3rd Test: Australia v India at MCG Dec 26-30 2018 - INDIA WON BY 137 RUNS

[8Ball]

Good fighting knock from Cummins..but the relatively trouble free nature of it just goes to show how f**king woeful our top 6 are

 

[lockyno1]

Another great innings from the Marsh duds

 

[Sphagnum]

Another great innings from the Marsh duds

The 6 or 7 quaddies you got today should dull the pain

 

[Iafeta]

Finch has already cleaned out the bufffet.

First in (and out) best dressed

Just the way Finchy likes it

 

[Sphagnum]

Gold coin entry tomorrow... I've just finished gluing a couple of 5c pieces together and painting them with gold paint.

Jokes on you though, you're in melbourne

 

[8Ball]

On a side note if Cummins had scored 6 more runs in the first dig, he would have top scored and taken the most wickets in both innings

 

[Bazal]

The 6 or 7 quaddies you got today should dull the pain

Do they race nags in LA?

 

[JamesRustle]

Jokes on you though, you're in melbourne

True.

Speaking of jokes, what do you think would work better? a rain dance, setting off the fire alarm at 3am and 5am at the Indian team hotel or a bomb scare to the mcg at 10am?

 

[roofromoz]

Gold coin entry tomorrow... I've just finished gluing a couple of 5c pieces together and painting them with gold paint.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Gold coin entry tomorrow... I've just finished gluing a couple of 5c pieces together and painting them with gold paint.

I've fished many of these from troughs over the years. Good coin if you can chance one.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

On a side note if Cummins had scored 6 more runs in the first dig, he would have top scored and taken the most wickets in both innings

Should be, but won't be, MOTM.

 

[JamesRustle]

It is a criminal offence under the Crimes (Currency) Act 1981 (Cth) to deface or destroy current Australian currency coins, except if it is used to defraud a venue primarily used by the AFL or to show disdain for the administrators or top 6 of the home team on the last day of a test match. It is also an offence to sell or possess current coins that have been defaced. Defacing a coin includes coating the surface of the money with any sort of material. The penalty for defacing coins, or selling or possessing money that has been defaced, is $5,000 or imprisonment for two years for an individual (or both).

 

[jargan83]

True.

Speaking of jokes, what do you think would work better? a rain dance, setting off the fire alarm at 3am and 5am at the Indian team hotel or a bomb scare to the mcg at 10am?

All of the above.

 

[hineyrulz]

We should erect a statue of my wang fully erected for Paddy Cummins.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I don’t think we’ll see a single change for Sydney, they’re too pig headed for it. However I’d overhaul the whole batting lineup.

Burns
Khawaja
Renshaw (yeah, he’s out of form, who isn’t?)
Patterson
Head
Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Tremain (we need a fresh bowler)


Desperate times, desperate measures...

 

[JJ]

Pat Cummins still taking on India alone

Doing pretty well, but losing

 

[JJ]

We should erect a statue of my wang fully erected for Paddy Cummins.

Good idea to save on materials

 

[herbert henry1908]

I think there are probably a few options at six, realistically.

Chief among them being Matt Wade, for the short term. All jokes aside the bloke has scored 570 shield runs this year at 65-odd. If he's ever going to make it as Test bat, it's now.

Daniel Hughes is probably playing a bit better now than he was last year when he was allegedly in the mix. He can open, or bat six. He could open and have Joe Burns slot in the middle somewhere, maybe four, and push Shaun Marsh to 5 and Head to 6.

Jake Lehmann has been decent, 460 odd runs at 46. Kurtis Patterson wouldn't be my first pick cos of his poor conversion rate, but he's averaging 50-odd. Even Alex Carey, albeit in only 2 games, is averaging 75.

So we have options we could look at.

Conversion rate is irrelevant at this point, if our batsmen were making 50’s we’d be winning.

Patterson knows how to occupy the crease, we need steady batting.

 

[Bazal]

Conversion rate is irrelevant at this point, if our batsmen were making 50’s we’d be winning.

Patterson knows how to occupy the crease, we need steady batting.

We do not need another bloke who makes a start and fails to go on with it.

 

[69-05-41]

Cummins for VC, Marsh for WC