**Official** 5th Test at Sydney, 3-7 Jan 2025

[KungFu_Kallis]

Straight from the Marnus manual that one.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Pant wearing a couple of gorgeous looking hairy earrings after that delivery.

 

[Starfighter]

Arm, head, back and nadgers. Anywhere else left for Pant to be hit? Shame they haven't managed to hit his stumps though.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Don't understand this short ball tactic when he's been dropped twice on the drive

Maybe he's edged drives because he's not committing to the front foot as well because of the sort ball tactic

While it can sometimes directly get wickets, the main reason you bowl short is the effect it has on the batsman's mentality, footwork and strokeplay

 

[Burgey]

For anyone complaining about the over rate, there’s been four wickets, two reviews (one lengthy AF) and Pant has required medical help three times now. It’s a wonder they’ve bowled as many as they have

 

[halba]

Need an all rounder who bowls 135kph.

Webster is like Oram

 

[sayon basak]

EDIT: Oh I didn't see that it hit him

It happens. Eyesight goes down with age.

 

[sayon basak]

Need an all rounder who bowls 135kph.

Webster is like Oram

His batting and bowling average in FC cricket is the same.

A true All rounder.

 

[Gnske]

Can I just say how absolutely dreadful the Indian training kit is. Looks like cricket whites that got strained in the wash.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Jadeja's batting stats don't give a true impression of just how incapable of scoring he looks for extended periods. Obviously moves through the gears eventually but damn he's a fossilized stick in the mud atm.

 

[Daemon]

True enough, although I do think Sundar is more suited to this type of batting than Jadeja though.

I'd like to think Sundar's effort in the second innings ruined any chance of a move up the order which is actually fair enough.

If anything that effort demands a promotion because he can’t bat with the tail

 

[GoodAreasShane]

So let me get this straight, Webster was a superstar and needed to play the last couple days, now today he's a medium paced hack who should be dropped immediately

This kneejerkism is truly an absolute cancer on the entire forum

 

[Spark]

Really should have gotten more than 1 wicket in that session with the assistance on offer

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Need an all rounder who bowls 135kph.

Webster is like Oram

top 6 batsmen who bowl 135kph are kinda rare

 

[Spark]

So let me get this straight, Webster was a superstar and needed to play the last couple days, now today he's a medium paced hack who should be dropped immediately

This kneejerkism is truly an absolute cancer on the entire forum

Only one person is actually saying that and I'm pretty sure you have them on ignore

 

[morgieb]

Weird session. Australia disciplined but perhaps could've bowled a bit fuller; they weren't helped by some dodgy catching. Looking like India might be starting to get a move on.

 

[Daemon]

So let me get this straight, Webster was a superstar and needed to play the last couple days, now today he's a medium paced hack who should be dropped immediately

This kneejerkism is truly an absolute cancer on the entire forum

Who said that?

 

[Burgey]

Really should have gotten more than 1 wicket in that session with the assistance on offer

Ideally three, but they just haven’t hurt Aus from a runs perspective.

 

[Gob]

So let me get this straight, Webster was a superstar and needed to play the last couple days, now today he's a medium paced hack who should be dropped immediately

This kneejerkism is truly an absolute cancer on the entire forum

why is it so hard to just perma the ****er?

 

[Niall]

If anything that effort demands a promotion because he can’t bat with the tail

Its actually something a lot of people probably don't think about enough regarding batting order and yeah its true.

Also I think Reddy and to a lesser extent Jadeja are more likely to smack a few compared to Washy who isn't much of a hitter.