I will be watching Konstas closely to see if he has the skill set and the temperament for Test crciket. YOU cant play a T20 innings too often in test cricket and be successful
I think they fed McSweeney to the wolves. (Or to Bumrah with the new ball).
Iâd drop Marsh and play an extra batsman. But give McSweeney a spot batting down the order.
But yeah they probably wonât do that.
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Oh, the Renegades have got it down to a fine artâŚ
Itâs remarkable how well both the Stars and Renegades have achieved Essendon levels of mediocrity.
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Victoria is home to about six âprofessionalâ sporting clubs that should honestly just close the doors for good.
Unfortunately I support a couple of them.
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Yeah that run out was such a pivotal momentâŚthey were cruising until that point.
Thanks Kohli
Or that Rampe didnât climb a goalpost in that game.
EFA
Because they had eskyâs full of jam donuts at their feet
A dermatologist looked at that photo and thanked it for their holiday house
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dude from the company that operates snicko discusses the technology and why itâs not good for glance shots
The umpire gave him not out and Snicko couldnât prove he hit it. Hereâs why Jaiswal was dismissed
Andrew Wu December 30, 2024 â 8.19pm
Captains Pat Cummins and Rohit Sharma expressed reservations over the Snicko technology after Yashasvi Jaiswalâs controversial game-changing dismissal in the Boxing Day Test.
Jaiswalâs wicket was the flashpoint on dramatic final day at a heaving MCG as Australia secured a famous 184-run victory over India in front of a record day-five crowd of 74,362 to take a 2-1 series lead heading into the final Test in Sydney.
The new batting prince of India had his 310-minute vigil come to an end when video umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat gave him out caught behind to Alex Carey off Cumminsâ bowling despite Snicko, also referred to as ultra-edge, not registering a spike as the ball passed his bat and gloves.
Adamant they had their man, the Australians almost immediately sent West Indiesâ umpire Joel Wilsonâs not out call upstairs, and were vindicated by footage that showed a clear deflection in the ballâs trajectory off the bat.
A shattered Jaiswal remonstrated with the on-field umpires after being given his marching orders, but both captains said the right decision was made.
Jaiswal was the last frontline batter to fall, leaving Indiaâs bottom four with the improbable task of surviving 21 overs to save the game.
Warren Brennan â the founder of BBG Sports, which operates the ultra-edge-edge technology â told this masthead his technology was not best used for glancing shots such as Jaiswalâs, while there is a lack of confidence from players on the system.
âI think it was clear that he hit it,â Cummins said. âHeard a noise, saw deviation, it was absolutely certain that he hit it. As soon as we referred it, you could see him [Jaiswal] clearly drop his head and basically acknowledge that he hit it.
âOn the screen, you could see that he hit it. ultra-edge-edge, I donât think anyone has complete confidence in. It didnât really show much but, fortunately, there was enough other evidence to show that it was clearly out.â
Rohit bemoaned his team being on the rough end of the stick with technology, though Jaiswal had good fortune when his score was just 31 when Australia were denied by an lbw review on a Mitchell Starc delivery that showed the ball hitting the stumps but was deemed an umpireâs call.
Rubbing salt into Indiaâs wounds, Akash Deep was given out moments after Jaiswalâs departure to a bat -pad catch that produced a spike and a cherry mark on the playerâs blade.
âI donât know what to make of that because the technology didnât show anything,â Rohit said of Jaiswalâs wicket.
âWith the naked eye, it seemed that he did touch something.
âI donât know how the umpires want to use the technology, but in all fairness he did touch the ball but again itâs about the technology which we all know is not 100 per cent.
âLike I said, we donât want to really look too much into that. More often than not, we are the ones falling on the wrong side of it ⌠I feel weâve been a little unfortunate.â
Brennan explained why his technology did not detect a touch from Jaiswalâs shot despite the vision strongly indicating contact with the bat or gloves.
âOn those glance-type shots there is rarely any noise,â Brennan said. âGlance shots are not Snickoâs strength, whereas it is for HotSpot.â
HotSpot, which detects marks left from the ball making contact with bat or gloves, would have more likely helped decide Jaiswalâs dismissal but is not in use this series.
India great Sunil Gavaskar suggested there could have been an âoptical illusionâ in Jaiswalâs case, but Ricky Ponting was emphatic the opener was out.
âIf the evidence of the technology is not to be taken, why have it at all?â Gavaskar said on Seven. âThat is something that would definitely be the query as far as the Indians are concerned.
âYes, it looked as if it might have gone off the glove but there can be an optical illusion. Often we see when the ball is brand new that a ball goes near the batâs edge and then moves away.â
i still havenât come down from that finish
konstas ramp shots feel like they happened about a month ago
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Looked bat then glove. Was a crucial wicket.
Good finish.
Wonder what the biggest ever is then.
Because the ball was clearly going one direction, and then abruptly was going a different direction?
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By the end my daughter was jumping around and so excited, she said it will get a write up in the diary.
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Rohit admits he hit it, can we just end the complaining Indian fans, he wasnât given a raw deal.
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I keep laughing at this. Complete garbage, and either way this ball was 70 overs old.
Does the balls rotation also spontaneously flip direction too, Sunny?
As I said yesterday, probably the greatest opening batsman ever. But the chips on his shoulders are gigantic and they colour every single opinion he ever gives.
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Todays Age
MCG crowd was bigger than Bradmanâs
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The Test match attendance record at the MCG was broken yesterday as a raucous crowd of 74,362 lapped up an epic and tense end to the Boxing Day Test, surpassing an aggregate attendance figure that has stood since the era of Don Bradman.
A total of 373,691 people attended the MCG across the five days of the Test. This included record crowds each day, including on the fifth and final day when Australia stormed home late to a memorable victory.
The previous record was set during the 1936-37 Ashes series, with 350,534 fans attending the MCG to watch Bradmanâs team against England. This was at the height of his popularity, and before television.
âWe knew this Test against India was going to be incredible - one of the most anticipated in recent memory,â Melbourne Cricket Club chief executive Stuart Fox said.
âNow we can proudly say it has been the highest-ever attended Test match held at the beloved MCG ⌠crowd figures we would have previously only associated with an Ashes series.â
The âunprecedented natureâ of the Test meant that extra measures were put in place yesterday, including increased staff and more food and beverage services. More seating areas were opened and ex-
tra security guards were called in.
Australiaâs defeat of India gives them a 2-1 series lead ahead of the final Test in Sydney starting on Friday.
Jack Bisas and son Louie were watching from home on Sunday when the six-year-old asked if they could head to the ground for the final day.
âI havenât been for about 10 years, so that was an easy question,â Bisas said. âItâs good to see day five. Last week they were saying Test cricket should be four days, and that today shouldnât exist. But Iâm a traditionalist.â
Steve Hunt said he wouldnât normally attend the final day of a Test but he was excited as the match went down to the wire in
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