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

[mxett]

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.

would be a great experiment to play 10 bowlers v 10 batsmen

 

[SSwans2011]

Quicker this ends the quicker we get Burns and Kurtis Patterson out of the big bash and getting ready for Sydney. Cmon India.

Current squad is the squad for Sydney too. It doesn't get any better.

 

[SSwans2011]

Shot Mitch.

 

[davis_756]

If he scores a century he will secure his spot in the side for the next 12 months.

Let's not kid ourselves a 30 and he will keep his.spot for 12 months

 

[new breed]

That's a shot Marshy

 

[Struggle]

That's nearly the first time we've played a proper pull shot this series

 

[Balls In]

Come on Marsh bring it!!

 

[Gough]

Best I can do take it or leave itView attachment 599315

I saw PE on a double bill with Bodycount years ago, twas quite the night.

 

[hoopla]

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

Absolutely no excuse for the shot selection.

 

[Tassieboy]

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.

Kids largely just don't care about Test or ODI cricket anymore. From an admittedly small sample size of younger siblings/cousins and their friends who play cricket - they can't stand Test or ODI cricket. Yet, they lap up the BBL as if it's AFL. If young cricketers don't even watch cricket, what hope is there for the game? I'm only mid-20s but their attitudes make me feel old. We would watch hours of Test match cricket each summer. Even those kids who didn't play cricket would listen on the radio in the backyard, etc.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Why on earth would you put a fieldsman back? Just encourage the shot. It's 5/101 FFS

 

[Kuuz]

Again, the Australian selectors are gutless wimps. They keep trying to pick safe teams which, without our two best players, amounts to a very average batting line up.

Blood youth whilst Smith and Warner are gone. Said this time and again. Yes, our youth stocks don't appear great, but its kind of hard to tell if we're giving test berths to a 32 year old Aaron Finch and 35 year old Shaun Marsh, both of which do NOT have the top domestic averages.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

The look on Cummins' face, "Why can't I get to bowl to Australian batsmen for a change?"

 

[eDPS]

Want to see more of that, if it’s there go for it, it’s what separates the very good batsman

 

[hoopla]

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

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Absolutely. Aussies are an inferior side in most areas, but their only chance in this game was to win the toss.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Taking nothing away from the delivery, but what a poor excuse for a cricket shot that is from an apparent specialist batsman.

Massive gap between bat and pad
Closed face
Attacking when he should have been defending
Head falling over

Just poor all round.

Head has some serious work to do on his technique before he is a genuine test batsmen.

Players used to have to work this shit out in shield cricket before they got anywhere near the test team.


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[TheGreatBarryB]

We need a Hilditch ‘84 v WIndies MCG performance from one of the batsmen (further to another Hilditch reference earlier in thread)

 

[DamoESP]

What happened between having decades of a surplus of batsmen with terrific techniques and now struggling to find 6 decent test batsmen?

A decade.

 

[SSwans2011]

The dirt jumping out of the pitch is farcical though. GAGF MCG.

 

[mxett]

Kids largely just don't care about Test or ODI cricket anymore. From an admittedly small sample size of younger siblings/cousins and their friends who play cricket - they can't stand Test or ODI cricket. Yet, they lap up the BBL as if it's AFL. If young cricketers don't even watch cricket, what hope is there for the game? I'm only mid-20s but their attitudes make me feel old. We would watch hours of Test match cricket each summer. Even those kids who didn't play cricket would listen on the radio in the backyard, etc.

watching the first 2 days of this test you can understand why. Kids these days are used to instant entertainment via streaming shows or online gaming. Why would they want to waste 7 hours to watch 200 runs and 2 wickets. They get more entertainment in 30 minutes on their computer, and it's free and at home

 

[archibald]

Shami vs Marsh. This is a battle between good and evil

 

[Upgrayedd]

Again, the Australian selectors are gutless wimps. They keep trying to pick safe teams which, without our two best players, amounts to a very average batting line up.

Blood youth whilst Smith and Warner are gone. Said this time and again. Yes, our youth stocks don't appear great, but its kind of hard to tell if we're giving test berths to a 32 year old Aaron Finch and 35 year old Shaun Marsh, both of which do NOT have the top domestic averages.

Nope

Best squad internationals 100% of the time. Were seeing guys like head and finch get worked out. It would be silly to put a 19 year old into this without being ready. This isnt a football team

 

[SportsCentre]

What happened between having decades of a surplus of batsmen with terrific techniques and now struggling to find 6 decent test batsmen?

It may be simplistic, but I think that was it.
Having so many great batsmen, meant a good proportion of them stayed in FC teams, unable to get a spot in the national team.
That prevented young players getting spots in FC teams, and a domino effect developed.
Alternately, or maybe coincidentally, Australia's admin focus shifted to T20.

When we were dominating world-wide, we ignored the need to foster the next generation (who have appeared now).

 

[TigerCraig]

Tom Latham well on his way to back back to back double tons for NZ. Can we steal him like we steal all of the other good Kiwi things?

If we did an ANZAC team how many Australians would get a run?

 

[Gough]

A decade.

We've really been papering over cracks since Ponting retired.