Agree with Grazor about a Renshaw.

I’ve just walked in to turn the TV on.

What awful batting from Australia!

I can’t believe we are so bad at batting on our home pitches that are so different from most of our opponents’ pitches.

wish we had renshaw for this test

Time is as important as runs given the match situation

ugh Khawaja lucky there
We can bat till lunch on day 4 there is no hurry here. There is no scoreboard pressure. Just survive until they are tired! No need for agression

a few loose balls coming. If we can survive with 3 in hand in this heat for another hour or 2 there could be a feast

Marsh again unreliable when we need him to be the spine.

Shaun marsh again

Harris looked impressive when attacking Ashwin. But rather vulnerable when defending.

Ussie needs to rotate the strike. Getting bogged.

Yeah never thought Finch was a test opener and he was too loose there. Hes made his sheild runs at 5. If he plays for Australia he should be batting around there

Finch this is Test cricket. A shocker!!

I have to ask the question should we lose early wickets as India did do we have a Pujara like performance in us? I say yes if Smith was playing. Ussie also?

He still has work to do once we enter the tail with his Captaincy, we always let teams back up once we have them in a shit position. Clarke was really good at setting the team up to finish sides off.

It adds a touch of yesteryear. I like it. It has to remain as it has been made an historical sporting icon.. Forgotten the expression used when this is done.

Agree Paine is made for the position. Always keeps a cool head. Too often Smithy looked flustered when things were not going his way. I reckon he will be pleased for Tim to remain as skipper when he returns.

No. We let them get away a bit in that final hour. Hats off to Pujara for a superb ton.

I might be biased, but Tim Paine is the level headed, mature captain we have been missing for some time.

The post game show on Fox illustrates this quality of Paine’s.

As long as he is good enough to play, Steve Smith has no hope of captaining Australia.

I’ve also been impressed by Aaron Finch as a leader, tactically, and exuding maturity in media interviews in the national limited overs scenario.

Michael Vaughan is a good commentator on Fox.

Concur with the previous comment about Fox coverage being decidedly better than Nine.

The post game coverage is decent too.

Can’t Adelaide get a better scoreboard than that shit heap?

Baggers


Bowling them out for less than 200 didn’t happen, mate!

Sensational run out from Cummins for India to go to stumps at 9-250!

I’ve enjoyed watching Test cricket on Fox in Australia rather than Channel 9.

It is good watching cricket with few ads.

Pujara has batted well in a more typical test style innings. He is 123 not out as we speak.

Strong partnership this playing India right back into the game. 

Pujara and Ashwin are both capable of sticking around so would be happy to knock them out for under 200. 200 definitely has some psychological value

Now the Baggies need to polish off the remaining 4 wickets for under 200.

I think this has been a plan by our bowlers to test them on the Aussie length. They were getting some late swing. So throw in a wide one and see what they will do. As the skipper Kohli should have known better.. lead from the front. His shot was probably the worst of the three.  Rohit simply  played a shocker.

I hate watching Pant bat, plays like a shit tail ender but manages to get runs edging it everywhere.

Sharma is the biggest culprit for it, he is such a good batter but mentally he is woeful at test level. Pant is another one, just likes to bat like its an ODI.

At least some of the drives you could give some credit to the bowlers for getting the batsman driving early in the day. Sharmas was just a horrific way to through away a wicket when he was looking good. For test cricket after hitting the six the pressures off and you either tap the next one for a single or are happy to block the over out. 

They continue to throw away their wickets. Are they still in limited overs mode. Is the pressure of never having won in OZ driving these rash shots?

Meanwhile Pujara putters along watching the carnage from the other end.

Was coming here to say Sharmas taking the game away bit by bit. Harris catches him over the boundary so Sharma goes the same shot but edges it and Harris completes the catch. Horrible match awareness there. Take a nice single after the six.