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

[Pure_Ownage]

To be fair, Cummins could easily play the Marsh role.

Feel like we need to bring in a proper enforcer tearaway quick like Morris etc to add a real point of difference especially come the Ashes as you know the Poms will try and pick Wood, Archer etc too.

Archer is not durable enough.

 

[HK_Hawk]

Champagne TV… lol

 

[eddiesmith]

I'd say that's it for now.

We will know a lot about whether aus plan to go for win or draw by how aggressively our openers bat tomorrow (and whether they push head up the order)

Yeah groundsmen were putting down the spikes for the big covers and here’s the rain.

 

[Neese]

We going to get any more play today?

 

[Plugger35]

The T20 in NZ has just kicked off for people looking to watch some cricket, you will have to put up with Craig McMillan though.

 

[peternorth]

Warner asking Gilly to speak English

 

[Saint12]

Lol crowd is gonna be tiny tomorrow now.

Why

 

[catpremier 07]

We going to get any more play today?

Nope

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[largebus]

We going to get any more play today?

The covers are on so no

 

[SSwans2011]

Boxing Day Test should be played at the Gabba.

 

[philreich]

Well played Reddy - extraordinary innings under pressure.

 

[Neese]

Well that's a bummer.

 

[Gough]

One or two quicks, two or three spinners depending on the conditions and Reddy batting six makes India look potentially formidable at home going forward,

 

[Neese]

Weird all encompassing statement that. I guess nobody is a difficult word to understand the definition of

They are right though. Talk about the cricket.

 

[gordo2016]

This is the same game Pat Cummins nearly hit a 50 and nearly every man and his dog has had a start. Still gotta score them but it’s hardly been a challenge for him

He came in when they were 6 six down and 280 runs behind with the series on the line but "it has hardly been a challenge for him." The game situation was completely different when Cummins nearly made 50. You sound clueless.

 

[magpie_marty]

Kind of glad the bad light call came,
Imagine Australia batting in dull and gloomy conditions for 6 odd overs.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

We going to get any more play today?

Nope, by the time this clears up if it does it will take up too much time.

 

[The 747]

It's about to rain anyway but bad light stopping play is what holds cricket's popularity back.

Yeah nobody is watching this Test; the end is nigh.

 

[Gough]

A five day Test here would be more cricket than we've seen in two completed Tests Adelaide in the past two years combined.

 

[Marshland]

Kind of glad the bad light call came,
Imagine Australia batting in dull and gloomy conditions for 6 odd overs.

I would think 10/3

 

[AJ_2000]

Don't know if there's enough in the deck to get 10 wickets on day 5 - assuming we'd be batting most of tomorrow to set up a chase of 400ish.

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Highest Scores by Indian Number 8 Batsman in Australia - Top 10

1. Nitish Reddy: 105* (2024, MCG)

2. Anil Kumble: 87 (2008, Adelaide Oval)

3. Ravindra Jadeja: 81 (2019, SCG)

4. Shardul Thakur: 67 (2021, Gabba)

5. Karsan Gharvi: 64 (1978, SCG)

6. Manoj Prabhakar: 64 (1992, Adelaide Oval)

7. Ravi Ashwin: 62 (2012, SCG)

8. Manoj Prabhakar: 54* (1991, Gabba)

9. Dattu Phadkur: 51 (1947, SCG)

10. Hemu Adhikari: 51 (1948, Adelaide Oval)

That is factually accurate. It's also a fact he would have batted at 7 but for Deep coming in as night-watchman. No doubt though he is a better bat than his position in the order suggests. As we're Jadeja and Ashwin when they have batted at 8.

 

[HitTheNailOnTheHead]

Don't know if there's enough in the deck to get 10 wickets on day 5 - assuming we'd be batting most of tomorrow to set up a chase of 400ish.

There will be.

 

[ABAB]

If they’re preparing a Melbourne pitch to break up with the weather then they’re doing it very wrong

It is a drop in pitch so probably need more hot temperature to break up the surface.

 

[JuddgementDay]

So no more talk about 4 day tests?