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Having never met him I can only go off his work in the box, and he's perfectly fine and inoffensive.
Mark Howard is a dickhead.
One of the best white ball cricketers of all time.
Has an incredible record in WC's.
Whether or not he thinks he can play test cricket is irrelevent.
Howie tends to shout a bit too much for my liking and can be a bit of a fanboy at times, but I reckon he's ok.
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Nah… a one day average below 35 doesn’t make you a great of all time.. he occasionally lucks out and gets a score but fails way more than he comes off…. Doesn’t help he has the Victorian mafia like Warne , Whately , Howard and the like thinking he is gods gift…
Unfortunately JFM now has the same cheerleaders in his corner ( obviously not Warne)
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Couch is only 24. Has a lot of development left in him yet.
Having Paris there was clutch though and shouldn't be understated. He is pure class. Paris only getting to play the 2 ODIs as his international chance is a real shame given his talent.
Yeah maxwell isn’t a a white ball great. He’s had his moments but he is the definiof hit and miss. Once his careers done he’d be viewed as a what if.
As for a test return it would be all round farce if gets selected. He’s a 36 year old with a dismal test record and someone who hardly plays red ball cricket. Also all the talk about he plays spin well etc, he has only played in asia and still has a terrible record.
Also this test if filled with so much elderly it’s getting to the stage where they need to blood youth and not go with more elderly
As for a test return it would be all round farce if gets selected. He’s a 36 year old with a dismal test record and someone who hardly plays red ball cricket. Also all the talk about he plays spin well etc, he has only played in asia and still has a terrible record.
Also this test if filled with so much elderly it’s getting to the stage where they need to blood youth and not go with more elderly
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If Maxwell's stats exclude him then you can put a line through Gilly too. Of course he's a white ball great.
His record in 2017 when he got a decent run in the test side was pretty good, and he wasn't at his best as a batter yet than either. He doesn't play red ball cricket because he's busy being one of the best white ball bats in the world.
His record in 2017 when he got a decent run in the test side was pretty good, and he wasn't at his best as a batter yet than either. He doesn't play red ball cricket because he's busy being one of the best white ball bats in the world.
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Gilchrist's test record is better than his white ball record. Of course, he is remembered as a white ball great, but his test record is exceptional, even more so considering he was a wicketkeeper. Gilchrist's batting fundamentally changed the role of the wicketkeeper across the game's formats from someone expected to be good with the gloves and an okay bat to a player needing to excel at both.
Gilchrist averaged a touch over 50 for most of his test career and eventually finished with an average of 47.60 at the level. He's a far better player than Maxwell ever will be.
Ridiculous.
Arguably played the greatest ever ODI innings of 201 last year.
We don't win the WC if not for him.
In World Cups, and let's face it, they're the ones that count, he averages 47 with a strike rate of 160.
That's just ridiculous.
Add his handy wickets and being a jet fielder as well.
Sure Gilchrest is a better test player.
He also had one of the easiest jobs in opening the batting in ODI's.
His record in World Cups doesn't come close to Maxwell's.
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Gilly played 3 WC finals and made 2 x 50s and a ton. I'll leave it at that.
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We don't win the WC if not for him.
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That's just ridiculous.
Add his handy wickets and being a jet fielder as well.
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Add his handy wickets and being a jet fielder as well.
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I think you mean earning stupid money playing in 20/20 tournaments no one cares about or remembers.
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Maxwell played arguably one of if not the greatest ODI/WC innings of all time. Gilchrist is one of Australia's greatest ODI players of all time (and test WK/batsman as well).
Surely that distinction is clear enough? Also when did opening the batting in ODIs become the easiest job?
Surely that distinction is clear enough? Also when did opening the batting in ODIs become the easiest job?
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The kids love Maxy. I reckon more than half of the kids on my son's team put down Maxwell as their favourite player.
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Maxwell you have to take the good with the bad. Capable of changing a match, but also some inexplicable brain farts
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Fair point.
Didn't realise it was so good in finals.
Having said that, Gilly averaged 36 with a strike rate of 98.
Maxwell averages 47 with an unbelievable strike rate of 160.
So to say Maxxy isn't a white ball great is just wrong IMO.
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You just can't praise anyone.
201 in an ODI WC game is incredible.
Yeah, averaging 47 in WC's with a srike rate of 160.
He's a flat tracker......
Reckon he probably overthinks things if anything. Outsmarts himself too often early onMaxwell's brain a split second after the bowler let fly:
Opening is white ball cricket is pretty much regarded as the easiest position.
Fields are up, power plays.
Yes, Gilly was a great, but to say Maxwell is a spud is stupid.
Looking at that all you can think is when he came forward he didn't realize he also went 2 feet to the leg side.
Must have thought he was still in line with the stumps.
There is nothing else that possibly makes sense, unless he really really had to do a No2 badly.
Must have thought he was still in line with the stumps.
There is nothing else that possibly makes sense, unless he really really had to do a No2 badly.
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Hmm...the only time the ball does anything is also at the start of the innings.
Maxwell is a match winner. Sometime he doesn't fire. It's no different to Mitch Starc with the ball. Sometimes Mitch is Waqar Younis x Dale Steyn other times he's Mrs Macs x Bovells.
You go nowhere near the big titles without having some of these guys in the 11.
Maxwell is a match winner. Sometime he doesn't fire. It's no different to Mitch Starc with the ball. Sometimes Mitch is Waqar Younis x Dale Steyn other times he's Mrs Macs x Bovells.
You go nowhere near the big titles without having some of these guys in the 11.
