2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne on Dec 26-30, 2015

[Pete Cash]

Its funny because the commentators are talking about drop ins. I think the adelaide drop in has been good. Probably better than the last few in ground pitches but the mcg has struggled to produce great drop ins....maybe the mcg guys just suck.

 

[Ibleedblue]

QLD is playing well here

Khawaja isn't a Queenslander

 

[El Diablo]

another good innings from the NSWelshman

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Good crowd. Probably will total what the two tests in February will get.

 

[drago brelli]

Someone asked earlier wby we aten't playing NZ in a 5 test series....NZ has their own boxing day test. Some of our player batting are a joke, this mob are hopeless. I feel sorry for players who had to face marshall....ambrose....etc. This Windies team would struggle against the leading Sydney grade team.

 

[El Diablo]

NZ has their own boxing day test.

no. they play an ODI

they want to play over here in a boxing day test but CA don't think they pull crowds

CA is correct

 

[JJ]

no. they play an ODI

they want to play over here in a boxing day test but CA don't think they pull crowds

CA is correct

Sometimes we have a test, sometimes an ODI

As to whether or not we'd draw crowds in Melbourne who knows - Victorians are smarter than you though, so probably

 

[Pete Cash]

Someone asked earlier wby we aten't playing NZ in a 5 test series....NZ has their own boxing day test. Some of our player batting are a joke, this mob are hopeless. I feel sorry for players who had to face marshall....ambrose....etc. This Windies team would struggle against the leading Sydney grade team.

Thats like saying you feel sorry for the bowlers who had to bowl to the run machines of the 30s and 40s. That windies line up was a once in a 100 year thing. Unlucky for the guys who played against them but i doubt ill see a pace attack so talented top to bottom in my lifetime.

 

[ANTiLAG]

Thats like saying you feel sorry for the bowlers who had to bowl to the run machines of the 30s and 40s. That windies line up was a once in a 100 year thing. Unlucky for the guys who played against them but i doubt ill see a pace attack so talented top to bottom in my lifetime.

Which one?

Roberts, Holding, Croft and Garner?

Or

Marshall, Ambrose, Walsh and Bishop?

Given 4 prong attacks are rarer these days; McGrath, Gillespie, Warne and Flemming was a special attack.

Asif, Amir and Shah with another spinner or seamer could have achieved greatness as the basis of a current attack.

 

[El Diablo]

Bishop lol

 

[ANTiLAG]

Bishop lol

He certainly was when he toured Australia between 1992 and 1997. 43 wickets in tests at 23.

Would you prefer Patterson?

Bishop is held in much higher regard by the West Indian greats like Walsh.

 

[JJ]

Patterson or Gray then - you have NFI

 

[Pete Cash]

Which one?

Roberts, Holding, Croft and Garner?

Or

Marshall, Ambrose, Walsh and Bishop?

Why is marshall in the second group ?

 

[ANTiLAG]

Why is marshall in the second group ?

Because he bowled with them.

And because he is not pictured below with Roberts, Holding, Croft and Garner. The original and most famous 4 prong pace attack.

 

[Pete Cash]

Garner and marshall debuted a year a part

 

[ANTiLAG]

Garner and marshall debuted a year a part

And?

 

[Pete Cash]

My point is that its comparable to the run machines of the 30s and 40s. The 70s and 80s and a lesser degree the 90s were the reverse of that.

 

[JJ]

Garner and marshall debuted a year a part

Marshall wasn't in the first string lineup for a long while, Roberts retired and Croft was banned, then Garner and Marshall became the spearheads

 

[JJ]

The amount of quality fast bowlers they produced through the 70s 80s and 90s was unbelievable, the guys that couldn't make the team were frightening

 

[hineyrulz]

Bishop could of been a topliner if it wasn't for his back injuries.