Fourth Test

[grey_ghost]

I realise that Australia hasn't batted yet - but at 6/538 this is starting to get embarrassing..

I'm at work so only checking the scores via the Internet, but it's almost like Australia doesn't have a plan B ?? [bawl]

[Homestar]

No plan B...

[grey_ghost]

I rekon that they should give Pain a bowl - I think everybody else in the team has had a crack, so why not...? [thumbsupbig]

[trog]

And bring pat Cummings higher up in the batting order

[tony_s]

The worst thing is, there was no plan A.
Tony

[incisor]

the first 3 hours today should tell the story

as much as i dislike warne, the man seems to be on the winning side of the off field debate at the moment.

[Pickles2]

Well one major aspect of this Test, I believe, is that on this wicket, it was a very bad toss to lose,...it looks to be a pretty good batting wicket, so maybe, if the Aussies had won the toss, things would be a bit different. It's interesting, and I don't have the actual numbers, but I think I heard it said, Tim's lost 6 of his last 7 toss's,....& yes I know there's only 4 tests in this series!
Pickles.

[Zeros]

The toss, the wicket, the weather, whatever, is all irrelevant if you’ve got the players. Australia doesn’t have the players. It’s a young team with few wise heads.

There is a clear lack of strategy, patience, focus and passion. The whole team are hanging their heads. They’re trying but not with the same commitment as previous Aussie teams. It’s not only the team either. The crowds have been small and the National passion for cricket seems to be waning. Compare that to India where the players are revered as deities by a rapturous population of 1.5 billion.

There’s unlikely to be a miraculous Aussie comeback. ...Perhaps not even for a few years. Our talent pool is very small. Football is king. And playing beach cricket (or whatever) is more fun than watching the grass grow at the SCG. ...but as I’m not at the beach this weekend I’ll probably keep watching the cricket a bit, in the vain hope of seeing an Aussie batsman show some fortitude.

[Homestar]

Agree the toss was a bad one to lose as it was in Melbourne too, but as mentioned that shouldn't be the difference between winning and losing if the team is a good one. Biggest problem is that these are about the best we have - are following generations going to play Cricket in the numbers they have in the past or is this the start of a long slide for Aussie Cricket? We don't seem to have anywhere near the passion we used to have for the game and not even close to India's love of it which will see them dominant for many years I would expect.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I'd get used to it,, Cricket in India is GOD... and when the talent pool is THAT big,, [bighmmm][bigsad]

[incisor]

like several other sports in recent times, it has been priced out of the market and access to the game from here and abroad has been delivered to the mighty $

if your an australian abroad you have little to no way of accessing it live, on video or streaming now foxtel and kayo are in cahoots with 7

you cannot see most of it on the cricket app or 7's apps only on kayo, which is geo locked

the grass roots have been withering for a few years and now it is accelerating at an ever increasing pace as families simply cannot afford to follow it.

like apple, rugby etc etc etc, CA has finally priced themselves out of the market......

yet to read an article that contradicts that view..

[ramblingboy42]

I agree Inc...

Selectors dont want to lose their jobs....must be some $ kickback there somewhere.

Players don't want to lose their jobs.....$million incomes.

Sponsors want their $ on recognised names.

If I could select the team now the only players that remain would be the 4 current bowlers , who also seem to be our 4 best batsmen.

**** the dollars and the fame , there are about 100 young batsmen out there right now who could do a better job than our top 6 and would probably do it for the honour.

[Saitch]

My theory : Australia 856/7 Declared. India 2nd Innings 230/10

Perhaps this should go in the "What am I Drinking" thread [bighmmm]

[ramblingboy42]

My theory : Australia 856/7 Declared. India 2nd Innings 230/10

Perhaps this should go in the "What am I Drinking" thread [bighmmm]


Did you read Weed's whiskey thread and get deeply involved?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

we could bat for a week and not reach that....

[weeds]

Looks like we are traveling along nicely today....so far

[DiscoMick]

They undermined Sheffield Shield, which is the training ground for all our cricket. Then they went nuts over Big Bash, which is just comical, I think. Then they sold One Day cricket to pay TV and locked out more than half their audience. Then they demanded the players win at all costs, leading to the ball tampering scandal.
The cricket chairman and GM have resigned, but nothing has changed.
Time for the selectors to
admit they were wrong and bring back Smith, Warner and Bancroft I think. Paine is doing a good job as captain but the batting needs real talent and the bowlers are demoralised.
It's a text book case of how to ruin a great cricket tradition in this country through sheer greed.

[Homestar]

Looks like we are traveling along nicely today....so far

Yep, very steady performance today steered them to an unlikely draw. 😆

[Zeros]

unlikely draw [bigrolf][bigrolf] ...fizzer.

...what about the fifth test?? hmm