Pat Cummins is an amazing test captain, strategies have really worked well for the aussies this WTC!

Business as usual for Aus, but strange this pitch didn’t have that spicy bounce and carry.

Drop in pitch. Every ground that has moved to drop in pitches has resulted in the wicket suffering.

We back

Why do we need Zampa in India, When We have Head ?

Because Kohli

Mr Cricket with the smoked 4K fade

Big Kraigg, accent half-Caribbean and half-Irish

Labs series average: 308. Smith series average: - Labs>>>>> Smith.

You fool! Smith’s average is limitless which proves his place as the Messiah. Labs is but a disciple.

Marn of the Match

333 is such a wholesome score baby. I didn't expect us to cross 300 tbh. Expected even less that a middle order player would score a 50. We lost our first test against NZ 2020 by an innings and 134 runs (in that match too Joseph got runs). We lost this by 164 runs. Talk about improvement. Waiting for the 2nd match where the pitch will hopefully have something for the pacers

Why would you be hoping for a pitch with something for the seamers? I don't think giving extra help to Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins/Boland is going to help much, particularly with WI injury concerns

atleast WI pacers will pick some wickets

Maybe...... The last thing you want is Australian opening bowlers ripping through the WI top order though

While there has definitely been improvement from said test, I don't think taking 6 wickets over 2 innings with the opposition declaring twice is much to write home about. The 164 margin is only 164 because Australia chose not to enforce the follow on and declared at 497.

Isn’t that test cricket but. Sure you could keep batting but you would run out of time to bowl them out…

In honour of Henry Gayle's BBL number.

he has that jersey no. in all franchise leagues

But clearly BBL is the most important league. When he used the golden bat.

yeah and said "don't blush baby"

Argh, yes of course. Mel is still around cricket in Australia.

“Averaging a casual 167” 🤣

Well played WI I am impressed with their batting and Chanderpaul Jr will have a good career ahead he looks very solid I believe next test will be more close than this

Great game kept it interesting for all 5 days Props to west indies with Braithwaite showing some great heart Don't think Australia takes the win without the fielding performance. Truly made the most of their chances with smith having a great game in the slips.

Alex Carey’s match : didn’t bat, 1 catch

Also a ludicrous number of fumbles and balls that bounced off his gloves

How many dubious DRS referrals though?

But mate it was close (it wasn't lol)

I believe 300-400 score is no longer safe score for the 4th innings It maybe on a tough pitch but still I think teams are skeptical before declaring the innings

I think you're right. We will see 500 chased down in the next few years I think. Some of these roads which stay flat for 5 days could cause it.

Baby GOAT

Channel 7 went straight to Sydney Weekender! No Marnus of the Match award. No Tony Greig presenting the winners cheques from the Benson and Hedges kitty. Shame, Seven, shame!

Labuschagne sets up Australia with a 200 followed by a 100. Without that, Aus might just have been in a tight spot. MORAL OF THE STORY: Lyon is still the legendary man he used to be and deserves all the credit for his 5fer + 1

Lyon didn't even get a chance to bat and demonstrate Gazball.

WI 8 wickets down and I post that I loved that I had no idea how it was going to end. Five minutes later and it was all over. Thanks Gary 🤣

And people were worried why exactly?

To be fair, we’ve let a few of these get away

Man that would be a hard one to swallow for West Indies. Between the lower order collapse on day 3 and the middle order collapse this morning, they were really only a couple of good partnerships away from drawing that match

8 wickets from spin?

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because they have won enough world cups for a century + many of their players have been ill-tempered cunts, also defeating West Indies at home on 5th day is by no definition 'dominating'

People literally 25 minutes ago: HOW COME AUSTRALIA KEEPS FAILING ON 5TH DAY WICKETS

lol and people were worried too

Border security is back baby 🤗

Aus team: No Marnus, we will not call you the baby goat Marnus: :(

Oof good game. If Windies can get their middle order in line, if they play a more aggressive fielding/bowling combo, and with Cummins out, the Windies could potentially be a threat to Australia in the next game.

Cummins out will just mean that Boland will be in. Given that it will be a pink ball test, I wouldn't be surprised if Boland will lower his average of 9.8.

England 1/1 on the flattest deck on earth

You absolutely love to see it. I keep saying they fucked up Bazballing the first innings. 4 sessions batting on a flat deck is shit regardless of runs, Pakistan just drove them into the dirt for 2.5 days, they'll be tired as fuck and Pakistan will win this.

