Certified Legendary Thread 4th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 26-30 1000hrs @ the MCG

[Stax on the mill]

Saw the ball swing and steam on the pitch.

Good as Bumrah is, I’m not sure I saw any smoke rise from the pitch.

 

[Coasters7]

It wasn't.

Forced India to go through thier warm up.

Got a few overs seeing how the pitch is playing

Forced them to go through a warm up and now slightly rushed prep for the opening batsmen. May not seem much but every mental advantage could be the difference

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

 

[smasha]

Pressure on em all day Aussies!

Indian fans are annoying the shit outta me.

 

[Pistol Night]

Might ask the English for advice on which one to take from the box.

Replace a buggered 60 over ball with a ball that's 5 overs old and swinging like Waqar Younis has been brought on. I see no issue

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Scotty stranded

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Bumrah sending off Lyon lmao. He’s just made 40 in a 50 run partnership for the 10th wicket you dickhead

And the Indians wonder why the crowd hates them

 

[Bungeye]

It had better not be Marnus, I see a place for him bowling the last over before a break or something similar, other than that stick to batting.

Marnus will definitely get a go before the new ball is due...

 

[Gough]

Replace a buggered 60 over ball with a ball that's 5 overs old and swinging like Waqar Younis has been brought on. I see no issue

Smuggle a two piece onto the field.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Forced them to go through a warm up and now slightly rushed prep for the opening batsmen. May not seem much but every mental advantage could be the difference

Exactly

India would have wanted Australia to declare overnight

 

[Pistol Night]

Pressure on em all day Aussies!

Indian fans are annoying the shit outta me.

Its like they're at a 6 hour long premiership medal presentation. Id love that joy

 

[philreich]

Since 1975 at the MCG, the highest successful winning score is 231.

 

[Outtatym]

Give Scotty the new rock

 

[Pistol Night]

Smuggle a two piece onto the field.

The might as well just got the electrical tape out and be done with it

 

[MJG14]

Light roller being used. Ian Chappell unhappy somewhere.

 

[Substance]

It's still a batters surface, but this would be an epic chase if it comes off.

 

[Plugger35]

That's the first time I've ever seen Bumrah look irritated.

That stare he gave Lyon wasn't "I beat you!", it was "Why did you waste my time?" His pace was down in that over, and that wicket ball took a visible effort; he's getting tired.

Hmmm...

He gets to put his feet up for the rest of the day, providing he doesn't have to bat, if he has to bat India will probably lose.

 

[Mick F]

I'm reading Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches about the aborted 1970 South African tour of England and the Rest of the World series that replaced it which I'd heartily recommend.

Added. Thank you.

 

[Bungeye]

Good signs.

Still plenty of movement from the pitch and the ball is swinging.

Yep, great news for Starc.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Grit your teeth and bowl properly now, Starc

Our quicks have railed against any form of rotation policy in tests. Fine, but that means you bowl. No clutching, no grimacing. Bowl sore.

There are no subs available, so it's you.

 

[compact72]

That's the first time I've ever seen Bumrah look irritated.

That stare he gave Lyon wasn't "I beat you!", it was "Why did you waste my time?" His pace was down in that over, and that wicket ball took a visible effort; he's getting tired.

Hmmm...

Yeah, he normally has a smile.

Towards the end of the day yesterday, the whole Indian team looked frustrated and tired

 

[ABAB]

Yep, great news for Starc.

His back injury might make him accidentally put the right spots lol.

 

[Pistol Night]

Grit your teeth and bowl properly now, Starc

Our quicks have railed against any form of rotation policy in tests. Fine, but that means you bowl. No clutching, no grimacing. Bowl sore.

There are no subs available, so it's you.

Channel your inner Brece Rude from the 12th Man Starcy

 

[peternorth]

Sam Konstas said "we need to get them all out"

 

[Stax on the mill]

Indian openers have had a distracted preparation.

Forced them to go through a warm up and now slightly rushed prep for the opening batsmen. May not seem much but every mental advantage could be the difference

That could well be the case, but I would have liked Australia to have had the full complement of overs available to bowl at India. I thought 334 was a very challenging ask as it was. I’d hate India to be 9 for 278 when stumps are drawn tonight.