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The only batsman to average less after paying so many games for Australia is Graeme Wood, who:
a) played purely as an opener
b) was Graeme Wood FFS!
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a) played purely as an opener
b) was Graeme Wood FFS!
Watson is an all rounder. He averages more with the bat than Razzaq, Flintoff, Afridi, Bravo etc. If you actually compare apples with apples he's not actually all that bad. Flintoff is the only one with (marginally) better bowling stats as well.
If you want to argue he wasn't an all rounder from 2012 onwards then I can understand your opinion but he was actually a pretty good cricketer prior to this when these s**t averages you speak of were closer to 40 with the bat and high 20s with the ball. Good luck getting that from Mitch Marsh.
OK Mrs Watson.
I'm actually probably almost biased if anything towards Watson but he was very ordinary as a Test cricketer.
That really doesn't help. Probably won't get a chance to do much more than that this summer unfortunately. This whole summer could be a whole waste of time for our test side. We saw Burns and Khawaja score runs for fun last test but I think we all look at it and say we still don't know if they're any good because New Zealand were so woeful. I may also have a bit against the Marshs mainly due to Shaun being the one of the most overrated players I've ever seen.
Most all rounders are but if you don't play one you're a bowler short. Kallis and Flintoff are the only two you'd be jumping at from the last 20 years, all others you'd be picking for the sake of an all rounder (which isn't a bad thing btw).
FWIW if we had a guy like Steve Waugh or Andrew Symonds (maybe not a test cricketer but would still make our current side as a batsman) I wouldn't bother picking an all rounder but we don't.
No Gayle, Sammy, Bravo or Pollard.
This will be a fustigation
This will be a fustigation
By very average I think you mean complete rabble
Tbh most of these guys would be overlooked on merit. Look at their stats in test cricket. Gayle aside they're quite average. Pollard has never played a test.
It is the West Indies though...
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They will lie awake at night dreaming of scenarios where all they getting is absolutely thrashed as opposed to whats coming.
It's been a bit of a shock but NZ look like rubbish (apart from Williamson) they have played some great cricket over the past year or so but look very average so far on this tour.
Aussies are not being tested so it's hard to know how well the new players would fare against a better side.
Aussies are not being tested so it's hard to know how well the new players would fare against a better side.
I thought we'd smash New Zealand, but I didn't think they'd be completely uncompetitive.
It's what happens when 3/5 of your bowlers are absolutely shithouse.
other than Southee who's injured, i can't see who the other one is
Trent Boult is a gun. Hasn't been at his best but he's a very good bowler.
Reckon Warner could get a 300?
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So we need another review on people's dismissal of Watson.
No we don't. He was good for a little bit, then he was terrible for the rest of his career & should've been dumped earlier
Yep. The reviews are there for genuinely terrible decisions. If they got the review back, every LBW shout would get a review.
Or maybe not on one where the inside edge was so obvious hot spot/snicko was barely required. (Required to confirm what everyone already could see only)
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Just had contact from our young bloke in Houston, 50,000 odd at a demonstration game between Tendulkar's side and warne's team. Lots of aussies in the crowd plus lots of Indians but virtually no American spectators. Still a pretty good crowd for a city with lots of expats.
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