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

[Starfighter]

Ideal situation would be Green and Smith take us to 200-odd and then we collapse and lose by 1 run with Smith carrying his bat.

 

[Gob]

Am I a bad person for wanting us to almost lose rather than a solid win just so Smith can get a first time 100?

Same but for Green

Smith is old and is the past
Green is young and future

It would do wonders for his career with a match winning knock here

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Woi

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751449806164406406

 

[TheJediBrah]

So they're just giving Smith singles bunted to leg?

I get that's how he got out in the first dig but it just looks too easy

 

[Burgey]

27 degrees, 87% humidity.

what a horrible, fetid **** hole.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't like this field. The catchers + boundary riders would be good for Head, Marsh and Carey because those dumb ****s will get frustrated by a lack of boundaries but Smith will just milk it

 

[social]

27 degrees, 87% humidity.

what a horrible, fetid **** hole.

It’s pleasant compared to last week

 

[social]

Agree with Waugh there

Last ball should’ve been an easy nudge into legside for Green but he’s playing with such hard hands

 

[TheJediBrah]

This is such beta batting

 

[Burgey]

Jeez that swung late

 

[Prince EWS]

Any chance we'll see Shamarh Joseph bowling in Australia with a broken toenail?

Yesssss!!

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nearly got out but at least Green finally played an aggressive shot

 

[Spark]

Nearly got out but at least Green finally played an aggressive shot

He's looked better in the last ten minutes, that one shot aside. Hitting the ball to mid on with a little more authority at last.

 

[Shady Slim]

so then that drive there from green was great cinema but jeez if he was an overseas batsman and snicked off playing it punter wouldn't shut up about how there was an enormous gaping hole between bat and pad when he played it

@wellAlbidarned vindicated for that thread

 

[Spark]

so then that drive there from green was great cinema but jeez if he was an overseas batsman and snicked off playing it punter wouldn't shut up about how there was an enormous gaping hole between bat and pad when he played it

@wellAlbidarned vindicated for that thread

100% but there's a difference between playing that shot tenth ball compared to 50th

 

[TheJediBrah]

Tage didn't seem to have much interest chasing that one. Marnus would have pulled it up 5 metres in

 

[Prince EWS]

Any chance we'll see Shamarh Joseph bowling in Australia with a broken toenail?

Gun wicket anyway. Showing Warne how it's done.

 

[Spark]

Geez that's rough.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Fair to play to Green that ball jagged a mile, not much he could have done

Still should have been out half a dozen times last night though

 

[Burgey]

That one kicked a bit. Decent knock from Green this morning. Not a lot he did wrong with that.