Certified Legendary Thread 4th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 26-30 1000hrs @ the MCG

[Westend]

Is Green expected to be fit for the Sri Lanka series?

No looking at the West Indies tour chance for the test final if we make it I think in June

 

[Westend]

I think Starc will push on. I think when the back ups are Richardson, who is made of glass, and Abbott, who has no business being near a test squad, I'd prefer we stick with him.

Marsh has to be done, and it's not cos I've been on Webster for a season and a half now - you can't continue to pick a guy for one good catch a game + "vibes". You could get away with a good bloke rule when we were awesome, we can't with this current side.

I thought it was pretty ominous for his role in the side yesterday that his 125km/hr cream puffs were deemed so unthreatening that he didn't get another bowl after lunch - it writ so large that he's not an allrounder, or at least he's not considered by Cummins to be an all-round option. He's just another part time like Head or Labuschagne.

We spent years looking for an allrounder, we gave Marsh time after time... and he turned out to be a fraud who isn't really an allrounder at all.

Richardson has been declared fit

 

[Greenstar5]

Marsh is a top 6 bat. So runs are the most important thing.

Marsh this series
73 runs at 10.4.

Marsh in 2024
15 inns 283 runs at 18.8

No one expects him to take heaps of wickets.

But you can't keep being selected if you aren't even contributing with overs to give the others a break.

It's known he can't back up bowling. Clearly managing his work loads. Fitness and injury issues. Speed is now dropping and that limits his chance to be a threat.

Anyone else would be an improvement.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Richardson has been declared fit

Can you imagine playing though?

"You can't slide in the field. No high 5s when you take a wicket. No one pat him on the bum or on the back - in fact just don't touch him, don't even let him get too excited!"

 

[Gough]

A wise man once told me this

“Don’t complain…Don’t explain”

Pretty appropriate here i’d say

Wasn't it Disraeli who said that originally?

 

[Mick F]

A wise man once told me this

“Don’t complain…Don’t explain”

Pretty appropriate here i’d say

Never seen sooking and blubbering, about how unfairly one was treated, to ever serve any worthwhile purpose. Unless appellable to the High Court - not often the case with a missed promotion, umpire’s decision or girl knocking you back.

I certainly never felt the need to explain rambunctious vigour on a football field.

 

[Westend]

Can you imagine playing though?

"You can't slide in the field. No high 5s when you take a wicket. No one pat him on the bum or on the back - in fact just don't touch him, don't even let him get too excited!"

If Starc can’t get up due to injury .. yes I can see Richardson playing

 

[F6Typhoon]

I hope he’s wearing a turban to hide the knob on his head

Off topic but new NSW road regulations come in tomorrow including this doozy:
Rule 270 Wearing motor bike helmetsInsert after rule 270(3)— (3–1) Subrule (1) does not apply to a follower of the Sikh religion who is— (a) wearing a turban.
In essence. NO helmet required on a motorcycle if you wear a turban!
Wonder if that’s an ADR compliant, in date turban or will a rolled up towel suffice?

 

[Cleavy]

Richardson has been declared fit

Has he progressed to throwing from the boundary, or is he still bowling them back?

 

[PhatBoy]

Off topic but new NSW road regulations come in tomorrow including this doozy:
Rule 270 Wearing motor bike helmetsInsert after rule 270(3)— (3–1) Subrule (1) does not apply to a follower of the Sikh religion who is— (a) wearing a turban.
In essence. NO helmet required on a motorcycle if you wear a turban!
Wonder if that’s an ADR compliant, in date turban or will a rolled up towel suffice?

How the hell does that work???? That’s basically telling people ‘here. take advantage of this and you WILL die if you crash at a reasonable speed.’

 

[PhatBoy]

Has he progressed to throwing from the boundary, or is he still bowling them back?

Worked for Courtney for 15 years

 

[nobbyiscool]

where's neser at?

bcci vice-president swinging his dick around is wild. doubt we'd hear a peep if it was an australian bat in this situation. mr vice-president would then be telling us to accept the umpire decision... which we probably would have anyway.
also, needs to pipe down to avoid further inflaming the situation.

as for the cheating aussies call - also wild. all the cricketers did was want the decision reviewed. they had no say.
same old story. spirit of the game, unless the rules are to my advantage. if the rules work against me, invoke the spirit of cricket.

Some of the reaction has been unhinged.

I know it feels like a million years ago now... crazy to think that Kohli trying to physically intimidate a debutante happened in this same test match.

 

[Cleavy]

Glenn would always like to think he is a chance but has played very limited and ordinary red ball cricket, and TBH shouldn't be considered....unless of course you are a parochial Victorian.

Even parochial Victorians here don’t think he should be considered.

 

[CakeEater]

Think its interesting that all the Victorians and NSW that matter want Marsh in

 

[Underarm]

Even parochial Victorians here don’t think he should be considered.

Probably not now. A career of missed opportunities because his last name wasn't Marsh.

 

[Cleavy]

Think its interesting that all the Victorians and NSW that matter want Marsh in

I don’t, so not all. (Guess I don’t matter? How can this be, I’m a spoke in the wheel here)

 

[CakeEater]

I don’t, so not all.

So we've confirmed your not Andrew MCdonald then Cleavs

 

[Cleavy]

So we've confirmed your not Andrew MCdonald then Cleavs

Phew! Appreciate the confirmation

 

[Iamspock]

Mate, Gavaskar has been like that for well over 40 years.

Got a chip on his shoulder the size of the Himalayas.

Mt. Everest is a foothill in comparison to the size of that chip. Although you could say he is evenly balanced, as he has a chip on each shoulder.

 

[Iamspock]

Yes, he’s played a shield game, multiple second XI games, grade cricket and white ball games. CA have been managing his workload for this very reason. Has bowled uninterrupted for almost 12 months now.

Zampa isn’t in the top 5 FC spin options.

Not necessarily disagreeing, but out of interest who would you have as the five ahead of him.

 

[Iamspock]

Board of campaigners Corrupting India

Board of Cricket Corruption for India.

 

[Mick F]

I don’t, so not all. (Guess I don’t matter? How can this be, I’m a spoke in the wheel here)

I think he is referring to the commentators. His contributions are usually

 

[Hamingja]

Hi Junior

If it was Junior he would want both Moises and Abbott in.

 

[The hands of stone]

Sean Abbott is underrated here.

He’s a very good cricketer & if his name was Marsh, he’d have played 50 tests.

If your a true Sean Abbott fan you would refer to him as SABBA like Brett Lee and Mark Waugh do at every chance

 

[hawkman]

Think its interesting that all the Victorians and NSW that matter want Marsh in

His mates in the team and around the squad?