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

[OverratedSanity]

Bumrahs up to 48 overs for the test. Not really sure we can keep bowling him like this and expect him to have anywhere near s full career.

 

[stephen]

Watching Bumrah reminds me of what was said about Hadlee in the 80s - all time great up one end, Bendigo 3rd XI trundler up the other.

 

[Silver Silva]

Bumrahs up to 48 overs for the test. Not really sure we can keep bowling him like this and expect him to have anywhere near s full career.

Sundar should be bowling

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Why only 2 wide apart slips for Lyon, Rohit you absolute muppet

 

[halba]

Re TV- catching at this level is not easy. Drops are common for every team.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Keeping a gap like that between first and third is one of the stupidest things I've seen that happens semi regularly in cricket. Surely if you want to leave a gap you have second and third slip in and trust the keeper to take any that go to the empty first slip.

 

[halba]

Aus just need to eek out another 25-30 if possible. That's the limit. Boland in next.

 

[honestbharani]

Really? I mean Bradman reversed his batting order to avoid having a hit in 36/37. Sent O’Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith into open iirc and batted about eight.

Why would KungFu Kallis have seen that though? Not everyone is your age mate.

 

[cascade]

Bumrahs up to 48 overs for the test. Not really sure we can keep bowling him like this and expect him to have anywhere near s full career.

I've been wondering whether his IPL team owners will reach the point of wanting to intervene. I don't know enough about how the owners operate to know if that's particularly likely/possible. But I can't imagine they'll be pleased if this series ends up cooking him.

 

[subshakerz]

Gotta give credit to Siraj for coming good at a critical time.

 

[halba]

I've been wondering whether his IPL team owners will reach the point of wanting to intervene. I don't know enough about how the owners operate to know if that's particularly likely/possible. But I can't imagine they'll be pleased if this series ends up cooking him.

He's labouring now.4

Aus Starc also cooked as well and Hazelwood another long break(several months +)from cricket.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

I've been wondering whether his IPL team owners will reach the point of wanting to intervene. I don't know enough about how the owners operate to know if that's particularly likely/possible. But I can't imagine they'll be pleased if this series ends up cooking him.

They should be told to **** off if they do but who's got the balls to do that

 

[Spark]

They should be told to **** off if they do but who's got the balls to do that

Yeah like if he wins this series for India then he'll basically be immortalised. The owners can go suck eggs in that case

 

[cnerd123]

This has been a really good innings by Cummins. 274 lead is loads. Could easily get to 300 with Lyon and Boland

 

[sayon basak]

Bumrah deserves the last two wickets. But don't think he'll get it.

 

[GotSpin]

Need to squeeze a few more here

 

[halba]

This has been a really good innings by Cummins. 274 lead is loads. Could easily get to 300 with Lyon and Boland

Ranked as the #8th best all rounder currently in tests. Good cricket from him.

 

[OverratedSanity]

They have more than enough already so any runs here is arguably just wasting time.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah I know today's drops probably cost us this game but I am gonna back to the start of day 2. Had we bowled better with better tactics this would still be a 200 chase at best.

 

[Silver Silva]

Most runs Cummins has ever scored in a test match