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

[CakeEater]

I would have a short leg in here.

Up around the ribs and watch him deflect

 

[Marcel Proust]

strangled... Cummins didn't even turn around :O didn't see the ump give it out on the screen, but he must have

Cause batter smashed it

 

[Millky95]

Why is caught down leg always considered 'unlucky'?

Because it should be free runs

 

[Marcel Proust]

I would have a short leg in here.

Up around the ribs and watch him deflect

Stokes always looks so hard to get out.

Pom dravid

 

[Marcel Proust]

Because it should be free runs

Always a risk of knicking it too

 

[Westend]

Unlucky Malan the ump actually wasn’t drunk

Carey didn’t even know if he hit or not timid appeal ..he caught it though so that’s a positive

 

[Coasters7]

Why is caught down leg always considered 'unlucky'?

50 times out of 100 you miss it, 49 will go for 4 and the last one will knock you over

 

[MJG14]

Utterly horrendous leg side garbage.

 

[1990crow]

Ugh. Starc.

 

[Tassieboy]

Starc bowling pies.

 

[Kuuz]

Get Starc off - he is bowling absolute rubbish. That was 3 stumps wide of leg.

He will probably pick up a few knowing him, as he gets them amongst bowling rubbish, but still think it would have been good to rest him. Would have been interesting to see Jhye again.

 

[kozi]

First ball Warner has put into the crowd for a while

 

[rippersnipper]

If starc is going to bowl at the stumps why do we have only 3 fielders on the leg side? Sort it out

 

[Tassieboy]

Circa 2020/21 Starc seems to be back. I know I whinge about him so often, but man, is there a top level bowler who goes to s**t as often as Starc. His best is incredible but these matches and spells are tedious.

 

[Plugger35]

The big Kiwi is in, look out Aussies.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Awful bowling.

Seriously, how they didn't learn from last summer/the success of the squad bowlers this series and rest Starc either this or last Test is beyond me.

 

[1990crow]

I miss first three tests Starc. We were good then.

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

The gulf between his best and worst is just enormous

 

[Tassieboy]

Another so wild Stokes couldn’t reach it

 

[Marcel Proust]

eat dick Malan

At least he is a good bowler

 

[1990crow]

Always the creases fault when Starc starts bowling s**t.
It's his mental disintegration that's the problem.

 

[ABAB]

Awful bowling.

Seriously, how they didn't learn from last summer/the success of the squad bowlers this series and rest Starc either this or last Test is beyond me.

Particularly the 5 Tests were mostly back to back.

 

[Collars]

Root's box is a ball magnet... literally

 

[k31th]

Cummins still zero'ing into Root's balls... lol

 

[kozi]

Awful bowling.

Seriously, how they didn't learn from last summer/the success of the squad bowlers this series and rest Starc either this or last Test is beyond me.

Should have been rested last test. Was never missing this one due to his pink ball numbers. Just bad management