MELBOURNE 3rd Test: Australia v India on Dec 26-30, 2014

[AusKnightRKO]

We needed 82 overs at them.

 

[Mr Angry]

About f**king time, in fact probably too late.

Yeah lets bowl the bloke with two wickets in the series, not the bloke with 19.

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Captains call it.

 

[El Diablo]

f**k that

i would have kept playing

 

[Timbo]

Oh that's weak. I'm disappointed Smithy. The way their tail is who knows what could have happened?

 

[Twatface Magee]

That's gay.
Play the 4 overs you soft f**ks.

 

[umina panther]

Series won, job done Smiffy

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Unless there's three balls left you shouldnt be calling it quits.

 

[8Ball]

Really? One more wicket and we would have been into the players who can barely hold the bat.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Seriously, it's only 4 overs why wouldn't you just play them.
No chance of a result for India but Australia were still in with some hope.
For the sake of another 20-30mins they might as well have kept going.

 

[kdalymc]

So why is that a draw? Team taps out before the siren, should be a loss if you pull the pin.

 

[Pete Cash]

What a disgraceful pitch. Let's never play at the MCG or Adelaide oval again.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Spud Smith is the new Alastair Cook,lets hope Clarke plays until he's 45.

 

[Wizardman]

Weak as piss Steve Smith!!!

Give the captaincy to Warner

 

[umina panther]

What a disgraceful pitch. Let's never play at the MCG or Adelaide oval again.

Adelaide isn't even pretty anymore

 

[BunniesMan]

So why is that a draw? Team taps out before the siren, should be a loss if you pull the pin.

The match was only over because both captains agreed. Dhoni didn't end it unilaterally. Smith agreed.

 

[BunniesMan]

And people shitting on Smith, do you really think he'd have ended the game if other blokes on the team were against it? They had clearly all given up.

 

[undertaker]

Unless there's three balls left you shouldnt be calling it quits.

This

All it would've taken is one wicket and given how fragile Indias tail is, a chance of Sydney 2008 was on the cards again

Very disappointed in Smith's decision

 

[TheParraboy]

There was still 24 balls left, one of these guys gets out, bring back Notch and Rhino and we can take 3 wickets in a couple of overs. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Its not like they were 4 down only

 

[Bazal]

Weak as piss Steve Smith!!!

Give the captaincy to Warner

No point. Johnson or Harris or Hazelwood breaks down unnecessarily and everyone is up in arms the other way. We were insanely long odds at that point and the series is won with a draw anyway. Why risk it?