4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

[GoodAreasShane]

Wade making a century here would be Marcus North in Bangalore all over again. A good thing in the here and now, but it won't be for the benefit of Australian cricket longterm

 

[Shri]

wade's weakness is in adjusting to subtle variations (i mean the icing on top of him being **** in general)

sundar looks monotone although he is accurate

 

[OverratedSanity]

I know he got a wicket but Thakur is so ****

 

[Spark]

Don't think Thakur is the bloke to be trying to bounce people out

 

[Shri]

ffs pant

just because you take one in your gloves doesn't make it a catch ****

 

[aussie tragic]

Not sure if serious

Definitely serious about the thrashing part

 

[TimAngas]

Those are two innocuous short balls.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Marnus' FCA must be atrocious. Jammy ****.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I said something would happen.

I like what that something is.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hussey has perfected the whole "saying Thakur in a way that's close enough to correct without sounding like you're putting on a different accent" thing this session imo.

 

[Shri]

Sucks to be India, they have 1.4 Billion people, more than all other cricket nations combined, but can't pick a decent second XI when half of their first XI can't stay fit.

Going to be an absolute thrashing.

didn't you have a sook and leave

 

[morgieb]

Marnus' FCA must be atrocious. Jammy ****.

It's moments like this that make me wish Richard was still a thing. The salt would be hilarious.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It's moments like this that make me wish Richard was still a thing. The salt would be hilarious.

Forum couldn't handle the facts he was spitting

 

[Starfighter]

Oh look a sweep. Watching Smith?

 

[Prince EWS]

It's moments like this that make me wish Richard was still a thing. The salt would be hilarious.

Especially since he has a mediocre FC record, another of Richard's pet hates. He would legitimately insist players like Cartwright and Turner were better IMO.

 

[Starfighter]

Feels like India are starting to fade a tad here.

Would be nice to have another wicket in hand.

 

[jcas0167]

people know that "black sportsmen are Powerful and Athletic rather than Skillful and Intelligent" has been a trope in professional sports since black people started playing (western) professional sports and has been pretty thoroughly debunked, right

They can be both. That's not to say that populations might not have average differences, which you probably see most obviously in sports like sprinting or in the NBA. As someone mentioned earlier athletes with West African ancestry are overrepresented. Jon Entine and David Epstein (The Sports Gene) have written about this.

I doubt that is the problem with their test side though. The Windies obviously used to dominate test cricket. In the 90's, NZ was competitive in ODI's but terrible in tests.

 

[morgieb]

Especially since he has a mediocre FC record, another of Richard's pet hates. He would legitimately insist players like Cartwright and Turner were better IMO.

Oh yeah I forgot that his FC record was really mediocre upon selection. It's the perfect concoction of salt.

I wonder what he would've had to say about Moeen.

 

[Starfighter]

??

You can't single him out when all the Indian posters were saying the same thing.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Sucks to be India, they have 1.4 Billion people, more than all other cricket nations combined, but can't pick a decent second XI when half of their first XI can't stay fit.

Going to be an absolute thrashing.

Hey no leave ?