It is a really unusual action for sure. The commentary analysis suggested his snap of the wrist creates his pace not an elbow flex. I always thought Muraliduran of Siri Lanka was a chucker but in the end they gave him a pass.
They gave him a pass to avoid any problems.
He did not have a very long wrist, he was just a very accurate chucker. He didn't throw every ball. Just those that turned like a leg spinner to a right hander.
Boland reminds me so much of another Victorian first change fast bowler, Peter Siddle. Not so many wickets as the superstars, but his nagging line and length and parsimony put pressure on frustrated batters to make mistakes when the superstars are bowling. 🏏🇦🇺🇮🇳
If I were Jaiswal, I'd be waiting in the tunnel with my bat to give Kohli the greeting he deserves. That was a dead cert single, and Jaiswal's call 🏏🇦🇺🇮🇳
That's the combined figures for three days. I checked as I knew the 'G is big, but 250,000 big?
Still biggest crowd at the MCG on day 3 since January 1937, and the biggest ever crowd for day 3 of a Bixing Day test though. And only need to get 16000 in across the last two days to beat the all-time record for a Boxing Day test, which is pretty damn impressive.
Meanwhile, the NZ-SL T20 is worth a look for the total reverse of fortunes - SL were 98.13% on the win predictor after 13.1 overs, and somehow lost!
That's the combined figures for three days. I checked as I knew the 'G is big, but 250,000 big?
Still biggest crowd at the MCG on day 3 since January 1937, and the biggest ever crowd for day 3 of a Bixing Day test though. And only need to get 16000 in across the last two days to beat the all-time record for a Boxing Day test, which is pretty damn impressive.
Meanwhile, the NZ-SL T20 is worth a look for the total reverse of fortunes - SL were 98.13% on the win predictor after 13.1 overs, and somehow lost!
I am impressed with these large stadiums in Australia when England can only manage about 30K capacity.
So re Australia/India, India will be chasing 300plus on day 5.
Unusual these days for a test to go that deep.
Great last wicket stand for Australia between Boland and Lyon but (IMV) woeful captaincy from Sharma.
What about the noball from Bumrah in the last over? That would have got that final wicket! Makes you wonder how often Bowlers got away with NB's in the past.
Makes you wonder how often Bowlers got away with NB's in the past.
Having seen some slowed-down black-and-white film I'm pretty sure Lindwall (and a number of other fast-bowling greats) constantly no-balled according to the back-foot rule in force at the time.
Makes you wonder how often Bowlers got away with NB's in the past.
Having seen some slowed-down black-and-white film I'm pretty sure Lindwall (and a number of other fast-bowling greats) constantly no-balled according to the back-foot rule in force at the time.
One of the reasons that no ball calls were changed to the front foot (1980 code, I think) was that if you dragged your back foot you could get the front one well past the popping crease and still bowl a legal delivery, and the drag made it hard to call.
Certainly the Australia-India match featured a fluctuating result right though the full 5-days, with batters on both sides had some play very well and some play rather badly. . The pitch condition stayed pretty well through the full 5 days.
With India loses no wicket between lunch and tea on the final day , I thought it likely to deep into a draw, but India collapsed after tea. The 70,000 people (of whom it looked like 2/3 to be of Indian ancestry) who got in for only $10 for the final day got good value!
As for Bumrah, I think FD is the only doubter I've heard about his action. Like the fampis Aussie 'Tommo' he ambles up to the wicket but gets power from his arm. But he also gets good control and swing, and his test average of only 20 runs per wicket - mostly from top order batters - is certainly impressive.
As for the final test at Sydney, it could depend on who gets picked by either side. Both sides deserve at least one or two batters who deserve replaced. But for my opinion about Australia, the main question is the bowler Starc, who looks like his body is creaking and may not last another 5 days so soon.
I see Australia has swapped out Marsh for Webster, another newbie, for SCG test. With you on Stark..signs are there he needs a break. Wondering if India will smell the coffee and strengthen their batting..Be interesting.
Webster looks to have some form in the Shield - 938 runs at 58, and 30 wickets. The only other player to have passed 900 runs and 30 wickets was Sir Garfield Sobers, 60 years ago. If he can hit his straps straightaway, he'll be a major asset.
I had hoped that Uzzie would make it to stumps. I suppose he did, in a way. The trouble is, if he's not picked for the Ashes - and I guess he won't be - the selectors, who are a shingle or two short of a roofline, will play someone out of position as an opener and then wonder why he fails 🏏🇦🇺🇮🇳
Unfortunately it will be over for the day (night) when I catch the scores, because the first session tomorrow will tell us if the pitch is a beast, or if India just misread it.
Wow, it certainly is! I can't see it lasting far into day 4, if at all, and I note the other Indian bowlers stepped up to the plate with Bumrah creaking. Could be a gripper!
Neither team scored 200 runs in any of the innings, with Australia needing 162 on the 4th innings to win. But unfortunately for India, their best bowler, Bumrah, was unable to bowl at all in the final innings, having got injured in the first innings, but still got 32 wickets in the series. That their colleagues gave away about 15 byes in the first 3 overs, which made it a bit easier for Australia.
