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

[sherb]

I honestly don't know why they just don't go a batsmen

Webster IS a batsman.

 

[Shaunbkk]

Agree, massive spud

So right, but he's from the nsw cum circle club so probably LOL

 

[PhatBoy]

We make B look better than he is. Most of his wickets are from awful shots cos we have players who piss their panties when they see his weird head moving towards them. Head's head got tooo big and Marsh should stick to comedy OFF the field. Smiths shot was the worst of the entire series. We need a leg spinner of some class - oh yeah, Zampa, but he's just the best ion the world in white ball - couldn't possible have an effect in Tests...I wonder Pope then! Spice it up!

Shittest take I’ve ever read if serious. Utter garbage

 

[western royboy]

Admittedly we did not bowl all that great, but where was the seam assistance India has had today. Was it the ball. Did we have a dud Kooka with a poor seam, less lacquer as the India attack even with Bumrah is not up to our measure, even minus Hazlewood.

We just assumed it was going to happen, theyve hunted - big difference

 

[chriso11]

I actually feel for Marsh, the bloke is horribly out of form with the bat and yet Bailey and co continued to pick him.

He was a disaster waiting to happen in this Test and it duly did.

I’m with your assessment but I don’t feel sorry for him

 

[Golumless]

We make B look better than he is. Most of his wickets are from awful shots cos we have players who piss their panties when they see his weird head moving towards them. Head's head got tooo big and Marsh should stick to comedy OFF the field. Smiths shot was the worst of the entire series. We need a leg spinner of some class - oh yeah, Zampa, but he's just the best ion the world in white ball - couldn't possible have an effect in Tests...I wonder Pope then! Spice it up!

Mate, Bumrah is a career 19.7 average/2.76 econ/42 SR bowler. We're not making him look better, this is one of the all-time great fast bowlers who's having a series that'll end up defining his test career.

We're playing awful shots because he's giving absolutely nothing. Even the Konstas innings in the first shows how desperate it got.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Bumrah’s seam position is next level .. almost zero wobble .. makes a big difference

I think the wobble seam phenomenon has made some bowlers a bit lazy with this

 

[Bucking Beads]

Steve Smith's shot just looks worse and worse with every wicket. Park cricket stuff

Disgusting from a senior player. He started the rot.

 

[Hawks1523]

As good a bowler as Bumrah is, he’s got wickets from piss poor batting as much as anything he’s done with the ball, but also bowled some peaches that would get anyone out.

 

[gtrxuone]

In 1981 Australia at the Mcg lead.by 140 runs on the first innings.
India went on to win that test.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Bumrah has been on fire, but still a lot of cricket left. Just need one good partnership to turn the match around again

 

[1990crow]

Bumrah’s seam position is next level .. almost zero wobble .. makes a big difference

Been a problem with Australian bowling for a very long time.
Unless it's a new ball Aussie quicks don't get movement through the air, making large parts of the innings difficult to take wickets, especially if the spinner isn't turning it.

 

[Torz]

I thought the wobble seam was the way to go? Starc and Cummins huge exponents of the wobble ball. Was meant to be unplayable

The wobble ball reeks of a smartly marketed excuse for bowlers who can’t get the seam upright.

 

[The Casey Cat]

The problem with having a volatile number 5 and no number 6.

You can go from cruising to ****ed in two overs

Volatile 5,6 and 7 really. Carey rarely does as well as he should either.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Why did Carey go so hard at that and not try to play it on its merits?

Was a weird shot and out of character from someone that values their wicket.

 

[Borisdog]

Not the case here....the bowlers are earning their wickets. No one has given away their wicket

I'm not sure you and I are watching the same game.

 

[Kuuz]

Our time at the top is coming to an end fella's.
Bowlers are old, top end and middle order a shambles.
No real test quality players coming through, Konstas and McSweeney are not test level.

Doubt we are a decent team again until the 2030's.

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I'm pissed at this capitulation, and how woefully inept our selectors are.

But we're not that far gone. We need to actually play other players to see how our depth fares. Problem is, the concept of "rotation", is an unknown and scary concept to the powers that be.

 

[Coasters7]

So many times we've managed to paper over some cracks and then when it really comes to performing to cement a win those cracks come right back to the surface

A huge blight on Cummins and McDonald’s time in charge. We get by on talent alone and individual efforts. Very rarely see a batting card that is filled with 40s and 50s these days and almost always let the game drag rather than putting our foot on their throat.

Both should be stepping down from their roles immediately and Bailey can get f*cked as well.

 

[Aussie pie]

Our time at the top is coming to an end fella's.
Bowlers are old, top end and middle order a shambles.
No real test quality players coming through, Konstas and McSweeney are not test level.

Doubt we are a decent team again until the 2030's.

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I said this at the start of the summer, comparing our test team to my club Collingwood, old looking to hang on to past glory’s with no young players coming through.

 

[Bucking Beads]

We just assumed it was going to happen, theyve hunted - big difference

That’s the arrogance our team has had for a while and it’s hurt us. Misplaced and does more harm than good.

 

[Cuzz09]

We're gonna need to have them min 5- under 75

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[Golumless]

So maybe we point the finger at captain kum ba yah. Get rid of the big bad coach, he’s hurting my heart strings.

And we won the WTC, retained the Ashes away from home and won the ODI trophy since then.

Results have shown it was 100% the correct call to throw Langer off of a cliff when we did. As much as the wider cricketing audience was the loser of that decision as it brought on Langer the commentator.

 

[cats_09]

Just go Webster, he’s as good as any other option with the bat and gives us the extra bowling option.

I agree, I'd go Webster

But if the idea is a pure bat I'm curious who others would look at

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I’m pretty sure he performs like this against every team which is why he’s one of the greats. The only team I think who nullified him was New Zealand in India the last series. Other than that no one can face him

And how did NZ nullify him?

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Virat getting his well deserved plaudits from Fox Sports for being there while Bumrah rips through us. What a legendary effort this afternoon from the King