4th Ashes Test: Australia v England at the MCG, Dec 26-30 2017

[madunit]

To be fair we should have gotten this many runs on this pitch. Our bowlers were bowling well today they had it swinging a bit and Lyon did his best. Difference is they let wide balls go to the keeper why we played them back on our stumps also we have dropped crucial catches especially Cook on 66.

Australia's bowler were not bowling well.

Bird was rubbish, Cummins can't bowl maidens, Lyon was bowling flatter than ever and Marsh was barely used.

Hazlewood was the only one with genuine pace and was harder to get hit. The problem with short bowling is that you remove so many ways to get a batsmen out, and it is an expensive way to get a wicket in Test cricket. As we saw yesterday.

Woakes and Broad copped far too much short stuff. Both survived for an hour each. That is waaaay way too long. Two hours it took to get three lower order batsmen out, one of whom, the lowest ranked of all, scored a half century.

It was like Smith was captaining an ODI side protecting a lead. Unbelievably bad captaincy. As Twiz said, he lacked a second plan. Constantly changing Fast Medium bowlers who bowled too short, with other Fast Medium bowlers who bowled too short produced zero variation for the batsmen. He was forcing a square peg into a round hole. Dumbest captaincy I've seen in Test cricket for a long time. Mainly because he persisted with the plan for so long, and as yet, has not opted to try something else.

England bowled 31 maidens in 110 overs
Australia has bowled 21 maidens in 144 overs

No pressure being built at all. Just over after over of stupid ineffective bowling to crap batsmen

 

[Eelectrica]

Was out of range all day, looks like those short pitch tactics worked a treat.

Saker and Smith get a f**king clue.

Problem is they over did it. Aggression is great but it was mindless aggression. Bowling short for the sake of bowling short. No planning to it.
They should never have got much more than a 50 run lead let alone 160.

 

[Eelectrica]

Bancroft has an opportunity to set his test career. He's supposed to be player able to play a long innings. Need it here.

 

[Tommy Smith]

How long will Plodcroft last?

I still can't believe they dropped Renshaw for this mug.

 

[mozza91]

Khawaja will get a ton and we’ll have a lead of 150 by days end.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Jeepers I mention a couple of poms and Davey dumb dumb and you get sand in your vag

Is it triple D, Cook and Broad that you're leaping to the defence of?

Hope you don't live in Canberra, that could explain a bit

Yep, because every supporter lives in the region their club is based in.

You seem obsessed with Davey for some reason.

 

[Twizzle]

and we're away

 

[jargan83]

f**k off Bill. The MCG is not our Lords.

If it were it wouldn’t have the worst drop in pitch in the world.

 

[mozza91]

Yep, because every supporter lives in the region their club is based in.

You seem obsessed with Davey for some reason.

He used to bag Smith plenty aswell. He’s been abit quiet on that front recently.

 

[Hutty1986]

Any chance rain will save us?

 

[Eelectrica]

Good stuff Bancroft. Runs on the board no real risk. Controlled aggresion.

 

[jargan83]

Joe Root puts a man back to deep square leg when he leads by 150 on the first innings after one shot?

 

[mozza91]

That on drive was pure class from Bancroft. More of that please.

 

[hineyrulz]

f**k off Bill. The MCG is not our Lords.

If it were it wouldn’t have the worst drop in pitch in the world.

SCG is.

Melbourne Bogger Ground is just a large cow paddock.

 

[Eelectrica]

Not out. Wasted review.

 

[jargan83]

Awful review you lesbian.

 

[hineyrulz]

The Poms have been on fire with the reviews this test.

 

[Twizzle]

lol

 

[JW]

Beyond Watson-level geniusation taking that review. Not sure what Root is whinging about.

 

[_snafu_]

f**k off Bill. The MCG is not our Lords.

If it were it wouldn’t have the worst drop in pitch in the world.

It still looks and plays like a concrete wicket.