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

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Is the pitch going to get flatter as we go on?

 

[vicleggie]

Boland looks so much more threatening than Starc and Marsh did. Excellent length he's bowling

 

[Spark]

Is the pitch going to get flatter as we go on?

It could well do - one of the reasons they made the MCG super spicy is that the pitch would actually be at its best in the fourth innings. There were a few seasons of Shield cricket were 400+ scores were being chased down routinely.

 

[vicleggie]

Is the pitch going to get flatter as we go on?

I think it will be pretty good all match, day 5 may keep a bit low, but the spinners on either side won't be good enough to exploit it

 

[Teja.]

Personally can't stand this guy Langer's overly earnest voice and commentary

 

[morgieb]

Boland has been outstanding here.

 

[Spark]

Excellent innings, very patient

 

[Johan]

Not quite that bad but definitely a throwback to the pre-2019 pitches.

You never know man, The dreaded MCG pitch had the RPW of 40.9 until the second inning ended, this pitch might eclipse that.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

These guys have played out nearly 45 overs, very impressive

 

[Shri]

Personally can't stand this guy Langer's overly earnest voice and commentary

very misunderstood

don't mind him

 

[Spark]

You never know man, The dreaded MCG pitch had the RPW of 40.9 until the second inning ended, this pitch might eclipse that.

That pitch didn't even get to the fourth innings iirc, that's how bad it was

This is more like those 2014-15 pitches which just had absolutely nothing in them after the grass died. Don't think it's quite that bad - every few overs one ball will do something interesting, but this is definitely "pack it in if you can make runs here" territory.

 

[ashley bach]

Boland has been outstanding here.

Might be hard leaving him out at Sydney if he finishes the match off strongly.

 

[SkyBlue]

Haven't seen much of spin this series but Lyon has probably looked the most out of sorts spinner out of both teams

 

[Johan]

That pitch didn't even get to the fourth innings iirc, that's how bad it was

This is more like those 2014-15 pitches which just had absolutely nothing in them after the grass died.

lol I started rating Jimmy and Broad higher because they managed to be effective on that wicket

 

[Silver Silva]

is Marsh the worst cricketer to have played so much for Australia?

Worst Australian Test XI (Minimum 35 Tests)


1.Graeme Wood
2.Geoff Marsh
3.Shaun Marsh
4.Peter Burge
5.Syd Gregory
6.Mitchell Marsh
7.Matthew Wade (WK)
8.Geoff Lawson
9.Peter Siddle
10.Ian Johnson
11.Michael Kasprowicz

 

[Spark]

Haven't seen much of spin this series but Lyon has probably looked the most out of sorts spinner out of both teams

He's been very disappointing - big concern going into Sydney now

 

[morgieb]

Might be hard leaving him out at Sydney if he finishes the match off strongly.

I mean Hazlewood won't be back for Sydney so he's playing regardless.

Really worried that Bumrah could be able to cause a collapse here. Getting to 375+ from 5/150 and 7/220 is a real momentum shifter....

 

[Nintendo]

Feel like these are the exact situations where a captain like stokes is good. He'de be trying some wacky **** but fully committing to it. Feels like where just kind of hoping for a wicket at this point.

 

[vicleggie]

How long has Lyon been bowling poo for? He's looked very ineffective this series

 

[SkyBlue]

Hope this is not a jinx post but if we can somehow reduce the deficit to under 80, the next 2 days are going to be fascinating