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

[Starfighter]

Hard to complain too much about getting out to that ball but man it came at an annoying time.

At least he did the hard work in avoiding a complete collapse.

Overall, it's still all Marnus' fault

 

[honestbharani]

Tough one to get for Carey.

Akash has been awesome. Pretty dumb to have not picked him in the first two games.

And not having him bowl with the first new ball.

 

[morgieb]

You can't really be blaming him for getting out to a ball like that, come on now

Yeah he really didn't do a lot wrong there....unlike everyone else.

 

[Spark]

Two balls later, ball skids through rather than bouncing. It'll definitely be interesting to see if the inconsistency in bounce gets more pronounced as the game goes on

 

[morgieb]

I think we've thrown a few wickets away but I already see signs of the pitch doing some odd things. 350 should be a good score on this wicket even if it feels underwhelming from 2/230.

 

[honestbharani]

Two balls later, ball skids through rather than bouncing. It'll definitely be interesting to see if the inconsistency in bounce gets more pronounced as the game goes on

It might settle down too, which happens with many drop in wickets.

 

[Daemon]

can they stop spamming this utterly useless speed graphic

 

[halba]

I think we've thrown a few wickets away but I already see signs of the pitch doing some odd things. 350 should be a good score on this wicket even if it feels underwhelming from 2/230.

yep. shouldnt lose with 350 put on, unless the 2nd inn is dire from aus.

aus bowling attack is excellent with Boland back in for G and cummins great MCG record.

 

[Spark]

It might settle down too, which happens with many drop in wickets.

Yeah MCG in particular can do this, but it's hard to really know what the MCG will be like these days because it's changed so much in the last four years. Gone from the least bowler friendly wicket to regularly the most friendly

 

[Shady Slim]

why aussies getting hit in the cojones so much this series

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah MCG in particular can do this, but it's hard to really know what the MCG will be like these days because it's changed so much in the last four years. Gone from the least bowler friendly wicket to regularly the most friendly

This has looked as flat as the 2018 wicket tbh.

 

[Daemon]

why aussies getting hit in the cojones so much this series

gravitational pull

 

[Spark]

This has looked as flat as the 2018 wicket tbh.

It reminds me a lot of that 2018 wicket but there's more inconsistency in bounce here IMO (it's certainly grassier). Lots of batsmen getting unexpectedly hit in the thigh/gonads and obviously that wicket just now was substantial extra bounce. Good for batting otherwise though, Aus are probably only going to be slightly above par if that

 

[silentstriker]

It reminds me a lot of that 2018 wicket but there's more inconsistency in bounce here IMO (it's certainly grassier). Lots of batsmen getting unexpectedly hit in the thigh/gonads and obviously that wicket just now was substantial extra bounce. Good for batting otherwise though, Aus are probably only going to be slightly above par if that

Par for which batting lineup?

 

[ScaryMinds]

can they stop spamming this utterly useless speed graphic

Like the BBL coverage and the spamming of sponsors every time a 4 or 6 is hit, it is freaking irritating to the max.

Interest here for mine is whether Smith can get a ton before running out of partners. Aussies definitely speeding things up since the period they were eking out a couple of runs per over. For mine Australia on top, need another 100 or so and see how the Indian batting lineup deal with the conditions.

 

[Shady Slim]

cummins is a big guy but early in the innings he really bats small

 

[Spark]

The sun will expand and swallow the earth and somehow, captains will still forget to put a third man in to Pat Cummins

 

[Starfighter]

I think we've thrown a few wickets away but I already see signs of the pitch doing some odd things. 350 should be a good score on this wicket even if it feels underwhelming from 2/230.

Hmm. I'd be much more comfortable with 400 or more. I'm sick of this team constantly handing the initiative back to the opposition due to the batsmen struggling to put on big scores, often leaving us in this position when the new ball is due.

 

[stephen]

Gilchrist and Haddin really changed expectations. The gold standard for keepers before them was Ian Healy, who we were happy averaged 30 and took most chances behind the stumps. Carey did really well today and is a fine keeper/ batsman at this level.

 

[Burgey]

why aussies getting hit in the cojones so much this series

This used to happen to Clarke all the time but it didn’t stop him filling in Pip Edwards and tbh good ****ing on him for that