2nd ODI at Sydney, 29 November 2020

[Nintendo]

Smith is genuinely the second best ODI batsmen out of the fab 4 when he's at #3, don't know why the selectors kept on shifting him all over the order.

 

[Gnske]

thought for a moment that saini wasn't going to bend and pick that ball tbh

wouldn't have been surprising

But you have to bend over if you want to take some balls

 

[Arachnodouche]

thought for a moment that saini wasn't going to bend and pick that ball tbh

wouldn't have been surprising

he gives off really rank vibes for mine. I'm being uncharitable to him I'm sure, but there's a Munaf/Umesh level of pig-headedness to him.

 

[TimAngas]

Smith is genuinely the second best ODI batsmen out of the fab 4 when he's at #3, don't know why the selectors kept on shifting him all over the order.

The weird thing is that despite all this, coming in after the 20th over is probably not Smith's best position.

 

[morgieb]

Smith is genuinely the second best ODI batsmen out of the fab 4 when he's at #3, don't know why the selectors kept on shifting him all over the order.

I think the problem was that Australia couldn't find a decent #4, so he had to move there given Khawaja and Marsh are specialist Top 3 bats. With Marnus back in he should be secure in the 3 slot for a while.

 

[aussie tragic]

Should have got Maxwell handled ball

India have no hope otherwise

 

[Arachnodouche]

IPL franchises ought to dump all the Aussies. Obvious they show up for the quick buck and save their best for national duty (quite awesome if they do at that).

 

[Gnske]

Show the Jake Paul highlights not the Tyson highlights you pussies

 

[Shri]

bumrah in games when rohit doesn't play

rohit is the real captain imo

 

[Gnske]

You know, now that Memeswell is getting old it saddens me that one day he's going to retire.

 

[aussie tragic]

Fantastic batting by Maxwell

 

[Arachnodouche]

This ****er was doing NONE of this a month ago in the desert!

 

[aussie tragic]

Oh no, Labuschagne has stopped copying Smith and is now copying Maxwell

 

[Arachnodouche]

Oh no, Labuschagne has stopped copying Smith and is now copying Maxwell

He's the varmint from The Thing.

 

[Burgey]

Disappointed we won’t get 400 here. Had hopes a couple of overs back. Good knock Marnus though. Good to have a proper number four now

 

[trundler]

Labuschagne has come into the side with some pretty hefty expectations. And he's justified them. #4 problem fixed?

 

[Spark]

Shouldn't they check ball-tracking there?

 

[Spark]

Labuschagne has come into the side with some pretty hefty expectations. And he's justified them. #4 problem fixed?

Hopefully but too early to be definitively sure IMO. Coming in at 2/200 with 20 overs to go isn't the key question anyway.

 

[aussie tragic]

If it hit the pad and only just missed the stump shouldn't that be lbw?

 

[Spark]

If it hit the pad and only just missed the stump shouldn't that be lbw?

It probably hit him outside the line but it definitely should have been checked.