Tom Morris

Dec 8, 2024 | sen.com.au | Tom Morris

The India that dominated Australia in Perth? Or the Australia that ran over the top of the tourists in Adelaide? At 1-1, the beauty of this series is both teams possess popgun, generational stars mixed with fading, ageing warriors clinging on. In Rohit Sharma, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith, there are three batters who are objectively past their prime. You can add Virat Kohli to this list, despite his junktime ton in Perth.

Dec 7, 2024 | sen.com.au | Tom Morris

Every ding-dong Test series needs a hero and a villain. In Travis Head, Australia has its hero. The moustache. The flaying upper cuts. The see ball, hit ball mentality. He’s this generation’s Adam Gilchrist, only with more scruff. He’s made three tons in his last five knocks at Adelaide Oval. Coining him a cult figure undersells his value, but he most certainly has a cult following. Whatever Darren Lehmann was to South Australia, Head is that and then some.

Dec 6, 2024 | sen.com.au | Tom Morris

If this is Test cricket, hook it to my veins, tape up the needle and throw away the scissors. The sport needs more, not less of this. Every moment is riveting. There are no lulls. It's healthy to be a pink ball addict. Isn't this the sort of cricket we want? Nine years ago the players finally agreed to partake in an experiment. Broadcasters were bullish and administrators hopeful. It took courage to say yes. But it was necessary.

Nov 25, 2024 | sen.com.au | Tom Morris

The conversation between now and Adelaide will circle around the immediate future of Marnus Labuschagne. While he is not the only Australian batter out of sorts, he is the batter who appears to be most at sea. His feet, his decision-making (pre and post dismissal) and his hands are not as sharp as they once were. He appears scattered and devoid of confidence. The numbers are also bleak. He has been dismissed for a single figure score seven of the last times he’s batted in this format.

Nov 24, 2024 | sen.com.au | Tom Morris

These are the sort of days you’d expect in Delhi. Or Mumbai. Or anywhere else in India. The sun baking. The pitch largely lifeless. Constant noise. Fans draped in blue shirts and orange, white and green flags. Virat Kohli driving, punching and flicking his way to another ton. If it was in India, you could almost accept it. Touring teams - New Zealand aside - regularly travel to the land of Virat, Sachin and Ravi and leave humbled. But in Perth? Surely not.