1st Test, Aus vs India, Adelaide oval 17th-21st December

[Spikey]

Because the average viewer can't recognize that the sports journalist is the lowest ebb of humanity

for real, I think it isn't the worst idea. better than slater talking about bon jovi anyway

 

[TheJediBrah]

they should definitely have been more positive early on. Burns being on his cricketing deathbed and Wade opening for the first time nws, the pitch map after the first dozen overs showed all of one ball would have hit the stumps. I’m no hacker for #intent, but you have to make some effort to score. All they did was let a good attack settle into its areas

I am a hacker for #intent, and you are definitely onto something. Really missed Warner punching those balls through cover-point for 4 instead of leaving them.

 

[Spikey]

Your boi Ben Horne with the goods.

As close contacts of noted quarantine-denier Mitchell Starc, the entire Australian team must quarantine immediately and be replaced by the best fo South Australian grade. It's the only way.

he's got a direct line with the ceo imo

 

[Dan]

And yeah I don't mind bringing in Lalor. The two stints I've heard have been infinitely more interesting than, well, anything else provided by a non-Ponting commentator.

 

[Gnske]

for real, I think it isn't the worst idea. better than slater talking about bon jovi anyway

At least Slater has energy when Bon Jovi comes up on the frenulum. Hearing Lalor for the first time, it was like he was 0.75 speed and was taking nangs in between sentences.

 

[Spikey]

Haha who was it? Mark Waugh?

AB, who I note was on commentary with Brendon Julian when he was droning about declaring in the aus game. BJ broke the Old AB

 

[morgieb]

Haha who was it? Mark Waugh?

Mark Waugh was on comms, but it came from Allan Border I think.

EDIT: Oddly Waugh actually talked against it, feeling Australia were too far behind to risk it. I've oddly had little complaints with Maugh this Test.

 

[trundler]

Australia need some positive running

 

[weldone]

My IPL-specialist casual Indian cricket fan friends are already dissing this performance calling this the worst side in Australia's history. How infuriating!

 

[weldone]

Idiot

I understand your feelings.

 

[morgieb]

Wait Peter Lalor's on comms on 7?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah no more Bumrah now ffs. Bowled way too much

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not sure I like India giving so many easy singles. Should be blocking up the scoring and going for the kill IMO

Australia need some positive running

@OS

 

[stephen]

What's the best case scenario for Australia from here? 200? 250?

 

[weldone]

Adelaide isn’t in the UK mate

heard of something called technology?

 

[TheJediBrah]

LMFAO @ Steve Waugh's run out stats

involved in 27 run outs and 23 times it was the other guy who got out

Absolute **** of an operator

 

[TT Boy]

This Peter lalor guy sounds like an utter prat ****.

Was he the unwashed fellow from the Amazon documentary?

 

[Dan]

Wait Peter Lalor's on comms on 7?

Doing v occasional stints as like a special analyst or something. Basically amounts to "what are your texts to CA middle management saying ****?" or dictating an upcoming longread on Umesh Yadav's childhood.

It's a nice change of pace tbh

 

[stephen]

Imagine Katich running with Steve Waugh.

 

[Spikey]

Wait Peter Lalor's on comms on 7?

They do a thing when he slides into the commentary for an over or two to talk about the Big Stories. I think it could be good when there's a story that the commentators are clearly out of their depth on (which is basically any story). On both days it's been with Tim Lane but I suspect it would work better if Alison Mitchell was the other half of the conversation