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Well I hope you made out like a bandit with easy cash because at the time there was some juicy odds to grab going against a team that, agreed, turned out to be made of a very soft underbelly indeed.
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More the technique than anything. I hate blokes flashing outside off to nothing balls, Street won’t do that. Street needs a few more scores but right now he’s the opener for mine
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I can't really remember what my expectations of England were for that series (pretty sure I wasn't counting on guys retiring mid-tour though).Well I hope you made out like a bandit with easy cash because at the time there was some juicy odds to grab going against a team that, agreed, turned out to be made of a very soft underbelly indeed.
But a 5-0 win/loss takes a lot more than a good/bad 30 minutes. Even after England were bowled out for 136 in the first Test, the series could still have gone in another direction courtesy of the if-but-maybe game. Get bowled out for 36 in the first Test and the series can still change course, shouldn't be news to anybody at this point.
i thought that 13/14 english touring team was the strongest side they'd ever sent here at the time lol. anderson, broad, cook, trott, pietersen, bell, collingwood, swann, all seemingly in their prime age bracket. they'd beaten india away a year earlier, and won against us fairly well at home. was a classic english capitulation.
They were caught off guard by Johnson and Harris turning into Lillee and Thomson for a summer
Unfortunately, we can't build many team plans involving him going forward. If he makes it, it will be a bonus at this point.
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Street or Maddinson to get a big chance here.
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if you are looking at our last test squad selected (the tour to SA that never went ahead) - our side could look something like this (all things being equal and all fit and available):
warner
puckovski (harris)
labuschagne
smith
head (henriques)
green
paine (carey)
cummins
starc (pattinson/neser/abbott/steketee)
lyon (swepson)
hazlewood
let's hope puck is good to go for the 1st test.
warner
puckovski (harris)
labuschagne
smith
head (henriques)
green
paine (carey)
cummins
starc (pattinson/neser/abbott/steketee)
lyon (swepson)
hazlewood
let's hope puck is good to go for the 1st test.
Green is too low at 6, especially considering how slowly he starts + our fragile tail (seriously wtf happened to Starc and Cummins batting?)
He has got to move up to 5 regardless. If we want to play Head at 6 to play a few shots I can live with that.
I also don't like Green and Paine batting alongside each other, Paine has a tendency to get bogged down.
surely it's almost time to call it. i read that's his 10th concussion, seems reckless to try to pursue a career in international cricket from here.
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for me starc and cummins don't get paid to make runs.
i can see green as a number 5 in the future and maybe bowling less (aka steve waugh), or even possibly number 4 post smith era. it's still early days though.
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Can we not play Harris, even if Pucovski is out? Thanks.
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Like Bevan or Hughes before him you are essentially letting the world know you can't play the short ball and painting a target on your helmet
fair point but like Cummins at one point was going to be a 25 average batsman, the way he has batted the last couple of years he is almost a bunny, averaging around 10. Its a Broad level drop off
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I don't think it's all to do with getting hit a lot. It's that when he does get hit he is very susceptible to being concussed.Maybe he should learn to play the short ball....
How many times do others get hit in the head?
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the world has a lot more respect for concussion injuries now than even 10 years ago. i really don't think it's worth the risk. i'm also not sure opposition bowlers should be put in the situation where, in whatever likelihood, him misplaying a short ball, could result in some form of catastrophe.
i'm hopeful he's a smart kid and sees a life for himself that doesn't risk any kind of further damage.
Pucovski suffered a concussion from stumbling while running between the wickets last year. He's just susceptible to them.Maybe he should learn to play the short ball....
How many times do others get hit in the head?
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