3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Fuller Pilch]

just saw this on cricinfo: "England's ducks count in 2021 Tests reach 50 with that dismissal. They are five ducks away (54 in 1998) breaking their own record for most Test ducks by a team in a calendar year"

How many tests did they play in 98?

 

[Aritro]

The key to getting early wickets is to make sure they can't play at it (or indeed, to make sure they have no hope of playing it at it) and then BOOM get them with the one unexpectedly on the stumps.

Starceh is on for some early wickets here.

 

[Gob]

Warnie - that's really tight

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I wonder if having a fast bowler as captain if Australia will field first more often when winning the toss.

 

[mr_mister]

Reiffel, Fleming and Warne were the backbone of our '96 and '99 campaigns. Victorians were useful in ODIs at least

 

[mr_mister]

I was a bit surprised they dropped Burns instead of Hameed. Feel Burns is slightly more test standard

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Interesting to see Cummins definitely bowling fuller than he usually would

Really rate it tbh

 

[Anil]

How many tests did they play in 98?

16

 

[Gnske]

I was a bit surprised they dropped Burns instead of Hameed. Feel Burns is slightly more test standard

I mean, he has test tons. Hameed has nothing but the word potential behind him atm. And that's based off a singular innings years ago.

 

[ashley bach]

I was a bit surprised they dropped Burns instead of Hameed. Feel Burns is slightly more test standard

Particularly after a gritty 30 odd in Adelaide, more than Hameed has produced.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I was a bit surprised they dropped Burns instead of Hameed. Feel Burns is slightly more test standard

Burns scored England's only non-Root 100 this year (very good against NZ) and I'd prefer a left-right combo.

 

[Spark]

edges these days eh? that must have looped a good 30m

 

[Aritro]

Child prodigy Hameed is going to prove you all wrong. It might just take a while. Especially based on that package of how far out in front of him he's playing it at the moment.

 

[GIMH]

Said it elsewhere rather than on the forum but felt droppings Burns was the absolutely wrong call. Although his fielding maybe tells us more as to where he’s at right now than anything else so maybe he needed a spell

 

[Gob]

Crawley looking good tbh

 

[Aritro]

I wonder if having a fast bowler as captain if Australia will field first more often when winning the toss.

Interesting point actually

 

[Gnske]

Warne now explaining how not scoring runs against India wasn't Crawley's fault.

 

[Spark]

Crawley must be thanking his lucky stars for Starc giving him two full overs of sighters.

 

[fredfertang]

Child prodigy Hameed is going to prove you all wrong. It might just take a while. Especially based on that package of how far out in front of him he's playing it at the moment.

I fear the 19 year old I saw scoring a wonderful 89 for Lancs against Middlesex at Lord's in 2016 is gone forever

 

[Gob]

Saviour of Australian cricket