***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

[Spark]

I don't like to judge a pitch before both teams have bowled, but this is reminding me of some of the concrete decks from the last years of the Kevin Mitchell Jr. era.

WI might have been better off bowling first if so, but then scoreboard pressure comes into it.

Yeah seriously this is a decent partnership but otherwise this could arguably be a worse top order performance than Adelaide. This is a complete road, the kind that a typical Australian batsman just doesn't get out on after ball gets old.

Suspect this is one of those instances where the pink ball helps the batsmen because of how soft it goes; the two day/night Tests here haven't had any appreciable impact from the night session either.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Lyon been fairly underwhelming so far today; bowled too short and had a rather negative mindset bowling around the wicket quite often.

Not the first lacklustre spell he's bowled this summer.

 

[Spark]

Lyon been fairly underwhelming so far today; bowled too short and had a rather negative mindset bowling around the wicket quite often.

Not the first lacklustre spell he's bowled this summer.

I don't mind his around the wicket line, it works for him at this ground, but his trajectory seems quite flat at the moment.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Credit to this pair, fought back well after a largely insipid batting effort in the opening couple of hours.

 

[Gnske]

I don't like to judge a pitch before both teams have bowled, but this is reminding me of some of the concrete decks from the last years of the Kevin Mitchell Jr. era.

WI might have been better off bowling first if so, but then scoreboard pressure comes into it.

Now that's a name I haven't heard in awhile

What a grim era that was

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Good fifty from Hodge.

 

[Starfighter]

Lyon seriously innocuous

 

[Nintendo]

There's something ironic about green getting the edge while bowling and having the ball fall short of gully.

 

[Burgey]

My man JDS getting it done here

 

[Starfighter]

They're not gonna get close to getting all the overs in at this rate, and for no other reason than that they're just dragging the tempo.

 

[Nintendo]

Hodge's nips are rock hard.

 

[Burgey]

Hodge's nips are rock hard.

Why wouldn’t they be?

 

[Burgey]

Then again it’s a Thursday night in Brisbane. Not much to be excited about.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Da Silva's a bit vulnerable in that area.

 

[ashley bach]

Might be a flat deck but these guys have really shown some steel.

 

[Starfighter]

Damn.

 

[Starfighter]

Da Silva hitting the narrow gap with the off drive in the way that Smith used to do, but no longer does.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Does Head usually bowl like that? Was giving a lot of air and lucky not to go more than 10.

 

[Starfighter]

Does Head usually bowl like that? Was giving a lot of air and lucky not to go more than 10.

Let few times I've seen him bowl in tests he's mixed it up a lot. Big changes in pace, and in position on the crease as well.

 

[Qlder]

Australia in trouble having to bring on their 8th bowler Travis Head