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

[Kenneth Viljoen]

First post in this thread. I know Smith is batting out of position and maybe it's too early but I'd seriously be concerned about his form atm. He's always feasted on WI but failed yet again.....

He's in decline , age has caught up to him ..
It happened to Ponting as well he had an average similar to Smith at 100 Tests and then just tailed off a bit, still good enough to make this Australian test team but I think the days of him being a run machine are over.

 

[Spark]

Who was talking last night about Head’s record in his last 9 tests as if he should be under some pressure? Lel.

Least reactionary CW opinion (and there's definitely a lot worse than CW out there)

 

[Skyliner]

Would be great to have the colourful experts on Cricket Web doing the commentary rather than the umpteen professional commentators - mainly former international payers - that they can’t abide. There should be an option to get no commentary at all, just the on-field and crowd noise. That’d suit the curmudgeons no doubt. The option is definitely needed in NZ with Scotty Stevenson doing his worst.

 

[CricAddict]

Justin Greaves is just Kyle Mayers in a different name.

 

[ataraxia]

Would be great to have the colourful experts on Cricket Web doing the commentary rather than the umpteen professional commentators - mainly former international payers - that they can’t abide. There should be an option to get no commentary at all, just the on-field and crowd noise. That’d suit the curmudgeons no doubt. The option is definitely needed in NZ with Scotty Stevenson doing his worst.

Are you trying to disparage CWers who dislike commentators and the commentators themselves at the same time?

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

This is Smith's 106th Test match,

When Ponting was on 106 Test matches his Test average was 59.53, he ended up with a test average of 51.85 ..
Smith's test average is currently on 57.73 .

 

[GotSpin]

Would be great to have the colourful experts on Cricket Web doing the commentary rather than the umpteen professional commentators - mainly former international payers - that they can’t abide. There should be an option to get no commentary at all, just the on-field and crowd noise. That’d suit the curmudgeons no doubt. The option is definitely needed in NZ with Scotty Stevenson doing his worst.

They can’t plug ads during the match if they remove commentary

 

[Burgey]

This is Smith's 106th Test match,

When Ponting was on 106 Test matches his Test average was 59.53, he ended up with a test average of 51.85 ..
Smith's test average is currently on 57.73 .

Wht if it all evens out to 65?

 

[Spark]

Well done young man - really lit up the game tbh

 

[Daemon]

5-fer!! What a moment

 

[Qlder]

Well done Shamar Joseph. Windies Test cricket might just have a future after all

 

[Fuller Pilch]

This is Smith's 106th Test match,

Smith's test average is currently on 57.73 .

For those with 80+ tests Smith's average is lower than Barrington, Hammond, and Sobers.

 

[Spark]

95 feels like a massive lead on this surface

 

[Slifer]

And fwiw, people criticizing WI need to give it a rest. The gulf between these two teams enormous. I'm just happy that WI are able to dismiss Australia in their own backyard under 400 for a change. Minor achievement but it's a start...

 

[Fuller Pilch]

95 feels like a massive lead on this surface

Especially with

(a) the Aussie attack
(b) the West Indian batting

 

[morgieb]

Hopefully those last two wickets teach Cummins a lesson.

Nah who am I kidding, it won’t.

still, the tail wagged pretty hard here. 95 is a big lead.

 

[Spark]

Hopefully those last two wickets teach Cummins a lesson.

Nah who am I kidding, it won’t.

still, the tail wagged pretty hard here. 95 is a big lead.

To be fair they had a brand new rock. It didn't look especially challenging at all with the 70-80 over old ball.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Not surprised Hazlewood got a wicket; he'll be lethal on this pitch and against this level of batting.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

WI 1-1

@ashley bach

 

[Daemon]

Ok head that's enough can you please stop destroying the souls of everyone everywhere