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[stax on the mull]

Those Aust one day teams of the early 2000's are the best fielding sides of all time. When you had Ponting, Martyn, Symonds, Bevan, Hogg - even Clarke when he started before he had back issues was super quick and clean square of the wicket.

 

[DragoDelph]

Those Aust one day teams of the early 2000's are the best fielding sides of all time. When you had Ponting, Martyn, Symonds, Bevan, Hogg - even Clarke when he started before he had back issues was super quick and clean square of the wicket.

Brendon Julien throwing down stumps from the boundary...

 

[greatgatsby]

Manuka's a lovely cricket ground isn't it? (Shame about sunny Brisbane!)

 

[BStaff17]

Manuka's a lovely cricket ground isn't it? (Shame about sunny Brisbane!)

One of the rare decent things in the nation's capital.

 

[greatgatsby]

One of the rare decent things in the nation's capital.

You're baiting me I know, but I don't feel the need to get to Sydney much other than to watch my horses. Melbourne's a different matter.

 

[Retzlaff]

Justin Langer tried to curtail his instincts.

Notice since Langer has gone his game has gone up a level.

Langer was a genuine parasite.

His boning of Khawaja over a disagreement was pathetic.

Played a lot of cricket vs JL. One of the worst cricketing humans I’ve come across on field

 

[BStaff17]

Sam Konstas looks special i didn't think he was a T20 type player yet.

But that innings showed anything but.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Sam Konstas looks special i didn't think he was a T20 type player yet.

But that innings showed anything but.

Man, I haven't been this excited about a player since Green and he's honestly more impressive at a comparativeage. Plays spin well, all the time in the world, can play every shot.

Worth going chips in on.

 

[E Shed]

Been a great start to the BBL. all matches so far have been excellent.
Sam’s finishing tonight was incredible. Poor old Pope was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[greatgatsby]

Sam Konstas looks special i didn't think he was a T20 type player yet.

But that innings showed anything but.

Made Warner and Bancroft look pedestrian. The Thunder have improved their squad but I worry about the high-end quality.

 

[Joao]

Man, I haven't been this excited about a player since Green and he's honestly more impressive at a comparativeage. Plays spin well, all the time in the world, can play every shot.

Worth going chips in on.

Pfft... Green was getting his poles at 22 a piece in the shield at his age and was about to start tonning up every other innings.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Man, I haven't been this excited about a player since Green and he's honestly more impressive at a comparativeage. Plays spin well, all the time in the world, can play every shot.

Worth going chips in on.

Konstas still has a significant technical flaw against high quality swing bowling. Particularly inswing, where he tends to overbalance.

Bumrah in Australia wouldn't be a good initiation for him. Sri Lanka early next year would be ideal.

 

[Docker82]

Konstas still has a significant technical flaw against high quality swing bowling. Particularly inswing, where he tends to overbalance.

Bumrah in Australia wouldn't be a good initiation for him. Sri Lanka early next year would be ideal.

Sri Lankan pitches are likely to turn square. Are conditions likely to be completely foreign to him going to be any better?

FWIW I think the selectors have done the right thing by him holding him off. He's really the only shield batter that looks even close tbh.

People are quick to turn on the older players in the test team when they decide they don't like the team anymore. It's weird this time though - I don't think I've seen an occasion where the results have been pretty good at worst but so many keyboard warriors want half the team gone. I don't think the talent, except hopefully those too young to be ready, is really there in the shield either.

I'll admit George Bailey being so close to the team doesn't look good but I'm not sure I would change any of the selections he's made bar moving Smith to open.

 

[Paracleet]

Konstas still has a significant technical flaw against high quality swing bowling. Particularly inswing, where he tends to overbalance.

Bumrah in Australia wouldn't be a good initiation for him. Sri Lanka early next year would be ideal.

I hate to be a pedant, God knows it's not my role in here, but over balancing is something that is the result of a technical flaw, not a flaw in of itself.

I can't say as I had noticed any flaw leading to overbalancing where the origin is clearly identifiable (like Bancroft where his head leads his movement to off at delivery*). Konstas seems to stay leg side of the ball a bit (ala Head) and his grip is unusual (sort of Wayne Phillips-y), but he seems nice and still and head upright at contract most of the time.

