*offical* india A vs Australia A

[govinda indian fan]

First unofficial test September 16-19at lucknow
Second unofficial test September 23-26 at lucknow
First unofficial odi September 30 at kanpur
Second unofficial odi October 3 at kanpur
Third unofficial odi October 5 at kanpur

 

[govinda indian fan]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...y-in-australia-a-squad-for-india-tour-1498270 aussie squad.international stars like konstas, mcsweeney murphy and conally in squad

 

[govinda indian fan]

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...yers-shreyas-iyer-captain/article70018982.ece indian squad. Iyer to captain.siraj and rahul to play in second test

 

[govinda indian fan]

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...yers-shreyas-iyer-captain/article70018982.ece indian squad. Iyer to captain.siraj and rahul to play in second test

Gurnoor, khaleel and yash thakur all bowl above 140 no trundlers good

 

[Qlder]

So thinking this for the first 4 day game

Konstas
Kellaway
McSweeney (c)
Hardie
Philippe (+)
Connolly
Edwards
Bartlett
O'Neill
Rocchiccioli
Murphy

Reserves: Peake, Scott

Edit: Morris out of tour so O'Neill makes the XI

 

[Qlder]

I like that Aus-A has 4 pacers and 3 spinners (+ McSweeney)

 

[Prince EWS]

I like that Aus-A has 4 pacers and 3 spinners (+ McSweeney)

Speaks poorly of how interesting the selectors find the specialist batting talent though.

 

[govinda indian fan]

So thinking this for the first 4 day game

Konstas
Kellaway
McSweeney (c)
Hardie
Philippe (+)
Connolly
Edwards
Bartlett
Rocchiccioli
Murphy
Morris

Reserves: Peake, O'Neill, Scott

Lan

So thinking this for the first 4 day game

Konstas
Kellaway
McSweeney (c)
Hardie
Philippe (+)
Connolly
Edwards
Bartlett
Rocchiccioli
Murphy
Morris

Reserves: Peake, O'Neill, Scott

Morris ruled out for 12 months with injury

 

[govinda indian fan]

@Qlder playing peake would be better as he would gain experience in asian pitches

 

[Qlder]

@Qlder playing peake would be better as he would gain experience in asian pitches

He can gain experience in the nets as he's not better than the top 7 I named (yet)

 

[Justo]

I reckon Peake is locked into the side for this tour. There's absolutely no need for 7 genuine front line bowling options with McSweeney as a part time option (Peake can bowl some part time spin as well). Going with that many options just means that they won't get a chance to be used properly anyway.

I suspect O'Neill and Bartlett each get 1 game in the same spot (originally it would have been Bartlett and Morris). That helps minimize the risk of injury to either ahead of the Ashes where they could be bolters specially with Cummins' injury now. Scott and Edwards will be on a rotation with each other as well.

The entire point of this squad is to try and get some young guys experience in Indian conditions ahead of the 2027 tour and while Peake is no where near Test selection now he very well could be by then if he has a great shield season.

 

[honestbharani]

Its annoying they tacked on 3 ODs there. They could have well played a 3rd 5 day game.

 

[Prince EWS]

Its annoying they tacked on 3 ODs there. They could have well played a 3rd 5 day game.

Australian prospects play such little List A cricket that it probably makes sense to have them play against some really serious opposition.

 

[honestbharani]

Australian prospects play such little List A cricket that it probably makes sense to have them play against some really serious opposition.

Fair enough but there should have been a 3rd A test there.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Australian prospects play such little List A cricket that it probably makes sense to have them play against some really serious opposition.

They might get to face rohit-kohli if bcci wants them to have practice

 

[govinda indian fan]

Think they should show this on tv. Neo sports used to show a tours& practice matches when they had rights

 

[govinda indian fan]

Thank god no mukesh or kamboj. They should play prasidh and gurnoor in one game and khaleel and thakur in other. Also ensure jagdeeshan plays both as he looks good to be #3 in national side

 

[Qlder]

I reckon Peake is locked into the side for this tour. There's absolutely no need for 7 genuine front line bowling options with McSweeney as a part time option (Peake can bowl some part time spin as well). Going with that many options just means that they won't get a chance to be used properly anyway.

Who's Peake replacing out of Hardie, Connolly or Edwards?

Hardie and Connolly are CA contracted players while Edwards is probably the best performing allrounder in shield after Webster

 

[Daemon]

Think they should show this on tv. Neo sports used to show a tours& practice matches when they had rights

The Neo sports era was the only time I ever watched domestic cricket reasonably frequently. Good times.

 

[govinda indian fan]

The Neo sports era was the only time I ever watched domestic cricket reasonably frequently. Good times.

I still remember they showed bcci xi vs touring Australians in 2008 where young kohli and rohit scored hundreds esp rohit smashing lee and Johnson all around they ground. Then young chawla running through likes of hayden, punter clarke before hussy saving aus from embressment of lossing to ranji xi. 11 year old me was just getting hooked to cricket. Sad those golden days wont come again