The Aussies had a crack with 3 new balls, apart from the early overs they were struggling to move it in the air, especially Starc. I didn't see any hint of reverse, which is why we took the new balls as soon as they were due I presume..Hazlewood got it to deck around a bit early yesterday, but the pitch didn't have a lot in it. We struggled to apply pressure, Starc bowled about 30 overs and not one maiden. Plus the tactics seemed strange to me, back of a length targeting the hip of the batter. Lyon also bowled a middle and leg line and tried to get them hitting through midwicket. Pujara just picked him off with good footwork and accurate placement. Maybe the bowlers are worn out, energy levels yesterday were low and very few chances created or good balls to trouble the batsman. Will be interesting to see how Bumrah and Shami go today and see if they can get anything happening.
Today should be the pick of the batting days and the pitch should be offering nothing before it starts to bake dry and begin to turn you would expect. We need to dig in today and bat all 3 sessions, because it won't be easy tomorrow if the pitch starts to slow up and bounce gets variable.
