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

[Gnske]

Okay you can stop trying that now my little greek friend

 

[morgieb]

I don't like batting first on a pitch this green, especially after being bowled out for 195 doing the same last time here against India. Cummins elected to bowl on a much flatter wicket against SA. But it is going to be very hot which would tilt the choice towards batting.

It'll be interesting to see how the pitch wears, Melbourne often gets more inconsistent, but when there's this much grass it can also get flatter like many English pitches.

The heat makes bowling first a complete non-starter IMO. If you don't get them 5/60 or better after the first session you could well be fried as the day goes on.

 

[Starfighter]

Well that was hitting the stumps if he'd missed it.

 

[ataraxia]

Yesssssss

 

[Daemon]

I mean, you gotta admire the balls

 

[morgieb]

What the actual **** is this?

 

[GIMH]

Okay I like the look of this kid

 

[Starfighter]

This might be 'extraordinary' as Tim Lane has said, but he's going to give it away by doing this. Bat normally please.

 

[Gnske]

Bumrah leaking like a broken tap. Is he washed up?

 

[kyear2]

I mean, you gotta admire the balls

Not really.

 

[Spark]

this is... certainly an innings

 

[ataraxia]

Be funny if this ruins Konstas' career.

 

[silentstriker]

This type of batting is why I don't watch T20. Pretty soon bowlers will respond by just utilizing seventeen slower balls. Please don't ruin Test cricket.

 

[Betterpolo]

Real shame this wasn't against Siraj, we might actually have witnessed a spontaneous combustion

 

[Hungry Llama]

after 2 practice airshots and giving siraj the charge, Konstas finally connects and bumrah goes for 4, 6 & 4. Crazy stuff. Crowd are loving it.

 

[Daemon]

what the ****

 

[silentstriker]

I hate England for doing this to us.

 

[kyear2]

This is no longer test match batting.

 

[Gnske]

This is definitely some south western Sydney balls

 

[morgieb]

I think at this point, we can safely say that everything we thought about batting is wrong.