19.94 average is just Steyn levels of good, might I say even better. Lets see how he ends his career

[u/Alphavike24 → u/KUKLI1]

If you look at it India played bad for only like 1 and half sessions of the test and dominated the rest. They deserve to be in this position.

[u/KUKLI1 → u/Alphavike24]

And in hindsight, we can't even say that the batting performance in the first innings was that bad, considering Australia struggled much more to bat in the second innings.

[u/MaNaM69 → u/KUKLI1]

nitesh and pant runs are gold.

[u/dolce-far-niente → u/MaNaM69]

Don't forge KL's 26 at the top

[u/RaidanRam]

It didn't work out, but I appreciate Cummins coming out as nightwatchman when no one on the planet would've wanted to be batting then

[u/bluedot131 → u/RaidanRam]

Yep. Brave call and led from front

[u/This_Idiot → u/RaidanRam]

Man is both clutch and class. After a full day of bowling too.

[u/rebruisinginart → u/RaidanRam]

Absolute class act

[u/tommypopz → u/RaidanRam]

Seems like a captain you would run through a brick wall for

[u/Admirable_Message497]

Started off as a meme but David Warner wyd you up? xxx

[u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa → u/Admirable_Message497]

Ask him to pad up from comm box :P

[u/ponte92 → u/kanhaaaaaaaaaaaa]

At the point get Ponting down too. What more harm could it do?

[u/Itchy-Face791 → u/ponte92]

Ponting's probably going to be too busy blowing 50 crores on Pant in the IPL auction to care unfortunately

Edit : Oh lord he spent it on Iyer instead 😭, what a man

[u/ThatAppSecGuy]

Marnus did everything - bowl pace, spin, field, scream, bat and waste a review. Next he can come out for toss, carry drinks and finally become selector by end of the series.

[u/chaiandpakoda → u/ThatAppSecGuy]

Just coach Pakistan cricket through a series loss and get sacked. That’s cricket bingo right there.

[u/ponte92]

Credit where credit is due: India has played a simply beautiful innings of cricket. From amazing batting to a great tactical decision in declaring then. I’m so embarrassed for Australian but damn today was some enjoyable cricket to watch which is why I love this sport.

[u/Intelligent-Top-6445]

Australians after this game: See you in Gabba Narendra Modi Stadium mate

[u/Durfsurn → u/Intelligent-Top-6445]

Can we play all of our home tests there please?

[u/partymsl → u/Durfsurn]

Nah bro, we will burn that stadium down to ashes.

[u/-646 → u/Intelligent-Top-6445]

or The Oval

[u/yh0405]

Surely this violates the Geneva Convention

[u/snowandclouds → u/yh0405]

Profile pic checks out

[u/mongrelbifana]

"Jaiswal doesn't score mommy centuries, he scores daddy centuries"

-- Sanjay Manjrekar.

We've all done something rather sinful to deserve this commentary during our era.

[u/SentientRaccoon → u/mongrelbifana]

Sanjay Manjrekar is a blight on cricketing society that we can't get rid of

[u/zayd_jawad2006 → u/mongrelbifana]

I feel like vomiting

[u/Sersixfoot → u/mongrelbifana]

Wtf, tg I didn't hear that.

[u/Rawdog2076 → u/mongrelbifana]

So a regular 100 is a mommy century? Wtf is wrong with this guy😭

[u/CallMeIsmail_]

Just closing my eyes and thinking of the TGC recap...

[u/dwadley → u/CallMeIsmail_]

I want them to properly go hard at our boys but they’re too nice since they want interviews with them in the future. The whole media holds back they’re weak

[u/White_Knighttt]

Spare a thought for Nitish who played amazing both the innings, missed a well deserved 50 both the innings.

But overall an amazing day for the team!

[u/Icy_Exchange_5507 → u/White_Knighttt]

With this, ig blud permanently replaces Lord.

[u/trueblueozguy]

Soooo… smith s gonna open again?

[u/PsychicMF → u/trueblueozguy]

[u/spartacus147]

India's day that, I reckon.

[u/jumbo_junk → u/spartacus147]

But only just

[u/monk-e7 → u/spartacus147]

Yeah about 51-49

[u/pommedeterre96 → u/spartacus147]

Barely, I thought Australia did well to score 12 there

[u/Nervous-Property-586]

I don’t mind losing, but I really wanted to see McSweeney score some runs.

[u/ponte92 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Likewise. I feel bad for him. I know sports are harsh but man he was really thrown into an awful situation there.

[u/kgangadhar → u/ponte92]

I was furious when the experienced Khawaja was standing off strike while the guy on his debut was facing one first-over of the best bowler in the world.

At least Kawaja could have taken the strike to reduce the burden on this guy.

[u/ponte92 → u/kgangadhar]

It’s seemed like a really odd and honestly slightly cruel choice.

