Australia v India, 3rd Test at the MCG Dec 26-30

[SSwans2011]

Any harm in finding a better no 5 in Australia than Travis Head?

Head has been our best genuine batsman this series.

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

There are several people who batted for Australia this morning who should never ever bat for Australia again.

 

[Stopher]

Yep - Pujara said yesterday after play it wasnt an easy pitch to score on and expected it to get worse.

They knew exactly what they were doing batting cautiously and knowing our batting lineup is extremely brittle.

I've read this just as Head has been bowled playing an ordinary shot.

Forget the pitch, the application to the task of tough batting is the chasm of difference between the sides right now.

 

[Costanza_]

Plumbing new depths here. Took us two whole days to eek out a few Indian wickets. On the same pitch we've dropped 5 in just over a session.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Thats how you bowl a yorker.

Wasn't a yorker. Was pitched up and reversed slightly but wasnt a rip snorter it is being made out to be. Head just tried to smack it and got an inside edge onto his stumps.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Paine LBW. Coming Soon

 

[kidgorgeous]

Head is safe, showed #intent

 

[Bombermania]

Crap shot but that is what happens when you bowl at the stumps, despite what has been said about this pitch, good line and length will bring wickets.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Any harm in finding a better no 5 in Australia than Travis Head?

Obviously very flawed as a Test bat, but he's still our second best bat and can't be dropped.

 

[hoopla]

Good ball that swung in, but equally bad shot.

This pitch is a mine field now. Overcast conditions, swinging ball, uneven bounce. It’ll be a miracle to draw this test.

 

[toml]

Good ball but awful shot from Head.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I'm hitting the panic button now.

Anyone with a bat and a pair of gloves is in the running for Sydney now.

 

[Coasters7]

Good effort from the tail to eek out 92 runs there. Should be able to get a solid lead with the top order now.

 

[eDPS]

Head has been our best genuine batsman this series.

That’s really not much of an accomplishment

 

[Southerntakeover]

Lose by an innings and 200 runs?

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Crap shot but that is what happens when you bowl at the stumps, despite what people have said about this pitch, good line and length will still bring wickets.

He misses, you hit. Simple philosophy

 

[Costanza_]

Any harm in finding a better no 5 in Australia than Travis Head?

Small problem here, we are also on the hunt for a new 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.

 

[Stopher]

Batting to the conditions. A novel concept for some.

It is just too bad that Border and Simpson are too old to be an active part of Australia's revival. Neither would stand for the shit dished up by some of the batsmen today.

Steve Waugh too.

 

[Del165198]

I can't stop saying "Yo! Bumrah the show" every time i hear his ******* name

Hahaha I thought I was the only one

 

[danielnajdek]

Wasn't that good of a ball. Why he tried to whip it to the leg side when it was on middle stump I have no clue.

 

[RAPPA]

Lower order will outscore top order

 

[dumb]

this is what happens when a shitty batting line-up is exposed to the pitch at the worst time (thus far) in the match, in the best conditions for bowling.

 

[jr4jane2004]

Can't wait to see Kohli hold up the Border Gavaskar Trophy tommorow. 1.2B fans in India will have a huge parade after their first series win in Australian soil.

 

[SSwans2011]

That’s really not much of an accomplishment

Not at all. Still should be the second last batsman to be dropped right now.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Hahaha I thought I was the only one

If i knew how to, I would photoshop the Indian team onto that photo