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

[Spark]

Rewatching the last half hour now - because why not - and man Bumrah looked glum when he was batting.

 

[halba]

Happy to say that this is roughly right if we're talking about pace bowlers only and restrict it to bowlers I've seen.

yep if u take into account stats, thats about right post >1990s seen bowlers.

Mcgrath has the most amount of wickets 289 @ 22 ave in australia. thats incredible.

 

[Wanna_Be_AB]

True. What are you celebrating this time?

Bumrah's brilliance

 

[Redbacks]

Taufel said using sniko was a mistake. He said 3rd umpires work on a hierarchy of evidence so if they think there was deviation, that’s it give them out. Snicko would be used if they couldn’t see anything with the eye and go to the next layer of review.

So it sounds like ‘I’ll just check’ is not how they are meant to use the system.

 

[honestbharani]

I mean at this point, I wont even mind Bumrah and Siraj resting for the last test, we are hardly going to win it.


Rahul (c)
Jaiswal
Gill
Jurel (wk)
Jadeja
Sarfraz
NKR
Washy
Harshit
Akashdeep
Prasidh

Make Rahul captain. What do we have to lose anyways?

 

[Prince EWS]

Rewatching the last half hour now - because why not - and man Bumrah looked glum when he was batting.

Garner was always a happy warrior when he was batting.

For his batting.

 

[the big bambino]

I mean at this point, I wont even mind Bumrah and Siraj resting for the last test, we are hardly going to win it.


Rahul (c)
Jaiswal
Gill
Jurel (wk)
Jadeja
Sarfraz
NKR
Washy
Harshit
Akashdeep
Prasidh

Make Rahul captain. What do we have to lose anyways?

If you win you retain the BGT. They both have to play

 

[stephen]

This is precisely why you have fixed, written protocols that you always follow, so you take that out of it as much as possible. I'd be curious to see what the exact wording of the protocols are.

This is precisely the worst thing about modernity. It's more important to have umpires who intuitively understand the game and how it works than perfect protocol. This was a triumph of intuitive umpiring over protocol.

 

[Wanna_Be_AB]

I mean at this point, I wont even mind Bumrah and Siraj resting for the last test, we are hardly going to win it.


Rahul (c)
Jaiswal
Gill
Jurel (wk)
Jadeja
Sarfraz
NKR
Washy
Harshit
Akashdeep
Prasidh

Make Rahul captain. What do we have to lose anyways?

we have a chance to retain...not expecting that to happen but worth a shot

 

[TheJediBrah]

we have a chance to retain...not expecting that to happen but worth a shot

Not to mention it's vital in the WTC. India still have a chance to make it

 

[Xix2565]

At the moment imo Reddy Bowling is under rated and batting is over rated ( strictly going by his domestic career)

His bowling isn't really underrated though, if anything it's being overrated by people here. If his bowling really was decent he would've been trusted to bowl more, but he wasn't. Hence the part-timer comment.

 

[stephen]

Good post. .if u adjust to the batting lineups. Ambrose bowled to the top tier aus batting lineup of the 90s. He was incredible.

Mcgrath never bowled to his own batting lineup, usually touring weak batting lineups like West Indies, SL, India, ENG and Pakistan which were really weak in the 90s and 2000s.

And when McGrath didn't play India they drew the series against Australia. WI had two ATG batsmen during this era. India had their best batting line-up ever during this era. England were weak, yes, but South Africa were very strong. Also, the vast majority of McGrath's wickets were top order wickets.

Your comment was uninformed and you need to go back and do 33 hail Mary's for insulting St McGrath with your ignorance of his greatness.

 

[Xix2565]

2 years ago, the same XI (ish) was. It's not now.

I mean it's only looking like this because of Bumrah and injuries tbh. Still doesn't make them easy to beat.

 

[social]

Sledging and Sandpapers are in Aussie Blood. India fell for the former this time.

Sandpapers are???

The plural of sandpaper is sandpaper

 

[TheJediBrah]

I mean it's only looking like this because of Bumrah and injuries tbh. Still doesn't make them easy to beat.

That's not true at all lol. They were showing ot last summer too against Pakistan and West Indies. The Ashes too. I know you want to give credit to Bumrah for everything but nah

 

[Spark]

This is precisely the worst thing about modernity. It's more important to have umpires who intuitively understand the game and how it works than perfect protocol. This was a triumph of intuitive umpiring over protocol.

"Umpires who intuitively understand the game" is how we got decades of hacks who didn't bother trying to apply the LBW law as written being celebrated as the height of umpiring.

 

[halba]

And when McGrath didn't play India they drew the series against Australia. WI had two ATG batsmen during this era. India had their best batting line-up ever during this era. England were weak, yes, but South Africa were very strong. Also, the vast majority of McGrath's wickets were top order wickets.

Your comment was uninformed and you need to go back and do 33 hail Mary's for insulting St McGrath with your ignorance of his greatness.

i didnt mention SAFF in my post lol...the rest pretty weak . Some of the india batting lineup pre Sehwag was weak wasnt it? Laxman etc, were only great in India.

 

[Wanna_Be_AB]

I mean at this point, I wont even mind Bumrah and Siraj resting for the last test, we are hardly going to win it.


Rahul (c)
Jaiswal
Gill
Jurel (wk)
Jadeja
Sarfraz
NKR
Washy
Harshit
Akashdeep
Prasidh

Make Rahul captain. What do we have to lose anyways?

Rahul would be such a bad and defensive captain.
Bumrah is the best we have...

 

[stephen]

The plural of sandpaper is sandpaper

This is exactly the kind of knowledge I expect Australians to possess.

 

[the big bambino]

Sydney sometimes plays two heights late in the match. Whoever wins the toss there has a telling advantage.