*Easy to spot doesn't necessarily mean easy to treat of course.

 

[BStaff17]

Made Warner and Bancroft look pedestrian. The Thunder have improved their squad but I worry about the high-end quality.

We don't have enough quality fast bowlers i think.

Ferguson is express pace but may go for a few.

McAndrew is above average might chip in here and there but not going to dominate.

Sams offers more with the bat.

Rutherford look like he didn't give 2 shits last night.

 

[BStaff17]

Konstas still has a significant technical flaw against high quality swing bowling. Particularly inswing, where he tends to overbalance.

Bumrah in Australia wouldn't be a good initiation for him. Sri Lanka early next year would be ideal.

I would take him to the West Indies in July for the 3 tests that allows him to get a full domestic season in.

Taking him to Sri Lanka would mean he would miss 2 or 3 shield games who knows as a reserve batsman which is hurting his development.

I think it's best he plays the full season of shield and look at ways in the off-season to give him more exposure before the Ashes next year.

That west indies would be a good trip as well. Out of the way in footy season so the hype won't be as big and can ease him in against a sub-par opposition

 

[BStaff17]

So was giving Perth the 1st test really worth it.

We were asleep at the wheel under done at a ground we shouldn't lose at.

Then have pissed away the Gabba advantage by playing in Mid-december when it rains.

God knows why it just wasn't like it always is.

CA have mucked up the venue allocation for this series something they had full control over as India have agreed to 5 tests which meant each city was getting a test.

Brisbane 1st in mid-late November
Adelaide 2nd D/N in early December
Perth 3rd just before Christmas
Melbourne and Sydney to finish

Like how hard was it

 

[Taylor]

So was giving Perth the 1st test really worth it.

India doesn't like opening the series in Brisbane for that reason.. that's why it was changed.

 

[serial_thrilla]

India doesn't like opening the series in Brisbane for that reason.. that's why it was changed.

Doesn't explain the Ashes next summer, where it happens again.

 

[Taylor]

Doesn't explain the Ashes next summer, where it happens again.

If you assume CA needs to cover it's butt to not look like it's bending to the will of India it does.

They'll also say they are preparing for Gabba unavailability

 

[Chicken Treat]

Played a lot of cricket vs JL. One of the worst cricketing humans I’ve come across on field

There was an unsubstantiated anecdote I heard 20 years ago about him getting out and spitting the dummy in the form of packing up his gear and leaving the ground in a suburban cricket match.

 

[Chicken Treat]

So was giving Perth the 1st test really worth it.

We were asleep at the wheel under done at a ground we shouldn't lose at.

Then have pissed away the Gabba advantage by playing in Mid-december when it rains.

God knows why it just wasn't like it always is.

CA have mucked up the venue allocation for this series something they had full control over as India have agreed to 5 tests which meant each city was getting a test.

Brisbane 1st in mid-late November
Adelaide 2nd D/N in early December
Perth 3rd just before Christmas
Melbourne and Sydney to finish

Like how hard was it

Logistics.

Do the most remote venue first, then the second most remote venue second then the three venues all on the east coast.

 

[greatgatsby]

We don't have enough quality fast bowlers i think.

Ferguson is express pace but may go for a few.

McAndrew is above average might chip in here and there but not going to dominate.

Sams offers more with the bat.

Rutherford look like he didn't give 2 shits last night.

Yeah, there was no cutting edge to the bowling and they're going to have to do better to support Green. It was a good thing Sams got hold of Pope cos his bowling was shite.

 

[greatgatsby]

There was an unsubstantiated anecdote I heard 20 years ago about him getting out and spitting the dummy in the form of packing up his gear and leaving the ground in a suburban cricket match.

While we're piling on, I always thought that alleged 'camaraderie' Langer and Hayden had was a joke. Matt Hayden is one of the nicest blokes ever to have been a top line cricketer.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

I must be old.
My favourite TV commercial at the moment is the Telstra singing donkey one. It just makes me smile.
Back in the day it was Antz Pantz or Elle's Tab cola one.

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