***Official*** 4th Test at the MCG

[SillyCowCorner1]

Got him.
Equals Walsh's 519

 

[Spark]

This pitch is weird

 

[quincywagstaff]

As soon as Warne bagged England’s tactics as too negative you just knew a wicket would occur.

 

[Prince EWS]

honestly couldn't believe warne just now. I know it's his shtick but this tactic from england was extremely effective and warner did look like being bored out

Haha yeah they tried to get him 'properly' early on and he hit them everywhere; then they adopted a defensive tactic for a few overs and he played a shot he'd completely shelved early in the series to get caught (not)out to a noball, only to get out again four runs later.

Warne's take: Root's field placings since Warner got to 50 have been horrible.

GTFO.

 

[Spikey]

I'm sensing a weird Steve Smith innings

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm sensing a weird Steve Smith innings

Spark's in the thread so it'll certainly end up described as weird in some way, regardless.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Did that last ball just reversed swung?

 

[quincywagstaff]

Haha, Warne trying to justify his views by saying that wicket delivery was “at the stumps”. Just can’t admit England were right in their defensive tactics.

 

[Prince EWS]

Did that last ball just reversed swung?

It happened a bit in Anderson's last spell too.

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha yeah they tried to get him 'properly' early on and he hit them everywhere; then they adopted a defensive tactic for a few overs and he played a shot he'd completely shelved early in the series to get caught (not)out to a noball, only to get out again four runs later.

Warne's take: Root's field placings since Warner got to 50 have been horrible.

GTFO.

Warne's new take: Khawaja's fault for defensive batting.

Couldn't make it up.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Now Khawaja is gonna transfer the pressure on Steve Smith

 

[Spikey]

Spark's in the thread so it'll certainly end up described as weird in some way, regardless.

It may well be that I'm only sensing a weird Steve Smith innings because of Spark's presence

 

[quincywagstaff]

Tbf I agree with Warne on that; Khawaja’s inability to get some quick singles and play out maidens endlessly doesn’t help the momentum of the innings. Needed to step up when Warner was being slowed down with England’s tactics.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm sensing a weird Steve Smith innings

Spark's in the thread so it'll certainly end up described as weird in some way, regardless.

More seriously though, I wasn't reading this thread earlier because the first couple of pages made me angry -- did anyone end up posting up the press conference with Smith saying he may have to change his technique for this match due to his hand injury?

That could make it weird.

 

[Spikey]

Warne's new take: Khawaja's fault for defensive batting.

Couldn't make it up.

guys everything warne is saying makes sense - Warner's strike rate went down because of Usman and Anderson got that wicket because he was "at the stumps" via bowling it from around the wicket and pitching it way outside off

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

They need to set a silly-cow-corner for Smith...that's the field placing that will put him under immmense pressure

 

[Spikey]

please move to the back foot no-ball law so we can hear some new complaints

 

[TNT]

They need to set a silly-cow-corner for Smith...that's the field placing that will put him under immmense pressure

Oxymoron

 

[quincywagstaff]

First time I’ve heard Ian Chappell say his ‘go back to back foot no-ball rule’ for about a decade. He and Benaud used to dish that up every season.

 

[Burgey]

Khawaja’s scoring rate is meh tbf. Fmd a 1/100 start and he’s batting like it was 4/40.