now that was a defeat!

 India whupped us in the first test on a pitch that should have favoured us.

what to learn?

Australia

• Our top order crumbled again. Alas this is becoming a consistent pattern.
• Our fast bowlers are no longer fast. No-one looked to get beyond 140k. They are close to ending their careers. Will they make the ashes? Older legs get tired earlier than young legs.
• We were lost in the headspace after the second day

India

• They won easily with some of their best players missing
• Bumrah was a good captain as well as a great bowler
• Rana bowls between 135 and 145k. I don't get it.
• Sundar is no Ashwin

Replacing out of form batsmen is hard when you look at Shield results. I always thought the Indian batsmen had techniques more suited to australia than India and it showed.

This could be a ripper of a series

okay we have an aging team both in batting and bowling. Smith is in clear decline perhaps Manus is too. Both have suspect techniques that the eyes have overcome however there is no-one in shield cricket challenging any spots.

We do have some young fast bowlers we may need to try out.  Match is not an allrounder and money for jam in australia as Niti showed.

I am thinking the Indian attack needs to Bumrah to work well if they are to win. this will not occur in evert test. On the other hand their batting will only get stronger. Their major weakness in recent times is to pick bowlers who can bat and leave out specialist batsman. If they do that against us they will lose.

If we do not win the saynighter and Brisbane then we shall lose the series.