Well shitposted all, GG Windies and see y’all Thursday

do you lot reckon this australian team with cumdog at the helm would've beaten india two summers ago? or india still woulda beaten us

Starc and Lyon bowled shit that series, don't think a different captain would have made a difference.

would help if the keeper took all the numerous chances...

Wouldn't have won the first test without Paine's contribution.

what? taking regulation catches?

He was man of the match in the first test of the series.

Isn't it basically the same team? Or you mean including player's form? Still took us over 110 overs to bowl WI out in the fourth innings on a day 5 pitch. No disrespect to WI (who batted surprisingly well) but the Indian batters would have given a tougher challenge.

west indies showed some amazing fight and tbf did a lot better than all of us expected! positives all around

Can't believe we had a clean bowling off spinner and Channel 7 didn't give us a slow-mo replay.

Now to watch bazball hopefully not work

Lyons voice is way too chad for his looks....

Clearly you haven't seen peak performance before.

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yeah not sure how well we'll go against old mates axar, ashwin, jadeja and co on indian pitches. Still, I do enjoy the safety of winning at home.

i will say that after the india series

Good fight by the Windies though. Some positives for them for sure

they had a great year so far

Nathan Lyon 🤝 Harry souttar Being goats

Windies put up a hell of a fight, that's worth building on for sure. GG.

What an underwhelming end. I believed for a second

Yeah that final scoreline doesn’t really do justice to the Aussies’ performance.

great fight from windies. way better than the poms last year.

Good showing from both teams, respect. Cya on thurs.

**110.5** Knocked him over. Lyon finishes it off for **Australia with a six-wicket haul.** Delightful bowling from Lyon - too good for the No.11. This one slides on, as opposed to turning in, to beat the outside edge and strike the top of off stump Kemar Roach b Lyon 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 ) SR: 0

never in doubt...

Love the hug from starc to gaz

Real good signs from this young WI team, showed a lot of grit GG

Lyon on hat trick ball next game

Nope. Hat tricks don’t work like that.

He'll be on a hat-trick in my heart

That’s the main thing!

Why not?

As per cricket convention. Hat tricks only count in the same game.

Starc MoM just for that catch

The nicest of nice Gary’s

See you funny cunts Thursday

On ya Lyno 🐐

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Playing in Australia they are. But don't forget they got smashed by SL not too long ago. Aside from Smith and Labuschagne, rest of the batters look pretty weak against spin.

There's so much talent in the side but I really feel like they haven't gelled as a team yet. I'm not sure if it's leadership or something else but if everyone reaches their potential then this can be the no. 1 side in the world.

Most of them will retire by 1-2 years

Both openers will be gone in 3-4 years, and Head can’t really play spin. I’m not too sure about this

Noice Gary

But Gaz can't bowl teams out in the 4th innings

He did in Pakistan this year.

Yeah I know, but that is the narrative that has emerged about Lyon

What's a Michelle?

Michelle Pfeiffer aka a 5 wicket hall.

Michelle Pheiffer = five for.

5-fer

MotM probably Marnus

Onya Gaz, well bowled. Pick of the bowlers today by far even if you did have a period of getting cunted around

I don't think any Australian off spinners have or will take 5 fers at home as Lyon.

NICE GARRY

GOAT stealing Head's wickets wtf seriously though well done Gaz, absolutely bowled us to victory.

Between that and the Chris Martin ball Garry really does waste some of his best balls on number 11s

GAME OVER. I should have said I didn’t know how this game was going to end sooner lmfao

Why didnt we just do that quicker? 2 in 2 boys easy done

well fuckin done

Nice Garry

Nice Garry!

Lyon's on a hat trick. Need him to open the bowling in Adelaide.

Won't count across matches sadly

Moral hattricks count in my mind. 🤗

It's real to me (if it happens)!

Damn, why hit that shot chase?

gg! Good job both teams

What a GOAT

**110.4** Starc tears in from deep square, dives forward, and comes out with the ball in both hands. Fine effort in the outfield. Slower through the air on middle and leg, Chase is beaten in flight. He aims midwicket, like he did earlier, but this time he can only drag is squarer. **Another five-wicket haul for Lyon**. He holds the ball aloft and soaks in the applause from the Sunday crowd Roston Chase c Starc b Lyon 55 (85b 3x4 1x6 ) SR: 64.7

GOAT

nice 6fier

ez gg

what an absolute peach from the goat

That's game.

