1st ODI Australia v West Indies Feb 2 1400hrs @ the MCG

[Gough]

Australia from, Steve Smith (C), Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Will Sutherland, Josh Inglis, Lance Morris, Adam Zampa, Xavier Bartlett
West Indies from, Shai Hope (C), Alick Athanaze, Teddy Bishop, Kavem Hodge, Kjorn Ottley, Keacy Carty, Roston Chase, Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Forde, Gudakesh Motie, Romario Shepherd, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh

 

[PhatBoy]

Hopefully O’Shane Thomas gets a start so we can actually watch a genuine pace bowler

 

[eltrain]

Keen for this

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Sounds like McGurk and Sutherland won’t play

 

[010203]

Hopefully O’Shane Thomas gets a start so we can actually watch a genuine pace bowler

Are you not excited at the prospect of watching 'the wild thing' aka the fastest bowler ever, Lance Morris?

 

[PhatBoy]

Are you not excited at the prospect of watching 'the wild thing' aka the fastest bowler ever, Lance Morris?

Lance who?

 

[BACCS]

Sounds like McGurk and Sutherland won’t play

It does sound like they will play at some stage this series though

 

[BACCS]

Are you not excited at the prospect of watching 'the wild thing' aka the fastest bowler ever, Lance Morris?

Is it true he bowls at 200kph as his 'slower' ball?

 

[Jim Prideaux]

It does sound like they will play at some stage this series though

You’d hope so. Bit of a ‘discovery’ series

 

[Around the Wicket]

Smith opener?

 

[Around the Wicket]

I would have gave Labuschagne a rest and gave McGurk his debut.

 

[Some Idiot]

Good mix of new faces and old heads in the squad, good to see.

 

[Gough]

Inglis has caught Covid, haven't seen Carey do that all summer.

 

[010203]

Is it true he bowls at 200kph as his 'slower' ball?

I'm not sure but apparently Morris is so fast he makes Jeff Thomson look like a medium pace trundler.

 

[Moonwatcher]

I'm not sure but apparently Morris is so fast he makes Jeff Thomson look like a medium pace trundler.

Morris is so fast time dilation keeps the ball new.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Smith opener?

Inglis is opening

Smith at 3, Short and Hardie at 5/6.

Does seem at least one batting AR short

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I would have gave Labuschagne a rest and gave McGurk his debut.

The problem I have with JFM is this middle to late order fascination with him- he’s basically scored everything in the top. We really need some genuine finishers though and he’s worth the gamble

 

[Westend]

I would have gave Labuschagne a rest and gave McGurk his debut.

I would have all test players ...playing in the shield this weekend and preparing or the NZ tour

 

[Westend]

bowling ffs

 

[Around the Wicket]

I would have all test players ...playing in the shield this weekend and preparing or the NZ tour

100% agree with that.

 

[Around the Wicket]

bowling ffs

Looks a road though so Windies should post 250+ minimum.

 

[Westend]

Looks a road though so Windies should post 250+ minimum.

just getting sick of this new age bowling first crap all the time

we need batting practice....bat first please

 

[darcytiger]

Heard a snippet on the radio this morning in a news bulletin that this was on. Will they crack 10k there?

They really don’t advertise these series enough. With them being on Foxtel, you don’t get the TV adds to pump it up in the weeks leading in. Even if it we’re advertised on TV, people don’t watch FTA anymore.

Surely with the amount of cricket content I consume I social media I should be getting bombarded with promotions on Facebook from Cricket Australia telling me to secure my tickets and get along. Nope, nothing.

 

[eltrain]

Heard a snippet on the radio this morning in a news bulletin that this was on. Will they crack 10k there?

They really don’t advertise these series enough. With them being on Foxtel, you don’t get the TV adds to pump it up in the weeks leading in. Even if it we’re advertised on TV, people don’t watch FTA anymore.

Surely with the amount of cricket content I consume I social media I should be getting bombarded with promotions on Facebook from Cricket Australia telling me to secure my tickets and get along. Nope, nothing.

Interesting - I've been getting a fair few ads on it on fb and instagram. Maybe that's because I had actually gone on ticketek to find ticket prices.

Obviously they're not willing to fork out the extra $$$ required for these ads to reach a broader target market beyond people who have already expressed an interest in actually getting tickets to the game.

More people on the field than in the stands atm

 

[Around the Wicket]

Heard a snippet on the radio this morning in a news bulletin that this was on. Will they crack 10k there?

They really don’t advertise these series enough. With them being on Foxtel, you don’t get the TV adds to pump it up in the weeks leading in. Even if it we’re advertised on TV, people don’t watch FTA anymore.

Surely with the amount of cricket content I consume I social media I should be getting bombarded with promotions on Facebook from Cricket Australia telling me to secure my tickets and get along. Nope, nothing.

ODI's are dead, there trying to hang onto it but no room for 3 formats in the calendar, Cricket Australia realise this and didn't waste money advertising.