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It'll be fine. It's not exactly pissing down. Perth's had 1mm in the past week. It'll just be the usual pitch. The forecast looks reasonable for the next couple of days and pretty good for the match. I'm sure the groundstaff won't serve up anything underdone. And if they do it won't be the...

I agree with you that it's not a good look. But I'm equally certain there will be some little sweetheart clause in the contract allowing this to happen. If you "told" your boss you were going elsewhere to work then you probably wouldn't be surprised if they "told" you not to bother coming...

Coaches at Test Cricket level are GROSSLY over-rated. Especially ones "coaching" a country not of their birth. Probably a controversial opinion, but I really think if you've got to Test cricket level you should have found a few personal mentors along the way who you'd probably listen to more...

Looked a good player last time and has also looked pretty good in the A games. The bloke who holds him out is pretty handy though. He's definitely a good batsman, but is their middle order their problem? He's not shy either.

Not real sure I’m keen on Abbas yelling every ball. Even for the slower balls. It seems a bit suss to me and I reckon to Maxwell also.

You’re right that it’s an automatic assumption. The problem is where they put the ropes. So it’s not so much the size of the ground, as the size of the field of play.

That's 2 grounds. Many of them are VERY small. This ground ( Perth ) isn't huge either

You started with Smith has damaged the Test side. Now you're saying it was, by implication, mismanagement by CA. Give it up mate.

Yeah, bunt it over the 50m boundaries for 6 on a concrete deck. That's 20/20 for you. It's a travesty of a game. Throw in non-stop Seppo gee-ups and it's pretty much everything that I detest. It's a shit form of the game.

Ever thought that the reason he put his hand up to open was BECAUSE there were no in form openers to play? I doubt there's a #4 in history who'd open if they didn't have to. The fact that there wasn't anyone good enough, combined by CA not being confident in any of the other options, is very...

For the past 20; at least anyways. It’s just a real bitsa.

I think he’s got some major outside outside the pavilion gate.

Overrated theory. ;)

They will anyway, regardless of who plays.

I don't necessarily think it's a given that McSweeney opens in Perth. It's a reasonable assumption, but no certainty. If Inglis opens then at least he won't have to keep. And we still need 2 openers sooner rather than later.

Yep. He has hardly made it "impossible not to pick him"

Probably should showed this urgency about 30 minutes ago if that was the plan.

Well it looks like we're safe from Bancroft and Harris given they both just got first ball globes. McSweeney will never get a better chance to press his case if he toughs this out. It's certainly doing a bit.

Alex Carey? You're joking, right?

No doubt. And what good old courageous Cricket Australia did to their umpire in the first A "Test" repeats the Symonds script.

Interesting blow-up in the Aus A vs India A game regarding the condition of the ball, and how it got that way, when India were bowling in our second innings. Indian A keeper charged with dissent regarding his comments to the Umpire over the ball change, Cricket Aus rolled over and said "Rub my...

India haven’t helped themselves in this series though. Full credit to NZ, but **** me, the Indians batted really dumb on way too many occasions. I’d be very surprised if they make that mistake in Australia.

Will done cuz. Do you thunk you cun wun in Australia nixt?

What a magnificent test win, and indeed what a magnificent series victory to New Zealand. Congratulations for a richly deserved win.

Surely you’ve gotta have everyone around the bat

You’ll never get a better chance for a Hatrick

Oh yeah baby.

Yeah, you might be right but I seem to remember 9 making quite a big deal about it. I might get a bit of a look going after this finishes. Great game. The Kiwis have just gotta hold their nerve here. But so do the Indians. Edit. Wikipedia says Australian developed from military tech , first...

Interesting if correct , but I don’t think it’s less conclusive. I agree with you that it’s a complementary data point. Channel 9 pioneered it, but who developed it is the question.

Standard Indian batsman, never out even when they’re out. You’d reckon with all the cash they’ve got they’d spring for hotspot, cos if you believe the Indian batsmen they’ve never hit one of those.