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Opening with stoinis with only 140 on the board when you have the wild thing on the team ?
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Not sure why you wouldn't have thrown the ball to Morris yet, they're a third of the way there already. Boring captaincy.
Johnson has bowled well at least.
Johnson has bowled well at least.
Good on Pakistan. I always support the Aussies and the w***ers who relish when they lose because they perceive them as woke can EABODs . But it is great to see a team like Pakistan who play the game in great spirit and have been through years of very tough times as a nation and a team, come to our shores and play an amazing brand and comprehensively take the win.
Its what makes cricket such a bloody great game.
Its what makes cricket such a bloody great game.
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This whole ODI series is oddly placed and oddly timed. Was there some sort of contractual obligation to hold it now, while we're a week or so away from a consequential Test series?
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I'd assume so, plus I think ODIs are still more of a money maker than people expect
India are technically in the middle of a T20 series in South Africa atm too, although there's no one in the test squad involved.
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When did Morris last even play a game of cricket?
Think he's was coming off a slight injury and played grade cricket.
Waiting until the 15th over to bowl him with a small target on the board was mind boggling.
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Personally I don't think he should be anywhere near the Aussie set-up just yet. He needs to get some fitness up at grade level, then state level, and so on.
Watch CA go and rest him now so he's unavailable for next week's Shield game.
Still won't play a test though
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Super sucky for Cooper to cop a broken flipper.
I was happy for the Pakistani fans who turned out in force today at Optus. They looked like they had a blast and added some excitement to the atmosphere that otherwise would have been dire.
Morris showing he has something to offer if his body behaves was good. Johnson was super unlucky, bowled well for no result imo.
The rest of them can climb in the bin. Inglis a bit of a 'mare with his bowling rotations. Serious head scratching going on.
Hopefully Australia turns up to Optus in a fortnight vs India!
I was happy for the Pakistani fans who turned out in force today at Optus. They looked like they had a blast and added some excitement to the atmosphere that otherwise would have been dire.
Morris showing he has something to offer if his body behaves was good. Johnson was super unlucky, bowled well for no result imo.
The rest of them can climb in the bin. Inglis a bit of a 'mare with his bowling rotations. Serious head scratching going on.
Hopefully Australia turns up to Optus in a fortnight vs India!
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Not confident at all ahead of the Indian series
Our batting lineup looks shaky and I’m concerned about the durability of our bowling attack over the course of a 5 test series, particularly given our penchant for providing batter friendly pitches when the Indians visit
Our batting lineup looks shaky and I’m concerned about the durability of our bowling attack over the course of a 5 test series, particularly given our penchant for providing batter friendly pitches when the Indians visit
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For India to win Bumrah will have to be MOTS.
Agreed. And if he’s needed as captain I can’t see him bowling at his best
Batters mostly all have issues with form, experience or technique. Or in Pant’s case fitness.
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Has Inglis got much captaincy experience before? Even at WA he has had Marsh, Whiteman and Turner etc ahead of him
Just seems like a bizarre choice from CA
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The only other real options they had were Maxwell, Stoinis or maybe Abbott. So slim pickings really. For a meaningless series I don't think too much thought would've gone into it.
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I think that highlights a huge issue for cricket at the moment. Why is your national side playing meaningless games? The result of trying to shoehorn too much cricket into a congested calendar.
I'll tell you who the series wasn't meaningless for though. Pakistan. 2 decades plus without knocking Australia off at home and it meant a lot to their players and fans. it's not their fault Australia didn't bother to show up.
It was either Ingo or Maxxy.
I thought Maxwell was a bit stiff not to get it TBH.
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Maxxy served up a golden duck and a second baller in a 3 game series. When we were under the pump in both games. He can't be captain. Impossible.
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Was reading this a few days ago, apparently he was captain in the IPL for a bit (and clashed big time with Sehwag)
How Virender Sehwag lost a fan in Glenn Maxwell
An extract from Maxwell's new book details the breakdown of the relationship during the 2017 IPL
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When will they make an announcement on the squad and more importantly the lineup for the first test ?
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