3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Nintendo]

Gill was hardly shell-shocked ffs. Pretty sure he shell-shocked Starc instead.

He's looked utterly shell-shocked since.

 

[Spark]

Yeah it feels like a 250 par deck. Might flatten out but I don't think Australia batted that poorly.

If anything it seems to be getting harder to bat; quickening up and getting less consistent

 

[Aritro]

The Hameed fine leg glance for a boundary is too good for the likes of you peasants. You don't deserve to watch him bat.

 

[Croadymeister]

England have done well today but you really wonder what might have been had they not put up an hour of complete garbage last night with the new rock

as it is, this looks roughly a par score to me. meanwhile, for the test of the series, just tell cam green to hit it if it's in his zone

Yeah also throw in that garbage served up after lunch and it's a huge missed opportunity

 

[Hurricane2]

Different challenge here for Australia that they don't get much practice for at home and that is their Attack must back up and bowl again on only 24 hours rest. Will the Australian attack be fatigued?

 

[Hurricane2]

C'mon Hameed you are due !!!!!!!!

 

[Shady Slim]

so theres the anderson middle session spell on the Copesotron and it was 48% balls on the good length 42% short of a good length. you’d want to see probably a bit more good even if you could around about say 55-60%, but that at the 48% is still about 10-20% more than you often see on aussie pitches by touring bowlers. imperative if you want to challenge aus here that you do that and they have

 

[Spark]

Different challenge here for Australia that they don't get much practice for at home and that is their Attack must back up and bowl again on only 24 hours rest. Will the Australian attack be fatigued?

Cummins has already had a break and I'd not pick the other two in the next game

 

[Spark]

so theres the anderson middle session spell on the Copesotron and it was 48% balls on the good length 42% short of a good length. you’d want to see probably a bit more good even if you could around about say 55-60%, but that at the 48% is still about 10-20% more than you often see on aussie pitches by touring bowlers. imperative if you want to challenge aus here that you do that and they have

in fairness, you don't want to be bowling floaty half volleys in Australia either. especially to head, who loves them, and Green, who was clearly itching to lay into one

 

[Shady Slim]

now i’m not calling to be green’s executioner or anything but if he continues to only be in the team on potential waiting for the big breakout performance at the test level when do you say it’s neser’s turn to be our test AR?

the problem is green wasn’t just doing well at shekel level he was absolutely imperious so do you gain anything from sending him back there? but you can’t carry him forever on these flashes of true potential

 

[ashley bach]

England 30/2 at stumps.

 

[Alex0paul]

82/0 at close of play

 

[Aritro]

Starceh targetting the 12th stump early doors will give the England bats something to think about.

 

[Shady Slim]

in fairness, you don't want to be bowling floaty half volleys in Australia either. especially to head, who loves them, and Green, who was clearly itching to lay into one

awta as regards robinson but even though he’s not super quick anderson’s not often been particularly floaty at the pace he bowls tbf

 

[Xix2565]

He's looked utterly shell-shocked since.

You need better glasses then. He's no Rahane/Pujara who I genuinely worry about when they go out to bat nowadays. Having problems with the moving ball =/= shell-shock and he's been injured for quite a few Tests this year for us away from home.

 

[Croadymeister]

C'mon Hameed you are due !!!!!!!!

That lead looks massive when Root aside the top order is in absolutely no form whatsoever

 

[Hurricane2]

Anderson's bowling today was next level and better than Richard Hadlee on most of his days at the office.
Simply superb bowling by Jimmy A - I was glued to my television. A treat to watch.

 

[Spark]

now i’m not calling to be green’s executioner or anything but if he continues to only be in the team on potential waiting for the big breakout performance at the test level when do you say it’s neser’s turn to be our test AR?

the problem is green wasn’t just doing well at shekel level he was absolutely imperious so do you gain anything from sending him back there? but you can’t carry him forever on these flashes of true potential

runs at 8 =/= runs at 6 (and doubly so for runs at 4)

 

[Croadymeister]

82/0 at close of play

Not a prayer of being anywhere near that, the 30/2 predicted above is much more likely

 

[Hurricane2]

Hameed off the mark!!!