God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[Milhanna13]

The bowling was patchy,  with bewildering plans in place and WTF lines and lengths employed.  Starc, going at 4 an over and not maintaining pressure was a real problem.  Needs to find the ability to swung the ball again or be replaced.  Lyon tried to be too cute with???  lines,  although Blocker's assessment of what constitutes a shot didn't help.  Note,  playing with the bat behind the pad is not a legitimate shot,  it's a bluffing tactic used in the subcontinent against spinners.  Green's bowling was very disappointing,  reminds me of Watson.  Straight,  fast and meh.  He's coming back from injury but I didn't see any bite.    Why weren't the bowlers rotated when tired, - looks like more Langer bloodymindedness, which I believe contributed much to this poor performance.

Time to go back to Craig McDermott coaching philosophy - "pitch it up and let it swing".  Did we see a single aussie ball deviate in the air?  They are so concerned with banging it in just short of a length to dry up runs, they dont give it a chance to swing.  Green hoops it all over the place for WA, then pulls on the baggy green and is gun barrell straight.... im sure thats due to following the team rules and being to scared to pitch it up