Boxing Day Test: Australia v India @ MCG (Mon - Fri)

[Simple Jack]

Punters hair has filled in nicely since '03.....

 

[dan warna]

Before his test debut people here were SCREAMING to get him in the side. He'd dominated Shield cricket. Then backed it up before being dropped to protect Johnson.

Picking him the second time was ludicrous and did Hughes himself no favours.

he had a good first year, not many were 'screaming' for his inclusion, more like justifying it on the back of what a season and a half?

and concur, the second selection and continued carrying of hughes was a complete joke of a good ordinary player badly out of form.

 

[XFactor1979]

Punters hair has filled in nicely since '03.....

Hes not game enough to be Rana Naveed Ul Hasan, that guy's now got the finest mullet in World Cricket right now

 

[XFactor1979]

R Ashwin looks like VVS Laxman

And Cowan is a blocker, to get him out is like solving a rubik's cube

 

[ManWithNoName]

he had a good first year, not many were 'screaming' for his inclusion, more like justifying it on the back of what a season and a half?

and concur, the second selection and continued carrying of hughes was a complete joke of a good ordinary player badly out of form.

"This time let him earn his selection with 1 or 2 seasons of good form, not straight into the test side off 1 or 2 innings"

Now "justifying it on the back of a season and a half" is wrong? By the own criteria you demanded, he fit it and earned his selection.

 

[dan warna]

It isn't unjustified, it just isn't relevant anymore. He has been dropped, won't be seen for a fair while, so just let him work on his game without the whole of Australia howling down on him every second. He also doesn't pick the team, so you can't blame him for that. And you don't know he was picked because of Clarke, what a load of unsubstantiated shit that is.

His first test selection was based on what? 12 months? 18 months form. His second test selection was a complete and embarrassing joke.

he certainly wasn't selected on form the second time, and given Clarke's complete support for him, despite delivering rubbish as a test opener, it can only be drawn that he was selected and continued to be selected as a mate of clarke's because form couldn't sustain him getting a number.

 

[XFactor1979]

Whats the deal with Zaheer Khan's odd hairstyle?

He also looks like hes on the diet Shane Warne is on

 

[Simple Jack]

I doubt anyone has a problem with Hughes' initial selection.

It was his ridiculous second selection and then the incredible amount of tests he got despite not performing that was the problem.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

It isn't unjustified, it just isn't relevant anymore. He has been dropped, won't be seen for a fair while, so just let him work on his game without the whole of Australia howling down on him every second. He also doesn't pick the team, so you can't blame him for that. And you don't know he was picked because of Clarke, what a load of unsubstantiated shit that is.

How is comparing him to his immediate replacement irrelevant?

 

[dan warna]

"This time let him earn his selection with 1 or 2 seasons of good form, not straight into the test side off 1 or 2 innings"

Now "justifying it on the back of a season and a half" is wrong? By the own criteria you demanded, he fit it and earned his selection.

An absolute minimum, but some players seem to have easier qualifying criteria than others.

 

[Plugger35]

How often do India go anywhere with a sh1t spinner. First time I can remember.

He's no Harbhajan, he looks about as threatening as Marcus North when he bowls his part time offies.

Sharma and Yadav look like the only Indian bowlers capable of taking wickets. Zaheer Kahn isn't much better than a medium pace trundler these days.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I doubt anyone has a problem with Hughes' initial selection.

It was his ridiculous second selection and then the incredible amount of tests he got despite not performing that was the problem.

Yep. Picking him when we did the second time did him more harm than good.

 

[Jimthegreat]

And Cowan is a blocker, to get him out is like solving a rubik's cube

Yes.

Good that he's a "blocker" but the run rate is still decent.

 

[legend166]

An absolute minimum, but some players seem to have easier qualifying criteria than others.

I hope you didn't support the selection of Cowan. He was picked on only half a season of form. What a scandal!

 

[aussie1st]

Yes.

Good that he's a "blocker" but the run rate is still decent.

All about a good balance between defensive guys and aggressive ones.

 

[BACCS]

How is comparing him to his immediate replacement irrelevant?

That isn't irrelevant. Constantly sniping at Hughes about his flaws, even though he has admitted that he has them and is working on fixing it, isn't ok IMO. Hughes coming back a better player is only a good thing for Aussie cricket.

 

[Pralaya]

How often do India go anywhere with a sh1t spinner. First time I can remember.

Are you talking about the bowler who is part of the rare set of players who have taken a five-for and made a century in the same match?

 

[Jimthegreat]

Are you talking about the bowler who is part of the rare set of players who have taken a five-for and made a century in the same match?

Yep, certainly am.

Didn't say he was a sh1t cricketer , just a sh1t bowler.

Been many a sh1t bowler with a "5 for" in their career.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

That isn't irrelevant. Constantly sniping at Hughes about his flaws, even though he has admitted that he has them and is working on fixing it, isn't ok IMO. Hughes coming back a better player is only a good thing for Aussie cricket.

The comments are directed more at his continued selection despite his flaws being consistently exposed.

 

[The Passenger]

grrrr clarkey.

cowan big time to step up on debut.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Damn it Pup.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Clarke gone for 31.

 

[Eth]

That's unlucky.

 

[Righteo]

How often do India go anywhere with a sh1t spinner. First time I can remember.

Really? I think he's bowling quite well now.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Brilliant delivery.