**Official** 5th Test at Sydney, 3-7 Jan 2025

[Spikey]

omg if there's a wicket now

 

[King Kane]

Smith trying to get a look in for the Schweppes Classic Catches, who does he think he is, John Dyson?

 

[Prince EWS]

Webster had had a good first test match, looks completely like a chav though

We don't really have chavs or a chav culture in Australia (we have bogans and eshays but both are quite different), but Tasmania isn't really part of Australia anyway so it's quite possible.

 

[smellcricketintheair]

After such a long 5- test series, they should pick a all-star/all-pro team and play against rest of the world team. would love to see Bumrah and Boland bowling together

 

[halba]

why keep persisting with smith. how many drops?
Webster to Jadeja, 1 run
dropped by Smith. A length ball outside off. Jadeja was late to withdraw his bat and gets an outside edge. It was going straight to Khawaja but Smith dived to his right from second slip to intercept it but couldn't latch on to it

 

[Coronis]

why keep persisting with smith. how many drops?
Webster to Jadeja, 1 run
dropped by Smith. A length ball outside off. Jadeja was late to withdraw his bat and gets an outside edge. It was going straight to Khawaja but Smith dived to his right from second slip to intercept it but couldn't latch on to it

What a halba take

 

[Shady Slim]

I'm not going to ask Grok to create an image for this one.

tracks that the libertarian is using the twitter ai for images and not any of the others

 

[Bahnz]

Absolutely fantastic day's play. Will be really sad when this series is over and I have to go back to work on Monday.

 

[Shady Slim]

meantime what a day of test cricket
greatest game of them all

 

[Burgey]

Haha that was wild from Smith. Even if he caught it I would have criticised him. Madness.

He’s trying to get you into day 4 and that corporate box whose ticket I’m sure you have declared in accordance with NSW public service employee rules

 

[morgieb]

Smith pretty much has to score a big one to make up for two pretty easy drops.

 

[halba]

After such a long 5- test series, they should pick a all-star/all-pro team and play against rest of the world team. would love to see Bumrah and Boland bowling together

This is the world xi team including all teams. This team is basically unplayable on a seam deck.

Jaiswal
Duckett
Root (C)
Brook
Kanos (Williamson)
Pant (w/K)
Kamindu Mendis (spinning all rounder - test batting average of over 70)
Jansen (left arm pace all rounder)
Rabada
Bumrah
Boland

 

[Prince EWS]

What a halba take

It really is the ultimate halba take.

"What keep persisting with someone who isn't having a good game?" is basically the first and only commandment of the halba bible, but dropping your best bat because he had a bad catching game is something else.

 

[Spark]

Somehow after all of that this game still feels... close to even. That drop really stings though, and if you guy by the rubric of which team is making less mistakes then Australia is making a hell of a lot.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Just needed Pant to stick around for even just 20 balls more. Mood he was in, could've put the game beyond Aus on this wicket.

 

[Burgey]

Smith pretty much has to score a big one to make up for two pretty easy drops.

The lead’s 150 odd. He may not need to score more than 20 as things stand

 

[govinda indian fan]

Hope pitch becomes more nasty and bumrah returns

 

[ashley bach]

Pant again being big daddy when it's required.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hope pitch becomes more nasty and bumrah returns

I hope the pitch becomes a massive road and India are still batting at tea.

#Day4Tickets

 

[govinda indian fan]

Just needed Pant to stick around for even just 20 balls more. Mood he was in, could've put the game beyond Aus on this wicket.

That was stupid shot had he stayed another half hour we would have been 180/4