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[CrickFreak]

Bunsen expected with india playing 3 spinners...smith better hope he wins the toss.
No chance of the aussies drawing this tour given they couldn't even beat a weak sri lanka team.

The "toss" myth was proven wrong just recently 

[Over Gully]

I think we are making a mistake if we don't pick our best bowlers and just pick spinners for the sake of it.

Agree 100%. Agar is not a top-class spinner, Maxwell is a part-timer and Swepson, who has looked promising at T20 level, is an unknown quantity in FC cricket. To drop one of the best fast bowlers in the world for one of those 3 would be a massive mistake. Likely Aussie XI appears to be:

Warner
Renshaw
S.Marsh
Smith
Handscomb
M.Marsh
Wade
Starc
Hazlewood
O'Keefe
Lyon

Again M.Marsh has dome nothing to deserve a recall...

[adb club cricketer]

Can't wait for the match to start in 2.5 hrs! I hope aussies give some tough competition and take it to second half of day 5 in most of the games irrespective of the result.

[manno]

Genuinely excited! Not as down on the team as some on here but definitely note some dead wood. I really hope Renshaw and Handscomb consolidate their great starts. Desperate for Starc to be brutal!!!!

We'll have a bat thanks!!!

[adb club cricketer]

Good that Aus will bat first..It will maximize their winning chances...

[smilley792]

Renshaw left the field quickly then! Looked like he was going to make a mess of his underwear.

Retired ill

[manno]

Renshaw left the field quickly then! Looked like he was going to make a mess of his underwear.

Retired ill

Hahaha. Get the kid some Imodium!!! Great start by Australia. The pitch...........what can ya say?? 

[Woodyspin]

Steve Smith... How does he keep scoring over 10 with the technique he has? The most ive seen him move his feets in the past 30 minutes is in his trigger

[csnew]

One more here and the aussies will be knocked over for under 200. Bunsen! Test won't go past 3 days

[smilley792]

One more here and the aussies will be knocked over for under 200. Bunsen! Test won't go past 3 days

Bold claim when there 100 for 1 nearly half way through day 1.


Just out of interest, when was your last positive post about non NZ cricket? You didn't used to be this negative.

[Number4]

It's obvious India don't want to take any chances by preparing this wicket. Puffs of dust and crumbling and it's not even the end of day one... Not sure why they didn't just prepare excellent wickets like they did when they played England

[FattusCattus]

Hey - the Aussies are doing alright here - I guess it's a case of whether they lose 2 or 3 wickets in a cluster. That's a test of their mettle!

[ppccopener]

It's obvious India don't want to take any chances by preparing this wicket. Puffs of dust and crumbling and it's not even the end of day one... Not sure why they didn't just prepare excellent wickets like they did when they played England

Did you see that one from Ashwin? Pitched off hit the square leg umpire in the gonads?

Good start from aussies i would be happy if i was Australian(which i am not)
Gday

[northernboy1987]

Handscomb undone by Jadeja's straight onner, Renshaw's plugged up and back out there.

[northernboy1987]

Smith gone now, will they get 200 without him? @csnew could be right!