2nd Test Australia v West Indies Jan 25-29 1430hrs @ the Gabba

[ams4crows]

Smith has copped a lot of criticism over the past few months but somehow Labuschagne has somehow avoided it. He’s been pretty bad now for a prolonged period at number 3.

Agree, he's out of form, overthinking every ball/shot

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Serious questions need to be asked about the Australian batting. Labuschagne should be on notice.

Travis Head.

Three golden ducks this summer.

 

[The Sultan]

bowling top of off stump to a #11
what a novel idea!

You’d think the “best test team ever” would know that

 

[SSwans2011]

Good to hear what's left of the Gabba crowd get around the Windies

 

[magpiemaniac44]

Very pleased for the Windies

Disgraceful performance by Australia, unacceptable to lose to these teams at home

 

[Jimthegreat]

Anyone going on about this being an embarrassing loss needs to appreciate what the Windies have done here.
This is about them. They played legitimately elite level cricket.

As much as the Windies played great cricket Australia at their best hammer them. Windies played great, elite level cricket while Australia were arrogant starting from team selection (even with Smith and Green our best) and pervaded through the side with their attitude.

On the other other of the scale, let's hope this encourages the Windies. They have uncovered some stars.

 

[reubski23]

Come on guys.

We are a good team - good teams get beaten sometimes!

We areas of concern Marnus being the main one.

Smith and Green will be fine - best two bats in the fourth innings by far.

Well done WI - definitely was barracking for them slightly towards the end.

Hopefully makes for a good NZ series - fk off 2 match tests please

 

[smasha]

Two test series a farce and a disrespect by Cricket Australia.

Imagine going to Hobart for the third test?

Not to be due to some DHs in CA.

 

[Daniel B]

Smith was in and is the best batsman in history.

That's a bold call. There was a bloke called Bradman who was supposed to have been pretty good.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Smith was in and is the best batsman in history. He didn’t take responsibility to farm the strike and win the game until the last wicket. It’s definitely on him

At very least against S Joseph

 

[Gavin Excell]

That declaration has Bazball vibes first test Ashes

 

[Cuzz09]

We love retaining trophy's and lifting them after demoralising losses.

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[Gethelred]

That spell before tea will live on into posterity: the day Shamar came to Brisbane.

It's one thing to play as if there's no tomorrow, but it's another thing entirely to galvanise a young group and get them playing and working so completely together as a team. Kudos to Braithwaite and the support staff for finding, developing and cultivating this group of players, the most united WI side to tour Australia in my memory.

Aussies looked tired and sore, but the best we looked was just before Josephs was brought on to bowl, Green on 42, Smith on 49.

Without him, this game trickles out to a comfortable win, and Australia remains complacent; with him in, a new star is born and history is created.

 

[damicky]

Bingo. Can't be perfect, and literally carried bat with wickets dropping left, right, and centre lol.

I think Smith should have protected the lower order better … BUT we wouldn’t have even got close without him

 

[Riviat]

We're moral victors though coz we retained the Wank Worrell trophy?

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England are the real moral winners out of this match. They would have beaten the Windies with their eyes closed

 

[BACCS]

Yeah, but can he bowl pies down leg regularly? Advantage, Starc!

Ah huh, you’re talking about the same Starc with 350 Test wickets, yeah?

 

[pebblesofsand]

Forget about everything else - that's as good a performance as I've seen from a bowler.

Incredible to think he made his 1st class debut less than 12 months ago.

 

[Gethelred]

Every time he gets to speak, he has nothing but praise for his teammates. Quality human.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Leach injured I think

Leach is bowling now.

 

[PP34]

You're right. Smudge should have possessed the spirit of Stokes and played a game style that is completely the antithesis to his own style, right there on the pitch.

Stokes and Smudge are both amazing batsmen - but they are worlds apart in terms of how they influence a game. Smudge does not have the insane power or mental willpower of what will probably be one of the greatest finishers the game has seen.

Smudge tried bloody hard, held his bat the entire innings, but he ran out of partners. He played more than his part and tried to farm the strike as best as possible.

I question why an opener needs 9 partners to chase a total of 200?

Stokes played an amazing innings but I think people also forget there was a lot of luck that went his way too.

Australia completely ****ed up multiple times.

The Windies were bowling incredibly well then at the death.

 

[Lia]

Kinda puts a huge dent in the dumb argument for two levels of test cricket too.

 

[Blue1980]

Look at this thing holistically, this is a great result for world cricket. Very happy for the Windies, would have to be a real misery guts to not take any enjoyment out of them winning.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I hope this restores some joy towards Test cricket in the Caribbean

One match finishing at about 4am local time is unlikely to register on most people's radar at all, unfortunately.

 

[Headless]

West Indies can't even take a game to the 5th day.

Joseph a bit expensive in that spell, too.

 

[Neese]

This young man is amazing. Well played and look forward to seeing more of him. Against England next.