The Ashes. Fifth Test Australia v England @ Blundstone Arena, Hobart, 14-18 January 2022

[Crashy]

Bring back Harris

 

[Jimthegreat]

Not much you can do about that.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Uzzie couldn’t get out of that rocket’s path.

Well bowled Wood.

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

Incredible ball

 

[Millky95]

Really good bouncer that

 

[Mister B]

Jesus our batsmen have made some poor decisions this test.

 

[Marcel Proust]

You going to keep an eye on the U19s to see what's coming through for down the track?

Teague sounds a good prospect

WACA Premier Cricket

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[k31th]

Boland in as the night watchman... interesting

 

[Woody15]

Sheeez that was a brute of a ball. Well bowled.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Bring back Harris

For warner

 

[Bedi]

Bring back Harris

batting at number 5

 

[Jimthegreat]

Nightwatchman now?

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Bring back Harris

17 runs between Warner and Usman in this test

 

[Westend]

Poor batting by Australia so far this dig

 

[PhatBoy]

Braithwaite has been a major disappointment, and I had expected more from Chase and Hope but they haven’t gone on with it. It will never happen but I’d love to see what Pollard could do coming in at 5 and captaining the team.

Totally agree. Brathwaite was bordering on 40 with his average after that famous Headingley win and for a time was probably Warner’s partner in a world XI

Chase looked a real likely type. Made tough runs, made an away century in India, made a century while Shannon Gabriel famously threw away a draw at the other end. Then suddenly forgot how to bat.

I would love a guy like Pollard to be given a free pass into the test side as well.

 

[Marcel Proust]

I think Boland averages 75 at Tassie

 

[Mister B]

WTF?? This is mind-boggling.

 

[Joffaboy]

Look that is a fair point but the people who followed cricket at that stage were also vastly different in their conditioning - they grew up in an era where there were barely any alternatives. Waugh was certainly a great player no argument there but he was lucky in that there was simply nobody better to knock him out of the equation

Yes that is fair, and basically the Australian team was basically the test and ODI team, he bowled in those days and scored freely in ODI's.
Was instrumental in the 1987 WC win. Would score many high half century in both forms but just couldn't crack it for the ton.

With Border, about the only thing going for the Aussie team in those days.

 

[k31th]

Boland almost stepped on his stumps haha

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Bolands got to do everything

 

[Jimthegreat]

Jesus our batsmen have made some poor decisions this test.

Nothing Ussie could do with that.

 

[rippersnipper]

Khawaja should have stayed at 5, if he was to stay in the 11.

 

[Tassieboy]

Scott boland? Are they serious?

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

If our top 3 got skittled for nothing, why are we sending in a nightwatchman?

 

[Mkcaptain]

Boland didn't know anything about that ball