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

[Burgey]

Sean Abbott is an option to bat 7?

I think it would be a big ask on dayboo but overall he probably is a better bat than Cummins at FC level.

 

[Shri]

not to mention running himself out in the first innings.

shut up kohli

 

[cascade]

He should have played two, maybe three Tests in the Ashes tbh. Extremely unlucky cricketer

Definitely should have played the third Test.

 

[Prince EWS]

Jimmy Peirson is the hero we need at 7

Make Bancroft open and keep IMO.

 

[OverratedSanity]

They only need like 40-50 more from here to be pretty big favourites imo.

 

[Gnske]

Is Rahul not on the field? He's out best slop catcher by a mile.

You sure, I don't recall him ever playing for Chennai Super Kings?

 

[silentstriker]

I’ve never seen the odds move so quickly in a Test match. The odds are now going back into Australias favor. Just within two overs. It’s crazy.

 

[Daemon]

Need a better plan to Cummins. He’s going to play everything to the offside as always.

 

[Spikey]

Make Bancroft open and keep IMO.

Stop stealing players from the Sydney Thunder

 

[stephen]

I’ve never seen the odds move so quickly in a Test match. The odds are now going back into Australias favor. Just within two overs. It’s crazy.

People get caught up in the emotion of the moment, forgetting that first innings leads are a thing.

 

[Spark]

They only need like 40-50 more from here to be pretty big favourites imo.

A bit like the 2011-12 game? IIRC India had us on the ropes in the third innings there too but the tail put on like a hundred runs

 

[King Kane]

But Kohli ran him out.

Kohli didn't run, if Jaiswal didn't try to take a risky run he wouldn't have got out,, Kohli should have sent him back instead of turning his back though.

Both were to blame for the run out but I think Jaiswal was more to blame for trying to take a run that was too risky when no risk needed to be taken.

 

[SkyBlue]

I’ve never seen the odds move so quickly in a Test match. The odds are now going back into Australias favor. Just within two overs. It’s crazy.

That drop catch changed the odds

99-7 is surely better than 111-6

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Dropped catch and run out is going to cost India

 

[Nintendo]

Cummins getting anything in his half is surprising. He's scoring all his runs to third man or the covers on the front foot

 

[Spark]

That drop catch changed the odds

99-7 is surely better than 111-6

I get the psychology of it but that a dropped catch can change the odds really does show how vibes-based these betting markets are.

 

[silentstriker]

I get the psychology of it but that a dropped catch can change the odds really does show how vibes-based these betting markets are.

Absolutely.

 

[honestbharani]

I still want someone like Ponting in and around the set up because you absolutely know he wouldn't tolerate sloppy attention to detail like this

Yeah the greats just have that knack of noticing the 2 percenters dont they? Virat screaming at Siraj that there was a run out opportunity at Cummins just a bit earlier was an example. Many didnt seem to notice, but he was already aware of that chance and ready for it.

 

[Skyliner]

 

[Window]

Yeah India don’t deserve to win with these dropped catches and lousy running.