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

[KungFu_Kallis]

Blimey that looked out though

 

[kyear2]

Bat until tomorrow if you can

As a batsman, the very last thing I would want to do is to bat out 5 overs tonight.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Honestly what have they seen in Boland's batting that makes them think "hmm, let's pretend Nathan Lyon is actually a guy with a top score of 240, not 40"

A lot of misgivings and question w.r.t. India's tactics can be answered with "because Rohit is a <insert expletive of choice>". Does he even want to be there anymore?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

 

[silentstriker]

Yeah getting Rohit to come out to bat for five overs would be great for Australia.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Haha Rohit not taking any reviews this close to stumps

 

[GotSpin]

As a batsman, the very last thing I would want to do is to bat out 5 overs tonight.

I’ll take the runs and additional time for our bowlers to relax

 

[silentstriker]

Don’t mind this at all from an Indian perspective tbf.

 

[stephen]

India can work for this wicket if they want to bat again. I'd be happy to see Lyon 143*, Boland 102* at the end of tomorrow.

 

[cascade]

Yeah getting Rohit to come out to bat for five overs would be great for Australia.

Don't think picking up Rohit tonight would feel like enough of a win to sacrifice some runs. Jaiswal is a different story, but Starc might benefit from the extra rest before he has a crack anyway.

 

[GotSpin]

India can work for this wicket if they want to bat again. I'd be happy to see Lyon 143*, Boland 102* at the end of tomorrow.

Yep. Forcing India to attack more tomorrow to chase this target down is the way to go

 

[stephen]

200 up.

 

[Spark]

Bumrah on stilts out there in the field

 

[silentstriker]

India can work for this wicket if they want to bat again. I'd be happy to see Lyon 143*, Boland 102* at the end of tomorrow.

Probably so would India.

 

[Johan]

declare and bowl

 

[Spark]

Yep. Forcing India to attack more tomorrow to chase this target down is the way to go

Especially given a lot of the wickets today have been forcing shots through the line

 

[SkyBlue]

Bizarre tactics by both teams

 

[Qlder]

Crazy tactics by Cummins. If they bowled 5 overs at India tonight they'd hopefully jag a wkt, still have a new ball tommorrow morning and also have the new ball 5 overs earlier tomorrow afternoon.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Crazy tactics by Cummins. If they bowled 5 overs at India tonight they'd hopefully jag a wkt, still have s mew ball tommorriw morning and also have the new ball 5 overs earlier tomorrow afternoon.

You're a dumbass

 

[silentstriker]

If these guys are batting tomorrow, india should just bowl extremely defensively and waste as much time as possible.