3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[ataraxia]

Excellent placement by Stokes. Innovation at its finest.

 

[Gnske]

What an abysmal shot

 

[Prince EWS]

Weird shot.

 

[Alex0paul]

Wtf was that

 

[Gob]

What an abysmal shot

What matters is intent

 

[halba]

5 down now. thats poor. good batting track and eng just throwing wickets away.

 

[Prince EWS]

5 down now. thats poor.

Thanks for the update. ?

 

[Shri]

green bowling average down to 31 from 37 after that wicket

 

[Kirkut]

I dont know how many of you share the same opinion as I do - I feel that batting has become difficult from late 2010s and onwards. Those free flowing drives and big 100s 200s have become rare.

It feels like the 1980s minus the unlimited bouncers.

 

[Gob]

I dont know how many of you share the same opinion as I do - I feel that batting has become difficult from late 2010s and onwards. Those free flowing drives and big 100s 200s have become rare.

It feels like the 1980s minus the unlimited bouncers.

Ok

 

[Nintendo]

I dont know how many of you share the same opinion as I do - I feel that batting has become difficult from late 2010s and onwards. Those free flowing drives and big 100s 200s have become rare.

It feels like the 1980s minus the unlimited bouncers.

I remember a post on here that went into the statistics on this and 2015-2020 was the 2nd worst era for batting behind a 5 year period somewhere between 1980 and 95. Unsure about 2010-2015.

 

[honestbharani]

It was similar to how Pant got out I think at the Gabba first innings. That Stokes dismissal. Weird when you dont commit to a big cut shot and just try to upper cut when it is below your shoulder.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I dont know how many of you share the same opinion as I do - I feel that batting has become difficult from late 2010s and onwards. Those free flowing drives and big 100s 200s have become rare.

It feels like the 1980s minus the unlimited bouncers.

The big thing is the depth in the attacks. Currently some sides 4th and 5th bowlers are very very good so there is very little respite for the batters with relentless bowling from each end.

 

[honestbharani]

I remember a post on here that went into the statistics on this and 2015-2020 was the 2nd worst era for batting behind a 5 year period somewhere between 1980 and 95. Unsure about 2010-2015.

I feel we would get a better breakdown if you take 10 year chunks from like 1975 till date instead of doing the usual decades.

 

[Gnske]

The sheer runs coming from Bairstow's bat

 

[Nintendo]

Also im still shocked to see green bowling this well consistently in the ashes. Wa played a fair few of their shield games this season on bowling friendly wickets and he didn't look anywhere near this dangerous, got outbowled by Hilton cawthright.

 

[Shri]

I dont know how many of you share the same opinion as I do - I feel that batting has become difficult from late 2010s and onwards. Those free flowing drives and big 100s 200s have become rare.

It feels like the 1980s minus the unlimited bouncers.

the mid/late 2000s had very few great bowlers. or rather they were concentrated in few teams. NZ, IND, Pak, WI all had shitty fast bowlers and the best ones were all playing for either eng, aus or rsa. now it is more spread out and it reflects in what we see and in the statistics.

nz has had wagner, boult and southee after having just vettori/martin in the 00s, wi has roach and holder after the cycle of mediocrity in the 00s, ind has bumrah, shami, siraj etc, pak has had amir, couchface and a lot more bowlers who are decent

 

[Arachnodouche]

I dont know how many of you share the same opinion as I do - I feel that batting has become difficult from late 2010s and onwards. Those free flowing drives and big 100s 200s have become rare.

It feels like the 1980s minus the unlimited bouncers.

For one the square cut's gone out of the game more or less completely. Ppl dab it down to third man or throw the kitchensink if the ball's wide enough but the controlled yet powerful square-cut that every batsman reared till and through the 90s possessed is gone.

 

[Prince EWS]

Also im still shocked to see green bowling this well consistently in the ashes. Wa played a fair few of their shield games this season on bowling friendly wickets and he didn't look anywhere near this dangerous, got outbowled by Hilton cawthright.

Haha those Cartwright wickets were such a meme.

 

[Kirkut]

The big thing is the depth in the attacks. Currently some sides 4th and 5th bowlers are very very good so there is very little respite for the batters with relentless bowling from each end.

I kind of empathize with Ollie Pope and Rory Burns. Both would have averaged somewhere around 45 in 2000s or 2010s. They're not as bad as their statistics, just up against some really good bowling.