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Banter The No Dazzlering Big Cricket Thread
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Helps that the weather’s been a bit all over the shop in Perth and Melb too
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Dominates Shield cricket for 2-3 seasons. Opportunity finally presents itself. A pair followed by 2 more failures. ffs
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Hopefully some of the bowlers can be given some test experience.
Hazlewood/Lyon/Cummins/Starc: "We'll see about that....."
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Tight sphincter time here at the WACA.
You Dazzlered us
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9 runs to get. Let's take a drinks break.
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Weatherald and Cartwright were STILL having words after the game there. Would love to know what is going on between them. Nothing was resolved obviously.
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A true battle of the bang average players there
Head & Inglis can't open in tests for the same reason as Smith. They rely on their eye as opposed to technique. Sure their technique isn't bad but against guys who can swing the ball both ways and a new ball thats moving off the pitch their base technique isn't good enough for them to get their footwork in place and their head over the ball.
Against India the team has other issues as well. The Bison, Green (not playing) tend to be very poor opening their innings against spin. If anything Australia's batting line up is brittle in comparison to previous generations. They really struggle against high end speed, are technically poor at the top of the order and the middle order (where it should be a strength) aren't the best at playing spin. With the series being played in Australia if we aren't going to play a second pure opener then Marsh is the guy to move up the order.
Smudge with all his eccentricities with the bat and with his age is really only 1 away summer away from no longer being up to it. Hopefully he makes it to the end of the Ashes and plays the Ashes well and retires.
Inglis is ready to take the gloves but it's still Carey's spot imo as the keeper. He has a tendency to put in his best performances with the bat when the team is struggling.
Against India the team has other issues as well. The Bison, Green (not playing) tend to be very poor opening their innings against spin. If anything Australia's batting line up is brittle in comparison to previous generations. They really struggle against high end speed, are technically poor at the top of the order and the middle order (where it should be a strength) aren't the best at playing spin. With the series being played in Australia if we aren't going to play a second pure opener then Marsh is the guy to move up the order.
Smudge with all his eccentricities with the bat and with his age is really only 1 away summer away from no longer being up to it. Hopefully he makes it to the end of the Ashes and plays the Ashes well and retires.
Inglis is ready to take the gloves but it's still Carey's spot imo as the keeper. He has a tendency to put in his best performances with the bat when the team is struggling.
Marsh opening and you'd have the same problem as you stated with Inglis and Head.
FWIW, I think Inglis has a better technique than MM and Head.
I think it's a two horse race between Inglis and Konstas.
Rough on Cartwright who's been a consistently reliable batsman for WA for years.
I hope Weatherald didn't say anything about the birth of his kid on day two. That would be enough to set Cartwright off
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It was really good to see Jordan on for this game, he was pretty bummed after they hadn't asked him for the opening round.
Not on that pitch
Ed Cowan is a bit of a legend post-cricket. Smart guy, many interests.
We'd kill for an opener of Rogers' calibre now. Hard to believe we kept him in the wilderness for so long.
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