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Looks frustrated Westie, which worries me. Worrying number of players out of form currently.
Australia v India - post 2nd Test discussion, we're all doomed? Maybe not.
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Need SA to give JFM a solid run at 5-6 too. Won’t help this summer but could pay dividends in a few years.
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Wish he went on and made 70 odd annoying he only made 40 ish.
yeah still a good innings in tough conditions with Boland running rampant....selectors will judge that more than making a ton on a flat deck
great to see from the young fella ..and he has a big future ahead of him
and on a side note ...great to see josh Phillipe score runs ....thats two 50s already...amazing what a change of scenery can do....still a jet
Just made a golden at district level. And with a first class red ball average of less than twenty I doubt they will be in a rush to put him back in.
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A recent chunk of that being played as an opener, which he isn’t. Not saying he’s set the world on fire red ball wise, but feel a decent run at 5-6 might be what he needs. Surely SA don’t really need Lehmann
Yeah the top order worries me Jim
ussie is getting on
Marnus thinks he is Denis Lillee with the ball atm
Smudge playing soccer
Green dog injured
Head....okay
Mitch...wants to smash everything
Carey going great guns with the bat atm.....thats a positive
Going to be an interesting series
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Can’t disagree with any of that. Ussie has 18 months left max, Smith too, Mitch also in a similar boat (loving his McConnasance), Green will be back but a big loss, Head is great when he can get in - not ever going to be consistent.
We need 2-3 bats coming in soonish, and 2 -3 bowlers too. Bowlers in less concerned but still need them to play.
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Not really my place to say as a ‘non fan’ but probably the concerning thing about that analysis is that the most reliable player in that line up who isn’t probably on the verge of retirement (Usman), ALSO believes he has to smash everything in order to play his role in the side which he really doesn’t as he was just as good before he started playing that way as he was after it.
I’ll give Travis his due, he has played 2-3 genuinely momentum shifting knocks with his borderline England-esque approach but he really didn’t need to change what he was doing, and the downside of it has been that he’s had a couple of shockers at crucial times as well.
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Dunno if this has been suggested anywhere but at the moment our in form Shield bats are Carey and Inglis. Carey can ditch the gloves and open the batting, reckon he’d become our best bat if he did this, has the technique for it. Inglis in at 7 while he’s in the form of his life.
If not that I don’t mind the idea of Marnus opening or bringing in McSweeney to do so.
If not that I don’t mind the idea of Marnus opening or bringing in McSweeney to do so.
Love the boldness dude...but you are not going to see carey....open....smashing it down the order leave him there
but you are right both carey and Inglis ..killing it in the shield atm good to see
reckon Inglis is a smokie for the Sri Lankan tour to play as a batter in the middle order due to his ability against spin....one if not the best player of spin in the country IMO
Just like I would take a SOS call from Sydney Sweeney if it came
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Wouldn't mind seeing Neser for Green at 7, and Carey at 6.
No opener though so can't happen now
No opener though so can't happen now
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NSW will need Phillipe because it’s sure as anything cooked Henriques or Gilkes if he comes back offer squat
I hope Australia is bold and go Konstas we know what the average trio are (Bancroft, Harris and Renshaw), all are versions of average on a very good day
Wonder if this is a reason why...
If Marnus bowls over 135km then he wins the bet with Fletch
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I just see a lot more potential with the bat with Carey, even moving him up to 5 or 6. Without the burden of keeping he could have a Sangakarra like improvement. Just looks so good with the bat.
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What about a Nathan McSweeney?
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No thank you. Carey is not Gilchrist with the bat (neither is Inglis) to play less bats. We have no issue bowling sides out we have issues scoring runs how about we play 6 bats, keeper and 4 bowlers simple and done
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Head should open, I have no idea why he can’t. The role suits him and who cares if he doesn’t like the idea? Make him do it, it’s not like he is a great #5.
You can play Inglis at 6.
Doesn’t seem all that difficult to me.
You can play Inglis at 6.
Doesn’t seem all that difficult to me.
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IMO Smith looks cooked, Dusty Martin 2024 style.
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Smith’s career really is going to finish as the ultimate ‘tale of two halves.’ I knew his average was sky high at one point but didn’t realise it got to 65 (a fraction under) when he’d completed his 68th test. In the 41 since it has dropped over 8 runs.
In fairness that is an almost impossible standard to maintain and for someone to drop 8 runs from 65 down to 56.9 they can still be quite productive; he’s averaged 43 in that time so that’s still more than fine, but he’s hit 6 hundreds - 1 every 7 tests.
Before that, he hit 26 in 65 - and it was actually 26 in 53 because it took him 12 matches to knock up his first.
So he’s gone from a 53-match period where he was, incredibly, averaging a century every second test match, and averaging 72 per innings, to a 41 match streak where he’s hitting a century every 7 matches and averaging 43 per innings.
It is a stark drop off. Notwithstanding that he has opened the batting in that time so that’s fair enough, and he still played what in my view was a masterpiece at Brisbane last summer albeit some people somehow believe he messed it up.
In fairness that is an almost impossible standard to maintain and for someone to drop 8 runs from 65 down to 56.9 they can still be quite productive; he’s averaged 43 in that time so that’s still more than fine, but he’s hit 6 hundreds - 1 every 7 tests.
Before that, he hit 26 in 65 - and it was actually 26 in 53 because it took him 12 matches to knock up his first.
So he’s gone from a 53-match period where he was, incredibly, averaging a century every second test match, and averaging 72 per innings, to a 41 match streak where he’s hitting a century every 7 matches and averaging 43 per innings.
It is a stark drop off. Notwithstanding that he has opened the batting in that time so that’s fair enough, and he still played what in my view was a masterpiece at Brisbane last summer albeit some people somehow believe he messed it up.
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Can anyone clarify what number test Smith was playing when Archer hit him with that nasty blow? I'm guessing it'll be somewhere close to that 68th test.
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