Australia v India - post 2nd Test discussion, we're all doomed? Maybe not.

[LukeParkerno1]

Marnus is no longer a reliable bat. Honestly, Aus should've ripped the band aid off with him. If you're trialling Marsh as a pure bat, perfect chance to play him up the order & bring in an all-rounder. Marsh has been a better bat than Marnus for a while now...

Then play Inglis who is there as the reserve batsman, and we aren’t dropping Lab after one poor test this summer. It was terrible but he has a fantastic record in Adelaide and Marsh is barely a 6, why are we batting him higher anyway

 

[Redline]

Yup miss green dog

Nah. He will be alright but has a fair way to go with the bat before we can we missed him. His only real scores have been on good wickets. He wouldn't of made many runs in Perth.

Handy bowling but it's more needed overseas than Australia although the last test counters that argument but it was more a one off I think.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Nah. He will be alright but has a fair way to go with the bat before we can we.misses him. His only real scores have been on good wickets. He wouldn't of made many runs in Perth.

Handy bowling but it's more needed overseas than Australia although the last test counters that argument it is more a one off.

At worst he wouldn’t have dropped the soda Khawaja did and I’d be backing him over all out bats as he’s the most correct out of the lot

 

[Whiskers]

I can’t believe we are going to choose a half fit all rounder and not a fully fit all rounder.
Wtf is wrong with our selectors?

Btw it’s not 1 bad innings for labuschagne or one bad innings for our top order.
It continually fails.

 

[revo333]

I can’t believe we are going to choose a half fit all rounder and not a fully fit all rounder.
Wtf is wrong with our selectors?

Btw it’s not 1 bad innings for labuschagne or one bad innings for our top order.
It continually fails.

He will get dropped before he gets to 20, goes on and makes a streaky 50 to keep his spot for the rest of the series.

Pure agony!

 

[hawkman]

I'm looking forward to it, I love the first morning buzz.

Morning?

 

[Gough]

2nd Test discussion continues here.

2nd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 6-10 1430hrs @ Adelaide Oval

Australia from, Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Brendan Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster India from, Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit...

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[Drunkcat]

Other than Head all the rest of the batsman are under pressure, Smith i think his technique is catching up to him.

 

[Bedi]

Other than Head all the rest of the batsman are under pressure, Smith i think his technique is catching up to him.

Khawaja aint going anywhere

 

[big_e]

Other than Head all the rest of the batsman are under pressure, Smith i think his technique is catching up to him.

Test batting averages, 1 November 2023 to 30 November 2024:

Mitch Marsh: 42.5
Alex Carey: 32.8
Usman Khawaja: 30.6
Steve Smith: 29.4
Travis Head: 26.4
Marnus Labuschagne: 23.6

 

[Drunkcat]

Test batting averages, 1 November 2023 to 30 November 2024:

Mitch Marsh: 42.5
Alex Carey: 32.8
Usman Khawaja: 30.6
Steve Smith: 29.4
Travis Head: 26.4
Marnus Labuschagne: 23.6

Bloody hell that is very bad, thought he was better than that, NoWonder we are now a very average side with them averages.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I mean it probably makes sense I reckon, though without his bowling is he better than Webster or Hardie?

No, but on form better than Labuschagne. Maybe Head and Smith as well, if his form from last summer shows up.

 

[Drunkcat]

Khawaja aint going anywhere

He is 38 will be gone very soon.

 

[eddiesmith]

Greatest cricket ground in the world.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

Sellout day 1 of the Boxing Day test is pretty exiting.. packed MCG.. who said test cricket is dying..

 

[Around the Wicket]

Sellout day 1 of the Boxing Day test is pretty exiting.. packed MCG.. who said test cricket is dying..

Test cricket will never die in India, Australia, England... its the rest that are in doubt lol

 

[Gough]

Test cricket will never die in India, Australia, England... its the rest that are in doubt lol

Hey hey, my my Test cricket will never die.

 

[PhatBoy]

The kiwis usually put on a good show albeit at tighter boutique venues. They ebb and flow of course in accordance to varying degrees depending on the might of the opponent but they will always turn out for Boxing Day and new years tests when they are on and support their side. Sri Lanka depending on venue and opponent will sometimes turn out, sometimes not. Galle gets crowds periodically

Hopefully if SA builds a good side again it might lead to a bit more support

 

[sabso]

Greatest cricket ground in the world.

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Is mcg capacity still 100024 for cricket?

 

[western royboy]

The kiwis usually put on a good show albeit at tighter boutique venues. They ebb and flow of course in accordance to varying degrees depending on the might of the opponent but they will always turn out for Boxing Day and new years tests when they are on and support their side. Sri Lanka depending on venue and opponent will sometimes turn out, sometimes not. Galle gets crowds periodically

Hopefully if SA builds a good side again it might lead to a bit more support

The Big 3 no worries
NZ is close to the best place to go to watch Test Cricket but they’ve had a golden era that may be close to ending - small population causes many problems but mainly financial.

Sri Lanka & Pakistan are politically unstable and very dangerous for players safety hence we get few tours and matches played on the same grounds and the same pitches…

South Africa not much better.

The West Indies get further and further fragmented each day.

Long term its a worry

 

[PhatBoy]

The Big 3 no worries
NZ is close to the best place to go to watch Test Cricket but they’ve had a golden era that may be close to ending - small population causes many problems but mainly financial.

Sri Lanka & Pakistan are politically unstable and very dangerous for players safety hence we get few tours and matches played on the same grounds and the same pitches…

South Africa not much better.

The West Indies get further and further fragmented each day.

Long term its a worry

The Windies administration issues are actually improving slightly. It hasn’t led to anything especially tangible yet but a number of players have come back into the international fold as well as playing a little more domestic cricket.

It remains to be seen if it will make a difference but the utter disarray has seemingly been put behind us for the time being

 

[010203]

Is mcg capacity still 100024 for cricket?

It's about 92000 for cricket

 

[big_e]

This is your occasional reminder that South Africa are currently leading the WTC table, having finished third last time around.

A lot of problems over there but they can put it together when they have to.

 

[eth-dog]

This is your occasional reminder that South Africa are currently leading the WTC table, having finished third last time around.

A lot of problems over there but they can put it together when they have to.

Yeah, one win vs Pakistan books their spot

 

[Some Idiot]

The Big 3 no worries
NZ is close to the best place to go to watch Test Cricket but they’ve had a golden era that may be close to ending - small population causes many problems but mainly financial.

Sri Lanka & Pakistan are politically unstable and very dangerous for players safety hence we get few tours and matches played on the same grounds and the same pitches…

South Africa not much better.

The West Indies get further and further fragmented each day.

Long term its a worry

Feels like we toured South Africa a lot in the Graeme Smith era, have things gotten more unstable over there since then?