2nd Test at the MCG, Melbourne, 26 Dec - 30 Dec 2020

[stephen]

all done pre ban. hes been a poor player post ban. a vastly inferior batsman.

774 runs in England suggest otherwise.

 

[Gnske]

all done pre ban. hes been a poor player post ban. a vastly inferior batsman.

This is good. He hasn't done much tbh. The Ashes were lucky runs at best, open to misguided interpretation.

 

[Spark]

What's his avg since he returned?

61, actually identical to his career average

 

[GotSpin]

I think head and wade need to put some real pressure on Jadeja here
He isn’t doing too much and India are a bowler down

 

[Burgey]

Yeah look Huss, if you’re thinking Bumrah was setting Smith up to bowl him around his legs instead of having him hitting to leg gully you’re sadly mistaken.

 

[Gnske]

Best fielding side in the world

 

[Fuller Pilch]

all done pre ban. hes been a poor player post ban. a vastly inferior batsman.

I'm no Steve Smith fan but his 2019 Ashes tour was magnificently good batting, and the 2 60-ball ODI centuries last month were amazing.

 

[aussie tragic]

all done pre ban. hes been a poor player post ban. a vastly inferior batsman.

Yep, 11 Tests, 1038 runs @ 61.05 post ban

 

[Gnske]

I think head and wade need to put some real pressure on Jadeja here
He isn’t doing too much and India are a bowler down

Cue dumb wickets though. I have no faith in this batting order taking the battle to any of these bowlers.

 

[stephen]

What's his avg since he returned?

Only 61.

 

[Spark]

Only 61.

he actually did better than nz than i thought he did tbh. obviously by his standards it's not amazing, and it wasn't pretty to watch, but 210 runs in 5 innings is definitely in the realm of "respectable".

 

[vicleggie]

I think head and wade need to put some real pressure on Jadeja here
He isn’t doing too much and India are a bowler down

#goodintent

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Look he's still a quality batsman, and won't be that far behind Williamson when the test rankings are updated.

 

[Spark]

Look he's still a quality batsman, and won't be that far behind Williamson when the test rankings are updated.

see this, this is a good smith-related bait.

 

[stephen]

Yeah Smith's out of form but even last summer he was useful and better than some other batsmen in our lineup.

 

[mr_mister]

In all seriousness I wonder how long a run of outs he'd be allowed before there'd be a consideration to drop him. Say by some ugly miracle he didn't pass double figures at all during the series, would he be dropped? Or his cred at Sachin 2010s 'undroppable' levels

 

[stephen]

I think perhaps that the pitches have been too flat for Smith at home.

 

[Gnske]

see this, this is a good smith-related bait.

It's only good bait if it gets lots of replies.

 

[Spark]

In all seriousness I wonder how long a run of outs he'd be allowed before there'd be a consideration to drop him. Say by some ugly miracle he didn't pass double figures at all during the series, would he be dropped? Or his cred at Sachin 2010s 'undroppable' levels

in a sane world? until the day he retires

in this world, with this media environment? probably a year.

 

[OverratedSanity]

jadeja's looked very inoccuous