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

[DriveClub]

Starc should just go odi mode here and start firing in the yorkers

 

[Spark]

Starc has been woeful this innings.

i wonder if he's carrying something because he's looked so pedestrian.

 

[Spark]

like he's trying to bowl bouncers and they're barely getting above hip height. just doesn't look a threat at all.

 

[Starfighter]

Starc should just go odi mode here and start firing in the yorkers

For a delivery he's renowned for bowing he very rarely seems to bowl it, especially these days.

 

[stephen]

i wonder if he's carrying something because he's looked so pedestrian.

Tbf this is how he looked in the shield.

 

[Starfighter]

Mmmh 137 short of a length. Real wicket taking stuff.

 

[Spark]

prefer green or marnus to this tbh.

 

[stephen]

Starc hasn't bowled a single ball which would hit the stumps yet.

 

[Starfighter]

plenty of time left in the game

There really isn't. You'd expect 4 wickets to be able to bat out 20 overs most of the time, given how flat the pitch is.

 

[morgieb]

It might liven up with a wicket but this game looks to be petering out hard.

 

[stephen]

prefer green or marnus to this tbh.

Green. Pace is better second innings in Sydney.

 

[OverratedSanity]

There really isn't. You'd expect 4 wickets to be able to bat out 20 overs most of the time, given how flat the pitch is.

India's tail is one of the worst in cricket history, no hyperbole. All Australia need is one wicket and they bowl at a guy with a broken hand. Even surviving this long has taken Ashwin somehow miraculously calculating his edges to fall into the gaps repeatedly.

 

[stephen]

Where's Michael Clarke when you need him?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Yeah Starc looks flat af. Not minding what Lyon is producing though

 

[Starfighter]

Starc hasn't bowled a single ball which would hit the stumps yet.

I always wonder what he (and any other bowler who bowls like this) is thinking when he does something that plainly isn't working. And that no-one else on the field thinks otherwise too.

 

[vicleggie]

There really isn't. You'd expect 4 wickets to be able to bat out 20 overs most of the time, given how flat the pitch is.

Cummins was looking pretty threatening

 

[DriveClub]

I predict the test to be over by 5pm AEST

 

[vicleggie]

Where's Michael Clarke when you need him?

Or Steve Bucknor.

 

[stephen]

Honestly, bring everyone in close to the bat.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The difference between Cummins' bouncer barrage to Ashwin and the stuff Starc has served up is incredible.