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What's the necessary number of tests before you're allowed to talk back to the opposition?

Warner could pick his moment and play 'proper' cricket shots when he wanted to. Compare Konstas today to Ussie, Head and Webster - calculated shot making when it was on offer, but most of the 'aggression' came from quick singles, hitting the gaps, turning ones into twos etc. The difference...

Webster both top scoring and getting through plenty of overs - unless there's an injury crisis or something, then I think that's it for Mitch in tests....

Michael Clarke Mk II. He may perform well and score runs, but the media's unrelenting circle jerk every time he even looks at the ball will probably poison the well against him.

Wouldn't some of this be distorted by the fact that elite private schools "claim" promising young sportspeople with scholarships and such? I remember this being the case for AFL - claims about "they all attend elite private schools" was not because they were blue-blood toffs but because they...

I wouldn’t be surprised if they found a way to blame Steve Hocking and Chris Scott for it….

TIL a couple talking about consensual sex is something I should be offended by.....

Richmond probably leaked the story to find an excuse to get Lynchy off their books.....

The western part does have an unofficial local time, to compensate for the fact that the Sun refuses to comply with the CCP's wishes.

I must admit I'm getting annoyed by the relentless focus on Konstas. Every time he moves in the field, the camera zooms in on him and the commentators all jerk themselves raw over him. All this is going to do is provoke a backlash from over-exposure, after which the media will probably turn on...

With Starc looking tired and sore, we need a 5th bowler who can step up and put some serious overs in. Marsh with 7 overs of military mediums is.....not that.

I wonder if part of the "no soul, no culture" problems with the Stars comes from the fact that they play most of their games at the MCG? If the Renegades get say 20k at Marvel, it at least looks half full and has some noise. If they close the top level and get everyone down near the action...

How long till people start demanding Davies in the test team on the back of a few BBL big hits?

He's been the best and most consistent bat in the Shield for the past couple of seasons. He's batted the entire series in some of the toughest conditions you can face as an opener. He hasn't made a massive score but he has done an okay job at blunting the new ball and allowing Head and co to...

If this was some sort of order to hit out or get out in a the hope of a "So you're saying there's a chance?" miracle, then okay......but it makes it very hard to drop any of the batsmen. You can't demand they sacrifice themselves and then dump them for doing so.

Shouldn't get rid of McSweeney. We're going to need all the promising mid/late 20s talent we can get going forward. Khawaja looks like he's truly getting to the end so there'll be an opening for Konstas and/or [Insert other young-ish opening option here] coming up very soon anyway.

tbf I think Haddin legitimately does have a bit of a stutter. I've heard interviews and stuff with him where he does seem to 'catch' on certain words and sounds....

Number 11 hits a pace bowler into the grandstand = "bad light, unfair on the batsmen who can't see it well" flipping LOL

Even though McSweeney and Khawaja haven't been making mountains of runs, we see how important they've been in at least soaking up balls and time. India consistently losing early wickets has put their middle order under pressure right from the start. Whereas Head and Co have been able to come...

David Steele was an English batsmen who was already in his mid 30s when called up to play Tests. In his first Test against Australia, Rod Marsh is giving him plenty of lip about being too old and too slow. Steele finally turns around: "Hey Marshy, look at this!" "Look at what?", says Marsh...

Simon Katich on SEN at the beginning of today. "Great captaincy by Rohit Sharma to open the bowling with Akash Deep!" Day 1 ended due to rain partway through Deep's over, so he had to bowl out the remainder first up no matter what.

Dear Foxtel Please stop trying to make the 'Six And Out' comeback a thing. Regards, Australia

Is BJ legitimately getting pissy and upset about KOK cracking jokes about him....?

IIRC it was a couple of overs before lunch break. So he was like a night watchman protecting the batters, but for lunch instead. I don’t know if they genuinely got confused and thought it was stumps…or they were trying to make a “lunch watchman “ a thing….

He’s had a mediocre start to this season, and seems to be developing an annoying habit of making a bright start then gifting his wicket away with a dumb decision

I remember NSW sent Nathan Bracken in at 3 in a shield match one time. Wasn’t as a night watchman either.

No pressure on the kid or anything…..

Just quietly, Khawaja would be wanting a big score pretty damn soon. At nearly 38yo, he's not going to be 'carried' for very long if he's not performing.

I love how the majority of the posts in this thread are just Old Mate replying to himself....

Supposedly going to absolutely piss down rain Saturday and into Sunday....not sure anyone will get much chance to show their worth.