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[WilliamPowell]

Agree with your outs

But won't happen, the selectors haven't got the guts to make tough calls

Pathetic 2nd innings bowling effort thus far.

The Captain needed to lead from the front like Bumrah did and he didn't

Shocking day by Australia

[one-eyed]

Marnus Labuschagne has scored just one century in his past 40 innings - and his horror run is now firmly in the spotlight.

A shadow of the player he was, is his spot in the Australian side under threat?

https://x.com/codecricketau/status/1860420563342360741

[WilliamPowell]

Just a pathetic day

No spirit, no fight, no leadership

Marnus and his selfish burning of a review sums up where Australia is right now

[Tiger Khosh]

I for one am shocked that a team which last summer prioritised giving Warner a farewell tour and allowed Smith in middling form at best to open the batting instead of blooding the next generation of youngsters has been beaten convincingly on home soil by a reserves side.

[one-eyed]

Fair catch at gully 

https://x.com/BLACKCAPS/status/1862350347072582119

[one-eyed]

2nd Test - stumps Day 1.

India 180 all out......... Starc 6/48, Cummins 2/41, Boland 2/54.

Aussies 1/86 ...... Khawaja 13, McSweeney 38*, Labuschagne 20*.

[one-eyed]

Stumps Day 2

India   180 & 5/128 ..... Boland & Cummins 2 wickets each.

Aussies  337 ...... Head 140, Labuschagne 64.

Aussies lead by 29 runs.

[one-eyed]

Aussies won the 2nd Test by 10 wickets and leveled the series 1-1.

India  180 & 175 ..... Cummins 5/57, Boland 3/51, Starc 2/60.

Aussies 337 & 0/19 .... McSweeney 10*, Khawaja 9*.


Travis Head named man of the match.

Off now to Brisbane for the 3rd Test.

[one-eyed]

Australia XI for third Test:

Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

In: Josh Hazlewood
Out: Scott Boland

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4184842/australia-test-xi-gabba-pat-cummins-hazlewood-boland-third-test-team?

[Andyy]

Boland a bit stiff.

Hazelwood would want to be cherry ripe for this one.

[one-eyed]

First day washed out. Aussies 0/28 .... Khawaja 19*, McSweeney 4*


https://x.com/tabcomau/status/1867765089077797238

More forecasted rain to come too.

http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/forecasts/brisbane.shtml

[one-eyed]

Travis Head just knocked up another century off only 115 deliveries  .

Head's third century in his last six innings against India.

Aussies 3/234 at Tea .... Head 103*, Smith 65* ..... 159 run partnership so far.

[one-eyed]

Smith also with a century.

Aussies 7/405  ..... Head 152 (160b, 18x4s, SR 95%), Smith 101, Carey 45*

In the last session, we scored 171 runs off 31 overs.

Stumps Day 2.

[one-eyed]

Rain wipes out most of Day 3  .

Aussies  445 ..... Carey ended up making 70.

India  4/51 ..... Starc 2/25, Cummins 1/7, Hazlewood 1/17.

[Damo]

The deodorant avoiders are being saved by the rain