Test The Ashes Fourth Test December 26-30 1000hrs @ The MCG

[Proeagle]

Like the real batters that threw away their wicket? Blame those flogs not the guy who actually batted properly

He didnt bat correctly in the last few overs.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

England’s awfulness has covered up the cracks this summer. Think this loss is a good wake up call.

kinda agree

too many players don't have selection pressure.

 

[DamoESP]

Can't wait for the Pommy carry on after they claim to win the Ashes via "moral victory"

 

[Jimthegreat]

Field seems to be on all the wrong spots.

 

[gtrxuone]

$1.10 Hutchy?

Could play an Australian v England BBL match
Plenty of good English players in the BBL

 

[two blue tiger]

Just put bat on ball and get a easy single every time.....

Four singles that last over.

Three the over before that.

 

[swingdog]

Field too defensive. Set a normal field, not getting wickets this way. Too many easy singles.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Fox obsessed with the thought of Green bowling.

 

[SC_Power]

Surely this is the first time in cricket where two test matches in a 5 test series finished within 2 days.

As noted Perth and Melbourne will be in the top 4 shortest completed test matches this century (apologies, wrote ever before, incorrectly)

(Can add the Brisbane debacle v Sth Africa a few years back as #5 on that list)

 

[Dazza the Viking]

The MCG should lose the boxing day test until they figure out how to consistently get their pitch right.
I've had a shocking run lately with recent deaths in the family, and getting over apretty nasty illness. The one thing I've been looking forward to is day 3 off the boxing day test. Four the first time in 15 years I convinced my dad to take time off during harvest to come across from SA to enjoy the cricket and this one day of joy we've been looking forward to for months has been snatched away by a pathetic curator who can't do their job right.

Seriously, screw the MCG. I know it's just a game but this actually hurts.

They did bring in a new curator in and they were saying how great the pitch was last season it lasting 5 days and an exciting finish

I think the cool weather leading up to the test where it went wrong, and made it too bowler friendly, if they had warmer weather leading up to the test, I reckon they would of been a different outcome

 

[Lets Roar like '44]

Looks like a pretty good pitch to bat on now

There was never anything wrong with it if you played normally. It’s only poor when you play stupid shots.

 

[k31th]

save us Starcy haha

 

[Voice of the G]

Next TV rights negotiations might be interesting, potentially twenty days play over in thirteen, that's a fair bit of advertising revenue foregone.

Said it previous post.If game over 3 days or less.5th day of test match both sides have to play a 1 day game.

 

[Coasters7]

Looks like a pretty good pitch to bat on now

Couldn’t have gone better for them today. Roller does a fair bit to help the batting and they’ve had it twice in 17 overs.

ie. they need a very specific set of circumstances to get close

 

[caveman72]

I thought it would have changed it to Trevor Head.

His dad wanted to go with the traditional family middle name Richard

 

[Bedi]

Can't wait for the Pommy carry on after they claim to win the Ashes via "moral victory"

three days they'll be here stinking it up in Melbourne – drunk and gloating

 

[Daka]

Never mind getting 8 more wickets we can't even get 1 more wicket...

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Hey Vaughan. **** the Barmy Army.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Can't wait for the Pommy carry on after they claim to win the Ashes via "moral victory"

I can’t wait for some batting changes, sadly there won’t be

 

[sherb]

Neser has offered nothing

If we lose this match, which is looking more and more likely, I think it's a bit unfair to blame the bowlers the second time around.

What will have cost us the match is our spineless effort with the bat today. All we had to do was knuckle down, show a bit of fight and batting would have become easier. But this is a very mentally brittle Australian batting side unfortunately, and that was just all too hard for them.

Pretty much a repeat of where England fell down in the first Test.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Don't even look like getting a wicket.

 

[Proeagle]

If we dont get Bethell out, England are going to be praising him like he is the next Bradman.

 

[rdhopkins2]

pretty diabolical performance by Australia in this match.

 

[jb04]

Cummins would be really ****en great right now.

 

[western royboy]

They did bring in a new curator in and they were saying how great the pitch was last season it lasting 5 days and an exciting finish

I think the cool weather leading up to the test where it went wrong, and made it too bowler friendly, if they had warmer weather leading up to the test, I reckon they would of been a different outcome

Which is why you cut it to something under 10mm