3rd ODI Australia v Pakistan, November 10 1400hrs @ Perth Stadium

[V_23]

God, this Aussie team is shite

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Geesus.... what is this batting....

 

[Swanny69]

Geez I miss Richie in the box when shots like that are played ..

 

[V_23]

Woah, woah, woah. Who tf is Cooper Connolly!?

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Has anyone mentioned that JFM is ****ing useless yet?

The bloke is 22 and has shown the talent, but he's clearly in a form slump and needs a spell. Obviously won't be anywhere near the Champions Trophy squad, just hope he can go back to state cricket and start making bulk runs again.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Woah, woah, woah. Who tf is Cooper Connolly!?

Did you not watch any of the BBL last year or our last series in England? He was also in the Aus A game last week

 

[ROOTA#6]

How the heck does Connolly get a game with those stats?

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

I put as much credence on this 'form slump' as I do on the one we had before the WC last year, absolutely none

 

[Moonwatcher]

Horrible shot from the captain, this could be another short low scoring match.

Hopefully we can stretch it out so at least it will be a long low scoring match.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

How the heck does Connolly get a game with those stats?

The kid has talent and has started showing a bit over the last 12 months, just giving him a taste of it on his home deck. This is literally what these ODIs are for outside of major tournaments.

 

[dogs105]

Really like the team we selected today

I'm disappointed they couldn't squeeze a few more West Australians in

 

[V_23]

Did you not watch any of the BBL last year or our last series in England? He was also in the Aus A game last week

 

[Borisdog]

his desire/drive to open the batting has put the test side in the position of having no inform openers ready to play.

potentially, but it’s not like he didn’t push for it internally - let’s be real.

Ever thought that the reason he put his hand up to open was BECAUSE there were no in form openers to play?

I doubt there's a #4 in history who'd open if they didn't have to.

The fact that there wasn't anyone good enough, combined by CA not being confident in any of the other options, is very far from Steve Smith's fault.

 

[MJG14]

Did Akram call Inglis , Inglish?

Reckon he said "Martin Short" as well

 

[Underarm]

Woah, woah, woah. Who tf is Cooper Connolly!?

Local kid they pulled off the street.

 

[Some Idiot]

Just hope one of these two takes the opportunity to prove themselves at this level.

 

[Jeremias]

I put as much credence on this 'form slump' as I do on the one we had before the WC last year, absolutely none

Yeah, I think I agree. It's a pretty frustrating watch but I'm not particularly worried.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Cooper Connolly.....

Shiver me timbers Willy Wonka would even be jealous how many golden tickets have been given out to get into this team....

 

[dogs105]

How unlucky is Ashton Agar?

 

[PhatBoy]

If you were producing a cricket “Form Guide” you are seriously considering the value of form out of this years IPL - the grounds are small and the tracks were roads - “query form from this tournament”

While I don’t disagree with the general gist of your point, you realise the boundary sizes at most of the main Indian grounds are more or less the same as the Australian ones right? The MCG is a bit bigger, and the straight boundaries at Adelaide, but that’s about it, with a few variances across the grounds here and there.

The dimensions of Eden Gardens for example are bigger than the Gabba; roughly the same square, and about 10 metres longer down the ground. Wankhede is roughly the same as the SCG.

I don’t know why it’s assumed that every ground not in Australia is smaller than our grounds.

 

[Cataholic]

God, this Aussie team is shite

JFM has been found out for now, I'm not sure about Hardie at this level, CC is finding his way, Stoinis is waning, Maxwell seems to be struggling, and there isn't much batting amongst the bowlers.

It's not a very powerful team at all.

 

[jannissary]

Ever thought that the reason he put his hand up to open was BECAUSE there were no in form openers to play?

I doubt there's a #4 in history who'd open if they didn't have to.

The fact that there wasn't anyone good enough, combined by CA not being confident in any of the other options, is very far from Steve Smith's fault.

setting a 34~ year old up to start opening at age 34 is mismanagement to the highest degree, but i thought (could be misremembering) that bancroft had recovered his reasonable form of when he was first selected.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

This Extras bloke migth be our best batter this innings

 

[dogs105]

I don’t know why it’s assumed that every ground not in Australia is smaller than our grounds.

Insularity

 

[Borisdog]

If you were producing a cricket “Form Guide” you are seriously considering the value of form out of this years IPL - the grounds are small and the tracks were roads - “query form from this tournament”

Yeah, bunt it over the 50m boundaries for 6 on a concrete deck. That's 20/20 for you. It's a travesty of a game.
Throw in non-stop Seppo gee-ups and it's pretty much everything that I detest. It's a shit form of the game.