1st T20 Australia v Pakistan November 14 1830hrs @ The Gabba

[Gough]

Australia from, Tim David, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mathew Short, Josh Phillipe, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.
Pakistan from, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Omair Yousuf, Irfan Khan, Agha Salman, Jahandad Khan, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Khan, Haris Rauf, Abbas Afridi, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Arrh the annual why the blue moon does Tim David still get a gig

Gough Connolly is out he's been replaced with Josh Phillipe mate

 

[Gough]

Arrh the annual why the blue moon does Tim David still get a gig

Gough Connolly is out he's been replaced with Josh Phillipe mate

Cheers mate, amended accordingly.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Cheers mate, amended accordingly.

No worries don't think he plays but just was saying so you could amend it. Connolly broke his hand in the ODI so he's out for a bit didn't catch how long.

 

[CakeEater]

Arrh the annual why the blue moon does Tim David still get a gig

Gough Connolly is out he's been replaced with Josh Phillipe mate

Phillippe continuing the trend of getting 2 caps when he moved to NSW, one NSW Cap and 1 Aussie cap to save time

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Not looking too likely there will be any play given the weather forecast for later today

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Not looking too likely there will be any play given the weather forecast for later today

It's what this series deserves lol

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Phillippe continuing the trend of getting 2 caps when he moved to NSW, one NSW Cap and 1 Aussie cap to save time

To be fair though he's been in great form this year

 

[Cleavy]

did CA/Fox do any promotion for this game?

 

[big_e]

Phillippe continuing the trend of getting 2 caps when he moved to NSW, one NSW Cap and 1 Aussie cap to save time

Josh Phillipe played for Australia 15 times before moving to NSW.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Australia really need to lift in this game after the very disappointing recent ODI’s.

 

[the_interloper]

Cricket marketing is shithouse, seeing a thread pop up on Bigfooty is usually when I find out these hit and giggles are on

 

[Jamz]

Cricket marketing is shithouse, seeing a thread pop up on Bigfooty is usually when I find out these hit and giggles are on

Free to air TV only getting Tests killed it off a bit too.

 

[toml]

Already going to be **** all people there because no one knows its on, but there is all big **** off storms forecast for the afternoon which will keep even more people away even if they've passed by start time.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

People do realise it’s not just CA that treats these series as trials for bigger tournaments? India are currently playing a T20 series against South Africa that I’m sure most people don’t even know about given their main players are in Aus.

All countries have been telling the ICC for a while (through the teams they pick) that any ODI or T20I series outside of a 1-2 month window before a major tournament will be given very low priority. They are used purely to workout who could be in those squads for a major tournament, outside of the main star players.

 

[akkaps]

People do realise it’s not just CA that treats these series as trials for bigger tournaments? India are currently playing a T20 series against South Africa that I’m sure most people don’t even know about given their main players are in Aus.

All countries have been telling the ICC for a while (through the teams they pick) that any ODI or T20I series outside of a 1-2 month window before a major tournament will be given very low priority. They are used purely to workout who could be in those squads for a major tournament, outside of the main star players.

To add to this. In India’s case for T20, we already know what spots need filling (1) aggressive opener for Rohit, (2) anchor 3/4 for Virat, and (3) spinning at for Jadeja. And hence we have players auditioning for this positions.

As for Australia, we have no clue what sports are available and if other players are gonna retire prior to 2026

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

To add to this. In India’s case for T20, we already know what spots need filling (1) aggressive opener for Rohit, (2) anchor 3/4 for Virat, and (3) spinning at for Jadeja. And hence we have players auditioning for this positions.

As for Australia, we have no clue what sports are available and if other players are gonna retire prior to 2026

Also a long long time until that World Cup in 2026, doubt we get an idea on a core squad until early 2026

 

[akkaps]

Also a long long time until that World Cup in 2026, doubt we get an idea on a core squad until early 2026

I can only confirm Cummins, Green, Inglis, Head and Zampa at this stage.

And David isn’t in form right now

 

[Reign Man]

Due to the importance of this game I believe god will part the storms to pass around the Gabba and we will lose zero overs.

 

[010203]

Due to the importance of this game I believe god will part the storms to pass around the Gabba and we will lose zero overs.

I highly doubt we get anymore than 30 overs of play tonight. 20 overs might be one's luck.

 

[Plugger35]

Storms and rain threatening to spoil this game, Brisbane is almost as bad as Sydney when it comes to weather.

They should have just stayed in Perth and played all the T20s there where it's always sunny at this time of year.

 

[Torz]

Perfectly sunny in Perth, as usual.

 

[Plugger35]

The worst thing about the rain delay is that we have to listen to more of Warner, at last Khawaja is on now who is far better value.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Well this flattened me. No play. No activity in the thread. None of the BOM screenshots that I can usually rely on.

We really don't care about cricket til the test matches start, hey?

 

[nobbyiscool]

To answer my own query, it's looking crap.