***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

[Burgey]

Not good enough Josh.

I really like Da Silva. Seems a good kid and all, but jeez he's having a horror day today.

 

[Spark]

First movement at the sightcreen disruption and we haven't even started.

I really don't think opening will make much difference for Smith when it's that squaring up that it such a salient problem. He should at least try playing his shots. Saw someone theorising a few weeks ago that part of his problem is that his elbow injury has reduced his ability to play pressure release shots behind square on the off side.

That was me and it was the hand injury I was worried about but yes - look at his great peak innings and you'll invariably see a lot of drives very square on the offside with an open face. It has to be a proper half volley for him to hit that shot now and even then it usually goes through extra cover.

 

[Starfighter]

That was me and it was the hand injury I was worried about but yes - look at his great peak innings and you'll invariably see a lot of drives very square on the offside with an open face. It has to be a proper half volley for him to hit that shot now and even then it usually goes through extra cover.

No, I saw someone say it on another forum. It's a shot you pretty much never see from him anymore. I think he played one I can remember against Pakistan. Doesn't play the cut anymore either.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Touring teams just seem to drop catches in Australia early in innings way more than other places for whatever reason.

 

[Chubb]

I really like Da Silva. Seems a good kid and all, but jeez he's having a horror day today.

Same.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I remember when Roach used to bowl 150+

 

[Himannv]

I think it'll be an upset if West Indies lose this Test owing to the fact that they now have more than one Joseph.

 

[Spark]

Touring teams just seem to drop catches in Australia early in innings way more than other places for whatever reason.

Which is bizarre because if you'd nominate a place where it should be easy for the keeper and cordon it should be Australia, and England should be where touring teams struggle.

 

[Starfighter]

I remember when Roach used to bowl 150+

If it was still on Channel Nine it would have been mentioned about five times already.

 

[Nintendo]

Which is bizarre because if you'd nominate a place where it should be easy for the keeper and cordon it should be Australia, and England should be where touring teams struggle.

maybe the extra bounce and how the ball comes off the bat in aus just ****s with them?

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I remember when Roach used to bowl 150+

Yep he was nippy , bit of a wild child though

 

[Spark]

maybe the extra bounce and how the ball comes off the bat in aus just ****s with them?

But like the reason high bounce is supposed to make it easier is because you get more time. Surely that matters more than anything else.

Mind you, given the pudding nature of this thing...

 

[Nintendo]

Smith looks alot more confident scoring vs the short stuff when the ball is new and coming on really well, compared to his recent time at 4. This move may just be what he needed.

 

[social]

I remember when Roach used to bowl 150+

Mentioned earlier that I saw plenty of his highlights from CC last season

He’s well past it IMO

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Kemar Roach has never dismissed Smith in test cricket

 

[TheJediBrah]

Smith looks alot more confident scoring vs the short stuff when the ball is new and coming on really well, compared to his recent time at 4. This move may just be what he needed.

It's different when they're coming hip height and slightly outside off, rather than at his head/shoulder with men out behind square tbf

 

[Gnske]

It's like watching Umar Gul in his prime

 

[TheJediBrah]

With the ball going across Khawaja and 5 men waiting in the cordon he needs to put away the straight bat block and start slog sweeping everything IMO

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Who remembers this beauty to Shane Watson in 2009?

Kemar Roach to Shane Watson. First bowl 🦆duck.

youtube.com

 

[Daemon]

Roach's been bowling at this pace for ages now, and been relatively successful while doing it