**Official** 4th Test at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2024

[silentstriker]

Great day of cricket.

 

[Daemon]

did shastri say when he runs into the crease he's going at 118kph

 

[Spark]

Don't want to credit the source because the bloke is scummy and him getting another job in sports media shows just how cooked it is in this country - but apparently this has been Smith's fastest-scoring innings of 35+ since Jan 2021

 

[Johan]

Don't want to credit the source because the bloke is scummy and him getting another job in sports media shows just how cooked it is in this country - but apparently this has been Smith's fastest-scoring innings of 35+ since Jan 2021

He looks mentally much more into it, wonders not coming at 20/2 can do.

 

[vicleggie]

Don't want to credit the source because the bloke is scummy and him getting another job in sports media shows just how cooked it is in this country - but apparently this has been Smith's fastest-scoring innings of 35+ since Jan 2021

Tom Morris?

 

[Johan]

Australia's day

 

[ankitj]

did shastri say when he runs into the crease he's going at 118kph

They had a graphic about bowlers runing in speed and the ball speed at release.

 

[morgieb]

Tough to gague. Feel like we should be 4/320 rather than 6/310 but hard to complain too much about that position at the end of play. Be interesting to see how this wicket plays over the next couple of days, also not sure what par is.

 

[Spark]

He looks mentally much more into it, wonders not coming at 20/2 can do.

Just looks vastly more like himself when he's ticking the score over consistently rather than hanging on for dear life (though I think Rohit assisted him hugely in this respect)

 

[Spark]

Tough to gague. Feel like we should be 4/320 rather than 6/310 but hard to complain too much about that position at the end of play. Be interesting to see how this wicket plays over the next couple of days, also not sure what par is.

Realistically we shouldn't have been 1/110 at lunch either, the pitch had plenty in it early on and India just got spooked into going away from normal lines and lengths

 

[Spark]

Tom Morris?

Correct. Can't believe he's gotten another high profile gig

 

[vicleggie]

Correct. Can't believe he's gotten another high profile gig

Haha. Private school boy archetype- I knew he would

 

[IcarianStyles]

Tough to gague. Feel like we should be 4/320 rather than 6/310 but hard to complain too much about that position at the end of play. Be interesting to see how this wicket plays over the next couple of days, also not sure what par is.

This is a great position considering Konstas debut innings isn't sustainable with his control percentage being very low coz of his high-risk play and misses. Mean reversion came through towards latter half of the day

 

[halba]

cummins is a big guy but early in the innings he really bats small

big fast bowler. 6,4 and lanky. Mcgrath was 6,5. Both get the wickets from the extra bounce.

 

[Spark]

This is a great position considering Konstas debut innings isn't sustainable with his control percentage being very low coz of his high-risk play and misses. Mean reversion came through towards latter half of the day

I really hope he doesn't get it into his head that he has to play this way. Until the PMs XI game he really didn't seem to be this sort of player at all, he seemed a pretty conventional, classical batsman who was perfectly willing to see off the new ball in tough conditions. It's good that he has all these gears but team management has to make sure the media hype doesn't get to his head

 

[SteveNZ]

Realistically we shouldn't have been 1/110 at lunch either, the pitch had plenty in it early on and India just got spooked into going away from normal lines and lengths

This is 100% true. India absolutely dropped their bundle early in response to an approach that likely would've been a good time but not a long time against consistent length and channel

 

[halba]

I really hope he doesn't get it into his head that he has to play this way. Until the PMs XI game he really didn't seem to be this sort of player at all, he seemed a pretty conventional, classical batsman who was perfectly willing to see off the new ball in tough conditions. It's good that he has all these gears but team management has to make sure the media hype doesn't get to his head

yep its just a bit of a fluke. not convinced yet. Overhyped.

need to assess over many games. looks suspect versus spin(Jadeja got him out), imagine on the minefields of SL and co..He can hit pace reasonably well, so the challenge will be to maintain it. Hes going to get dropped like many other openers have, and then if he can come back from it etc...FC ave only 42 which is nothing special.

. Ponting had seasons where he averaged 60+ and he has an FC average of 56..

 

[Gnske]

Don't want to credit the source because the bloke is scummy and him getting another job in sports media shows just how cooked it is in this country - but apparently this has been Smith's fastest-scoring innings of 35+ since Jan 2021

I know whomstve you mean and I'm blanking on something dodgy he did but I know i've shelved it somewhere in my head.

 

[Spark]

I know whomstve you mean and I'm blanking on something dodgy he did but I know i've shelved it somewhere in my head.

Cooking him in public is basically the only time I've ever liked Luke Beveridge. Especially funny because it was totally uncalled for, yet all anyone can remember is how much of a **** Tom Morris is as a result

 

[Starfighter]

I really hope he doesn't get it into his head that he has to play this way. Until the PMs XI game he really didn't seem to be this sort of player at all, he seemed a pretty conventional, classical batsman who was perfectly willing to see off the new ball in tough conditions. It's good that he has all these gears but team management has to make sure the media hype doesn't get to his head

Our team management seem more like they'd do the opposite to me.