5th Test at Hobart - 14-19 Jan 2022

[Gnske]

Lol bowling short on a green wicket when your name is Chris Woakes.

Incredible viewing this morning

 

[GotSpin]

Great commentatory from Waugh again. So good!

 

[Alex0paul]

Chris Woakes is a ****ing joke

 

[jcas0167]

Mark Waugh rightly trashing this bowling. What kind of moron drops Anderson when you have a wicket like this?

 

[Pothas]

Going to keep telling myself that Anderson must be injured.

 

[Spark]

Yeah for bowlers who are bowling well. Which Wood is not.

He's just the wrong bowler for the wicket. Like MJ in England in 2015; good bowler but the wrong bowler for greentops.

If only England had a bowler who has taken a gazillion wickets over a decade and a half on such pitches...

 

[Gnske]

Mark Waugh rightly trashing this bowling. What kind of moron drops Anderson when you have a wicket like this?

How can you play the reserve bowler from the 1st test for four tests in a row? Doesn't add up.

 

[GotSpin]

Mark Waugh rightly trashing this bowling. What kind of moron drops Anderson when you have a wicket like this?

Absolutely

 

[morgieb]

He's just the wrong bowler for the wicket. Like MJ in England in 2015; good bowler but the wrong bowler for greentops.

If only England had a bowler who has taken a gazillion wickets over a decade and a half on such pitches...

There's a reason why Wood's English record is so much worse than his contemporaries.....

 

[Starfighter]

If only England had a bowler who has taken a gazillion wickets over a decade and a half on such pitches...

Doen't excuse the excrecable selection but I'm not convinced at least one of Warner and Smith would be out already if he was playing. Hard to improve on what Robinson did and Anderson doesn't stand the ball up off the seam the same way. That said those three is a far stronger combination than having Wood.

 

[Burgey]

There's a reason why Wood's English record is so much worse than his contemporaries.....

If he plays on decks like this, yeah.

Fmd i hope they hook footage of Head's batting this series into his veins so he keeps always batting this way. He's a walking wicket when he pokes and prods at it. If Green comes good in some way it would be ideal for him to bat five and Head six, the latter always with a licence.

 

[Gnske]

wtf i love T20's impact on batting now

 

[Raz0r6ack]

This is great Test cricket to watch.

 

[Starfighter]

Every now and again he plays a horribly timed cover drive like that to remind you that it's Travis Head batting.

What a tremendous shot by Marnus.

 

[Bahnz]

**** me, at this rate Oz are gonna have 300 by the time the lights come on.

 

[Gnske]

We're at a point of time where Travis Head has more confidence in his cover drive than Koach.

What a beautiful game

 

[Spark]

smh my head broad

 

[Starfighter]

Coming down the pitch. This is T20 now (and a good reminder that Brian Close was ahead of his time).

 

[Burgey]

Spikey gonna call for bans on Broad and Woakes for throwing the ball at the striker's stumps.

 

[Gnske]

So deep square leg is out and they aren't going to bowl short and have him serve a purpose?

Root is shook. Forfeit the test now.