Test The Ashes Second Test December 4-8 1430hrs @ The Gabba

[Chism]

It is Starc or bust for us.

Dogget and Nesser wont take 3 wickets combined unless they manage to get into the tail.

Pitch is a road once the new ball is over 20 overs old and doing nothing.

 

[HalloweenJack]

Looking very poor from the selectors, have basically handed England the same dynamic as the latter part of the 2023 Ashes by not selecting Lyon.

Totally agree. Another monumental mistake by the selectors. I wonder how hard Smith pushed for Lyon. Not very hard would be my guess.

 

[Peter Bixley]

Starc under lights with the pink pellet is what we are waiting for.

It's what damage they can do beforehand that concerns me.

 

[ep2018]

Pitch looks a road, looks like they dont want another Perth, lose too much $$$.

 

[sherb]

It is Starc or bust for us.

Dogget and Nesser wont take 3 wickets combined unless they manage to get into the tail.

Pitch is a road once the new ball is over 20 overs old and doing nothing.

I'm not seeing anything in either of them that is impressive at the Test level.

Good Shield bowlers, sure.............

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

I don't think Green is any good as a bowler, he's definitely only a part timer, he'll pick up the occasional wicket here and there but his consistency isn't great

He was a gun earlier on in his career but all the injuries and reworking his action hasn't helped

 

[FreoRicci]

Ominous.

 

[Plugger35]

Fickle mob

They would still be singing now even if England were 5 or 6 wickets down, it's just a matter of how many beers they are down.

 

[FreoRicci]

Bringing in Nesser before Webster is funny. This isn’t 2019.

 

[JimmyBC]

Two international batsmen play well for awhile.. IT'S A ROAD!!

 

[Around the Wicket]

Two international batsmen play well for awhile.. IT'S A ROAD!!

I was just thinking that

 

[Around the Wicket]

Bringing in Nesser before Webster is funny. This isn’t 2019.

Nesser hasn’t ever looked good when given a chance to be fair

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

Root to break his 100 drought today. Looks ominous.

 

[DaRick]

Nesser hasn’t ever looked good when given a chance to be fair

He was OK in 2021/22 and reasonably good (against very weak opponents) in 2022/23.

But he's been real disappointing here.

I hope that Lyon's not fully fit, otherwise leaving him out looks like the blunder of the century.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Anyone know how the list ended for commentators?

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[Borisdog]

The mindset of simpletons for mine. You want to see Travis Head bowling straight breaks instead of Mitchell Starc for the sake of reaching an arbitrary 90 over target? Look at the quality of the overs bowled.

No.

I want to see sides bowl 90 overs.

There's a dozen ways they can speed things up.

I'll leave it to your vast intellect to work out a couple of the ways that can be done.

 

[Jack Lord]

All things considered things are pretty even. Possibly England have their noses in front.

 

[Kapow!!!]

Just a note on the Barmy Army: Perth must have done a REAL number on them because they were dull and lifeless in that first session. Expecting proper rowdiness if these 2 are still in past drinks in the next session.

 

[RookiePick]

All things considered things are pretty even. Possibly England have their noses in front.

yep. 52:48 to England. Well done to steady the ship when another early collapse was looking imminent.

Australia will be pretty disappointed with their bowling outside of Starc. I am expecting a better session from the other quicks after the break.

 

[Peter Bixley]

I thought we might go all-seam if Cummins was parachuted in, but selecting Neser AND Doggett is poor on the part of the selectors.

That said, Lyon might have bowled only one or two overs by this point anyway.

 

[Borisdog]

Might be a problem if they go into it at 2/200.

And not likely to get a new ball until a long way into the last session given the rate.

If they have to bowl Trav to get through the overs they might be a bit better than 200 also.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

All things considered things are pretty even. Possibly England have their noses in front.

They'd happily take being two down at the dinner break, especially after being two down with only five runs on the board. I think they're comfortably in front, but the complexion of the game might change once night falls.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

24 overs in two hours is an abysmal effort.

This pop-gun bowling attack looks like it will be exposed by Bazball bigtime in Brisbane.

The TNT coverage of the innings break is amusing, they have Matt Prior just standing there with a microphone.

He doesn't say anything and nobody asks him any questions, he is just standing there in the hot sun.

 

[Around the Wicket]

That journalist just highlighted Australia is woke

 

[Borisdog]

All things considered things are pretty even. Possibly England have their noses in front.

I reckon EVERY Australian fan would've taken 2/98 at lunch in 24 overs if we were batting.