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

[ManOfClay]

Can we be pessimistic yet BACCS

 

[Dixie Flatline]

The Head delivery stayed low.

Head went for the hero shot instead of playing the ball on its merits.

 

[Stopher]

You dont think India batted better and smarter in the conditions than us?

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I mean, they did win the toss, so should theoretically have the advantage with the conditions, no? That they have maximized said advantage is what good teams do.

 

[red+black]

Bumrah is amazing, absolute quality bowling

 

[gym4life]

Get all these west Australians out of the ****ing team please.

 

[ams4crows]

If Mitch Marsh pulls out a century here, He'll be in the side forever

 

[ManOfClay]

For those who have watched Australian cricket for years, where would this batting line up rank?

Weakest I can recall from Taylor era onwards

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

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.

Yep. It was a good ball, angling in from outside off, but it was nothing special. Our quicks would have bowled dozens of those to Pujara and Kohli, but they got in behind it, watched it onto the bat, and kept it out. God only knows what Head was trying to do. Didn't get his front foot to the pitch of ball, left a massive gap between bat and pad, TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL, and tried to smack it to the on side. It's astounding how a whole generation of Australian batsmen really have no idea.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

If Mitch Marsh pulls out a century here, He'll be in the side forever

That’s a nightmare

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

If Mitch Marsh pulls out a century here, He'll be in the side forever

Sir Mitchell of Marsh

 

[mxett]

The Indians showed great discipline and patience on a shocking pitch. They knew we wouldnt/couldnt. That's the test match right there

 

[Tassieboy]

Marsh lucky Shami couldn't be bothered.

 

[undefined]

I just love the way Mitch Marsh goes about it. My vice-captain.

 

[Del165198]

Marsh you peanut

 

[Dixie Flatline]

What the hell are you doing Marsh? Seriously put the shot away.

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

There's been heaps of praise for Bumrah, but how good has Ishant Sharma been? I laughed when India selected him for the first Test, but he's really reinvented himself as a bowler. Has made me look like a right dickhead.

You don’t need any help with that buddy.

 

[Westend]

95/5 on this pitch? Are Australia's batsmen that shit or has the pitch got something in it?

They have a pathetic batting coach in Hick and it shows

 

[sherb]

The structural problems in Australian cricket are being laid bare for all to see. CA has become a dollar chasing business, rather than the overseer of the game of cricket.

The Sheffield Shield has been reduced to a second-rate competition, bookending the almighty BBL. As has the domestic one-day competition.

As a result, we have barely any batsman in the Shield pressing for Test selection, and even if there were - they wouldn't be elevated to the side from Shield competition, as it isn't being played at the moment.

CA is ruining the game in this country, it's as simple as that.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

I just love the way Mitch Marsh goes about it. My vice-captain.

#intent

 

[Vegeta]

Yep. It was a good ball, angling in from outside off, but it was nothing special. Our quicks would have bowled dozens of those to Pujara and Kohli, but they got in behind it, watched it onto the bat, and kept it out. God only knows what Head was trying to do. Didn't get his front foot to the pitch of ball, left a massive gap between bat and pad, TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL, and tried to smack it to the on side. It's astounding how a whole generation of Australian batsmen really have no idea.

It's incredible how much Smith and Warner covered for the mediocrity of the other batsmen.

 

[Visions]

I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Can we just make up a team of 10 bowlers and a wicket keeper?

I will back them to make more runs than our batsmen and then we have countless options in our bowling attack to bowl the opposition out cheaply.

 

[tombomb]

that shot was 1 metre short of being mitch's masterpiece ...

 

[Westend]

What the hell are you doing Marsh? Seriously put the shot away.

Marsh should just attack he does not have the technique to block he want last

He should play his shots

 

[hoopla]

For those who have watched Australian cricket for years, where would this batting line up rank?

Worst I have seen since the 80s. I’m loving it though. I get more enjoyment watching the Aussies as underdogs playing the best teams. It’s just so good when they pluck a win against the odds. It’s a bit perverse, but that’s just me.

 

[davis_756]

Dear Mitch Marsh, I really dislike you as a cricketer and I hope you never play another test but if you can stand up here and score a century to save us the embarrassment of losing to these billionaire slave labour kids I will not speak a bad word about you at least for the next 12 months or so.

Yours sincerely