As an aside, Steve Smith eked his test bat score up to a total of 9999 runs. That will probably make him keen go to England again to get past to rub in his total of 10, 000 when he gets the chance.
@Tukai, Aus has a two test series against Sri Lanka end this month/early Feb. Smithy will reach his 10,000 during that tour. So he won't need to wait for the WTC Final at Lords in June. Then England come here for the usual five Ashes Tests from November.
Smithie’s 10k Test runs are cool, good for him, but as an Uzzie fan, I’m chuffed to see his century and a half. He always comes good in the sub-continent.
I think Khawaja has had to work a lot harder as well, he's been in and out of the team, hasn't he? Not looking forward to facing either of them next winter/summer!
Khawaja eventually made 232, obviously an old-fashioned innings as he had to run 162 of them. Mind you Travis Head (doesn't he look straight out the 1970s?) helped on that front by hitting nearly all of his 57(?) in boundaries. Barring rain, that match is looking even more of a forgone conclusion than the women's Test where Alana King, Annabel Sutherland and bad cases of dropsy have got England right in the manure.
I was surprised at how badly the England women's team played. They seemed ill prepared for first class cricket, their field work was abysmal and many of the women seemed to be physically unfit. It is no wonder that they were easily beaten by the Australian women's team.
It does sound that way, doesn't it? Australia dropped five catches in the first innings, but made enough pressure that they still bowled England out for 170. England never made that pressure.
On that note - what is going on with catching in women's cricket? It was an issue through the T20 world cup, and it's been an issue on this series. I don't believe for one second that women can't catch.
Afghanistan deserved to win, England didn't. Yet again not enough players contributed.
Mind you, the format certainly keeps you on your toes, every game means something (maybe not Eng vs SA...), and it doesn't go on for months like the world cup. Now, if we could have a bigger world cup, and rack through the games at this pace I reckon cricket would be onto a winner. So no chance of that happening.
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They gave him a pass to avoid any problems.
He did not have a very long wrist, he was just a very accurate chucker. He didn't throw every ball. Just those that turned like a leg spinner to a right hander.
Still biggest crowd at the MCG on day 3 since January 1937, and the biggest ever crowd for day 3 of a Bixing Day test though. And only need to get 16000 in across the last two days to beat the all-time record for a Boxing Day test, which is pretty damn impressive.
Meanwhile, the NZ-SL T20 is worth a look for the total reverse of fortunes - SL were 98.13% on the win predictor after 13.1 overs, and somehow lost!
And yep
T 20 between SL and NZ a great watch.
Could Joylord Gumbie be the greatest name in current cricket?
Unusual these days for a test to go that deep.
Great last wicket stand for Australia between Boland and Lyon but (IMV) woeful captaincy from Sharma.
What about the noball from Bumrah in the last over? That would have got that final wicket! Makes you wonder how often Bowlers got away with NB's in the past.
Oops, 13 wickets... and over a thousand runs scored!
Having seen some slowed-down black-and-white film I'm pretty sure Lindwall (and a number of other fast-bowling greats) constantly no-balled according to the back-foot rule in force at the time.
One of the reasons that no ball calls were changed to the front foot (1980 code, I think) was that if you dragged your back foot you could get the front one well past the popping crease and still bowl a legal delivery, and the drag made it hard to call.
With India loses no wicket between lunch and tea on the final day , I thought it likely to deep into a draw, but India collapsed after tea. The 70,000 people (of whom it looked like 2/3 to be of Indian ancestry) who got in for only $10 for the final day got good value!
As for Bumrah, I think FD is the only doubter I've heard about his action. Like the fampis Aussie 'Tommo' he ambles up to the wicket but gets power from his arm. But he also gets good control and swing, and his test average of only 20 runs per wicket - mostly from top order batters - is certainly impressive.
As for the final test at Sydney, it could depend on who gets picked by either side. Both sides deserve at least one or two batters who deserve replaced. But for my opinion about Australia, the main question is the bowler Starc, who looks like his body is creaking and may not last another 5 days so soon.
Konstas has livened things up. Pitch is doing heaps.
I don't think Pant will forget today in a hurry.
As an aside, Steve Smith eked his test bat score up to a total of 9999 runs. That will probably make him keen go to England again to get past to rub in his total of 10, 000 when he gets the chance.
On that note - what is going on with catching in women's cricket? It was an issue through the T20 world cup, and it's been an issue on this series. I don't believe for one second that women can't catch.
India 247/9 (20.0)
England 97 (10.3)
Embarrassing but I can understand how they failed so badly with the bat chasing such a target
Ireland-Zimbabwe is looking a decent contest, though.
There's an echo in here...
England have a big problem in terms of support - Duckett and Root scored 230-odd between them, and no-one else passed 23.
Mind you, the format certainly keeps you on your toes, every game means something (maybe not Eng vs SA...), and it doesn't go on for months like the world cup. Now, if we could have a bigger world cup, and rack through the games at this pace I reckon cricket would be onto a winner. So no chance of that happening.