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

[mr_mister]

Bring in the free hit for tests

 

[Gnske]

Lmao bowling more no-balls than a Pakistani pace attack

Shameful lack of discipline

 

[OverratedSanity]

Saini is such a massive weak link here.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Now that’s a huge no ball

 

[cnerd123]

What's going to be the talk when someone at international level is inevitably run out taking a run which they would never have taken off a no ball which isn't called til after their dismissal?

you can still be run out off a no-ball, so i don't see how one will have a bearing on the other?

 

[mr_mister]

Is that a meaningless stat at the bottom of the screen: Smith since 2014?

No it's proof he's a god among peasants

 

[Burgey]

Why wasn't Saini bowling with this sort of gas all along? That's why he's in the side to begin with.

He probably would have been toweled up if he was bowling it to set batsmen tbh

 

[Burgey]

you can still be run out off a no-ball, so i don't see how one will have a bearing on the other?

Because if a no ball is called it completely alters the way you approach running, maybe? Like, why would Kohli take off for that one in Adelaide if it was called no ball, as an example?

 

[cnerd123]

get Saini off for Ashwin

 

[TheJediBrah]

Is that a meaningless stat at the bottom of the screen: Smith since 2014?

Not at all IMO, that's when he became good. Personally I think Smith since 2013 would be a better (ie. more valuable) stat because that's when he returned to the side as a specialist batsman. But making it since 2014 fits the narrative better because the numbers will be higher.

 

[cnerd123]

Because if a no ball is called it completely alters the way you approach running, maybe?

why? That's dumb.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Something Kohli can never do

Show up when the chips are down.

Are we talking about Ashwin again

 

[OverratedSanity]

Way overdoing this Saini spell. Bring Ashwin on

 

[Spark]

Saini is such a massive weak link here.

Yeah that and Ashwin not being quite on colour, more than the pitch, are the big differences between this vs Melbourne so far. The batsmen know they can sit a bit on Bumrah and Jadeja and cash in against those two.

 

[TheJediBrah]

What's going to be the talk when someone at international level is inevitably run out taking a run which they would never have taken off a no ball which isn't called til after their dismissal?

Because if a no ball is called it completely alters the way you approach running, maybe? Like, why would Kohli take off for that one in Adelaide if it was called no ball, as an example?

when did a no-ball ever affect anyone's running? Sorry I just don't get it

 

[cnerd123]

Persisting with Saini. He's bowling for his career right now.

 

[Burgey]

why? That's dumb.

No it isn't at all.

 

[OverratedSanity]

 

[Gnske]

Saini is worse than an off-colour Vinay Kumar

 

[Coronis]

Take him off.