Matt Renshaw is no Test match slipper

Warnie was fantastic. Very, very safe.

This one is my favourite yet. He thinks Smith's scored half the Aussies runs and he's used the "fact" he never dropped a catch at high school as evidence that he's a better judge of slip catching than the Aussie captain who seems to believe Renshaw deserves to be in there. I suppose Smith might be having another brainfade, I mean he's batted so long in this series he's scored 43% of the Aussie runs.... Honestly, it's too good to not be satire

hahahaha this response is hillarious. You think Renshaw hasn't done the work you did? You "never" dropped a catch at school? Who cares? You've really gone off the reservation pal.

Maybe a knee jerk reaction, and its probably harsh on Renshaw. But his dropped catches could have cost us the series (along with Marsh scoring no runs, having 3 x #11s batting in our side, and Warner failing to have a big impact). Renshaws batting was also poor in the last test. I suspect the sustained pressure of the whole tour finally got to him. I'm not sure it means he needs to be moved from the slips or not, time will tell. Certainly no need to move him out instantly.

Nah, got bored after reaching three figures and switched to left-handed. Lost my wheelie bin pretending to be Kepler Wessels. Wasn't easy to emulate Kep.

If Renshaw is not a test slipper then Warner is not a test opener. Drop 'em both. We all know that is not going to happen, at least to Warner, there is more of a chance that Carlton will play finals football in the AFL in 2017, than Warner being dropped.

You can't criticise Warner because he is from NSW and his first name is David. LOL. Dave Warner has had no luck either this tour. Bowled off a no ball, dropped first ball and that horrible bad luck of being caught hitting a full toss straight back to the bowler. Warner also lost the 2nd Test dropping sitters at leg slip IMO.

Yes, the ball would behave a little differently at altitude. I'd suggest David Lord knows all about high altitude slip fielding. He's far above us mortals with his nose even higher. He reside there.

You are an absolute goose Mr Lord. No catch in slips is easy coming off at 145km. India is also a place where fields man stand closer in the slips than usual because the bounce is lower. To be honest Renshaw is only 20yld with only 21 FC matches under his belt and has played 7 Test in a short space of time. After his recent fail with the bat I would suspect he maybe feeling fatigued both mentally and physically. His reflexes maybe down at this point. Not sure you played much 5 day Test cricket David but I'd suggest you can't compare it to playing catchy in the backyard and a day of grade cricket on the weekend in the fatigue and concentration department. You could say Renshaw is maybe down a little on confidence right now but that doesn't mean he isn't a good slipper. You also named Steve Smith as one of the best you've seen, but he recently dropped 2 regulation catches off Starc at 2nd slip against Pakistan. I'd question your truthfulness in relation to never dropping a catch, because you do speak so much BS.

I can't believe you haven't got a reply........

If we lose it's because Warner and Marsh have not performed this series From a Hater

I think David may have a point about Renshaw's instincts as a slipper at this stage of his career. The one off Saha should always be caught and the drop may cost us the game. The last one I remember like this was Warne dropping Pietersen in the last Test of the 2005 Ashes, which arguably did cost us the match and series. Can't be too hard on Renshaw- Smith put him there when he had little experience, and he took a couple of good ones low down. But the Saha drop was one that good slippers don't drop. Much easier than the ones Smith dropped that people are pointing at.

BTW he's not a "leggie", he's a left-arm wrist spinner, or left-arm unorthodox (or CHinaman, if you want ot use the term which is now under query for its racist overtones) As the average left arm finger spinner spins from the leg, that means his stock ball (as a left arm wrist spinner) will spin from the off, with his wrong-un turning from the leg So he's a leggie only in the sense that he's a wrist spinner, like a right arm leg spinner, but he actually bowls mainly balls spinning from the off, like a right arm finger spinner (or offspinner) Basically it's the opposite when your a left hander

David - the 'Kid' is a little champion, cut the 'Fake News' - As a cricket devotees we should all be encouraging and supporting our National Team, the new caps are a tonic, give them some space at least, I attended my first Test at the SCG in 1963, this current series in India is the one I have enjoyed the most, real entertainment, as an aside the ARU and the NRL could only dream about providing this level of appreciation amongst it's followers, I love my rugby, both league and union, simply cannot watch either code anymore, both codes have lost the plot, 'The Bunker' in League, the Wallaby coaching staff, it defies imagination, let's play cricket all year, blended with a 'touch' of Kyrios and we will all be in nirvana. - Good luck today 'lads' wishing the team all the best, bring it home.

Were you unbeaten?

I once scored a century in the backyard in the session between getting home from school and dark. Should've been out on 98 caught by the automatic wicketkeeper but there was no DRS so I stood my ground. Neighbour was fuming. Not boasting, just fact.

I may be wrong, as M.Renshaw may have Dharamsala Belly, but in all 3 of the missed chances he looked slow at picking up the speed and flight of the ball. Personally I think because at high altitude the ball is travelling through the air much faster and has caught Renshaw for speed, to be sure that's likely on the two that flew past him. To be honest the first one off L.Rahul would have been a screamer if he had taken it. It was a jet! The dolly that he dropped could be that he was tired (not from batting that's for sure) and P.Cummins does bowl a very heavy ball. But it was a pretty horrible miss, he got his hands there, the ball went in and popped right back out before he could react. All he can do now is put it behind him and score big runs next innings. If he drops one more, S.Smith will have no option but to put himself or P.Handscomb at 1st slip for the rest of the match as Renshaw's mental state will be shot. I saw Renshaw take a couple of good slips catches against Pakistan in Oz and he looked fine, but in India he has not looked as assured at slip, so David Lord does have a point, especially when the speed merchants are bowling. I cannot recall him missing any other sitters in this India series but it is of interest that he has only taken one catch in the four matches to date, he caught L.Rahul off N.Lyon in the 2nd test. After his stellar start to the tour, the Indian bowlers have picked up a few of Renshaw's flaws to work on. He does tend to wave his bat too far from his body and seems a slipper's delight to me, but apart from his horrible clean-bowled by U.Yadav in this 1st innings, he has done pretty good. A shame that D.Warner could not have hung around a bit longer at times. As for the match, even if scores are close on the teams' first innings, I still have India favoured to win this test on the basis that the Aussie batsmen just haven't had time to work out the Indian leggie (another Yadav) and do not seem to have a clue as to what ball he is bowling. Fingers crossed though.

There has to be a meme in this somewhere. What about "Trust me, I'm an [insert DL's 'expert' profile pic here]"?

Don't be so hasty to bag David guys. I read last week that Cricket Australia was installing a jagged rockery in the backyard at the Centre of Excellence. None of the players will be allowed to eat their dinner until they've broken their catching record from yesterday.

Definitely some merit in that theory.