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

[Daemon]

Yeah and he drops the occasional soda. Which ATG fielders just don’t. An ATG fielder is a Mark Waugh who dropped maybe half a dozen in his career, not in 25 tests ffs.

Mark Waugh wouldn’t take at least 25% of Green’s catches imo. He doesn’t even get close to them. More than makes up for an occasional sitter (which there’s not been many anyways).

 

[Spark]

Steve Smith has pulled off more screamers than Matt Hayden did but he drops sitters and can’t be called an ATG for that reason. Green is freakishly tall and athletic which is awesome especially squarish in the cordon, I’m just saying he isn’t an ATG

I mean I don't think you can be an ATG anything when you're 24 anyway. But he's certainly unique amongst gully fielders I've seen in the position.

Re: Hayden it was more that he was also a very tall guy who was typically at gully to the quicks.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Mark Waugh dropped about as many catches in 100 plus tests as Green has already. Come on, he doesn’t belong in the same company

Gully is also a harder spot to field at than 2nd slip. It's the worst position and the hardest to pick up the ball. It really sucks

 

[Burgey]

I mean I don't think you can be an ATG anything when you're 24 anyway. But he's certainly unique amongst gully fielders I've seen in the position.

Yeah he’s like a skinny, more mobile Garner. He will pull down a stack of hangers provided his lateral movement holds up.

 

[Burgey]

Gully is also a harder spot to field at than 2nd slip. It's the worst position and the hardest to pick up the ball. It really sucks

Gully/ backwards point are awesome positions to field. You can just launch yourself and hope for the best lol

 

[Burgey]

In terms of this game, i can see this being an uncomfortable chase already, assuming Aus has to bat for the better part of a session under lights tonight.

 

[morgieb]

Honestly given the night session it might be easier to chase 300 than it is 250.

West Indies have batted well but they've definitely rode their luck a bit. A lot of half-chances haven't quite gone to hand, to say nothing of a few drops. I guess then you've got stuff like Hodge's run-out or Carey's non bowled.

 

[ashley bach]

Haze 2/22 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[ataraxia]

Big fan of Green in gully but tbf he has missed a couple low to his left he should've dived for recently, no? Not any that any normal gully would be expected to lay a finger on, let alone catch it, but if he works on that and his general catching consistency he goes up in the fielding stakes from demigod to god.

 

[Burgey]

Lovely bit of glove work from Carey there

 

[Spark]

They need another 50 here.

 

[ashley bach]

2/2 since dinner @SillyCowCorner1

In 22 minutes.

 

[GotSpin]

That’s a nice catch that

 

[TheJediBrah]

Gully/ backwards point are awesome positions to field. You can just launch yourself and hope for the best lol

Gully is the woooorst. I've done my time there but mostly at slip because it's easier. At gully you get edged drives, low on the bat, high on the bat, one will go at your foot and the next 2 feet over your head, full blooded cut shots that no reasonable human being is going to catch unless it's right at your hands but everyone still expects you catch them for some reason, you get leading edges that look like they're going through mid wicket until it's at your face. It's ****ed. Occasionally you get a nice easy glove/shoulder of the bat lollipop but you've earned them.

Slip is still harder than anywhere in front of the wicket (IMO catches should almost never be dropped in front of the wicket unless you're at full stretch) but it's easy compared to gully

 

[GotSpin]

Gully is the woooorst. I've done my time there but mostly at slip because it's easier. At gully you get edged drives, low on the bat, high on the bat, full blooded cut shots that no reasonable human being is going to catch unless it's right at your hands but everyone still expects you catch them for some reason, you get leading edges that look like they're going through mid wicket until it's at your face. It's ****ed. Occasionally you get a nice easy glove/shoulder of the bat lollipop but you've earned them.

Slip is still harder than anywhere in front of the wicket (IMO catches should almost never be dropped in front of the wicket unless you're at full stretch) but it's easy compared to gully

Just catch them you coward

 

[Burgey]

Really not sure what the point of the batting tactics has been since the second break. Soaking up the best time to bowl without adding any runs, losing 3/2 in eight overs or whatever. Weird

 

[Gnske]

Just catch them you coward

Reported.

He's an alpha, just ask him

 

[Calm_profit]

Lyon's tally coming close to Walsh.

 

[Starfighter]

Since I started watching a bit before tea (?) when Hodge was run out they've mainly been very defensive, and they've lost wickets at regular intervals for very little addition to the eventual target. They times they've looked good this series has mainly been when they've attacked. What's all the blocking and leaving, especially to Lyon, actually achieved?

 

[Spark]

Oh no this would be bad