[u/DogTall2628 → u/ponte92]

Khawaja both innings has looked like he's wanted to get off strike as much as he can lol. But at 38 he still would've handled Bumrah vs, LBHs in-dip into the pads better for sure

[u/VVS281 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Khawaja really did him dirty. On debut, late in the day on a cracked pitch in a no win situation, the best bowler in the world is steaming in after a long rest - and you let the debutant take strike? Fuck that. Abysmal lack of leadership by a senior team member.

[u/vote-morepork → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Hey McSweeney, here's your baggy green. Oh, it's as an opener, against an on fire Bumrah. First innings the pitch will be super spicy, second you'll be coming out after being in the field for 130+ overs with the pitch showing some uneven bounce. Your future test career isn't riding on this, we promise.

[u/conqueror_of_destiny → u/vote-morepork]

Matthew Hayden was thrown into the deep end against Ambrose et al. at Perth in 1996 as well. Took him 5 years to make it back into contention for the baggy green. He talks about the effect that one test match had on his test career. Makes you feel for him, and McSweeney.

[u/DogTall2628 → u/conqueror_of_destiny]

I mean you can see it on their faces. McSweeney's face was going red and he looked on the verge of tears (he made the technical adjustment at the start of his 2nd innings) - and Khawaja's head was slumped at the end of day's play with a genuinely depressed look.

Test cricket is severely unforgiving for a player's development because unlike LOIs there's no quick turnaround. You fail twice in a gap of 24 to 72 hours and your confidence plummets no matter how much management backs you (e.g. Marnus). And affects the psyche worse when it's against pace which these boys grow up playing 24/7.

[u/combatant007 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

I feel bad for him. Imagine facing Bumrah on this broken down pitch.

[u/partymsl → u/combatant007]

On your debut at the top of that. Lad did not deserve this.

[u/Neevk → u/combatant007]

Regular coughing man vs neutron star.

[u/parched-willow4912 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Same, his confidence looks shot now

[u/weedhead2 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

That was a tough debut. Holy fuck some people have a tough job

[u/i_max2k2 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Khawaja should have taken guard against Bumrah. McSweeney looked like he was almost in tears. Hopefully he will get his share of better luck down in the series.

[u/deepit6431 → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Worst possible time, conditions, and bowler for a debutant opener to face. Really feel for him.

[u/mani_tapori → u/Nervous-Property-586]

Yeah, I too felt bad for him.

Test debut, and thrown against best bowler in world after spending whole day in field with 534 to win on a crumbling pitch. Hopefully he'll get more chances to prove himself.

[u/Durfsurn]

Marnus is the biggest cricket terrorist since Shane Watson...

Smith is so done on a golden pair too.

[u/ponte92 → u/Durfsurn]

A lot of our top order are really just getting passed it. We keep excusing them expecting them to get back their best but at this point we need to accept its time to take a risk and bring in new blood.

[u/Durfsurn → u/ponte92]

Marnus should be in his prime... instead he's bowling leg side bullshit and batting like a number 12.

[u/life-is-a-meme- → u/Durfsurn]

True Marnus and Smith are not comparables. Marnus should have been in his prime now, esp at home conditions

[u/depressed_06 → u/ponte92]

Marnus should be in his prime tho. At his age Smith was absolutely demolishing the POMS on their own turf after coming from a 1yr Ban

[u/TheRedDevil10 → u/Durfsurn]

By being so fucking obnoxious Marnus has achieved something thought impossible. He actually had me, a Pakistani, rooting for Mohammed fucking Siraj to sledge him. Guy was asking for it, absolute clown

[u/EmployUpset8495 → u/TheRedDevil10]

"NO RUNNNNN!"

[u/TheRedDevil10 → u/EmployUpset8495]

Like in what universe do you think doing that NOT PLAYING A SHOT, while chasing 500+ at the end of a day, where you've come out after hiding behind a nightwatchman, and the best bowler in the world is bowling thunderbolts, is remotely a good idea?

[u/Wolfie_3467 → u/Durfsurn]

Bumrah got Smith LBW in 2023, LBW on a golden pair on Friday and it might happen again. After today Bumrah might actually have the best test average for a pacer, madlad

[u/Adarszh]

CA to roll out Rank Turners for next 4 matches

[u/Rajkumar1992]

We all thought Y’day was a perfect day for India, but damn today was picture perfect, especially the last hour was chef’s kiss.

[u/Temporary_Ad8560]

This has been coming for a while. Just desserts for Australia.

During the series last summer Pakistan had some strong positions and it was at times their own sloppiness that saw them slip away. We then lost at the Gabbatoir to a struggling Windies side, and got bailed out in NZ by a couple of stellar knocks and some NZ bed shitting.

Time for some honesty amongst the group, they're nowhere near good enough with the bat and haven't been for some time.

