Test Championship Final: Aus v India

@dogmeat if you're being serious, then in my eyes, they'd both be losers - so we remain the sole WTC winners.

Shared trophies don't count (IMO!)

MN5

@foobaNZ said in Test Championship Final: Aus v India:

@dogmeat if you're being serious, then in my eyes, they'd both be losers - so we remain the sole WTC winners.

Shared trophies don't count (IMO!)

Excellent point. Can I jump on the bandwagon too ? Come on rain !!!

Donsteppa

India fell into the hole of picking their team based on winning the first hour, not for a potentially five day game.

A lot of the social media chatter about the pitch looking almost as green as the outfield earlier this week reminded me of the mistaken hype around Basin Reserve greenness on Day -2.

@MN5 welcome on board.

I think rain is unlikely from what I read, so let's hope India go massive in their first dig at bat.

@NTA meh. I'd feel the same way if we were the ones in the final. A draw/tie ain't a win.

dogmeat

@foobaNZ I was being honest.

Problem with your view is it wouldn't be shared (boom tish) by 90% of cricket followers. they and the record would say that there had been 3 winners of TC.

I agree shared titles suck, so lets have a winner. Marginally prefer Oz simply as the reaction to another Indian loss would be entertaining and it'd be good to see a monkey clambering onto their shoulders.

OZ definitely well ahead after Day 1

@dogmeat I'm gonna have to disagree there, you really think 90% of cricket followers would view them as joint winners? I wouldn't think it's anywhere near that high. Every comment section for eternity would question it.

NTA

@MN5 said in Test Championship Final: Aus v India:

Look, hassle us all you want, we’re still the first ever winners and will remain so.

Under that title. We held the mace long before your winning percentage threatened the 20s

dogmeat

@MN5 Have we ever one the Ashes?

I can't remember the last time we even challenged.

You're right. It's a CONSPIRACY

MN5

@dogmeat said in Test Championship Final: Aus v India:

@MN5 Have we ever one the Ashes?

I can't remember the last time we even challenged.

You're right. It's a CONSPIRACY

That guy Don Bradman is made up too. I never saw him play.

As if anyone would average that much.

NTA

Poor shots from Green and Smith today but India have decided to bowl better

antipodean

Travis Head scoring 163 in an innings at ~94 against the second best Test team this year is something special.

NTA

Starc pinned down and panics

Duluth

Aus 469
India 151/5

Aussies would've expected a bigger score than that considering where they were on at the end of day 1.

Game moving along relatively quickly and the weather forecast looks good

NTA

Some very shit decisions by the middle order even if India were bowling a bit tighter.

On offer was a total near 600 if Head stopped chasing the short ball, Smith didn't hang his bat to an average delivery, and Green used his feet.

NTA

The wickets of Pujara and Gill made me laugh - leaving balls in that channel against the bowler's angle was fraught with peril.

SouthernMann

It is fantastic seeing India getting smoked.