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

[RandB]

Awful by Usman, might be time to call it on his career, been completely hopeless this entire series.

8, 4, 13, 9, 21, 8, 57, 21, and now 2.

Simply not good enough, he has been shielded by the poor play of other players but the heat needs to rise on Khawaja's spot in this team.

At 38 he is on borrowed time for what he's giving the team.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Lol Konstas should start shadowboxing when he gets a boundary or a six off Bumrah.

 

[RookiePick]

flipping hell Ussie

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

come ON people we love Uzzie but he should stick to KFC ads They were full on to protect people from COvid eh! Greedy scam scam mainstream media

This is definitely a group of words.

 

[Plugger35]

Usman looks cooked against Bumrah but you could make the same argument for Taylor and Slater looking cooked against Wasim.

You can't always rely on the openers to see off the new ball, sometimes the middle order need to face the new ball too.

 

[Joffaboy]

Come on guys, it's a man's game, what Kohli did in Melbourne is not on, but giving it back after they wasted time.
Aussies would have done the same.

Konstas age has nothing to do with it. Dust it out, gotta need to take it.

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[tombomb]

2005 was a giant killing. Neither team is a giant.

Thanks for pointing out that that the teams are different.

 

[catstorm]

Umpires and the rules at fault again, the Aussies milked the clock, then when ready to play tried to do it again. Umpires should have the power to add an over because of extra time wasting. Was pathetic from an experienced player like Ussie

I suggest you watch the crap that was happening all day on day 5 in Melbourne if you want to see some time wasting.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

If Uzzi isn’t going to around come the Ashes, I see no point of playing him against SL. I’d rather get time into Kids.. remember the Warner goodbye tour when we had a chance to get some youth into the team… and we didn’t.
Why make the same mistake twice?

 

[BillyElliott]

He is a grown man. Is he a kid in a pub? I hate calling grown men kids. The AFL love doing it. He is a young man not a kid.

He's a teenager.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Konstas needs to show more respect. He's been there for 5 minutes and he's behaving like David Warner.

David Warner behaved liked David Warner after 5 minutes too.

 

[Cataholic]

How TF did you get to that conclusion? Bumrah was starting his run off when Usman was not even at the crease. Bumrah kept trying to run in, and Konstas just gently waved him back and said he (Usman) wasn’t ready yet. Bumrah went off his nut after that while Konstas held his ground. Konstas does not have to bow down to anybody, regardless of talent or reputation. The kid did exceptionally well… Usman… not so well.

This.

Bumrah left his mark to confront Konstas, at which Konstas didn't back down.

Bumrah just had to bowl the ball. Simple.

 

[gtrxuone]

Tomorrow morning will be interesting.
All the Indian players want the young mouthy Aussie opener.Head on the wall of their changroom .
Oh boy if he tees off Tomorrow morning.And knocks a quick 50+,runs.

 

[PhatBoy]

What sticking up for a teammate? Their behaviour is ****ing disgraceful and you must be a complete ****wit for condoning it.

Where did I condone it?

What did Konstas achieve by ‘sticking up’ for a teammate? Was Bumrah abusing him? Questioning his religious or racial heritage? Or did he gesture to him to hurry up?


How would you know if I’m a f**kwit based on my assessment of one incident in a game of test cricket?

I’d say that reflects more on you than it does on me, mate.

 

[Iceman!]

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

They wasted a little time like everyone in world cricket... They got 9 balls down to 3. It was smart cricket, the issue was Ussie playing a full ball on the back foot again.

 

[The hands of stone]

It looked like (and I'm watching on tv ) that Bumrah was into his run up and then was stopped , smartly he was then going to bowl of a short run to hurry Khawaja up .

I probably would have done what Konstas did to make sure my partner was ready . So no issue there . He certainly is in the Indians heads which is quite bizarre really .
He is a lightening rod at the minute and we need him making runs , not just being antagonistic to opposition.

Ussie needs a tap on the shoulder. Ignoring that drama above he looked in all sorts and has all series .
Feet are in concrete and no coming back at his age .

But at the start of the day as the Aussies your taken that every day of the week

 

[Gough]

I'm good with Konstas having words but he'd want to be scoring runs if he's gonna mouth off like this.

 

[lmach]

Bumrah was clearly already pretty cut up from how Konstas whacked him around the park in Melbourne that he was just waiting to have a go at him.

“And what did the evil man say to you?”
“He’s not ready”

 

[greatwhiteshark]

I suggest you watch the crap that was happening all day on day 5 in Melbourne if you want to see some time wasting.

Yes I agree it happens but I am an advocate that the batsman by law should have to be ready to face when the bowler is ready to bowl. The laws could be changed to stop this.

 

[danielnajdek]

Khawaja let down Konstas big time. That ball that he nicked didn't even move. It was a straight one.

 

[PhatBoy]

Considering that the fielding team has to be careful in terms of sending-off the out batsmen, not sure trying to give the send-off to the non-striker is within the spirit of the game

Indeed but expecting to escape without someone saying something equivalent to ‘Hope you enjoyed that’ would be unlikely in the circumstances

 

[jannissary]

Yes I agree it happens but I am an advocate that the batsman by law should have to be ready to face when the bowler is ready to bowl. The laws could be changed to stop this.

it's in the rules of the game, it's not big in this case as there was likely no hope of getting another over in but he had plenty of time to face up and prepare.

 

[Jimthegreat]

If Uzzi isn’t going to around come the Ashes, I see no point of playing him against SL. I’d rather get time into Kids.. remember the Warner goodbye tour when we had a chance to get some youth into the team… and we didn’t.
Why make the same mistake twice?

Being the subcontinent, I'd say Head will open again with Konstas. Ussie is playing his blast Test.

 

[Bungeye]

Blame Konstas for that wicket. It was never gonna end well with a fired up Bumrah.

 

[Xtreme]

Bumrah emulating his hero Jimmy Anderson