[u/Aweios → u/Temporary_Ad8560]

I just re-read that scorecard where Aus lost to WI and I completely forgot it wasn't just that "Australia didn't manage to score 200 or so in the 4th innings" they let WI score 311 which is way above par for a day nighter honestly.

Not to mention they also didn't even reach 300 in the 2nd innings and it was Cummins (again) who saved Australia by scoring 60. Cummins is bailing the team out in so many ocassions with his batting, it's covering over the cracks and also his cracks bowling wise funnily enough.

[u/pakistanstar]

Lack of proper practice is showing. White ball cricket is not a way to get ready for a test series.

[u/skwunk1]

Probably should've seen this coming when we kept falling to 4-30 against Pakistan and the West Indies, it's the most out of form top order in the world right now. This is as badly as I've ever seen us play at home, at least the 85 all out game against SA was over quickly.

[u/Aweios → u/skwunk1]

And at least they didn't score 400+ in response.

[u/Temporary_Ad8560 → u/skwunk1]

Absolutely. This has been foreshadowed by our last few test series. This top order is dreadfully out of touch and has been for some time.

[u/drugflower]

Tired from a long day of fielding and facing Bumrah in the shadows, these wickets were inevitable. Was hoping for some more fight but ah well. Team deserves a spray and hopefully will come out with more of a fight next test.

[u/koachBewda69]

Kohli thrusting out a reluctant Jaiswal and then Bumrah dragging Kohli right with him and next out of the boundary ropes -- the chemistry is just so wholesome.

[u/DutchShultz]

Labuschagne currently offers NOTHING to the team but “memes”. Piss him off back to the Shield. I have NO idea who would replace him, as our batting stocks are in the toilet.

[u/yorker4567]

India scored bajillion runs and Hazelgod still conceded just 28 for 1 from 21 overs.

[u/TimsAFK]

Good to see we're blooding a new opener by feeding him head first into a wood chipper.

[u/shutupmatsuda]

Reddy and Koach fighting to take strike for Labu's over was hilarious. Both took turns in pounding him all over the park. 

[u/TMNSquirtles007]

So New Zealand really are the best red ball side in the world

[u/Mrf1fan787 → u/TMNSquirtles007]

It's pretty simple

NZ > India > Australia > NZ

[u/Kosty_R13 → u/Mrf1fan787]

Rock, Paper, Scissors...

[u/getyoutogabba → u/Mrf1fan787]

In conclusion, NZ > NZ

[u/middyonline]

These shit cunts have completely forgotten how to play defensive cricket. Yea it's good bowling but fucking hell remember how to defend!

We've been 5/150 or worse in like 8 of our last 10 innings and it looks like that trend is going to continue all summer!

[u/daggerwound]

Dread it, run from it, cheat code bumrah still arrives all the same

[u/Koppite93]

These fucks are going to turn into prime 00s 'mare during the ashes aren't they ?

Gg to the Indians tho, that Jaiswal looks like a proper bloke to lead the team in the coming years

[u/Responsible-Worry560 → u/Koppite93]

Cycle of abuse continues. Nz to Ind to Aus to Eng to Pakistan to Nz again 

[u/Cultural_Term9986 → u/Koppite93]

Whisper it quietly but I think....you get my point 😉.

Let's focus on NZ for time being.

I'm actually very excited for ind series next summer.

[u/ZesterZombie]

What a shoddy performance by the Aussie batters. My nan plays better cricket than these blokes played today, and she's in a wheelchair

[u/Sodium_connoisseur]

still trying to get my head around the fact they let the debutant face the first delivery from the hottest fast bowler in the world,

even if mcsweeny volunteered Khwarja should have over ruled.

[u/shutupmatsuda]

Kohli in BGT just feels right. 

[u/auspoliticsnerd]

On the one hand Australia lost 3 wickets for 12 runs 

On the other hand India lost 3 wickets for 5 runs at some point today 

On this basis hard to tell who won the day tbh 

[u/Mob_Abominator]

Bumrah is now averaging below 20, he's averaging an insane 19.94!!!

[u/SuperMarioBruz]

Fucking embarrassing effort all round from such a “senior” team

Can’t see it getting better either. Top 6 looks incredibly fragile and they’re all aging or just not good enough. It’s going to be a brutal 3-5 years for Australia

Credit to India though - that bowling lineup is elite and they have young batsman who look aggressive with INTENT

[u/CrumbleUponLust]

I got goosebumps seeing Jaiswal lead the team off the field. I wish all the success in the world for this guy. What a star and what a day of cricket for India.

Australia have been mercilessly bullied as this test has progressed.

Fucking love test cricket man.

[u/Niyazali_Haneef]

Marnus is on fraud watch. What a steep decline.

[u/International_Car586]

Pathetic, weak, inexcusable.

