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[Art Vandelay_]

Cummins rips one past Rahul. The Arrogant One to the crease.

 

[eth-dog]

Konstas already a Bay 13 fan favourite. Hard not to like the kid.

 

[eth-dog]

Run out Jaiswal, Virat you flog!

Also the lbw law is dumb

 

[glenferry23]

Never looked a run there to me, moment of madness from Jaiswal after batting beautifully to that point.

 

[eth-dog]

SCOTTY!

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

On ya bike Virat

 

[Magma]

cricinfo shitting the bed when the runout happened is quite funny

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Stark contrast pre-test match. One upset at an isolated slight.
The other recognising its merely return fire in gamesmanship. One of the pitches on that tour was farcical as well.

 

[eth-dog]

The curators prepare wickets (whether they be practice or game) well in advance with a plan in mind. India rocked up two days earlier than said and are whinging about it.

It's like rocking up to EB Games, asking for the new Pokémon game two days before the release date and having a hissy fit when they tell you no.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

First two days showing with Smith is the no.1 guy in the foursome of Smith, Kohli, Root and Williamson.

2 are WTC winners. 3 are CWC winners (only 1 away from home) - albeit Root and Williamson could be reversed as the 2019 tie break was crapshoot.

Root and Williamson the far better individuals, but far less success.

 

[eth-dog]

First two days showing with Smith is the no.1 guy in the foursome of Smith, Kohli, Root and Williamson.

2 are WTC winners. 3 are CWC winners (only 1 away from home) - albeit Root and Williamson could be reversed as the 2019 tie break was crapshoot.

Root and Williamson the far better individuals, but far less success.

Williamson wins if not for a fluke deflection from Stokes

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Williamson wins if not for a fluke deflection from Stokes

The irony that Stokes is Kiwi.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Jimmy and Harmi had a few too many schooners.
I can understand but completely disagree with Root over Smith. That's just bias with him being English.

But Freddie ahead of Jacques Kallis is just bonkers. Scored 12000+ at a higher average than Sachin, but also got close to 300 wickets as well.

Pant ahead of Gilchrist is utter gibberish also. Gilchrist is the legend all keepers that follow try to emulate.

 

[Magma]

Jimmy and Harmi had a few too many schooners.
I can understand but completely disagree with Root over Smith. That's just bias with him being English.

But Freddie ahead of Jacques Kallis is just bonkers. Scored 12000+ at a higher average than Sachin, but also got close to 300 wickets as well.

Pant ahead of Gilchrist is utter gibberish also. Gilchrist is the legend all keepers that follow try to emulate.

big ups to whoever edited the video not knowing which indian cricketer is which with the pictures.

 

[eth-dog]

Jimmy and Harmi had a few too many schooners.
I can understand but completely disagree with Root over Smith. That's just bias with him being English.

But Freddie ahead of Jacques Kallis is just bonkers. Scored 12000+ at a higher average than Sachin, but also got close to 300 wickets as well.

Pant ahead of Gilchrist is utter gibberish also. Gilchrist is the legend all keepers that follow try to emulate.

Cook
Sehwag
Williamson
Smith
Sachin
Kallis
Gilchrist (+)
Warne
Johnson
Bumrah
Steyn

Bumrah vs McGrath, Johnson vs Broad incredibly tight. I'm disappointed that G Smith couldn't get a gig ahead of Warner or Rohit. Bizarre that Lara, Sangakkara, Ponting and Murali weren't included over KP and Ashwin. Best I've seen (really hard to split a few):

Smith (c)
Sehwag
Sangakkara
Kallis
Lara
Ponting (him vs Sachin was so tight)
Gilchrist (+)
Warne
Steyn
Bumrah
McGrath

And second cos all of these guys are unlucky:

Cook
Hayden
Williamson
Tendulkar
Smith
Kohli
Dhoni (+, c)
Johnson
Rabada
Anderson
Murali

 

[eth-dog]

Close to 90k at the G for Boxing Day and boy can the AFL learn a lot about the entrance and exit today.
Entry was painless, arrived with less than 20 minutes before first ball and took no time at all to get in. Took no time to get a drink before play. Even the bottleneck at Richmond Station as everyone was leaving was non-existent... Which then usually flows on to a mad dash at Southern Cross to get a train home.

All 3 of these things are usually painful at AFL games at the G, often with less attendees.
The concourses, lounges and bar areas having very effective air-con systems was also a welcome quality of life nicety.

Agreed. Was excellent coming in this morning (and looks like there's roughly 50-60k here already)

 

[glenferry23]

That’s one for the ages form Nitish Reddy. Brilliant hundred. The scenes with his father and family watching on was fantastic, heartwarming stuff.

 

[RPCB]

Ntish, Jaiswal and Washington have at least made a contest out of this test. Good to see.

 

[glenferry23]

Credit to Gilly for trying that interview, that was ****ing gold.

 

[RPCB]

Credit to Gilly for trying that interview, that was ****ing gold.

I didn’t see it. What happened?

 

[glenferry23]

I didn’t see it. What happened?

On Fox Cricket, Gilchrist was fence side with Reddy’s father, uncle and so on. Gilly was informed the uncle will translate as Reddy’s father doesn’t speak much English. The interview started well however at some point he sidestepped the uncle’s offer to translate and just went for the answers himself, it was brilliant viewing. He repeatedly said “special moment” and “tension tension”.

Funnily enough I’ve been to Hyderabad a dozen or so times so I could actually follow their Telangana better. It was unscripted stuff and they had a genuine crack anyway. Absolute gold.

 

[glenferry23]

Bumrah really is something else. This is ridiculously good.

He and Deep have bowled without luck again, numerous times they’ve beaten the bat and haven’t had the rewards to show for it.

I wonder what a winning target here is. The pitch still looks decent enough to bat on going into day 5 tomorrow. Atmosphere at the ground looks great as always, the attendances this match have been record breaking.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Well Aussies are on the ropes, India surely favourites from here.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

It's amazing how this team finds new ways to choke the BGT.

 

[eth-dog]

I mean. He's unfairly good. All three in this spell have been ridiculous