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Mebbe, but Australia is like a whole country populated by Spurs supporters so it gladdens my heart to see them getting tonked 😆
Just remember if the Indians had had their way, DRS wouldn't have been brought in as they didn't trust it.
They also have a raft of changes they want to make as well, just look at the IPL...
 

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Just remember if the Indians had had their way, DRS wouldn't have been brought in as they didn't trust it.
They also have a raft of changes they want to make as well, just look at the IPL...
You can’t blame them to tweek a masala format for entertainment purposes .. it’s their toy train and they can do it. Look at the amount of money it is generating.. today is auction day and few players will get a chance in a lifetime to be rewarded.

Gotta admit, This test match is looking good.

BTW, if it was not for IPL, we would never have heard of Bhumra. He was uncapped when he debuted for Mumbai India. Same for Jaiswal.

Half of this Indian side seems to have come from IPL.
 

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12 for 3 needing 534 to win. BBC report on Day Three - "With two days left to play there is still time for Australia to either bat out for a draw or chase down a record total to win the match"

Followed shortly afterwards by a whole squadron of flying pigs descending into Perth airport, walking to the game and helping the Aussies"
 

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12 for 3 needing 534 to win. BBC report on Day Three - "With two days left to play there is still time for Australia to either bat out for a draw or chase down a record total to win the match"

Followed shortly afterwards by a whole squadron of flying pigs descending into Perth airport, walking to the game and helping the Aussies"
Smith, Head, Kwaja and Pigs still to bat.. if they r still playing when I wake up, then its boring
 

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If you want a really one sided international match check out the Nigeria v Ivory Coast T20. Nigeria batted first and scored 271 and in reply Ivory Coast managed a massive........7 all out! :oops: Top scorer was 4 and 6 players got ducks.
In their first match in the World Cup qualifying competition, they managed 21 to lose by 168 runs. I think we can confidently say they won't make it to the finals.
 

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Both of the flying pigs proved they had a weakness outside of the off stump. Shame as apparently they were bacon hot going into this series ;-)
As the commentators were saying.. Australia has a Bhumra problem....

.. unfortunately, that is a problem for India too... if Bhoom is not firing, then they dont seem to have a back up. The batting other than Jaiswal was more T20 than anything. It is early days into the series. I would love to read the Aussie papers tomorrow...
 

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Maybe it will last only a week before the pesky Aussies bounce back. But loving all the various commentators take on the match. While we had to endure Vaughan, this was juicy

 

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Looks like a fairly even first day between Eng and NZ but seen that England bowled 11 no balls and 10 wides in the day! Maybe this contributes to why they can't manage to bowl 90 overs in a day - only bowled 83 overs on day 1.
 
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