2nd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 6-10 1430hrs @ Adelaide Oval

[RookiePick]

Looking forward to watching Bumrah at his task again. Reckon he'll BBQ us again.

Australia have done nothing to address the batting woes so it's fingers crossed for jagging the best of the conditions and hoping one of our bats gets some early career Labuschagne luck!

 

[Kapow!!!]

Looking forward to watching Bumrah at his task again. Reckon he'll BBQ us again.

Australia have done nothing to address the batting woes so it's fingers crossed for jagging the best of the conditions and hoping one of our bats gets some early career Labuschagne luck!

Have to agree. My focus for this series has shifted from being an Australia fan to being a cricket fan and appreciating Bumrah at his prime, possibly even completing his magnum opus

 

[Gough]

Snap poll. You've won the toss and you....?

Per the title.

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[Jim Prideaux]

Buckingham imo he's better than both of them so long as he stays fit.

I like Buckingham, but am a huge fan of Bartlett. Hopefully we’ll get a look at all 3 soonish

 

[peternorth]

Ive heard in the past few weeks an argument that you dont debut players against gun teams/bowlers. Question is, when do you play newbies? Players do not like giving up their spot as it gives those outside the inner test team sanctum a chance to take over. And as much people talk about "team" and "connection" and "brotherhood", it's still in part an individual game.

 

[Bedi]

Nothing specifically wrong, but no real reason to do it. Marsh was almost a certainty to play, as was Boland.

Don't know why but for some reason i thought the test started Sunday, so my issue was that we announced the team four days before, not a night before! So yes, 24 hours makes no difference whatsoever, lol

 

[Iceman!]

Ive heard in the past few weeks an argument that you dont debut players against gun teams/bowlers. Question is, when do you play newbies? Players do not like giving up their spot as it gives those outside the inner test team sanctum a chance to take over. And as much people talk about "team" and "connection" and "brotherhood", it's still in part an individual game.

I have no issue blooding players against good opponents in the right circumstances. A 25 year old with 2+ years of elite first class cricket I am all for it.

A 19 year old with a handful of first games where he missed out on half of them I am a lot less keen on the idea.

 

[Westend]

Inglis released to play for WA can be recalled if required

good move CA gets some cricket into him instead of running drinks

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Anyone seen what the Road (pitch) looks like?

 

[Jamz]

Ive heard in the past few weeks an argument that you dont debut players against gun teams/bowlers. Question is, when do you play newbies? Players do not like giving up their spot as it gives those outside the inner test team sanctum a chance to take over. And as much people talk about "team" and "connection" and "brotherhood", it's still in part an individual game.

The problem with us is we keep aging players around for series like last summer, which would have been the time to try and blood one. Warner hanging around for his farewell tour was a joke.

 

[PhatBoy]

God I hope the cricket has even half the intensity of the discussion about who should and shouldn’t be in the team.

That’s seriously what most of cricket seems to be these days.

 

[Jamz]

God I hope the cricket has even half the intensity of the discussion about who should and shouldn’t be in the team.

That’s seriously what most of cricket seems to be these days.

It is when you get flogged.

 

[PhatBoy]

Things I’m looking forward to:

- the pitch being a bit two/five/79-paced

- the bounce maybe being a bit tennis-bally (just waiting for a pitch where the bounce is a bit Jai Alai-bally)

- ‘that’s the length.’ F**k off idiot.

- ‘visiting teams tend to be a bit short.’ We know. We’ve been hearing it since TV existed.

- Five thousand mentions of Howie’s injury as someone in this or another thread mentioned

- The ‘blend of the old and the new at Adelaide.’

Good times

 

[PhatBoy]

It is when you get flogged.

It is when teams win as well.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

God I hope the cricket has even half the intensity of the discussion about who should and shouldn’t be in the team.

That’s seriously what most of cricket seems to be these days.

Correct, the aussies made the forced change they had to. Would not of even considered dropping Marnus. They have always backed their players in. Always been harder to get out of the aussie side than to get in to it.

 

[Gough]

Things I’m looking forward to:

- the pitch being a bit two/five/79-paced

- the bounce maybe being a bit tennis-bally (just waiting for a pitch where the bounce is a bit Jai Alai-bally)

- ‘that’s the length.’ F**k off idiot.

- ‘visiting teams tend to be a bit short.’ We know. We’ve been hearing it since TV existed.

- Five thousand mentions of Howie’s injury as someone in this or another thread mentioned

- The ‘blend of the old and the new at Adelaide.’

Good times

James Brayshaw talks about the drinkers out the back of the members.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Things I’m looking forward to:

- the pitch being a bit two/five/79-paced

- the bounce maybe being a bit tennis-bally (just waiting for a pitch where the bounce is a bit Jai Alai-bally)

- ‘that’s the length.’ F**k off idiot.

- ‘visiting teams tend to be a bit short.’ We know. We’ve been hearing it since TV existed.

- Five thousand mentions of Howie’s injury as someone in this or another thread mentioned

- The ‘blend of the old and the new at Adelaide.’

Good times

The pitch will be a belter to bat on as it always is. It will just come down to will the pink ball do anything at night.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

James Brayshaw talks about the drinkers out the back of the members.

Or how nice is the adelaide oval, how nice is the city of churches......blah blah blah. rinse and repeat for 5 days.

 

[Jamz]

They'll give that little walk you can do on top of the stand a plug too. Oh my and what a beautiful view it is.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Don't know why but for some reason i thought the test started Sunday, so my issue was that we announced the team four days before, not a night before! So yes, 24 hours makes no difference whatsoever, lol

Ha ha, well fair enough. Happy test match morning to you.

 

[yabsy]

Inglis released to play for WA can be recalled if required

good move CA gets some cricket into him instead of running drinks

I see Curtis is still in as a specialist bat...Don't mind it

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[TY24]

Joel Paris. 31 isnt too old. Career ave 19.47, this season averaging 12.8 in the shield, left armer who swings it both ways and just took 5 fa with the pink ball in a day night shield game at the same venue last week.

The same Joel Paris who isn't in this Shield game due to injury?

 

[Jim Prideaux]

James Brayshaw talks about the drinkers out the back of the members.

Reckon he might remind us a few times that he used to play.

 

[outabounds]

Counting down the minutes to when and who raises the topic of the best cricket ground in the world. Im tipping it will happen before a ball is bowled.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Counting down the minutes to when and who raises the topic of the best cricket ground in the world. Im tipping it will happen before a ball is bowled.

Look it is a beautiful ground but as a Fast Bowler I would be trying to ping a hammy so I don't have to be a bowling machine for the batsman for 5 days.