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

[Spikey]

Is this the end of Mitchell Marsh's test career? Most probably

no

 

[halba]

Webster and Green in the middle order?? Two all rounders, Know India would do it..

All rounders but with the injury to green I suspect there's ample room for two specialist batters. Webster is a batting all rounder.

 

[Burgey]

Can't blame the young kid who has taken three wickets even if a bit flukey. Siraj was the one who was expected to stand up and hasn't really.

everyone has been talking about bowler workloads re everyone except Siraj, who’s also played five tests. He’s performed pretty much as expected hasn’t he? Been solid with one really good spell second dig at Melbourne

 

[OverratedSanity]

This isn't even the worst Prasidh spell on an insane green seamer. Does no one remember the meme spell in SA where he almost lost us the game by serving up pies to Markram?

 

[Burgey]

Did he ask them wtf happened three months ago

Too soon

 

[stephen]

Just some of the hundreds Smith made in his peak that were in unfavourable or challenging conditions for batting:

AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 5th Test at Sydney, January 03 - 05, 2014

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WI vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Test at Kingston, June 11 - 14, 2015

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IND vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Pune, February 23 - 25, 2017

Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, IND vs AUS, IND v AUS 2016/17 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune dated February 23 - 25, 2017.

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AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Brisbane, November 23 - 27, 2017

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IND vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 4th Test at Dharamsala, March 25 - 28, 2017

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[nightprowler10]

everyone has been talking about bowler workloads re everyone except Siraj, who’s also played five tests. He’s performed pretty much as expected hasn’t he? Been solid with one really good spell second dig at Melbourne

Completely agree, and I usually can't stand the guy.

 

[subshakerz]

Honestly Cummins is my MOS for Australia.

He took 25 wickets but each worth it's weight in gold and seemed timed to change the flow of the game. Yesterday took Pant just when needed, today again did the decisive blows. Jaiswal in the 4th test and so on.

Handy runs and proactive captaincy.

Australia honestly seem to have a mental block in BGT in recent years and he deserves massive credit for breaking the spell.

 

[Prince EWS]

Are they just punishing Prasidh now?

The new Thakur. Punish him.

 

[Spark]

When even you want to show Prasidh leaniency it really says something.

Also I remembered how much I loathed his bowling but I had forgotten the Vinay Kumar comparison completely

 

[Prince EWS]

no

It's like wishing for the end of Matty Gilkes. They'll always find another way.

 

[Burgey]

The new Thakur. Punish him.

P U N I S H
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Prasidh

 

[halba]

Honestly Cummins is my MOS for Australia.

He took 25 wickets but each worth it's weight in gold and seemed timed to change the flow of the game. Yesterday took Pant just when needed, today again did the decisive blows. Jaiswal in the 4th test and so on.

Handy runs and proactive captaincy.

Australia honestly seem to have a mental block in BGT in recent years and he deserves massive credit for breaking the spell.

Mom - Boland
Mos- Cummins.

Biggest test series victory ever for Australia past 10 years. As they were unable to beat India for so long.

 

[cricman]

Is Kohli trying to injure Siraj and Krishna?

 

[OverratedSanity]

We lost this when we didn't pick net bowlers. Gambhir out.

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha I remembered how much I loathed his bowling but I had forgotten the Vinay Kumar comparison completely

I loved that the comment was "How can you be this **** on a pitch this helpful?" in that post back then too. Very apt to dig up for today's performance.

 

[Daemon]

Just some of the hundreds Smith made in his peak that were in unfavourable or challenging conditions for batting:

AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 5th Test at Sydney, January 03 - 05, 2014

Get cricket scorecard of 5th Test, AUS vs ENG, England tour of Australia 2013/14 at Sydney Cricket Ground dated January 03 - 05, 2014.

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WI vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Test at Kingston, June 11 - 14, 2015

Get cricket scorecard of 2nd Test, WI vs AUS, Australia tour of West Indies 2015 at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica dated June 11 - 14, 2015.

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IND vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Pune, February 23 - 25, 2017

Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, IND vs AUS, IND v AUS 2016/17 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune dated February 23 - 25, 2017.

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AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Brisbane, November 23 - 27, 2017

Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, AUS vs ENG, England in Australia and New Zealand 2017/18 at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane dated November 23 - 27, 2017.

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IND vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 4th Test at Dharamsala, March 25 - 28, 2017

Get cricket scorecard of 4th Test, IND vs AUS, IND v AUS 2016/17 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala dated March 25 - 28, 2017.

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I like how you stopped watching the game and went digging for these to prove a point you’re wrong in

 

[vicleggie]

Siraj is a shadow of the bowler of the previous tour. Looks like he has effectively peaked as a bowler.

For a guy his age and with his experience, he doesn't seem seasoned or wise enough, like say how Zaheer Khan went from a wayward tearaway to a very smart bowler

 

[Burgey]

Honestly Cummins is my MOS for Australia.

He took 25 wickets but each worth it's weight in gold and seemed timed to change the flow of the game. Yesterday took Pant just when needed, today again did the decisive blows. Jaiswal in the 4th test and so on.

Handy runs and proactive captaincy.

Australia honestly seem to have a mental block in BGT in recent years and he deserves massive credit for breaking the spell.

Him or Trav. Two vital tons, runs in Perth in a losing cause as well and icing it here.
Boland been great but just like Woakes getting MOTS in the Ashes was a sick joke, so would giving it to someone here who’s played 3/5 of the matches

 

[SkyBlue]

If they're giving Gambhir a 2-3 year term, they have to plan the team without Rohit, Kohli, Jadeja possibly even Bumrah when he isn't available. Even Shami isn't going to feature much in red ball cricket.

Otherwise there's no point of this appointment tbh especially with all his raw raw speeches about 'being selfless' and 'team before personal milestones'