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

[magpie_marty]

I am responding to the general point that all games should ideally be 5 days, which would justify deliberately trying to make pitches more batting friendly (and thus produce more roads). Which is a silly point.

Ensuring a game goes for 5 days should not be the consideration when trying to produce a good pitch.

Back in the old days some test matches lasted 6 days due to a rest day I think.

 

[Tugga27]

Only bad thing about a potential win in this Test will be that The Bison will get another game in Sydney......

Regardless of the result, Webster should be in.

But the selectors have shown they don't like dropping established players that often.

 

[Iceman!]

I love all of them but I'm still taking Lara and Tendulkar ahead of them, in my opinion.

In Tests Smith is the best of the lot, if you are talking all formats it does get a lot harder to rank them.

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

Record against the good sides***

Yeah there is a bit of truth to that too

vs Australia avg 37
vs India avg 38

Loves playing Saffers, SL and Pakistan, averages in the 60s against them

 

[Saint12]

That’s crap. He’s more than capable. NZ is a minnow in terms of matches each year.

Check his stats against India Australia and England...then get back to me

 

[Lunchtime]

In Tests Smith is the best of the lot, if you are talking all formats it does get a lot harder to rank them.

I disagree in terms of Test cricket, in my opinion Lara and Tendulkar are still ahead of Smith. But that's for another discussion.

 

[Lunchtime]

Yeah there is a bit of truth to that too

vs Australia avg 37
vs India avg 38

Loves playing Saffers, SL and Pakistan, averages in the 60s against them

If we are talking about Test cricket: Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa aren't as good as they used to be like they were in the 1990s through to mid to late 2000s.

 

[Tugga27]

I played cricket forever and it was always the batsman's call in that situation....be ready and react 99.9% the the run will be completed comfortably

Michael Vaughan has just out and said it was a terrible and unnecessary call.

No fault of Kohli's.

Forgive me for agreeing with his opinion over blokes who have played weekend warriors.

 

[Linda Lovelace]

Our fast bowling has always been quality and will trouble any side, the concern was regain in form of Smith and Labuschagne which they are doing against a quality bowler in Bumrah and finding an opener to replace Warner and Khawaja. Carey has greatly improved as batsmen-keeper and Green was trending upwards as a batsmen before his injury, I can't see Lyon going on longer but we do a replacement in Murphy.

Nobody doubts their ability to roll over poor sides on favourable home decks, but if the bowling cartel was as amazing as they want you to think, they'd have managed to bowl us to victory in more than a couple of away series.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I disagree in terms of Test cricket, in my opinion Lara and Tendulkar are still ahead of Smith. But that's for another discussion.

Tendulkar isn't even ahead of Kallis.
Scored his runs at a lower average than Jacques and doesn't have nearly 300 test wickets (a career of Zaheer Khan) to go with it.

 

[katana]

Hit it straight to Cummins and it would've been an easy hit.

Players not honouring the call happens dozens of times a game.
It usually doesn't end up in a run out though.

jaiswal was over half way down the pitch and kohli was ball-watching, not listening, not moving. jaiswal was running to the danger end. it is his call. players do not dishonour calls in that manner multiple times a game.

 

[ABAB]

Nobody doubts their ability to roll over poor sides on favourable home decks, but if the bowling cartel was as amazing as they want you to think, they'd have managed to bowl us to victory in more than a couple of away series.

You mean the Ashes series with a blind umpire which prevented a series win and then a crazy media when leading 2-0, it's always difficult to win away.

 

[HirdyLannister]

I love all of them but I'm still taking Lara and Tendulkar ahead of them, in my opinion.

Jacques Kallis

 

[ABAB]

Hit it straight to Cummins and it would've been an easy hit.

Players not honouring the call happens dozens of times a game.
It usually doesn't end up in a run out though.

Kholi clearly burnt Jaiswal if you watch the replay, he stutter to go initially and then turn his back when he saw the ball went directly to Cummins and didn't call sent him back.

 

[Buzz Hawk]

I think it's time for Hazlewood to prove that his ageing body will hold up to the rigours of Test cricket - he shouldn't be an automatic selection any more. Boland is a more than handy replacement.

Don’t disagree but Boland is older than Hazlewood.
Need the next young fast punk to be pushed through the ranks.
Another Thommo would be nice.

 

[Tugga27]

jaiswal was over half way down the pitch and kohli was ball-watching, not listening, not moving. jaiswal was running to the danger end. it is his call. players do not dishonour calls in that manner multiple times a game.

It was a bad call.
Kohli wouldn't have been expecting a yes call.
Why would you take that risk?

Jaiswal should've been calling wait, not just taking off.

 

[Buzz Hawk]

Jadeja finishing with a classy four, this isn't over with Pant and Jadeja still there, they are two of their best batsman with Rahul.

Wtf are you guys smoking.

 

[Tugga27]

Kholi clearly burnt Jaiswal if you watch the replay, he stutter to go initially and then turn his back when he saw the ball went directly to Cummins and didn't call sent him back.

Agree to disagree.

 

[Linda Lovelace]

You mean the Ashes series with a blind umpire which prevented a series win and then a crazy media when leading 2-0, it's always difficult to win away.

You should just be happy and celebrate draws, like our embarrassing team was content to do.

 

[Saint12]

Michael Vaughan has just out and said it was a terrible and unnecessary call.

No fault of Kohli's.

Forgive me for agreeing with his opinion over blokes who have played weekend warriors.

You do realise the cricket world is not allowed to criticise Kohli don't you?

 

[Tugga27]

You do realise the cricket world is not allowed to criticise Kohli don't you?

Both Not sure if that's true.

Both Vaughan and Skull criticised him after the should bump.

 

[Saint12]

It was a bad call.
Kohli wouldn't have been expecting a yes call.
Why would you take that risk?

Jaiswal should've been calling wait, not just taking off.

Wrong...when a run is there you call Yes not wait.

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

You do realise the cricket world is not allowed to criticise Kohli don't you?

Vaughan doesn't come across as one of the guys who gives a **** what anyone thinks

 

[Moonwatcher]

lol wat?

PeterNorth said that it could come back to bite us.

 

[Saint12]

Vaughan doesn't come across as one of the guys who gives a **** what anyone thinks

He does now....he was slammed with the Yorkshire racist crap a few years back