2nd Test at the MCG, Melbourne, 26 Dec - 30 Dec 2020

[morgieb]

Are India gonna flip-flop on DRS again? lol

 

[Gob]

Hotel California? Seriously

 

[stephen]

Ooooof for real?

Is anyone in this batting lineup actually in form apart from our glorious captain?

Green.

Looking at this session, Burns played at one he probably shouldn't have, Wade played a very loose shot and Smith glanced one down leg. Could have been so much worse given the bounce and movement in the pitch, especially with the way Ashwin was bowling.

India's session by a long way and yet I think Australia got off lightly because India's quicks bowled too wide and Ashwin was causing a lot of issues for everyone except Wade, who he got.

 

[the big bambino]

Phew. Thought Marnus went for a review simply because we could afford to burn one. The bounce Ashwin's been getting probably got him over Marnus' bat but luckily his stumps too.

 

[Pratters]

How accurate are these ball trackings?

 

[Spark]

How accurate are these ball trackings?

with regards to height? extremely. you aren't as reliant on the uncertainty around the choice of point of impact for that.

 

[Gob]

India session but deffo some spin on offer which will expose over the course of the match. Lyon would enjoy this

 

[stephen]

A reminder that it's been 13 innings since Smith last scored a century.

 

[trundler]

Bradman had that phase of a year or so where he averaged in the 30s

 

[stephen]

In that time he's averaged 32 at a strike rate of 38.

 

[Gnske]

Neil Wagner broke Steve Smith. Prove me wrong.

 

[Gob]

Gnske is right I think TPC has been grinding it bit too much (that's what she said). Maybe he should just try to bat a bit more freely next time and take Ashwin down town a couple of times to get going

 

[trundler]

Root's extended stretch of mediocrity was simply a result of him being consigned to his fate as an Englishman. Watching Smith struggle sucks.

 

[Burgey]

**** I hate the **** fest over the MCG and this test match. It’s appalling.

 

[Gnske]

**** I hate the **** fest over the MCG and this test match. It’s appalling.

Don't you appreciate the history, the legend and culture?

 

[Burgey]

Don't you appreciate the history, the legend and culture?

The MCG is the Gabba on roids. It’s just a soulless concrete bowl of a ground at which it’s **** to watch sport.

 

[aussie tragic]

**** I hate the **** fest over the MCG and this test match. It’s appalling.

At least they hold the boxing day test on boxing day, unlike Sydney starting the 'New Years' Test a week later

 

[Shri]

imagine if shaw was playing and fielding in jaddu's spot earlier in the day

 

[stephen]

When Smith was in form he would rotate the strike early and often and look simply like there was no chance at all to get him out. He'd all of a sudden be 40 and you'd be wondering when he scored those runs. This Smith is painful to watch grind out a duck.

 

[Daemon]

Nice little segment on Dean Jones. Poor Lee having to do CPR on one of his best friends. Nobody should have to go through that.