3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Gnske]

Bring back PAINE.

He has a history of whacking off to blonde Broads. His hands would be too busy.

 

[Shady Slim]

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

would love if they gave tanveer a run whos someone i really rate, as against the swep who i don’t rate

not only is tanveer a good compliment to lyon and someone who i’d back to take over as our prime spinner if he can find the feet in test cricket he’s also the sort of x factor spinner you want to bring to the subcontinent who can really do a number when the pitch is getting a bit rogue

 

[Aritro]

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

He has been, you just haven't noticed.

For instance, when first slip offers an opinion, he simply nods and responds "I like that" thereby positioning himself, ultimately, as the arbiter of what's good and what's bad. And is there any higher authority than that?

It's subtle, but it's alpha as ****.

 

[ashley bach]

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

and perhaps a little bit beyond...

 

[Hurricane2]

Good leave

 

[OverratedSanity]

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 was fine vs NZ. 51, 1, 44, 47 in 4 innings in a pretty low scoring series.

I think he'd have been owned if he'd been fit for the Eng series but can probably count himself really unlucky not to be playing in this series in SA right now, would have enjoyed batting on thi ssurface.

 

[social]

Feck

 

[Gnske]

Zak Crawley is not good

 

[Alex0paul]

Well Crawley was a good pick

 

[OverratedSanity]

Has Cummins ever bowled poorly in his career? I genuinely can't remember. Probably headingley 4th innings? But even that was just stokes going nuts.

 

[Hurricane2]

Why didn't he leave that? Most openers in the world would have left that.

 

[Shady Slim]

Zak Crawley is not good

did you ever expect anything more from someone called Zak

rate malan as a fellow gaijin who uses an SS bat. surprises me that root and robinson don’t use one either

 

[Gnske]

would love if they gave tanveer a run whos someone i really rate, as against the swep who i don’t rate

not only is tanveer a good compliment to lyon and someone who i’d back to take over as our prime spinner if he can find the feet in test cricket he’s also the sort of x factor spinner you want to bring to the subcontinent who can really do a number when the pitch is getting a bit rogue

No ****ing stop this. He's taken wickets in a couple of shield matches and needs more time. So put that raging hard chode you have back in your pocket for the time being.

Swepson will get the gig and if he bowls nothing but full tosses it'll just make Tanveer's case easier and prove us all right about how poo he is.

 

[morgieb]

Has Cummins ever bowled poorly in his career? I genuinely can't remember. Probably headingley 4th innings? But even that was just stokes going nuts.

I believe the answer is likely "never", at least at Test level.

I think in his early series he got suckered into bowling short crap a bit much, but even then that was corrected very early.

Stocks in HB Pty Ltd plummeting rn

 

[Gnske]

That looks high tho

 

[TimAngas]

Maybe going over?

 

[Alex0paul]

****ing dreadful

 

[Gnske]

Oh my

 

[Shady Slim]

oooh that’s the most umpires call of umpires calls

 

[Spark]

geez they've been trigger happy in this game