Australian Cricket Season 2024-2025

[CaptJCool]

We’ve enjoyed 4 bottles so far. Pause before starting up again.

Please Keep drinking and uploading rainy wicket photos
Under 15 overs for the day = full refund lol
https://resources.cricket-australia...ket-Australia-Refund-Policy-2023-24_FINAL.pdf

 

[QF WP]

Exactly as we just found out as well:

 

[QF WP]

Once we had to leave the Bradman Room after the first sitting, we just sat at an empty table and had beers, etc.

The Torbreck rep felt sorry for himself, as we stopped buying RunRig.

Looks like we might pull stumps early….

 

[TheRealTMA]

Exactly as we just found out as well:

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Pales into insignificance compared with the wine bills!

 

[QF WP]

Forgot to post some famous cricketers with whom we spoke or were in the QCC:

Ian Healy - I worked with his brother Greg:



Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld & Tas)



Jeff Thompson

 

[Warks]

Greg Healy is Alyssa's dad?

In other news McSweeney has been dropped for Konstas. And yet Marsh is still in the side, even though he shows no sign of bowling? Most are saying Sweeney was hardly done by and Konstas is being thrown to the wolf (Bumrah). Webster (Slug) in for Marsh is a more popular pick.

Teenager Sam Konstas earns call-up to Australia squad for Boxing Day Test

National selectors have added 19-year-old batter Sam Konstas to Australia’s squad for the fourth Test against India

www.theguardian.com

 

[Cossie]

Very ordinary, pick a player out of position, then drop him when he doesn't perform. Don't know what that will do to his confidence...

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/20/comment-australia-threw-mcsweeney-into-the-deep-end-to-ditch-him-now-is-even-more-disgraceful/

 

[Pushka]

Very ordinary, pick a player out of position, then drop him when he doesn't perform. Don't know what that will do to his confidence...

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/20/comment-australia-threw-mcsweeney-into-the-deep-end-to-ditch-him-now-is-even-more-disgraceful/

Usual selector form here.

 

[drron]

Frankly they should have brought Konstantin I. Let McSweeney play down the order and drop Marsh.
Of course having said that Marsh will now get a century in Melbourne.

 

[QF WP]

Greg Healy is Alyssa's dad?

Yes, a former Qld squad member but never reached the heights of his brother.

Alyssa Healy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Cossie]

How good is this? What shocking bad sportsmanship from Kohli, and predictably childish barging shoulders with a young debutante. To be expected from the Indians though, imo.

Typical from the Indian press, Times of India site, quote

"During the previous over, tensions flared between Konstas and Kohli following a physical contact. As Kohli walked past, he lightly collided with Sam Konstas's shoulder, which visibly irritated the latter. Konstas immediately confronted Kohli about the incident, prompting the umpire to intervene and defuse the situation."

It was a bit more than "lightly". The Indians seem shell shocked.......

 

[cjd600]

How good is this? What shocking bad sportsmanship from Kohli, and predictably childish barging shoulders with a young debutante. To be expected from the indians though, imo.

The indians seem shell shocked.......

What a first hour, so refreshing.
Kohli, the snake.

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Absolute scenes this morning. Unconventional, but boy is it entertaining.

 

[moa999]

End of day fine for Kohli.

 

[Cossie]

Well, things were going swimmingly!

How on earth does Marsh keep his place! sigh..........

 

[cjd600]

End of day fine for Kohli.

Surely he’ll be visiting the zoo and doing the harbour
bridge climb in Sydney, as he shouldn’t be playing the Test.
But hoping the ICC penalise Indian cricketers is like complaining to your mother-in-law about your wife

 

[gaz0303]

Kohli not getting banned may work in Australia’s favour. Just ran out their best batsmen and then lost his wicket immediately. That form will come in handy in Sydney.

 

[k_sheep]

Loving seeing the next generation of Indians though - Jaiswal I'll be keeping my eye on. I think Washington is too hot headed and loose but great knock today. Reddy - wow.

 

[CaptJCool]

Loving seeing the next generation of Indians though - Jaiswal I'll be keeping my eye on. I think Washington is too hot headed and loose but great knock today. Reddy - wow.

So Reddy was Ready …

 

[OZDUCK]

It seems as though Australia is determined to lose this test. I have been out and about for most of the day and didn't turn TV on until Australia was two down. Since then Smith threw his wicket away with a slog at a wide ball, Head gave a fielder a nice easy bit of catching practice and Marsh played a push at a ball that was wide of the stumps and also would have nearly bounced over two pairs of stumps stacked vertically. And as I was about to type this Carey was bowled off his pads.