3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Fuller Pilch]

both batting lineups super brittleness on display. thats why neither will ever be ranked in the top 2 for a long time.

Well since the top 2 have had scores of 36/9 and 62 all out, I can't agree

 

[Spark]

again make no mistake i’m not calling for green’s head or anything i’m just wondering how much rope you’d want to give him before you start thinking of other choices

Nah it's a fair question. And it feels weird to say "another 10 Test matches" but it's honestly what I'd do, especially with the subcontinent tours coming up which probably demand a 3-2 bowling balance.

 

[Xix2565]

Gill is Green-level myth material

Burgey you still haven't gotten that laser eye surgery yet huh? You should get around to it some time soon.

 

[Burgey]

Nah it's a fair question. And it feels weird to say "another 10 Test matches" but it's honestly what I'd do, especially with the subcontinent tours coming up which probably demand a 3-2 bowling balance.

Yeah he’ll get a good run at it with those tours you’d think

 

[Gnske]

Lol why isn't Hameed just batting on one leg. He's trained for this ffs.

 

[Spark]

**** I wish Jhye was fit to bowl on this

 

[Burgey]

Burgey you still haven't gotten that laser eye surgery yet huh? You should get around to it some time soon.

He’s terrible for a top order batsman. Plays away from his body with an open face. That’s why he can’t play it when it moves

 

[Nintendo]

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.

He looked clueless vs Anderson in conditions hes ment to excell in and struggled to get past 30 vs NZ despite getting Henry Nicholls tiers of luck. He's obviously a good player and shell-shocked may have been a tad hyperboled, but he's not looked up to test conditions bar one knock vs AUS, same as pope aside from his SA series and 90 vs Pak and green bar back end of the India series last summer on Some very flat pitches.

 

[Aritro]

Jesus, ****'s he doing slashing at that? Silly boy.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Nah it's a fair question. And it feels weird to say "another 10 Test matches" but it's honestly what I'd do, especially with the subcontinent tours coming up which probably demand a 3-2 bowling balance.

Who would be 2nd spinner?
Agar, Swepson, or someone else?

 

[ashley bach]

again make no mistake i’m not calling for green’s head or anything i’m just wondering how much rope you’d want to give him before you start thinking of other choices

am i blind? isn't he he bowling brilliantly at the moment?

 

[Shady Slim]

Burgey you still haven't gotten that laser eye surgery yet huh? You should get around to it some time soon.

i see we’ve found the latest clowny nationalist blow in with 200 odd posts and just as many shitty takes who tries to be funny in big boy match threads

 

[Spark]

Who would be 2nd spinner?
Agar, Swepson, or someone else?

It'll be Swepson probably, though I kind of suspect they're going to have a close look at Tanveer Sangha in the second half of the Shield

 

[Shady Slim]

am i blind? isn't he he bowling brilliantly at the moment?

he’s bowling well but if bowling well was sufficient as the all rounder #6 mitch marsh would still be in the team, when you’re a top six bat you need to have results with, yanno, the bat, to justify your position there

 

[Hurricane2]

Hameed. He is not the hero England want but he is the hero they need. Can Hameed see England through to Stumps.

 

[Alex0paul]

5 runs for hitting the plastic bag?

 

[Gnske]

Carey's again. The dude needs to be more alpha in front of first slip

 

[Aritro]

Crawley getting Spongebob Squarepantsed over and over by Cummins

 

[Burgey]

Carey wrong footed pretty badly there. Needs to work on that. Cummins has it on a string. Ridiculous bowler.

 

[tony p]

Bring back PAINE.