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Black Diamond
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He is very positive about Fraser-McGurk. Concerns me.
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Makes you wonder how the bloke is anywhere near the national setup tbh. Some levers being pulled in the background for sure.
Black Diamond
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Yeah I don't get it. With Warner, yes, his path was unusual but his technique was always pretty sound. JFM is not like him.
This isn't the first time Ponting has talked JFM up either.
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I didn't understand the amount of attention he got for the WC squad, he was playing on roads in India and partly in the UAE. Yet he actually struggled in the BBL, and then later in the MLC. He'd struggled in the Caribbean, seeing the pitches are very slow, and the ball won't come onto the bat like it does in the IPL and UAE.
Watching the MLC, it's like , this is why he wasn't picked for the WC, and understandably. He needs to learn to play on all different surfaces and learn how to build an innings rather than go from ball one every time
Watching the MLC, it's like , this is why he wasn't picked for the WC, and understandably. He needs to learn to play on all different surfaces and learn how to build an innings rather than go from ball one every time
SS3840
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Fraser-McGurk can be trained, but he is not the answer at the top, that said, neither is Steve Smith...
Much as I don't like him, Bancroft and Renshaw should at least get a chance to forge a career as our openers.
Much as I don't like him, Bancroft and Renshaw should at least get a chance to forge a career as our openers.
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Our Best XII: Bancroft, Renshaw, Head, Smith (if we must), Marsh, Green, Carey (+) (*one more chance)
Our batting is shite:
Our bowling is something to be envied:
Starc, Hazlewood, Boland, Johnson (f he can stay fit), Bartlett (f he can stay fit), J. Richardson (f he can stay fit). Lyon or Todd Murphy.
- This is the early where we needed a Chris Hartley or Darren Berry.. damnit Gilly
Our batting is shite:
Our bowling is something to be envied:
Starc, Hazlewood, Boland, Johnson (f he can stay fit), Bartlett (f he can stay fit), J. Richardson (f he can stay fit). Lyon or Todd Murphy.
- This is the early where we needed a Chris Hartley or Darren Berry.. damnit Gilly
Ponting had JFM at the IPL and what i took from the podcast was that he was more hopeful from a red ball point if view rather confident. Warner always had a good technique he was just super aggressive but he fundamentally played straight.
Ponting admitted he had no handle on Shield cricket which probably highlights what I’ve said.
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Inglis is already 29. Surely Carey is moved along sooner rather than later? If not Inglis might fall through the cracks and not play much test cricket, which would be a shame. He deserves a crack at it but the clock is ticking and Aus might elect to go with a younger face for a longer term by the time opportunity presents.
Black Diamond
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Carey is better than Inglis. We’re not dropping Carey because it would be “a shame” for Inglis not to play test cricket, or to stop a younger player stepping up.
Inglis should be no. 1 in ODI & T20s and Carey no. 1 in tests. Leave it be with that until some magical keeper rocks up in domestic cricket to overtake them both.
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Rumour has it Head will open and Smith back to 4.... I actually like that on our pitches.
Against India it will be an unmitigated disaster - bookmark it
Check when Gilchrist debuted
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Debatable. Carey deserves the summer as the current option but he's hardly been flawless.
It's just my opinion that Inglis will probably win us more tests with the bat than Carey. Will Inglis lose us more tests with missed opportunities behind the stumps? I think that gap in ability has closed.
Rabish Binney
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FMD.
So we need to pick players now because they might miss out.
I've heard it all now.
Rabish Binney
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Inglis is not flawless either.
He was sloppy behind the stumps at times in the World Cup when he came into the side with several missed chances and stumpings at times.
Carey has gotten better over the past couple of years and was excellent behind the stumps on low tracks in the 2023 tests series against India in India
I also recall Carey winning a test off his own bat with 98* in quick time to help win the 3rd test against NZ earlier this year?
Rabish Binney
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Apparently its the thing to do now according to some OP's on here.
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A run of injuries to our fast bowling stocks has seen Mahli Beardman added to the ODI squad as a reserve option.
He was part of Australian's World Cup winning U/19 attack earlier this year.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...added-to-australia-odi-squad-as-cover-1451213
He was part of Australian's World Cup winning U/19 attack earlier this year.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...added-to-australia-odi-squad-as-cover-1451213
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Can he clock 150? Why Dennis Lillee broke his own rule to mentor Aussie youngster
This is the tale of how a wheelie bin, Dennis Lillee, Pat Cummins and generational change vaulted Mahli Beardman into Australia’s white-ball squad.
bit concerning that he has already had back issues in his early teens.
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Inglis is no Gilchrist, it was a disgrace Gilly had to wait until almost 30 to play Tests but who cares about Inglis, on par with Carey.
Black Diamond
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Disgrace is a bit much. Healy was a very good keeper for ages, and was considered one of if not Australia’s greatest.
He went over the cliff and was dropped at the right time.
As good as Gilchrist had been as a batsman in FC and ODI cricket, I don’t think anyone predicted the impact he would have.
Every keeper since has been judged against Gilchrist, when they should be judged against Healy.
Quality keeper, good for 30-40 runs, maybe 2 or 3 centuries in a career.
He went over the cliff and was dropped at the right time.
As good as Gilchrist had been as a batsman in FC and ODI cricket, I don’t think anyone predicted the impact he would have.
Every keeper since has been judged against Gilchrist, when they should be judged against Healy.
Quality keeper, good for 30-40 runs, maybe 2 or 3 centuries in a career.
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Gilly was a unicorn, we'll probably never see someone like him again.
De Villiers and Sangakkara only kept for part of their careers, and played their best cricket as specialist batsmen.
