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

[Gnske]

India are so ****ed here.. if Aussies get 300, we are toast.

This is bold gambhiring

 

[Gob]

So what do we think is par? With the way the pitch is playing I think Aus would be absolutely delighted with 300, and that would go a long way towards locking India out of the game. Probably be happy with 250?

550 minimum

 

[Burgey]

hard to review one when your keeper is moving 2 metres down leg

 

[OverratedSanity]

Poor srinath was going up to check on him

 

[Gnske]

Poor srinath was going up to check on him

Beta move. Jofra had the right idea about it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bumrah been a little mixed this spell. SOme great deliveries but has strayed uncharacteristically quite a bit

 

[TheJediBrah]

Green showing his immaturity. Shouldn't take the risk to run 3 in a Test match should have settled for 2.

Poor srinath was going up to check on him

Ponting too alpha

 

[OverratedSanity]

Damn ashwin burned atleast a meduvada's worth of calories there

 

[Gnske]

These bouncers are only testing Pant and his elite wicketkeeping.

 

[TheJediBrah]

550 minimum

**** really makes Travis Head's dismissal even worse

 

[Burgey]

Be tempted to go to Jadeja vs Green here

 

[Spikey]

hang on hang on hang on. I've just seen these rubbish posts

Concussion subs for batsmen and bowlers shouldn't be allowed. Fielding fine.

Batsmen and bowlers are fixed. Subs can come as fielders. If a batsman has concussion, one from outside the XI has never batted. It just brings in extra fuel power for the XI and is overcompensation as far as cricket is concerned.

He can be subbed. No one is saying that he can't be. As a fielder. No one is forcing a player to bat or bowl after the concussion. Players have gone out of matches and got brain scans and opted out. No one is forcing players to play after such injuries. There should be protocols against it. However that doesnt mean a team can have new bowlers or batsmen.

Do you literally not recall the time Gautam Gambhir got concussed and was basically forced to come out to bat at 8, and was made out to be the bad guy because he didn't come out to open? You need subs because people who suffer a traumatic brain injury should not play until they recover, and players will refuse to cooperate with the medical team unless they know they're not letting the team down. what a pile of **** this is.

 

[Daemon]

hang on hang on hang on. I've just seen these rubbish posts







Do you literally not recall the time Gautam Gambhir got concussed and was basically forced to come out to bat at 8, and was made out to be the bad guy because he didn't come out to open? You need subs because people who suffer a traumatic brain injury should not play until they recover, and players will refuse to cooperate with the medical team unless they know they're not letting the team down. what a pile of **** this is.

no but i don't like it

 

[OverratedSanity]

Spin to Green's a good idea. Looked very unconvincing against Ashwin last game too.

 

[cnerd123]

I've said this before, but I think subs are less necessary in Cricket than they are in other team sports. It's only necessary in fielding, but in batting and bowling the impact of losing a player varies depending on player and match circumstances.

Concussion subs are good to protect the long term health of our athletes, but if there was a way to get them to stop playing the match without a sub -the way we treat getting a broken arm for example- then that would be ideal for me too.

Or maybe move towards allowing subs for all game ending injuries. Idk. I understand the reason behind the current rules but i do find subs in Test cricket weird and the inconsistency between a sever external injury and a concussion can't be maintained forever.

 

[Burgey]

Giving Green a real let off with no silly point there. Played that well

 

[Gnske]

Warnie being unimpressed that Green's nickname is Gangly Long Giraffe instead of Greeny is pure Australian cricket.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Do you literally not recall the time Gautam Gambhir got concussed and was basically forced to come out to bat at 8, and was made out to be the bad guy because he didn't come out to open? You need subs because people who suffer a traumatic brain injury should not play until they recover, and players will refuse to cooperate with the medical team unless they know they're not letting the team down. what a pile of **** this is.

Some of the posts from the CW posters in the match thread when that happened look terrible now.

 

[Gnske]

Some of the posts from the CW posters in the match thread when that happened look terrible now.

How long ago was this?

 

[Burgey]

Or maybe move towards allowing subs for all game ending injuries. Idk.

I think the game will move towards this at elite levels tbh, but there have to be neutral docs there to police it or it’ll get milked