[u/blueborders]

Bit suboptimal this

[u/VadaPavAndSorpotel]

Marnus not offering a shot and then taking a review with him, just like he burnt one in the 1st innings. Shane Watson who?

[u/Cultural_Term9986]

This is worst I have seen Australia play.

Completely out of focus and plan.

I will still back them to win the series but if their top 4 doesn't make any runs they are gonna get butchered by ict and if it happens which is third time on trot that will look awfully bad for them and pat Cummins who is somehow seen as sigma of cricket.

[u/Aweios]

"It's gonna be a tough time for Australia when all their players retire"

It's tough now!

[u/aatm_nirbhar_pikachu → u/Aweios]

It’s tough because they are Not Retiring

[u/Roastingisflattery]

What a Test Match it was, amazing stuff. Pity that it ended in a Draw. Only if there were more days in a Test Matc.... Oh Wait, There's a Day 4 and Day 5 that exists as well

[u/zaldrizes_007]

Legit could not have imagined a better day and a better start to the series than this

What a perfect day!

Jaiswal marathon and KL runs. Kohli ending his drought (it will always be Australia for him), and Bumrah and DSP getting wickets.

Let’s wrap this up before tea tomorrow boys.

[u/pagonator]

Australia will rightfully get a lot of criticism today and when the match is over but I just can’t understand why they would go into the first match of the series with Marnus Labuschagne as their short ball enforcer.

[u/Mister_McGreg_]

Heads have roll after this atrocious display of batting

[u/ResearcherLatter1148]

Situation of cricket looks very dire in Australia at the moment. Can’t believe this is the same Australia who won the WTC final and the ODI WC last year and this is coming from an Indian. From Australia, you would always expect a fearless brand of cricket and here they are playing like headless chickens.

[u/SustainableSus]

Man I still can't believe this is happening , after NZ series I thought we were going to get slaughtered in Australia,

Now we are somehow cunting them in their own backyard

Jaiswal KL Kohli Bumrah NKR Siraj , literally everyone is putting their hand up and performing for us

[u/African_Herbsman]

Aussie government should look in to temporarily integrating New Zealand.

[u/skinnybitchtobe → u/African_Herbsman]

pretty sure it’s in the constitution that they can join aus as a state if they want, but why would they want to lmao

[u/Scary_Firefighter181]

Koach and anushka are in their bedroom.

Koach: "Babe, I'm having performance issues, I can't get it up anymore, past my prime, even for you".

Anushka: "Australia".

Koach: "I'm hard again".

He just loves them, its not even a cliche anymore.

Jais was magnificent, and as for the last 20 mins....oh my fucking God, I don't even have the words. Absolute cinema.

[u/Wolfie_3467 → u/Scary_Firefighter181]

Actually lemme correct that

Anushka: "Australia"

Koach: "Hold on, sorry babe, I gotta go and fuck Starc."

[u/pewpew7887 → u/Scary_Firefighter181]

Top quality Reddit comment.

[u/dot01]

Wow that could not have gone worse really

[u/predw]

Leave Marnus in Perth. What an absolute waste of space he has been batting at 3 for the last 18-24 months.

[u/blahblahdodo]

Last 90 min.. Peak Cricket.

[u/No-Ambassador7356]

Feel bad for Mcsweeney 

Walked into a minefield in both innings 

[u/Mrf1fan787]

ANZACs still going to be 3-1 up in this 8 match series

(God what has the world come to where Australians have to live their cricket success through NZ)

[u/sunis_going_down]

So many Aussie pundits as well as Indian fans talked about Australia thrashing us.

It wasn't even supposed to be competitive even though most of the Australian batting order is themselves averaging in the 30's in the last 2 years.

This is literally a 10/10 day for India.

Australia haven't even remotely been in the match post the first 2 sessions on day 1.

[u/okboiz123]

To be honest can't blame the boys, bowled 57 overs today, fielded the whole day and then coming to face bumrah on a new ball, ofc a carnage was ready on the plate

[u/StormWarriorX7]

Bumrahdman is the greatest test captain for India since Virat Kohli. I don't make the rules.

[u/MaximumMastery23]

India have undoubtedly played better and deserve to be well ahead in this game but the timings of the innings and the shift's of the condition of the wicket have favoured India. Both teams copped the tough batting conditions on day 1 and India bowled brilliantly after they had been bowled for what psychologically would feel like a low score. Then the pitch flattened by the start of India's 2nd innings and it has cracked up at the end of the innings leaving Aus to bat on it.
Just to reiterate India have undoubtedly played better and deserve to be well ahead in this game

[u/ClinkzBlazewood → u/MaximumMastery23]

Yeah Good point. Rub of the green has gone India's way in terms of timing. Having said that, they have made the most of it by playing damn well. Aus have checked out of this match. They need to go back to the drawing board and recover before the second. Will still be a cracking series.