3rd Test at the SCG, Sydney, 7 Jan - 11 Jan 2021

[Senile Sentry]

They've bowled junk to him tbf. Short and wide junk every other over. It was never about Smith being out of touch but about tying him up early doors.

Precisely.

This is what I have been harping about. Smith was really bogged down on helpful pitches by bowlers. Here he has been allowed to get away with some real hit me balls and is batting on the best wicket by far in this series for batting.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Saini is hopeless. He is the Monty Panesar of fast bowling.

 

[straw man]

Thought India had blown this match by dropping catches on day 1, but these wickets has brought the contest right back. Far more interesting for the neutral.

 

[cnerd123]

Saini is 28! All this time I thought he was like 23. You expect a quick bowler to be more developed by this age. Yea he should be discarded lol.

C'mon Smith, do a Labu and throw away this ton.

 

[Daemon]

Saini's starting to be able to pitch it on a length finally instead of banging it in short and wide.

 

[Burgey]

Some of us have lives old man.

Apparently not between December 26 and January 7 though...

 

[Burgey]

yea missed a trick not getting Ashwin on to bowl as soon as he walked out

Ashwin has been pretty ordinary tbh. Let him off the hook himself quite a bit himself

 

[Shri]

i really hate saini

mind made up a long time back

 

[Burgey]

Thought India had blown this match by dropping catches on day 1, but these wickets has brought the contest right back. Far more interesting for the neutral.

Yeah the first innings of 300-400 odd often end up the best test matches for whatever reason.

 

[trundler]

Well then

 

[cnerd123]

Fun fact - Saini's ODI bowling average is 75.66 after 7 games, but his ODI batting average is 92.00, which means he's a better allrounder (by average differential) than the likes of Kallis, Klusener and Viv Richards, amongst others lol.

Oman has some gun ARs.

 

[Shri]

jaddu!

 

[Spark]

 

[Burgey]

TPC gonna have to open up a bit here now. That's well bowled and shockingly played by a bloke who's been hell bent on defending. Almost under 10s technique to a yorker there.

 

[cnerd123]

Jaddu

 

[Daemon]

Jadeja is the greatest cricketer of all time

 

[stephen]

This collapse is pathetic.

Paine copped a good ball, Green really should have reviewed but Wade's dismissal was atrocious. Now Cummins is gone, getting yorked by a spinner.

 

[cnerd123]

Ashwin has been pretty ordinary tbh. Let him off the hook himself quite a bit himself

started bowling worse once Pant dropped that catch.

 

[mr_mister]

Smith has a bit of uphill skier Bj Watling syndrome doesnt he

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wtf was with that no ball btw