Australia v England, 4th Test, Sydney, 5-9 January, 2022

Red wrote:Are SCG tests best summed up by a combination of flat tracks and rain breaks?

LOL. Says a resident of the city that served up easily the summer's worst wicket for the past 40 years.

Under "blancmange" in the dictionary is a picture of the MCG wicket (1980-2018).

Keep Ooze in for the next Test over the poor batting of Snot.

Good knock by Ooze.

Odd tactics from Aus.

skully wrote:Keep Ooze in for the next Test over the poor batting of Snot.

Ooze should be opening in the subcontinent ahead of Harris

skully wrote:Good knock by Ooze.

Odd tactics from Aus.

very enjoyable

I think the score widget is broken? It's saying England 1/11, when it should be 0/13

unfortunate overstep

Annoying overstep.

lardbucket wrote:unfortunate overstep

Enjoyed Lyon’s cameo though!

Starc now averaging 70+ for the series.

He’d open the batting for us if he was English… (still think we should have picked Woakes as a batsman here to make a point to a few others).

Australia have enough runs already, with a disappointing showing from the rain today, and probably only their aversion to the follow-on combined with a bit of weather help can save England from heavy defeat.

Understandable overstep.

WideWally wrote:

The "blonde" stumped* me.






* Maybe I should bat for England.

Well bugger the rain.

Maybe play in next half hour or so

Carey drops an absolute sitter ... inevitable, really ... that's what happens when you choose a backstop over a keeper.

Hasn't done anything with the bat either.

More digital damage.

Corker of a nut from Boland.

And what do England do with a problem like Hameed?

Boland and Green really turned the screws on England just before the belated lunch break with three wickets for no runs in their tandem spells.

3-0 in 54 balls. Incredible.

Bowled, but not out.

lardbucket wrote:Bowled, but not out.

Yes and a mid 130s delivery too.

Green has bowled superbly.