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**Official** 4th Test at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2024

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SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
TheJediBrah said:
There's still more to it than that. Look at the field they set for Pant. There was 2 men back for the ramp/uppercut that leaves other gaps in the field that otherwise wouldn't be there. That's a benefit of playing, or threatening to play, those shots. If Pant were smarter he would have taken better advantage of that
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But maybe that's it, guys who play that sort of shot aren't always smart. It's a pretty low rent, low percentage, high look at me everyone type of option. Great T20 option, awful Test option.

You are right, incidentally, there is more to it. But I do think at times, and certainly India in the first innings were far too reactive to it. Australia probably put two men back because they know Pant will play it anyway, and he proved them right.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
SteveNZ said:
But maybe that's it, guys who play that sort of shot aren't always smart. It's a pretty low rent, low percentage, high look at me everyone type of option. Great T20 option, awful Test option.

You are right, incidentally, there is more to it. But I do think at times, and certainly India in the first innings were far too reactive to it. Australia probably put two men back because they know Pant will play it anyway, and he proved them right.
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That's just standard shot selection which goes for any shot in the book. The idea that one particular shot has to be singled out as against the spirit of Test batting is silly. He played a shot that wasn't suited to the field, no more than a guy caught hooking does yet no one calls them ruining the game for some so this shot being singled out just doesn't stack up IMO
 
SkyBlue

SkyBlue

U19 Cricketer
Washy is the only 'Pujara' in the side (maybe KL to an extent) but he's still a bowling all-rounder at this point

Lower middle order can't keep bailing out the top order
 
quincywagstaff

quincywagstaff

International Debutant
Think Oz missing a trick not giving Boland the new ball. Bowled very well so far and in overcast conditions with a new ball and could've ended this innings quickly.

Know it's unthinkable not to give Starc the new ball, but he's looked below his best all innings.
 
King Kane

King Kane

International Regular
A good fifty from Helen Reddy along with some good support from Denzel Washington, they are showing up some of the Indian top order batsmen.
 
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