3rd Test: Australia v India @ Gabba Brisbane Dec 14-18, 2024

[Fangs]

Never for me

He can stay in white ball where he is established. Has hardly played red ball 3-4 matches in the last decade lol. Don't see the point , when there are others lot more worthy..

We got Lyon and Murphy going on the SL tour id imagine

Swepson or possibly Tanveer if we take 3

No room for old mate Kuhnemann?

 

[TheParraboy]

No room for old mate Kuhnemann?

Yup, another one as a third option

 

[Fangs]

Yup, another one as a third option

Murphy has been good but he is an offie. The selectors will want variety so wrist or left arm.

So Murphy might miss out all together but baldy has one Summer to go I reckon. Ashes 2025-26 is a perfect retirement option for him.

 

[TheParraboy]

Murphy has been good but he is an offie. The selectors will want variety so wrist or left arm.

So Murphy might miss out all together but baldy has one Summer to go I reckon. Ashes 2025-26 is a perfect retirement option for him.

Would be ok with that

Though I reckon they take 3 spinners. They will play a minimum of two, and one as cover

 

[Fangs]

Would be ok with that

Though I reckon they take 3 spinners. They will play a minimum of two, and one as cover

The other thing is the part timers. Head is another offie and others in contention like Maxwell are the same.

No chinamen currently in the XI (And where on earth did the name chinamen come from anyway...?).

 

[TheParraboy]

The other thing is the part timers. Head is another offie and others in contention like Maxwell are the same.

 

[Fangs]

Have a heart let's play Maxi.

He will peel off a quick 20 or 30. And you'll be entertained too.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Remember the days they used to play 2 spinners in Sydney.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Remember the days they used to play 2 spinners in Sydney.

Yep Michael Beer and Steve Smith no wonder England got 600

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Yep Michael Beer and Steve Smith no wonder England got 600

More like Bennett and Holland, Warne and McGill, Sleep and May etc

 

[AlwaysGreen]

‘Gifted’: Batting slump overshadows freakish Smith feat as new Aussie record within reach

‘Gifted’: Batting slump overshadows freakish Smith feat as new Aussie record within reach

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[JJ]

More like Bennett and Holland, Warne and McGill, Sleep and May etc

Bennett and Holland and the SCG… those were the days

 

[King-Gutho94]

@hineyrulz our Brisbane expert.

Is Vaughan trolling Nasser Hussain here or does it look like a bowl first day in Brissy.

 

[Twizzle]

25% of 15mm of rain expected and overcast, ideal swing bowling conditions

50% chance of 3mm, weather forecasts ain't what they used to be

I'm an hour south of Brisvegas so it will probably be similar, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see any rain at all

 

[hineyrulz]

@hineyrulz our Brisbane expert.

Is Vaughan trolling Nasser Hussain here or does it look like a bowl first day in Brissy.

It’s a little humid and cloudy but still you bat first at the Gabba.

 

[King-Gutho94]

It’s a little humid and cloudy but still you bat first at the Gabba.

Captain Pat does have a track record of bowling first

 

[Fangs]

Always bat.

Usman expecting things here. Your home turf.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[AlwaysGreen]

As the great Chaps learned from his grandfather: 'In Australia 9 times out of 10 when you win the toss you bat, the other time you think about it then decide to bat'.

Wise words indeed

 

[AlwaysGreen]

India win the toss and will bowl.

Jadeja and Deep in, Ashwin and Rana out.