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

[ams4crows]

42 extra runs!! Because we ****ed around scared to bat a few overs tonight, absolute cowards

 

[Around the Wicket]

3/242 of 53 overs.
Not counting Starc.

2, one was a run out

 

[jackn]

What the **** field is this? Archer plops one up in the covers and there's nobody within cooee of it.

 

[Cataholic]

If it was a batsmens paradise Bazball would be 0/750 by now, feasting on Starc's pies

His pies ain't giving them the runs though.

Binding them up in fact. Again.

 

[damicky]

Surprised he's not praying.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Not normally a fan of nightwatchmen, bur Neser would probably be my choice.

Wouldn't argue it.

 

[SC_Power]

Not sure it matters too much when we're likely to bowl out a side within a day, with around 300 runs scored.

Unless the game ends in a draw, it's not a big deal

Which was the Windies call way back then.
And the rules were changed because of them.

 

[Mister B]

Lose the test and you can put it down to the last 20 minutes. Absolutely pathetic.

 

[Coasters7]

260 looked good. 300+ is a tough ask batting last

 

[Kapow!!!]

We deserve this. Horrid tactics.

Kinda hope we fall short by about 30 runs. Utter garbage

 

[Gethelred]

This is why Cummins is a better captain than Smith.

What we're doing is obvious as a strategy, but it's a) a bit soft, and b) might hurt just as much as losing a wicket or two overnight would've been.

 

[Jimthegreat]

This must be one of Smith's worst captaincy days. Why do we go with these tactics all the time.

If one more ball goes in the air to no-one I'm going to throw something at the TV.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Fox Cricket obsessed with a declaration. Stokes isn't ****ing declaring.

 

[largebus]

Getting travis headed. They put down 2 catching chances with this field set

 

[ams4crows]

Same thing happened in Perth a lower order 50 run partnership

 

[cats_09]

Folks do realise that Stokes could easily have declared if they really wanted to have a bowl at us tonight

 

[corbies]

This has been absolutely horrible by Australia. They massively overplay the batting at night thing.

They threw away all their wickets in the pink ball test in the West Indies so they could have 9 overs at them at night where they took 1 wicket. They came back the next day and rolled through them before having to bat a whole session at night.

It was so dumb only being saved by the ineptitude of the WIndies batting.

 

[SC_Power]

He averages 7 anything under 10 your a rabbit. Bowlers are just shit

Averages 22 first class cricket, 18 in ODI’s

 

[jackn]

What the **** field is this? Archer plops one up in the covers and there's nobody within cooee of it.

And again

 

[Tugga27]

what would be interesting is if they bat to stumps…

.. And keep batting tomorrow morning. Archer isn’t a bunny.

This could backfire if not careful

I think it already has.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Folks do realise that Stokes could easily have declared if they really wanted to have a bowl at us tonight

Tell that to Warner and Waugh.

 

[ams4crows]

Why is everyone on the boundary if it drops short no one is around to catch it

 

[Snarls Barkley]

He averages 7 anything under 10 your a rabbit. Bowlers are just shit

Very small sample size at Test level. Averages just over 22 in first class cricket which is Starc/Cummins sort of range

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Fox Cricket obsessed with a declaration. Stokes isn't ****ing declaring.

 

[Kapow!!!]

This is why Cummins is a better captain than Smith.

What we're doing is obvious as a strategy, but it's a) a bit soft, and b) might hurt just as much as losing a wicket or two overnight would've been.

It's not just runs either. Momentum is a real phenomenon that we've just gift wrapped for England as well as quite frankly this play is the most easily taken advantage of by "Bazball"