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

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
The best slipper in the Aus side and probably in the country is the bloke who’s daybooing. Would love to see a first gamer with the first or second slip flex. Be epic
Yeah I know it's Smith who's shelled them but the fact that Khawaja is at slip ahead of Webster really shows how much Test teams undervalue the skill. It's total madness.

Gonna tag @kyear2 here.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Definitely bumrah should not bowl tomorrow. He’s the captain and will feel responsibility but this could be his career if he does something stupid. Management should step in and take his decision away.

this is assuming the situation is what it seems like and not just something more minor.
 

Niall

International Coach
He just played 4.5 Tests and picked up 1/3 of all wickets available. A back spasm isn't a broken spine, let's wait before calling him injury-prone.
Yeah I'd be more concerned if this was flaring up in a random 2 test series v Sri Lanka, but its an absolutely demented workload he has had over the last this series and the last test I think he had 9 spells of bowling in the penultimate day, that would break anyone.

The one major upside to him been captain he might have more respect for his body than Rohit does!
 

Burgey

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Can they patch him up with pain killers for tomorrow?

It's Rohit's fault obviously
I had low back pain today after a particularly strenuous workout yesterday where I stupidly did Romanian DLs at the back end while fatigued, so I know about these things. Couple of neurofen and needle him up, he’ll be fine.
 
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govinda indian fan

State Vice-Captain
Definitely bumrah should not bowl tomorrow. He’s the captain and will feel responsibility but this could be his career if he does something stupid. Management should step in and take his decision away.

this is assuming the situation is what it seems like and not just something more minor.
But but gambhir is a clown and would force him to bowl🤦‍♂️
 

SkyBlue

U19 Vice-Captain
England series will and should see a few more retirements

It's a shame that they'll continue to let Kohli play as long as he wants. Let him continue to write his legacy in ODI cricket.

There's a clear gulf between him and Sachin right now. He's not even the best Punjabi batter in test cricket. Even Sehwag is ahead of him in the pecking order of best test batsmen in Indian cricket.

What a fall from grace. If not for his PR team, he would've retired a couple of years ago from this format.
 

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