2nd Test: West Indies v Australia at Kingston on Jun 11-15, 2015

[TV Ted Ellery]

Smith just has to stay in and let Sir Donald Hazlewood plunder the bowling.

On a serious note, this has been a great 100 by Smith given Australia's precarious position yesterday morning but it's far from his most fluent. He has played a lot of iffy shots which on another day would have brought his downfall. If the Windies had taken their chances they could've restricted Aus to 250 but a score of 450 looks more likely now.

 

[Jason Maher]

Gah. So unlucky for Smiffy. Disappointing we didn't make 400. Several batsmen getting in and then getting out.

 

[hineyrulz]

Smiffy deserved the double ton, 399 is a top score on that deck.

 

[hineyrulz]

Lucky for Starc there, didn't seem to be much behind the line there.

 

[hineyrulz]

Does the catch go to Haddins balls??

 

[Twizzle]

Number of batsmen who have scored 2000+ Test runs over the last 2 years - Steven Smith is the only one.

Nicely set up from here, hell even Lyon is getting wickets

 

[hineyrulz]

Haze strikes second ball back, can't wait to see him in England.

 

[JJ]

Again, the difference between the teams has been the performance of one Australian bat - weird series

 

[umina panther]

Nicely set up from here, hell even Lyon is getting wickets

I came in here to see you whinge about Lyon and I'm not disappointed. The way you give it to the bloke is totally unfair.

 

[hineyrulz]

Haze putting on a clinic.

 

[Twizzle]

I came in here to see you whinge about Lyon and I'm not disappointed. The way you give it to the bloke is totally unfair.

diddums

 

[Twizzle]

Haze putting on a clinic.

I agree, he is gonna be great in England

 

[hineyrulz]

3 now for Haze, deserved that wicket he'd beaten Blackwood about 10 times.

 

[TheParraboy]

Sunshine dropped a catchable one at slip off Starcs bowling

Along with his nervous 20s score (used to be nervous 30s), Mitch Marsh must be breathing down his neck for the no6 spot

Starc might eventually replace Johnson, particularly if Rhino is back for the ashes and Notch has a poor 1st test.

Good to see Lyon bowling well

WI are just woefull. Thank Christ there is no 3rd test

 

[Twizzle]

8/143 at stumps

wonder if we enforce the follow on

 

[Timbo]

Haze strikes second ball back, can't wait to see him in England.

Be interesting to see if he can get his length right there. A lot of quicks like him struggle in the UK due to lack of bounce. Think Bird on the last Ashes tour.

 

[Red Bear]

Red Bear will be pissed Blackwood dropped that chance.

Terrible shot by Hads, he just had to stay with Smiffy.

So gets dropped then throws his wicket away.

We're doing well despite a black hole at 6 and 7.

How good is Hazlewood. Killing it again.

 

[hineyrulz]

Be interesting to see if he can get his length right there. A lot of quicks like him struggle in the UK due to lack of bounce. Think Bird on the last Ashes tour.

Haze is twice the bowler of Bird. But you are right even Pidge struggled in 97 until Reffiel came over as a replacement and told him he needed to pitch it up over here. Billy is the bowling coach and Harris and Johnston have toured before so he has plenty of experience around him.


IMO he should be the first quick picked in the first test.

 

[hineyrulz]

So gets dropped then throws his wicket away.

We're doing well despite a black hole at 6 and 7.

How good is Hazlewood. Killing it again.

It was a poor shot, proving you right yet again.

 

[Red Bear]

I thought Bird bowled well to start with but didn't have any fitness behind him, and his back hasn't been right since. Bird was pretty unfortunate to time his injuries so poorly, good bowler

But either way i've been pumping Hazlewoods tyres for years so very happy to see him going so well, and looking forward to him bowling well in England. He bowls a relatively full length anyway, still gets pretty good bounce from that height.