3rd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 14-18 1050hrs @ The Gabba

[eddiesmith]

Did it stop?

Yes, it stopped and they still called it off due to the amount of rain.

 

[ROOTA#6]

Was never raining after that point though, could have at least had an hour of play. No way it takes an hour to clean up either, half hour max.

70+mm is a lot of rain

 

[Moonwatcher]

True hard days work from the openers! Plus if it rains every day rest of the series India can’t qualify for the WTC haha

Would Australia be in the box seat to qualify?

 

[hawkman]

A minimum of 15 overs is required to prevent fans being eligible for a full refund on tickets

I wonder if that why the inevitable call for stumps was made so late as they were hoping they could just get a couple of overs in

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

I don't remember the year, but there was a Brisbane ashes test where Australia needed just 4 wickets to win and the Poms had to somehow eek out a draw on the last day, but no play eventuated due to it pouring.

1998/1999 I think. We were well on top and the rain saved England. Wasn't just rain either it absolutely pelted down almost tropical storm levels. Got a bit dangerous from memory.

 

[big_e]

A minimum of 15 overs is required to prevent fans being eligible for a full refund on tickets

I wonder if that why the inevitable call for stumps was made so late as they were hoping they could just get a couple of overs in

Yeah, can't see the umpires being pressured on something like that, tbh.

 

[010203]

Maybe my memory is playing tricks but I can barely remember it raining in Brisbane when the Gabba got the first test in November.

Day 2 of the test against South Africa in 2012 was washed out without a ball being bowled. Luckily the weather wasn't an issue for day 1 of that test which a mate of mine and I attended. There was rain during the 2013-14 Ashes test at the Gabba but it only halted play for an hour, ditto a test against New Zealand in 2015. The test against New Zealand in November 2001 was a rain affected draw.

 

[TY24]

..with a minimum of 98 overs to be bowled.

They'll be lucky to get that for the entire test

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Which brainiac decided to move this match from the beginning of the series to December?

 

[SC_Power]

The umpires and players seem to want to play as little as possible these days and stuff the spectators and the broadcasters.

In this series so far these two teams have only played about 6 days out of 11 test days total going into Day 2 of the third test.

Nice work if you can get it, not many other jobs would you get 5 days off on full pay, especially the sort of pay they are getting.

And even then 40% of the playing time you’re sitting in the sheds watching two teammates bat…

 

[freo_leo29]

Which brainiac decided to move this match from the beginning of the series to December?

Its luck of the draw really, just got unlucky this year with rain falling on the test days

Gabba hasn't actually been the November test for a while, since 2013 its been either started around this time or had a later date all but 3 times, the test has been in Jan quite a bit recently too, it seems to jumble around the most nowadays. Hasn't been major problems with the changeup until now. (We've had results in every match since the change)

If you look pre 2013 then it was basically only in November.


It aint like Sydney which has held the New years test and produced 6 draws from the past 10 games.

 

[ioppolo]

Which brainiac decided to move this match from the beginning of the series to December?

There isn't one single group at fault here. Perth was desperate to keep a test each summer (which is wasn't guaranteed for some reason), the best and potentially only way was to host the first test of each summer despite the shitty time of year for most people and their young families still working and at school.

 

[swoop42]

Who will win?

The rain.

This test will be washed out going by the Brisbane weather forecast.

 

[sabso]

Massive achievement for Aus to get through to stumps without losing a wicket

 

[sabso]

Peter Sellers The Party on GEM

Peter Sellers is something like my third cousin three times removed. He was handsome, a comic genius, and slept with countless beautiful women - some things run in the family

 

[revo333]

Maybe my memory is playing tricks but I can barely remember it raining in Brisbane when the Gabba got the first test in November.

I think it was the Gabba in the early 90's when it was hailing and Dean Jones (12th man) run out onto the ground wearing an Aussie lid to give the ground staff Aussie lids to protect them from the hail.

 

[Lunchtime]

The legend himself. It was an absolute travesty when his YouTube channel got taken down. Wouldn’t be surprised if rob has an account on here actually

He has another one on YouTube....Robelinda 2

 

[sabso]

He has another one on YouTube....Robelinda 2

Almost completely sure the "Robelinda 2" channel (with space) is a fan/tribute channel, thankfully they seem to have uploaded a lot of Rob's videos that had disappeared.

 

[Cmarsh]

Because the ground is a dump that is unfit for professional cricketers in 2024 and should be torn down. It is now the 5th choice ground for cricket in Australia.

Its not absolute world class but it's far from a dump.

If anything, some of the stadiums in England that they play test cricket look pretty sub standard.

 

[Blackhawk42]

What time is play meant to get underway?

Funnily enough, 'underway' just autocorrected to 'underwater'.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Who will win?

The rain.

This test will be washed out going by the Brisbane weather forecast.

Sunny right now. But they said a shower around lunchtime, so who knows…

Queensland is always wet in summer, should have stuck to having the first test, not the third.

 

[Cleavy]

What time is play meant to get underway?

Funnily enough, 'underway' just autocorrected to 'underwater'.

10:50am AEDT, so 9:50am for the locals

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Would Australia be in the box seat to qualify?

South Africa would more than likely qualify they likely do regardless then one of Aus/SL

 

[Borisdog]

South Africa would more than likely qualify they likely do regardless then one of Aus/SL

On the commentary yesterday it was mentioned Australia will sew up their spot with 2 wins out of the remaining 3 against India

 

[Around the Wicket]

They'll be lucky to get that for the entire test

It’s 0-15mm predicted everyday, there’s bound to be a day or 2 where they get 0, todays a good chance.