One more before stumps boys.

Marsh has been very tidy. He is an under rated bowler in my view.

marsh getting a touch of reverse here

I like that idea. The incumbent quicks wont.. but it makes sense. 

Pujara is rock like once he gets in. Can see why the quicks say he is the big Indian wicket.

Finally I've met someone that speaks common sense, TRY NEW BOWLERS, Cheers Grazor.

I wouldn't mind a rotation policy when it comes to fast bowlers. It makes sense given our depth and the workload on bowlers

would also give an excuse to try new bowlers

hazelwood way out of form lately. You need that line and length bowler to succeed

Just for you Baggers here is the list of leading wicket takers for 2018

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=1;id=2018;type=year

Note the average and his position, his strike rate etc, etc, etc. Am I reading this right only 23 wickets this year? And he gets paid over a million dollars to do that? I don't see you pointing this out during your pro Josh "Glow-worm" Hazlewood campaign, but I won't lower myself to call you bias. That's just insulting. And yes I do know Chris Tremain is born in Dubbo NSW, a very nice place to visit, ever been to the zoo there?

marsh surprisingly useful with the ball so far

Kohli edges another and again falls safely.

ideally we would like to break this partnership before the second new ball 

Blokes with the pace to bang in the ball will profit on this deck. I can see Bumrah doing a similar job to Cummins.

Hazlewood did his job as opener in first two tests. Where were your biast comments then Mike ? 

Not often I concur with you  but yes Cummins new found pace has to be utilised with the new ball. If the ball is not swinging.. Starc is all but useless. 

Baggers I don't need to rubbish Hazlewood he does it by himself. I'm just pointing it out, real live transmission. You know you're rubbish when M Marsh comes on to replace you.

You come on just to rubbish H/Wood?

 Would that edge have carried to a second slip? Coms seem to think it may have. 

Almost a wicket, NOPE 4, 12 runs to Kholi off that Hazlewood over

OMG they did. STROKE, STROKE,STROKE, it's no longer funny, 1st ball 4 

Finally Hazlewood replaced with Starc, I just hope they don't take Cummins off and bowl Hazlewood from that end.

Cummins now has an opportunity against Kholi before he has his eye in, unlike the Perth test, where Ponting and McGrath said Australia wasted their opportunity by bowling Hazlewood instead and Kholi scored a century. But who is bowling at the other end releasing the pressure Josh Hazlewood, who lacks the aggression and his wide of off line allows the batsmen sighters. I agree with Jaz, Paine captaincy is questionable is he missing an opportunity, as he did in Perth, or is Paine under instruction to keep stroking the egos. I cannot believe Hazlewood after 60 overs has bowled 15 of them with M Marsh bowling 10. Starc the most productive wicket taker in Australia's last 30 tests, has bowled 9. Keep stroking the egos.

But credit to Mayank Agarwal in his debut test showing up a very innocuous bowling attack. Surely this has to be a message to those concerned, that they have the Australian bowling order wrong and Cummins has to be given the new ball. I cannot believe Lyons in the 1st session of the 1st day of a test is bowling before Cummins. Starc and Hazlewood wasted the new ball and Cummins never gets the opportunity with a harder ball and proud seam. And Baggers you wonder why I am frustrated with Hazlewood. Surely you agree.

If he was injured Baggers for the first 2 tests I'd say he's over it now. But it doesn't excuse playing a non 100% player.

Cummo has been the pick of the crop... a huge turn around from his last test. Will this spur him to return to his express days. Guess his body will answer that. 

Finally the least experienced player finally gets another wicket with good aggressive bowling.

No we did, and England bowled us out for just over 300 if I remember correctly, then came out in the 2nd innings of the match and scored nearly 500.

Another I remember was when Smith nearly scored 200 with Australia batting first and we were 1/0 when Warner went early. We relied on the tail especially Harris to get us out of the problems. 

This match is the first time I can remember for the MCG that the batsmen have easily dominated the bowling in a 1st innings of a test. It may be a smart move playing M Marsh because at the moment all that aggression has disappeared, which I can't understand they have only bowled 10 overs each, they should be still fresh.

Do you recall if the Poms batted first?

The last two Boxing day tests have seen visiting openers score a double century, Alistair Cook and Azhar Ali. Perhaps Agarwal will make it three in a row.

This time Agarwal lofts Lyon over the rope. Now we need him to mistime one of those adventurous strokes.

Wickets may be hard to come by but our pacemen are only conceding around two runs an over. So great discipline.