5th Test at Hobart - 14-19 Jan 2022

[Burgey]

Looks like former Penrith T20 Premier Cricket player Sam Billings will indeed dayboo

Great to see a battler from such humble beginnings get a game for the old enemy.

 

[Spikey]

Some real Sydney Thunder legends in this game: Usman, Cummins, Warner, Billings.


Joe Root also played for the Thunder

 

[morgieb]

We've picked the best batting line up of the series for this match but looking at that deck I can still see them getting shot out for 100 or less.

Which would probably be a winning total in any event.

Could genuinely be a two-day Test if it wasn’t for rain.

 

[Starfighter]

Driest month of the year in Hobart (one of the driest capital cities) and they pick the rainy days.

 

[Gnske]

Holy **** will these commentators just stop sucking Crawley's chode?

 

[morgieb]

Australia batting first. This could be all out for under 100 or us at 2/250-odd at the end of the day.

Our best batting lineup in a long time too so that helps.

 

[halba]

anderson left out. i cannot fathom why richardson was also left out.

 

[Calm_profit]

Is this same ground where Australia got rolled out for 85?

 

[Starfighter]

I was so pissed off about losing the toss I didn't look at the XIs. I cannot fathom leaving Anderson out in these conditions. Presumably they wanted the racist back in but also wanted to strengthen the batting in the absence of Stokes, so thought Wokes was the answer.

 

[Calm_profit]

Starc should have been rested.

 

[Burgey]

No spinner for England. Five right arm seamers, though I suppose Stokes may not roll the arm over at all

 

[Burgey]

I was so pissed off about losing the toss I didn't look at the XIs. I cannot fathom leaving Anderson out in these conditions. Presumably they wanted the racist back in but also wanted to strengthen the batting in the absence of Stokes, so thought Wokes was the answer.

Stokes is playing according to the CA website

 

[harsh.ag]

Seriously why is Starc playing

 

[Burgey]

Starc should have been rested.

Unless Aus gets castled early he will have an extra day’s recovery at least.

 

[Starfighter]

Stokes is playing according to the CA website

Not bowling though.

 

[Burgey]

Seriously why is Starc playing

Starc will take at least seven for the match to secure the MOTS award he so richly deserves

Ladbrokes ad just there saying Hazlewood second favourite for most wickets for Aus and Anderson for England. I know they call gamblers mug punters, but come on…

 

[Starfighter]

Seriously why is Starc playing

The one bowler who predictably conks out is the one unrestable bowler. It's like the mangement buy the media hype about him being the leader of the attack when he so clearly isn't.

 

[ataraxia]

should've left Jimmy out in the last game and make him pass Ponting in this game as it's in Tas.

 

[Starfighter]

Someday, I wish they'd just cut the pre-match blather.

 

[morgieb]

Seriously why is Starc playing

I feel like Australia plain don't like rotating their quicks if possible....plus there's also the pink ball factor.

I agree given what happened on D5 that it's dumb. Still at least Australia are batting first.