4th Test: Australia v India @ MCG Dec 26-30, 2024

[Fangs]

Open with Sam and Headie

It worked fine with Khawaja. Having one guy holding down isn't the worst thing. 4-5 an over is still achievable batting in sensible partnerships.

But Head will need to come up the order. Potentially Carey as well. The left handers can do plenty of damage.

 

[Chins get the wins]

It worked fine with Khawaja. Having one guy holding down isn't the worst thing. 4-5 an over is still achievable batting in sensible partnerships.

But Head will need to come up the order. Potentially Carey as well. The left handers can do plenty of damage.

We need a wicket in 4 overs then to score 300 before tea

 

[Bazal]

Hmmm young Sammy and others are going to bat in a way that's going to upset a few people on here if we want a result.

I dunno man has that been approved by a full vote at a publicly minuted committee meeting?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Simon Tauffel is f**king woeful.

Boring, state the obvious bullshit.

 

[TheParraboy]

All right feel good bullshit over.

Whatever happens we need our most aggressive batsman to go haywire to be any chance in this match. 350 lead is possible by tea tomorrow if we get this last wicket and bat with intent.

Open with Sammy and Mitchy ??

 

[Fangs]

We need a wicket in 4 overs then to score 300 before tea

If they can't get that wicket quickly then they should give it away.

Lead is already 100 plus. We need 250 runs to give us 350 target. That is about 4 an over. Then 4 sessions to bowl them out.

 

[Chins get the wins]

I dunno man has that been approved by a full vote at a publicly minuted committee meeting?

Seems like it has. They decided to pick a player who likes to hit the ball over "the best leaver of the ball out of the options"

We wasted 3 tests

 

[Fangs]

Open with Sammy and Mitchy ??

Konstas because he did it first innings.

Priority:

Head
Carey
Marsh

And keep Smith/Labs in behind Khawaja to support. Don't always need two batsman blasting it from either end.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Konstas because he did it first innings.

Priority:

Head
Carey
Marsh

And keep Smith/Labs in behind Khawaja to support. Don't always need two batsman blasting it from either end.

Sam and Head to open then Smith at 3

 

[Bazal]

Sam and Head to open then Smith at 3

A true Big Bash cricket approach....

 

[Chins get the wins]

A true Big Bash cricket approach....

Others are suggesting Darsh and you're coming at me? Please

 

[Bazal]

Others are suggesting Darsh and you're coming at me? Please

No one's coming at you bro, just a bit of uno reverse

 

[Fangs]

The worst scenario is you stack all these hot heads in the top 4 and they get out cheaply. Balance is required.

We've all seen how much Khawaja, Labs and Smith have struggled without someone keeping the score ticking over. They are all guilty of getting bogged down and with no one pushing the score along they will turn into statues.

 

[Chins get the wins]

The worst scenario is you stack all these hot heads in the top 4 and they get out cheaply. Balance is required.

We've all seen how much Khawaja, Labs and Smith have struggled without someone keeping the score ticking over. They are all guilty of getting bogged down and with no one pushing the score along they will turn into statues.

Smith can do anything, don't put him with the others

 

[Fangs]

Smith can do anything, don't put him with the others

It's not his game in test cricket. We've got guys who do this every innings. You play them first and Labs/Smith come in when Khawaja falls.

 

[Chins get the wins]

It's not his game in test cricket. We've got guys who do this every innings. You play them first and Labs/Smith come in when Khawaja falls.

Hard disagree on this

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Let's not over complicate things:

Konstas
Khawaja
Labuschagne
Smith
Head
Carey
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Boland
Marsh

Declare @ 9 wickets down.

 

[PJ]

Others are suggesting Darsh and you're coming at me? Please

I like the idea of him opening. Get rid of the trash early.

 

[BunniesMan]

I'd open with Konstas and Khawaja and then replace like for like. If the hitter gets out replace them with a hitter. If the anchor gets out, replace them with an anchor.

But I cannot believe that Joel Reddy's cousin who averages 23 in 1st class cricket has hit a ton to potentially save the test for them.

When he came out to bat who would have picked that he would set an all time MCG record for an 8 or lower batsman. So bloody close to finishing them off while we were in an unbeatable position and we just couldn't do it.

 

[Mr. Shaman]