5th Test at Hobart - 14-19 Jan 2022

[TheJediBrah]

Khawaja reverting to his usual level this game

hands too soft, almost pillow-like

 

[Skyliner]

Look at the expression on the face of Warner after Khawaja's crazy hollywood swan dive; not even perturbed in the slightest, practically smiling.

 

[Burgey]

Man, what if Woakes goes on and makes eight?

 

[honestbharani]

Man, what if Woakes goes on and makes eight?

Simple. He opens next game.

 

[Gnske]

what if he makes 9

 

[morgieb]

He’s been fine ffs

Fine yes, but hardly exemplary like Boland and Cummins.

 

[Burgey]

Fine yes, but hardly exemplary like Boland and Cummins.

Who’ve both had games off ffs. And Cummins was pretty ordinary last test save one spell second dig tbh. This criticism of Starc this summer is bizarre.

 

[Gnske]

Who’ve both had games off ffs. And Cummins was pretty ordinary last test save one spell second dig tbh. This criticism of Starc this summer is bizarre.

Oh look, has someone just registered a PROTECTED SPECIES?

 

[Spark]

impatient bowling there. put together a good over, then get greedy and throw up a half volley

 

[TheJediBrah]

Alpha bowling from Green

 

[Spikey]

Billings got out just in time to bat in the Thunder's innings

 

[TheJediBrah]

Boland: "That's how you catch you ****s"

 

[TheJediBrah]

Boland's 1/32 here could have been another 6/8 with less edges threw slips and more catching

 

[Xix2565]

Boland's 1/32 here could have been another 6/8 with less edges threw slips and more catching

But it's a gentleman's game...

 

[greg]

I know it's not an unusual thing to have said, but what sort of cr*ppy stuff is that from Ramprakash? "If it's a slightly tricky pitch then you've got to play a few strokes before a ball comes along with your name on it. No point looking to dig in for a 4-5 hr hundred".

Sometimes that's exactly what you've got to do. OK, sure, so you've got to take every scoring opportunity when it comes your way. But the golden rule on tricky pitches is still to make bowlers get you out. If no player gives their wicket away - the opposition still has to produce 10 wicket taking balls. If they only need to produce 5-6 then you might as well give up any hope of a decent score.

A pitch where 100a.o. is a match winning score maybe. But not something like this. And batting WILL get easier.

 

[Spark]

I know it's not an unusual thing to have said, but what sort of cr*ppy stuff is that from Ramprakash? "If it's a slightly tricky pitch then you've got to play a few strokes before a ball comes along with your name on it. No point looking to dig in for a 4-5 hr hundred".

Sometimes that's exactly what you've got to do. OK, sure, so you've got to take every scoring opportunity when it comes your way. But the golden rule on tricky pitches is still to make bowlers get you out. If no player gives their wicket away - the opposition still has to produce 10 wicket taking balls. If they only need to produce 5-6 then you might as well give up any hope of a decent score.

A pitch where 100a.o. is a match winning score maybe. But not something like this. And batting WILL get easier.

Er, did you not see what happened yesterday?

 

[greg]

A few years ago England were regularly digging themselves out of big holes with important contributions from 6 down. Now it appears they effectively give up at that point and are happy to score 50 more tops.

 

[Spikey]

didn't Ramprakash just slam Jos publicly using info from their private net sessions. dude's clearly a bit of a ****

 

[Burgey]

A few years ago England were regularly digging themselves out of big holes with important contributions from 6 down. Now it appears they effectively give up at that point and are happy to score 50 more tops.

The last partnership was just about the biggest of the innings wasn’t it?

 

[stephen]

Who would have thought coming into this summer that the two people at the top of the player of the series poll would be Travis Head and Scott Boland? Who would have thought that Scott Boland would have even got a test?