Australia Fim Test Cricket's Toughest Challenge Amid Indian Gamesmanship

Cov duab ntawm lub qhov muag tsa qhov muag npaj rau lub series-opener ntawm Is Nrias teb thiab Australia tej zaum txaus rau spook cov qhua.

Nyob rau hauv dab tsi yuav raug hu ua gamemanship los ntawm tus tswv, los yog “Pitch Doctoring” rau lwm tus, cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av ntawm Nagpur's VCA Stadium tau kho qhov chaw hauv qhov kev sib tw pom tseeb los pab Is Nrias teb kom tau txais txiaj ntsig ua ntej ntawm thawj Kev Xeem pib rau hnub Thursday.

Twb tau ntsib qhov kev sib tw nyuaj tshaj plaws hauv kab civliv, nrog Is Nrias teb tsis tau poob qhov kev sim hauv tsev hauv kaum xyoo, Australia txoj haujlwm zoo li tseem ceeb dua rau ntawm qhov chaw xav tias yuav tig hnyav heev.

Tab sis pab pawg Australian no, tau tsim ntau ntxiv hauv cov duab skipper Pat Cummins, tej zaum yuav tsis rattled yooj yim li tsis zoo li yav dhau los agitated sab.

“Muaj tej zaum yuav muaj kev ncaj ncees me ntsis ntawm qhov ntxhib nyob ntawd. Qhov ntawd tsuas yog qee yam uas peb yuav tsum tau puag, "Cummins hais rau cov neeg sau xov xwm hnub Wednesday. “Nws yuav lom zem, nws yuav nyuaj rau qee lub sijhawm. Peb cov batters txaus siab rau txoj hauv kev los daws teeb meem ntawm lawv ko taw. "

Txawm hais tias Australia muaj kev paub dhau los tau nrhiav txoj hauv kev zoo siab dua, hauv qhov sib piv rau cov duab macho lawv zoo li nyiam ua ntej. pob-tampering scandal, muaj qhov ua tau tias cov koob no tuaj yeem muab kauv rau hauv kev sib tw tempestuous los ntawm plaub lub xyoos dhau los thaum cov neeg tuaj saib tau npaj txhij yuav luag yeej hauv Is Nrias teb.

Australia yuav tsum tau ua kom muaj zog zoo rau lub sijhawm ntawm plaub qhov kev sib tw yog tias lawv yuav tsum lees tias qhov twg yuav yog qhov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws hauv ntau xyoo lawm. Nws yuav zoo dua li lawv qhov kev kub ntxhov hauv Is Nrias teb hauv xyoo 2004 thaum Australia tau nyob nruab nrab ntawm ib tiam neeg kub thiab tshaj tawm lub zog ntawm West Indies hauv 1995.

Nws looms raws li lub caij nyoog kawg rau cov batters loj David Warner thiab Steve Smith kom yeej hauv Is Nrias teb nrog rau qee qhov lwm tus. Australia tej zaum yuav tsis tau txais lub cib fim zoo dua nrog pab pawg hauv daim ntawv no sib cav tias lawv qhov zoo tshaj plaws txij li hnub kawg ntawm xyoo 2000s.

Kev raug mob, txawm li cas los xij, tau ua rau muaj qhov phem tshaj plaws rau ib pab pawg uas tau muaj kev ruaj ntseg zoo kawg li. Quicks Josh Hazlewood thiab Mitchell Starc yuav tsis ua si hauv Nagpur tab sis qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws yog poob tawm thoob plaws Cameron Green, uas nws qhov kev tsis tuaj yeem yuav nyiag lawv qhov hloov pauv tsis muaj nuj nqis.

Qhov no yuav ua rau lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj hauv Nagpur tau teeb tsa kom nthuav tawm Australia qhov kev tsis txaus siab loj tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib tw-bowling qhov tob tom qab pem hauv ntej Nathan Lyon.

Uncapped offspinner Todd Murphy tau teem sijhawm los ua thawj zaug hauv qhov kev pib hnyav tshaj plaws, thaum spinning allrounder Ashton Agar tuaj yeem ua ib feem ntawm qhov tsis tshua muaj peb-pronged spin nres rau Australia txawm tias nws khav theeb cov ntaub ntawv pob liab me me.

“Nws tau ncaws pob zoo nkauj hauv nets ntawm no. Nws tau pib zoo heev rau Victoria hauv thawj chav kawm kab civliv, "Cummins hais ntawm 22-xyoo-laus Murphy thaum nws tau lees tias Australia yuav tsis sau npe rau lawv cov kab ntawv kawg kom txog thaum pov.

"Yog tias nws tau txais qhov nod, nws tau txais Nathan Lyon rau lwm qhov kawg uas nws tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nrog. Nws tau npaj txhij ... leej twg peb xaiv yog 100 feem pua ​​​​tau npaj mus. "

Txawm hais tias Australia yuav raug luv luv, lawv ntsib ib pab pawg neeg Khab uas tsis muaj ntau lub hnub qub suav nrog ceev ceev Jasprit Bumrah thiab wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, uas tau cuam tshuam lawv hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab tsis ntev los no.

Muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg txog Is Nrias teb txawm hais tias qhov kev rov tshwm sim ntawm tus superstar Virat Kohli, uas tau sib xyaw cov hmoov zoo tawm tsam Australia dhau ntau qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua, yuav tsum muaj kev ntseeg siab tias lawv cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev zoo kawg tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv mus.

Nws yog tias tsis yog Australia tej zaum tsuas yog tuaj yeem txeeb qhov qhib hauv ib kauj ruam ntawm kev nce roob loj tshaj plaws hauv Test cricket thiab thov nws qhov khoom plig loj tshaj plaws - yog, loj dua World Test Championship.

Ib qho kev kov yeej hauv qhov hnyav tshaj plaws yuav, muaj tseeb, thawb tus thawj tswj hwm Cummins, uas tau npaj txhij txog coj tus thawj tswj hwm tus thawj tswj hwm tsuas yog ib xyoos dhau los, mus rau hauv qhov tsis txaus ntseeg.