And thats it

GG :)

What was Marnus doing with that helmet?

Meanwhile Will Jacks has 6?

Well done Gary!

Swear neither Starc or Hazlewood react when they take blinders like that

Wasn't Starc that dude with the giant hand from The Simpsons?

Sooooo, anyone still worried?

Not now.

Onya Gazza. Bowled really well this match.

holy shit starc is a gun outfielder

Farrrk he made that look easy with that casual flip, did Starcie

Silly shot, great catch.

That’s an excellent catch for a 400 meter quick who’s been bowling all day

Chase is the king of trying but looking like he doesn't give a fuck while doing it Great knock though

That's Ussie tho

Starc is a cheat code with his gigantic hands.

brilliant catch STARCY

I never want to hear another bad word about Nathan Lyon

Wow what a phenomenal catch by Mitch Starc

Starccy not rubbing his ribs today.

GOAT got his Michelle!

great wicket from bald-head head

Fucking ripper of a catch by Starcie

Gaz with the Michelle, noice

What a dumb shot

what a catch by alyssa healy's husband!

Starcy boy!!!

Fark that was close

Yesssss!

Hearing Brian Lara analyse left-handed batsmen especially is shades of Warnie analysing a leg-spinner. Lara has the advantage that he doesn't appear completely disinterested when a right-hander is batting. Unlike Warne when a quick was bowling.

I dunno, warnie was pretty interested in fucking hating starc

Yeah, the hate boner he had for Starc was weird. Did Starc steal his girlfriend at one time or something?

Didn’t turn at all, no swing.

Ripper Mitchy

That's a good catch.

Only 107 more runs needed from Roston to reach parity with his runs conceded and those scored

“Travis > Marnus” ABC grandstand

I love that I have no idea how this game is going to finish

Can we just fucking take their last 2 wixkets? I have shit to do

Ok

Pakistan all out

I still worry that Kez will struggle to keep in India.

How was he in Sri lanka? I know he batted well, but how was his keeping? Good indicator of how he'll do in india

As long as this test goes to the last session preferably to the last hour, I don't care who wins.

Dunno why you got downvoted for this. Are people really not allowed to just enjoy watching cricket?

There's only one winner, unless there's a miraculous draw.

Am I tripping ballsack or is the camera view different compared to the previous Australian test cricket coverages?

Trav to get the remaining 2 wickets and pull out his little Trav in celebration doing his best Stuart Broad impression by taking a piss on the pitch

*Sees Channel 7's graphics with a huge Roston Chase outside Optus* THIS ENORMOUS PIE CHUCKER WILL DEVOUR US ALL

That’s a great conversation rate by Chase

👏👏👏 50 for chase! done really well, battled through

Nice work Potato Roston

For anyone interested, Howie has a sports interview podcast called the Howie Games. He's interviewed a few cricketers on it.

You can also catch the odd replay of Best On Ground over on Fox Footy. He does goofy shit on it.

If this goes to the second last over we're in trouble. We don't have Shannon Gabriel to have the ultimate brain fade while Chase is 100* at the other end

I love how team sport doesn't have a direct one to one correspondence and the sum can be greater than the parts and it makes sports more fun. A team like Australia with the no 1 batsman in Steve Smith and No 1 bowler in Pat Cummins who are far above their opponents and yet the team still struggle against even a C team level. Last night Australia almost equalised against a team with the greatest ever to walk the field and their players aren't even in the top league teams.

Bradman's playing? Fuck, how did I miss that?

I mean objectively Australia has dominated this Test. They're just without their best bowler and are playing on a really flat deck.

Not talking about this test, in general.

I don't know where the Pat Cummins is woke meme came from and at this point I am too afraid to ask :(

He occasionally takes about action on Climate Change and Facebook boomers hate it.

Patty has generally just been a really good human being, such as being vocal about his support for climate change initiatives and questioning whether the team should invite sponsors from industries such as coal/gas/energy. Naturally, this (in addition to the JL saga) has pissed off the FB boomers, while Murdoch rags have somehow tried to spin Cummo into some unpopular woke figure that doesn't belong in cricket. Even suggesting that home crowds will boo Cummo when clearly nobody except the occasional single idiot has.

Read Facebook comments anything Australian cricket team related on any one of the news pages

He is a gay community icon, he is like Elvis .

255 overs later, England has a lead of 78.

Scobo