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

[morgieb]

Well that was pretty easy.

162 still won't be easy on this deck though. Especially if Bumrah is somehow fit to bowl.

 

[cnerd123]

Added just 16 runs. Pathetic.

Wonder if Bumrah will bowl and if Siraj/Prasidh can make a game of this

Feels like the end of the road for Kohli, Rohit and possibly Jadeja

 

[ajdude]

boland takes his 10th by bowling a dude who hasn’t taken a 10 wicket haul

 

[silentstriker]

**** batting lineup puts up **** scores repeatedly, and the final series line will reflect one man doing being God-like and 10 shits he carried.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Konstas will get a madcap 60 odd here imo.

 

[Prince EWS]

Anyone got day 4 tickets

**** you and **** Shubman Gill.

 

[Nintendo]

This pitch is an absolute **** tip. This isn't gonna be an easy chase. On a similiar pitch we had a big scare chasing 40. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-south-africa-1st-test-1317492/full-scorecard

 

[Spark]

This pitch is an absolute **** tip. This isn't gonna be an easy chase. On a similiar pitch we had a big scare chasing 40. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-south-africa-1st-test-1317492/full-scorecard

To be fair I recently watched highlights of that and most of those wickets were dirty slogs and hacks across the lines. A lot of top edged cuts and pulls.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Boland 10 for

#betterthanbumrah

 

[Nintendo]

To be fair I recently watched highlights of that and most of those wickets were dirty slogs and hacks across the lines. A lot of top edged cuts and pulls.

Those slogs came about because Australia didn't trust the wicket at all, no? Reckon we could see a similiar approach here.

 

[morgieb]

This pitch is an absolute **** tip. This isn't gonna be an easy chase. On a similiar pitch we had a big scare chasing 40. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-south-africa-1st-test-1317492/full-scorecard

That wasn't a big scare lol. Australia basically gave their wickets away because they knew 35 would be very easy to get.

That said, 162 is a bit beyond "one madcap knock gets them close" areas so India still not out of it even if Bumrah can't bowl.

 

[silentstriker]

If Bumrah was playing for Australia, India don't cross 100 in any of the Test matches.

 

[vicleggie]

Konstas will get a madcap 60 odd here imo.

Kosta will get a broken ****en arm if he tries that bs on this minefield

 

[Burgey]

boland takes his 10th by bowling a dude who hasn’t taken a 10 wicket haul

It’s a voice from the past!!

 

[halba]

Wow @ scott boland. really incredible bowler at home conditions. Basically hes now first on the team sheet for the Ashes assuming Hazlewood continues to struggle.

162 to get with a half fit bumrah should be doable.

 

[Skipper Pup]

If Bumrah was playing for Australia, India don't cross 100 in any of the Test matches.

We have Boland, pretty much the same thing.

 

[Burgey]

We have Boland, pretty much the same thing.

lol no it isn’t.

 

[Spikey]

boland takes his 10th by bowling a dude who hasn’t taken a 10 wicket haul

Daily reminder that Boland > Bumrah

 

[OverratedSanity]

Legit think India didn't slog enough. I'm a defender of tuktuking most of the time but on this deck against Boland it seemed pointless. It was seaming so much that vertical bat batting looked virtually impossible at times. Might as well have swing to mid wicket a few more times.

 

[ajdude]

It’s a voice from the past!!

fully aware it looks like i’m being one of those dudes who only shows up when australia are doing well. reality is i just had that to say and i’ll probably disappear for another 5 years