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

[Sasquatch]

Can India loan us a player like when a team is getting smashed in primary school HPE?

Virat Kohli

 

[DamoESP]

Was Mitch Marsh booed?

And to think, he did more than "home town hero" Finch lol

 

[Present Not Past]

Well played National Selection Committee, Trevor Hohns, Mark Waugh, Justin Langer and Greg Chappell, you played yourself with that selection.

Jesus christ wtf was that "technique" from MMarsh.

Can we just boot both Marsh brothers and be done with this awful period of selection based more on nepotism and bias than actual state performance.

We still have the sons of Waugh, Lehmann and Sutherland to come.

 

[ManOfClay]

Should’ve done a lot better with that. It’s not Mitch’s fault though the selectors keep picking him.

Yeah it’s not his fault he gets out. Christ

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Mark II
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NOW TWEET THAT!

Awesome stuff

 

[dumb]

paine will spend all bar about 2 hours on the ground

 

[Bombermania]

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.

Strangely yes, during the glory years the Aussies made local pitches look flat as they posted 500 or 600 in two days and there is something about seeing a group who thought they would inherit the earlier team's success having to work out how to do it without the talent the side had in the 90s and 00s.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Who made the better 9?
a) Mitch Marsh
b) Rob Quiney

 

[Stopher]

Serious question- does Jadeja get into the Australian team?

 

[corbies]

Paine, Cummins and Lyon are the only blokes you could honestly say this about.

Our #7, #8 and #10...

Khawaja did it literally 4 tests ago.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

I feel sorry for our bottom 5 who bust their arses every game and then have to put up with this shit from the top 6 every f*cking test.

You're an embarrassment Cricket Australia.

I would almost refuse to walk out and bat again if i was Cummins, the guy deserves two days off after bowling as long as he did and he got a sessions and a bit... Time and time again this happens and he knows he is about to have to go out and slog it our again with the ball when he does get out

 

[Teen Wolf]

Hahahaha mitchy marsh hahahahahaha it's your last test

It's so not.

 

[archibald]

Lets be fair on Mitch. He doesn't get runs because of every potential external factor we can muster to excuse his shitness.

 

[SSwans2011]

We still have the sons of Waugh, Lehmann and Sutherland to come.

I'm ready for Sitherland given how often they bring him up in the BBL, even though he's a bowling all-rounder who isn't currently bowling.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

paine will spend all bar about 2 hours on the ground

Reminds me of the days when I played.

We would be all out for about 40 in the first hour, and then have to bowl for essentially 2 ****ing days. I quit real quick

 

[carloss]

Mitch Marsh to save the test match with a century.

Bookmark it.

2nd innings?

 

[sherb]

Did I just hear Fleming say that Head was knocked over by a yorker?

I'll have to watch it again.....

It was no yorker.

I hope people don't take what these commentators say as gospel.

 

[Tugga27]

Almost hope it is so Langer can add to his great record lol

Christ, what do you want Langer to do, go out and bat for them?

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Serious question- does Jadeja get into the Australian team?

Nope, not in our best bowlers and our selectors only want some extreme 125-130 medium pacers from our 'all rounder'

 

[Struggle]

Serious question- does Jadeja get into the Australian team?

As a specialist bat no question

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Hahahaha mitchy marsh hahahahahaha it's your last test

...this year.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Did anybody get on Cummins to top score @41 or Lyon @101?

I don't promote or condone gambling, it is a mug's game, you WILL lose money in the long run.

However, as a form of entertainment, when done in moderation and only with money you can afford to lose, it can be fun.

With all of that said, I will openly admit that I got on Lyon @101.

And at the very least, it is making this collapse more 'exciting', if you get what I mean.

 

[Coasters7]

We joke about flipping the batting order but you’d genuinely probably get more out of everyone that way. Tailenders are the most patient in the team and the batsmen might actually give a shit and bat for their arse when it’s 4/100 and they realise they can’t keep forcing the game.

 

[SSwans2011]

Would you rather watch this or Holmes & Watson?

 

[Bombermania]

To answer the question where does this Australia side stand, I would say its the worst I have seen, some may point to the 80s but at least that side had to face some seriously quick bowling attacks.