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

[Burgey]

Siraj’s moment here. If Bumrah is off for an extended time he really needs to step up

 

[Son Of Coco]

Gee that's a shot.

Australia need to take full advantage of this.

 

[subshakerz]

Bumrahs pace seems way down

Yeah. We have to wait to see how the test pans out but I am going to have to reserve my initial comments on his capacity to sustain a 5 test load.

A lot of pressure on him.

 

[Daemon]

Prasidh looks better this session. Just need him to not be terrible and I think we’ll be ok.

Bumrah’s hopefully getting some emergency doping done to get him back on the park.

 

[Nintendo]

Carey looking good. Batting like head on the off.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bro played that cover drive like Sanga

 

[cricman]

Bowling is an unnatural motion. No Human body can handle Bumrah's workload recently.

 

[Prince EWS]

Prasidh looks better this session. Just need him to not be terrible and I think we’ll be ok.

Bumrah’s hopefully getting some emergency doping done to get him back on the park.

He's having a long bowl in the nets to keep him warm for his next spell.

 

[silentstriker]

Need to try some Jadeja and Sundar

 

[Son Of Coco]

I'm surprised Siraj going whiteface today hasn't been mentioned. Seems unnecessarily provocative to our white-skinned battlers.

Haven't they suffered through enough already historically-speaking? Sky News's phone lines will be lighting up.

 

[subshakerz]

Looks like a different pitch now on day 2 with the sun out.

 

[centurymaker]

They play three frontlines and seam bowling allrounder though. How many do you want them to play?

Reddy is no allrounder. Is a trundler.

And India's 2nd and 3rd pacers have been very inconsistent. It's like India's been playing with 2.5 bowlers. So they needed a 4th proper pacer in the last two tests at MCG and SCG in place of someone like Sundar who barely gets to bowl anyway. It's ridiculous that Gambhir has learned nothing from whats happened in the series.

Australian lower order has been scoring BIG in the last couple of tests and have been rescuing Australia, as well as taking the game away. Reason is obvious. No proper 4th pacer. Main guys get tired and the remainder (allrounders) get taken apart.

 

[Spark]

Looks like a different pitch now on day 2 with the sun out.

Followed by three play and misses in a row

 

[subshakerz]

Webster being silly here. No need to throw away your wicket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Krishna’s a decent bowler. His action is repeatable. The pitch is giving him some assistance after the initial onslaught

 

[Son Of Coco]

Bowling is an unnatural motion. No Human body can handle Bumrah's workload recently.

Especially Bumrah's action. Short run up and the pace he generates, which is almost all shoulder. It's a wonder he stays together for as long as he does.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Lots of plays and misses lately. Most premeditated

 

[Spark]

There's enough loose bowling out there without having to manufacture drives on the up - not good batting

 

[Prince EWS]

Lots of plays and misses lately. Most premeditated

Not sure a play and miss is ever actually premeditated tbh.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Webster being silly here. No need to throw away your wicket.

Yeah, play your shots, but there's no need to give your wicket away in the process.