3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Fuller Pilch]

Shame that Starc robbed him of a 10-fer on debut

 

[TimAngas]

I think 7/12 by Harminson is the best ever 7fa

 

[ashley bach]

England to bat the whole day today

close but no cigar

 

[Son Of Coco]

This is awesome!

 

[Kirkut]

It's Scott Boland guys, not Ambrose at Perth.

 

[_Ed_]

Piss poor batting but just about every ball Boland has bowled has been top of off and seamed appreciably

Yeah, superb. I've only ever seen him with a white ball before and he's been mediocre, so I was baffled by his selection here. Now I get it.

 

[TimAngas]

It's Scott Boland guys, not Ambrose at Perth.

That's what makes it so so good

 

[ImpatientLime]

It’s happening! Innings defeat surely sees off Silverwood and Root as captain?

pretty sure the only reason the limited overs teams have seen no drop off in performance is because morgan doesn't let this cretin have any say

 

[Alex0paul]

close but no cigar

Well if Australia don’t bat again the surely they have?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

So did they break or tie the record for most ducks in a year?

 

[Pup Clarke]

Scott Boland to never set foot on a cricket field again henceforth. Man needs to bask in this

 

[thierry henry]

Yeah, superb. I've only ever seen him with a white ball before and he's been mediocre, so I was baffled by his selection here. Now I get it.

To me he’s still the guy who got run out to give us the 15/16 CH series

 

[hazsa19]

Bloody hell.

I think this might be even worse than 2013-14.

Feels like it, espy as I can’t see us getting better for a long time.

 

[Spark]

buttler surely has to have a crack here? if only to avoid the sheer ignominy of an innings defeat

 

[Gnske]

You hate to see something this horrific hey

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah, superb. I've only ever seen him with a white ball before and he's been mediocre, so I was baffled by his selection here. Now I get it.

He's always been a better red ball bowler. Not this good though.

 

[ashley bach]

So did they break or tie the record for most ducks in a year?

its a tie at the moment

 

[morgieb]

Yeah, superb. I've only ever seen him with a white ball before and he's been mediocre, so I was baffled by his selection here. Now I get it.

Looking at his recent Shield stats there was definitely evidence that he has improved since his ODI's, plus his FC record has always been quite a bit better.

But this is just crazy.

 

[Xix2565]

So did they break or tie the record for most ducks in a year?

Tied it.

 

[Pup Clarke]

It’s happening! Innings defeat surely sees off Silverwood and Root as captain?

Did you not see the intent displayed by Bairstow this morning? That will definitely please Root moving forward to the 2025 series