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

[Prince EWS]

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.

He still says it whenever he's on with Taylor and there's an overturned noball wicket. His comment here in that exact situation was entirely predictable.

 

[Zinzan]

Legitimately feels odds-on that Smith will ton up whenever he starts an innings these days.

 

[quincywagstaff]

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

Even when he’s scored his half-centuries he’s never looked as assured as he did last summer. Perhaps missing out on the Asian tours knocked his confidence a bit.

 

[Spark]

This pitch seems inconsistent. And slow. And ****.

330 looks decent here.

 

[Spikey]

gee i would have reviewed that too

 

[Daemon]

Broads got a bit of spring in his step. Always at his best when he sort of bounds in with rythm.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Easily Broad’s best over for the series, like finally getting a wicket just flicked a switch in his mind and he lifted 20%.

 

[mintykip]

Broad has always frustratingly been like that, gets a wicket and seems to fire up and has the ball whistling down and looks deadly, only to go back to bowling dross a few overs later. Always feel if he could maintain a bit of an intensity about him he'd be more consistently dangerous.

 

[Daemon]

Broad has always frustratingly been like that, gets a wicket and seems to fire up and has the ball whistling down and looks deadly, only to go back to bowling dross a few overs later. Always feel if he could maintain a bit of an intensity about him he'd be more consistently dangerous.

He's spoken about it in an interview before. Says he just has no idea how to control it. Sometimes things just click. It's sort of how batsmen can't simply will themselves out of some bad form most of the time.

 

[Gnske]

He's spoken about it in an interview before. Says he just has no idea how to control it .

That excuse hasn't worked with the women in my life and it doesn't work for Stuart

 

[Spikey]

likes a slower ball does young Curran

 

[Tangles]

That Smith average at the mcg is ridiculous.

 

[SeamUp]

Dawid Malan of Paarl Boys High & Tom Curran of Hilton College in bowling tandem for a little while. Both had their obstacles to get where they are. Brilliant.

 

[TNT]

Smith is 418* if you take the last time he was out on this pitch.

 

[Burgey]

Unbelievable player.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Please nerf Smith.

 

[SeamUp]

Routine.

 

[Burgey]

Please nerf Smith.

Bowling nerf balls at him atm

 

[Daemon]

Dawid Malan of Paarl Boys High & Tom Curran of Hilton College in bowling tandem for a little while. Both had their obstacles to get where they are. Brilliant.

What's Malan's SA background?

 

[vcs]

Oh, look, Smith's halfway to yet another ton.