Test match cricket

[lord bunberry]

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... and there it is, #600.

Some going!

Fantastic achievement.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Fantastic achievement.

Outstanding effort.

[Mibbes Aye]

I have neglected this thread, what with work, impending Christmas and various other things but what a game between Australia and India in the first Test in Adelaide!

I am sure most of us would have expected it to go the fourth day, maybe the fifth, but it was not to be.

India’s first innings was below par - a funny phrase because it is positive in golf and negative in cricket.

Australia’s response wasn’t great. They kept themselves in touching distance through the efforts of Marcus Lebuschagne, but especially the skip Tim Paine.

India’s second innings was an unmitigated disaster. 36 all out and no one getting into double figures. That left Australia with a low target to seal the game.

The Australian batting order was somewhat different than would have been planned but the bowling unit was the top team - Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon - and they were ruthless, Pat Cummins the star for me.

On to Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test and India are likely to be three first-picks down, including the majestic Kohli. It will be tough going for them but they still have a lot of quality in their squad.

[Calvin]

It was nice of Brisbane to have a 72 hour lockdown so I could watch the third test in pretty much its entirety. Some effort by the Indians to hold on for the draw. I also really enjoyed the Adelaide test - I was over in Perth for Christmas so was fun to watch India get skittled for 36 with my extended Aussie family.

I probably wasn't into test cricket that much before I moved here (aside from a moderate interest in the Ashes) but I've got tickets for day 1 of the fourth test tomorrow and I can't wait.

Lots of nice subplots going into this match, especially after Paine and Smith's antics; India threatening not to play the match at all, Australia needing to win to take the trophy, the fact that India never win at the Gabba, and a fair chunk of rain forecast.

[marinello59]

Three early wickets for Sri Lanka have suddenly made the Test against England interesting. England only need 53 more runs but they are looking pretty nervy. They couldn’t mess this one up could they?