**Official** 3rd Test @Brisbane (Ewwwww), 14th-18th December

[Burgey]

Michael Vaughan, a captain who won the 2005 Ashes with Murray Mints and consistently fielding with a deep point on the fence with an attack mysteriously reversing it after 15 overs, can’t believe Nitesh Reddy has a deep point in place

 

[Spark]

Michael Vaughan, a captain who won the 2005 Ashes with Murray Mints and consistently fielding with a deep point on the fence with an attack mysteriously reversing it after 15 overs, can’t believe Nitesh Reddy has a deep point in place

He's right though

 

[Burgey]

TBH it does looks like Konstas technical flaws are being reticified pretty quickly. I'm worried that Bumrah might eat him alive if he's picked now, but I think he could well be ready by the next Ashes (think we might go a lot more radical for Sri Lanka).

The other opener is o/c a problem though. Harris at least is a lefty (so might nullify Bumrah to some degree), but still isn't good enough for Test cricket long-term, and this is Hunt's first good season in a while. Bancroft's completely lost form, too.

The answer to the other opening spot is Tim Ward

 

[Burgey]

He's right though

He was wrong in 2005 though

 

[Burgey]

Oh god they just showed the Adelaide incident. Cue HB with nine days’ retrospection all over again.

 

[silentstriker]

What’s the weather like for the rest of the day

 

[Starfighter]

Hard to make an ordinary pull shot look that awkward.

 

[Spark]

That's really astonishing that, with Smith setting up like this and such an obvious LBW candidate, it's taken them 40 balls to get one on the pegs

 

[Son Of Coco]

An edge away from plumb.

 

[Qlder]

Australia's top order partnerships this series:
1st wkt - 88 runs @ 22.00
2nd wkt - 88 runs @ 22.00

So 2-44 the norm

 

[Spark]

Marnus simply has to be scoring off these half volleys. Two of them in this over

 

[silentstriker]

Can anyone else take a wicket??? Thanks

 

[ashley bach]

69-2 @Molehill @SillyCowCorner1

 

[Spark]

One reason we might have another low scoring game: outfield is super slow

 

[Starfighter]

There's a bit happening off that strip of green around the crack.

 

[Spark]

That was funny once but umpires should really start clamping down on this "bowlers randomly swapping the bails" nonsense; it slows the game down for no reason and there's really no justification for keeping it in the game as it's a naked attempt to distract the batsman.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hey Siraj, Smith moving across his stumps still doesn't mean the middle of his thigh pad isn't already above the stumps.

 

[Shady Slim]

marnus making me root for the loathsome siraj

 

[Spikey]

don't understand why the ICC didn't step in about this whole bail business ages ago. no reason for either party to be touching them

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

That was funny once but umpires should really start clamping down on this "bowlers randomly swapping the bails" nonsense; it slows the game down for no reason and there's really no justification for keeping it in the game as it's a naked attempt to distract the batsman.

Lol what the hell is this.