The Third Test in the Ashes Series - WACA (14 December)

[LP]

Umpire Marais Erasmus is quietly asking Hazlewood to give the Poms a chance!

It would be truly ironic if Match Referee Sir Richie Richardson had anything to say about short pitched bowling!

[flyboy77]

A snorter from Starc.

The English are pooing themselves. Lots of chin music!

[DJC]

I don't really understand why the Poms batted Bairstow so low in the order.  He is a decent batsman when he has another batsman at the other end.

This could be a fairly even contest and that would make a pleasant change.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Poms with their noses in front, said it before but Milan is a classy player especially on a flat track like the WACA where he can just let the short stuff go and cream anything full and he cover drives as well as any player going around.
Bowlers looked a bit sore and sorry at days end too, Mitch Marsh's bowling is handy but on that wicket he looked very friendly and if he is going to play he needs to be bowling more than seven overs to help our other quicks who look like they are feeling the effects of the first two tests.
Marsh also dropped a straight forward catch and while the commentators keeping saying Bancroft is a great fielder he looked ordinary in the slips and Handscomb was missed in that area..
Lets hope the wicket is at its flattest when we bat and can post a big total, the ball was swinging late in the evening session and I wouldnt want to have Anderson and Broad getting that same assistance that Starc and Hazlewood got late...

[ElwoodBlues1]

I don't really understand why the Poms batted Bairstow so low in the order.  He is a decent batsman when he has another batsman at the other end.

This could be a fairly even contest and that would make a pleasant change.

Agree...Bairstow is very orthodox and a calming affect at No 6...Ali is more of a slasher who throws the bat but can be careless, thought Bairstow played Lyon well and the
damming stat of Lyon getting 10 of his wickets vs left handers this series and only one vs right handers showed Bairstow should have batted between the lefties higher up the order.

[Professer E]

Starc is the most over-rated bowler I've seen for a while.  Bowls a lot of pies for a bloke touted as world class.

Still not sure why we played Mitch Marsh....  has hardly bowled and it was innocuous medium paced dross when he did.  Plus, he has dropped catches.  Potential... meh... time to show up or p!ss off Mitch...22 tests and yet to do anything.  I reckon he's about negative about 80 runs and going further behind every over right now.

[flyboy77]

Agree re Marsh...

[LP]

Just watching the post game Ashes doco, saw some footage of Thommo that brought memories back. Never batted against him, but as a kid I got to bat in the the net next to him bowling off about a 5m run up.

I've never seen a bowler like him of 5 or 6 steps, I was hoping like hell he didn't move to my net.

[Professer E]

If I ever have to listen to Langer dribble on about how Marsh "just needs an opportunity" I will seriously spew up.

[flyboy77]

Just watching the post game Ashes doco, saw some footage of Thommo that brought memories back. Never batted against him, but as a kid I got to bat in the the net next to him bowling off about a 5m run up.

I've never seen a bowler like him of 5 or 6 steps, I was hoping like hell he didn't move to my net.

doesn't pull any punches old Thommo!

i had forgotten about the Ian Chappell Botham stoush!!