5th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy January 3-7 1000hrs @ the SCG

[Daniel B]

I hope the umpires did their job and gave Australia an official warning.

Both teams did it today. Poetic justice how it played out. Play stupid games, etc.

 

[Mr Meow]

Gee, he’s only has 31 wickets this tour.
Who cares. If it fires him up more, he’ll burn the energy having to get 5 wickets for this crumbling Indian team

Pretty much. He has been unplayable all series and that's unlikely to change. Ussie has been terrible all series and that hasn't changed.

The rest is just people wanting to get outraged.

 

[Iceman!]

It’s usually smart, but not in this scenario. Bumrah rushing his last two deliveries doesn’t get that wicket.

2 rushed Bumrah deliveries + 6 Siraj ones is better for us than 2 non rushed Bumrah ones after we’ve just antagonised him. Dumb cricket.

No it isn't. Surviving 2 balls is the goal and the right one. Usman is just in terrible form and was a walking wicket.

 

[smasha]

What has he done? He has had some fun and a little bit of cheek?

It is honestly insane how quick people are to beat any personality out of any athlete. FMD people are miserable.

The anti Aussie bully brigade.

 

[katana]

Yes, like others I would really like to see the lad do well, but he's going to have to work on that aspect of his game.

yes he's going to have to work on not trying to win games for his team.

 

[SuperSteele22]

Openers for the Ashes:

McSweeney
Konstas

Out: Khawaja

McSweeney isn't an opener.

 

[Mr Meow]

The rest of the team feeds off him.

Wouldn't be surprised if we get rolled for 120 tomorrow.

Spot on.

I had us marked down for 500+ but when Konstas said "he's not ready" I revised it down to 82.

 

[reggie]

Shane Warne would have given him a verbal send off, but he wouldn't have charged at him menacingly.

Bumrah has first come off his line at Konstas with very little provocation except a shrug and "he's not ready". Konstas should have stayed out of it, but Bumrah should not have gone at him. Konstas only got lippy after Bumrah went at him, and Konstas had every right to not back down. And then Bumrah has rushed him after the wicket while Konstas was minding his own business.

Absolutely pathetic from the Indian captain. And we all know there will be no punishment and the Indians will keep thinking they can carry on like this. And this is the sort of stuff that trickles down to lower grades and ends with a bat being swung at somebody.

Plenty of examples of Warne charging at batsmen to send them off early in his career. Embarrassed himself giving Andrew Hudson a send off

 

[FreoRicci]

so it’s 1-1.

Kohli started it on Boxing Day. Now Bumrah levels it.

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

Konstas is most definitely in Bumrah's head but it won't matter either way with how well he is bowling.

 

[Struggle]

I hope the umpires did their job and gave Australia an official warning.

Only if Gill and India get one for the pre lunch stuff

 

[Lunchtime]

This is how Khawaja compares to past Australian batsman in the Openers Position in terms of final 40, 20 and 10 innings of career.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I hope the umpires did their job and gave Australia an official warning.

Given the Indians gave done the same and haven't been warned there's exactly **** all chance of that happening

 

[HK_Hawk]

Yes, like others I would really like to see the lad do well, but he's going to have to work on that aspect of his game.

Why does he have to work on his niggle? He already does it extremely well and has got under the skin of the opposition’s top stars… where can he improve that?

 

[Kennedy Parker]

I’m a bit bemused by how Konstas has so quickly turned into a supervillain in the eyes of the Indian team.

If it’s sledging then that’s just part and parcel of test cricket, especially against Australia.

Is it really because he played some T20 shots against the esteemed Jasprit Bumrah and scored a 50 doing so?

 

[beside the seaside]

Still think we're in a good position here. Bat well tomorrow and we win.

 

[melanChronic]

Bumrah's correct. Batsmen need to be ready when the bowler's ready to bowl.

Yes but the bowler also needs to be aware of the batsman taking guard before they charge in. Bumrah hurried madly back to his mark and turned around without even seeing if Khawaja was ready.

Don't think Usman was in the wrong there, although inadvertently did Bumrah a favour in letting him focus properly on last two balls. Gilly called it perfectly.

 

[Outtatym]

Need the stump mic audio

 

[fuic08]

He's definitely in Bumrahs head which is pretty funny.

I don't think it will affect Bumrahs performance though.

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

Is there a difference between rattled and fired up?

Bumrah will run through us tomorrow

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I’m a bit bemused by how Konstas has so quickly turned into a supervillain in the eyes of the Indian team.

Easy.
It's the classic Indian hypocrisy.

Only theyre allowed to sledge. Not the opposition

 

[Pera]

Good day of cricket

There was a probably a time in cricket where running at the non-striker after a wicket was a bit of a no-no, but it does appear we are past that.
As long as it's all adjudicated fairly and evenly I guess we'll just have to learn to live with it.

Why is it a bad thing? To me it's enthralling.

If it was a boxing match with two gargantuan heavyweights and one of them took a haymaker in the finals 5 seconds of round one, you better believe I'm sticking around for round two.

Let the two biggest dogs in test cricket push the envelope, be aggressive and most of all, put on a show.

I personally can't wait for ball one tomorrow morning.

Just shows how important test cricket is to these two nations, that can never ever be a bad thing.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I’m a bit bemused by how Konstas has so quickly turned into a supervillain in the eyes of the Indian team.

If it’s sledging then that’s just part and parcel of test cricket, especially against Australia.

Is it really because he played some T[emoji638][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]] shots against the esteemed Jasprit Bumrah and scored a [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]] doing so?

Because nobody gives it to them anymore because of the almighty IPL $$

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

He's definitely in Bumrahs head which is pretty funny.

I don't think it will affect Bumrahs performance though.

It did in Melbourne

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

I would’ve rather had Bumrah rushing his last two balls and face another Siraj over than have that time wasting by Konstas and give Bumrah the opportunity to just focus on his last few deliveries

Dumb cricket that rightfully backfired on us

To be fair Konstas wasn’t the one time wasting.