Eye-opening (though inconclusive) poll conducted by Tim Gossage (10 Perth) on his social media, suggesting BBL is missing something, many voted its struggling.
I think it is missing 10’s coverage, was much better having a seperate FTA broadcaster for both tests and BBL cricket. Plus Fox now too.
Australia’s batting have gone from bad to worse. I’d say that the Australians are not concentrating on the batting lineup. They turn from bad to a laughing stock.
Yeah I agree. Although I would rather see them out there enjoying themselves. They all seem so tense. Finch needs to play a bit more naturally. If he makes 60 in 60 balls and gets out it’s better than him making 11 in the amount he is making now.
I think it’s also India’s bowling, they have had plans and been disciplined and held their catches, which Australia didn’t do. They bowled much better.
Official crowd for day 3 of Boxing Day test today is 33,447.
Australia bat very poorly in their first innings, giving India a huge lead, but fought back in India’s second innings with Cummins taking the first four wickets in quick time.
I think that this game will play out to a draw because I heard from BOM that there will be chance of rain in Melbourne during Saturday and Sunday. The crowd numbers will fall in day 4 and will sink to less than 10k in Day 5.
BOM are saying 60% chance of a few showers tomorrow up to 5mm, 80% chance of morning showers up to 6mm on Sunday. So we will probably lose a couple of sessions of play.
I think India will declare 450 in front (if not bowled out before then). If they bowl as well as they did in the first innings, they SHOULD have enough time to bowl Australia out again.
Need to get the Hobart Hurricanes there. They’re currently chasing the biggest score of the season (6/193) and are currently 0/118 after 12 overs. Hurricanes can go terribly sometimes but when they need a massive chase they sure can pull it off frequently! Them and Brisbane Heat have played some good games.
EDIT: Bugger! Darcy Short fell short and got run out.