Test The Ashes Fifth Test January 4-8 1000hrs @ The SCG

[dogs105]

Sydney Sucks

 

[Maddo11]

Ussie channeled his inner Albo

A brown boy from Pakistan and look at me now!

Albo raised by a single mum in housing commission and look at me now!

Why do sports people think they can lecture us all. That’s not a rhetorical question, there is an answer. Coz they’ve been in a bubble with everyone blowing smoke up their arse. Ussie must think he can put us all in a the same group and none of us have had struggles as important as his.

If you look up the phrase "tall poppy syndrome", this post is the first result.

Do better, campaigner

 

[icyflakes]

Looks like the storm is about to pass, could get 45 minutes of play in? It's test cricket so at best the rain will stop THEN they'll call for 15 minutes to "prepare" to start, so maybe 20-30 minutes.

 

[Proper Gander]

Proper Gander Gralin

This is interesting evil behaviour.

What’s your read, Less?

 

[Headless]

What’s your read, Less?

I'll defer to Tarkyn_24 on this occasion.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

I'll defer to Tarkyn_24 on this occasion.

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[Pakenhamsaint]

Play abandoned

 

[Plugger35]

Looks like the storm is about to pass, could get 45 minutes of play in? It's test cricket so at best the rain will stop THEN they'll call for 15 minutes to "prepare" to start, so maybe 20-30 minutes.

Apparently the rain has stopped there but the umpires will probably wander slowly out there while still carrying umbrellas.

Then they will try and still prevent any more play today as the ground is too moist or the light still isn't quite good enough.

 

[Proper Gander]

Apparently the rain has stopped there but the umpires will probably wander slowly out there while still carrying umbrellas.

Then they will try and still prevent any more play today as the ground is too moist or the light still isn't quite good enough.

Beats having the pitch too verdant

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Play abandoned

Damn I was just warming up to this game.

 

[Cleavy]

10am start tomorrow

 

[Plugger35]

Play abandoned

What a surprise being an umpire in this series is one of the easiest jobs in the world, all the days off and an early knock off today

 

[Pistol Night]

What a surprise, being an umpire in this series is one of the easiest jobs in the world, all the days off and an early knock off today

And **** up 90% of the decisions and the blokes up in head office bail you out of the shit every time

 

[Run n Spread]

It pretty much was a few drops. It’s more the light that’s screwing us today. There was a storm, but the showers were brief and not particularly heavy. It’s still pretty gloomy though.

This is just bad luck. Apart from a few storms here and there, Sydney hasn’t had real rain in months. Certainly nothing to lose much cricket over.

It's not bad luck it happens every year.
Move it to early December or late November as the first or second test

 

[HirdyLannister]

Billy Bowden is still around umpiring the Super Smash?! What the?

He umpires in the Canadian Super 60

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

I don't understand you start only at 10:00 tomorrow. Tell the soft campaigners to wake up earlier and start at 9.

Why on earth would you not play if the conditions allow it?

 

[icyflakes]

It's not bad luck it happens every year.
Move it to early December or late November as the first or second test

CA have committed to the Gabba Test being in the worst possible timing for weather after being shown it's clearly the worst time. They actively hate Test cricket.

 

[Cleavy]

It's not bad luck it happens every year.
Move it to early December or late November as the first or second test

they're not going to due to contracts in place

 

[Jimthegreat]

Got wickets with our only good 3 balls of the day. Rest has been rubbish.

Got a feeling, like our previous all rounders, Green is going to be a good short form player who struggles in the longer form. Been 5 summers now.

 

[Cleavy]

I don't understand you start only at 10:00 tomorrow. Tell the soft campaigners to wake up earlier and start at 9.

Why on earth would you not play if the conditions allow it?

need to re-write the laws/playing conditions to do that.

 

[icyflakes]

Got wickets with our only good 3 balls of the day. Rest has been rubbish.

Think that's unfair to Boland who has bowled really well for the most part.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Amazing how good Joe Root looks when there is no Cummins, Hazelwood and Lyon.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Kerry Okeefe must be on the grog saying if England batted like this in the first 3 test they could have won the ashes

 

[demondavey]

It's the SCG. The rest of the country could be completely cloudless yet there will be a solitary rain cloud hovering over the SCG all day washing it out.

Sydney always disappoints. It’s an absolute hole of a place.

 

[demondavey]

Kerry Okeefe must be on the grog saying if England batted like this in the first 3 test they could have won the ashes

They really do look a lot better.