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England once again incapable of going 3 tests without collapsing in a heap
Great day at the cricket - not too humid and nice breeze. Plenty of beer drunk. I was unhappy when Marsh was dismissed but happy with the final score. Head basically holding the batting together atm.
I believe he’s a Queenslander Bundy.
Thoughts?
Ben Stokes bowled over 36 overs this game and has very predictably done his hamstring. GJ everyone. Someone save this guy from himself.
Kane is now officially the 2nd best batsman of all time!
Nice win today, Baz ball looks shocking when it doesnt come off...
Of course it does, its high risk cricket with far greater appeal in todays environment than the 2,5 runs per over Test cricket I grew up with.
Funny that under Bazball England has become an inconsistent team that can look good at times and utterly hapless other times... because that's exactly who we've been since the 13/14 Ashes. I guess we're more entertaining now?
Goes back a lot further than 2014. In the 80s they lost Test series to NZ and Pakistan then went on to win in India.
Shame theres just not enough time with the rain for this Aussie collapse to produce the funniest result ever
Ashwin retires, going out halfway through an away series in Australia like his idol Graeme Swann.
Seriously though, what a player.
Time to retire Hazlewood, his body is too unreliable, and getting injured mid-Test puts extra strain on Starc and Cummins, especially if we insist on picking a semi-fit Marsh who can’t bowl his fair share.
Hazlewood out for the series, no reason to select him for the two Test tour to Sri Lanka, and then ther’s the WTC Final if Australia makes it. We need to move our players on and we shouldn’t allow them all to choose when they will retire.
We don’t want Khawaja, Smith, Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood all retiring after the Sydney Ashes Test. Do we retire Khawaja and Hazlewood now and bring in some fresh blood? Or do we stuff around for two years like we did by allowing Warner to carry on past his expiry date?
Looking at the ages of this Australia team one has to think they are there for the taking next year at the Ashes. England of course will completely fail to do so and make these old geezers look 10 years younger and retire on top.
yeah the opening session was the first live test cricket i've watched in quite a while as i'm not rich and was at my Dad's. Could instantly tell Konstas was a bit of a prick and therefore would probably have a 20 year career in the Aussie test team. didn't quite expect him to do what he did to Bumrah though... that was something.
Kohli fined 20% of his match fee for the shoulder barge.
He really doesn’t like it up him and thinks he’s untouchable.
Australia 474 (Smith 140)
India 5/164 (Jaiswal 82)
India 2/153 then Jaiswal runs himself out 20 mins before stumps That could be the turning point of the series. India lose 3/6 and Australia are now in the driver’s seat to go 2-1 up if they can run through the lower order tomorrow morning.
Australia should get a 200 run lead, bat before tea tomorrow, make a quick 200 then have 4-5 sessions to bowl India out.
Day 1 crowd: 87,242
Day 2 crowd: 85,147
Those late wickets will hurt Day 3 numbers, especially with Kohli out. The record Test aggregate is 350,534 (1936/37 v England, 6-day Test).
Kohli should have run on his partner’s call
By turning his back he ensured a run out. If he’d run there was a decent chance he gets home
A younger man with better instincts would have made it for sure. I guess it’s karma for yesterday. CricViz has India at just 7% now to win the Test.
