3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[stephen]

to get from 3/84 to 300 with a 180 for one of the batsmen means that you've got the seven other wickets scoring only 56 runs while the other guy gets 180

while it's not impossible that would seem... unlikely!

While it's an exaggeration, this was the kind of innings I was thinking about:

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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[Aritro]

Wood's looked amazing without doing anything of note for too long. Would love him to emerge as a world class player. He's my favourite bowler to watch maybe.

 

[Burgey]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1475265908851367937

ahahahahahha

Omfg

Even more meritorious given Smith is in at five this game. Big effort Marcus.

 

[Shady Slim]

buttler stands so tall such that he can't "crab" across as the first movement which would allow him to make it to catches like that one there

 

[hazsa19]

Damn. Jimmy finally found a length

 

[straw man]

Wood is a gun, the sort of whole-hearted effort guy England should base their attack around. Need more guys in their set-up with his mindset

Wood's looked amazing without doing anything of note for too long. Would love him to emerge as a world class player. He's my favourite bowler to watch maybe.

Seems to stay fit now (touch wood) so by rights he should become a regular and a point of difference in England's attack. Typically bowls too short obv. Also, getting that wicket of Labuschagne made me think that proper express bowlers at Wood's pace usually get on a roll and take wickets in clumps - scare and blow away the tail, hit new batters with real pace from ball one... but Wood doesn't. Seems to chip in with 1-3 per innings instead.

 

[Arachnodouche]

buttler stands so tall such that he can't "crab" across as the first movement which would allow him to make it to catches like that one there

yeah all his spectacular catches and difficult drops should come with a huge technical asterisk next to them.

 

[SteveNZ]

im starting to feel for the first time that Jimmy and Broad should be encouraged to depart soon. Without anything to back this up I just feel like they’re not having a good effect on the team.

I agree.

 

[morgieb]

Weird that Wood was taken off so soon.

 

[hazsa19]

Seems to stay fit now (touch wood) so by rights he should become a regular and a point of difference in England's attack. Typically bowls too short obv. Also, getting that wicket of Labuschagne made me think that proper express bowlers at Wood's pace usually get on a roll and take wickets in clumps - scare and blow away the tail, hit new batters with real pace from ball one... but Wood doesn't. Seems to chip in with 1-3 per innings instead.

I’d suggest Roots/ England’s weird approach to dismissing the tail has something to do with this.

 

[jcas0167]

Where are the slips?

 

[stephen]

Smith has averaged 40 since the 2019 England tour.

 

[hazsa19]

Just think if we’d managed to find another 100 runs from somewhere we might have a decent match to watch.

 

[TimAngas]

Man Smith looks absolutely awful

 

[SteveNZ]

Seems to stay fit now (touch wood) so by rights he should become a regular and a point of difference in England's attack. Typically bowls too short obv. Also, getting that wicket of Labuschagne made me think that proper express bowlers at Wood's pace usually get on a roll and take wickets in clumps - scare and blow away the tail, hit new batters with real pace from ball one... but Wood doesn't. Seems to chip in with 1-3 per innings instead.

I think part of the scenario of Wood bowling short is that...he is short, for a fast bowler. TH to confirm but he looks 5'10 or so? So he's always going to be skiddy and struggle to bowl a full length that works at this level. But that length to Labuschagne was perfect, and quick. Love to see him build spells like Wagner too where he just goes short and scary for bursts. Hes a gun

 

[Spikey]

didn't sound right to me

 

[Burgey]

I think he’s hit this but wasn’t it caught anyway?

 

[stephen]

Inside edge here?

 

[Gob]

****ing hell

 

[morgieb]

Don't get how Reiffel missed the double noise.