Australia A Tour of India (July and August 2015)

[JackOutback]

There are hardly any draws in Test cricket any more, it's not like everyone has to increase their strike rate to manufacture a result. There should be room for all types in Test cricket, including the patient accumulator.

 

[idel one]

South Africa batting first in the opening A series One Dayer against Aust; currently 1-100 with Boyce getting the breakthrough. Seems to be a slow pitch according to Cricinfo

Link is http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/892961.html

 

[corbies]

Bancroft should head to New South Wales ASAP, they'll be a baggy green waiting there for him, yes, I went there.

Oh I get it. Its because NSW have the best systems in place to develop young talent and therefore Bancroft will be more likely to get a baggy green because he will be a better player under NSW's guidance. Good thinking Alcred

 

[MisterMarcus]

Slow going, 3/113 off 29 overs.

All bowlers keeping it pretty tight except Pattinson....

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Rocked through the Saffers after they got to 100.

 

[Demosthenes]

wtf is this obsession with strike rate. firstly teach our batsmen some composure and game management then worry about strike rates and rr. This thought process about high RR is soo ruddy stupid. No wonder the batting line up is soo prone to collapses and major fk ups. if a batsmen has the mentality that if he stays in for most of the day then one way or another he will score enough ruddy runs. this is some glenn maxwell school of thought bullshit. no wonder he's such a fk **** in test cricket. at least we now know why. i hope bancroft plays even slower just to piss of stuart law and all thee other people who want high sr and rr. fck em all.

Strike rate is important in terms of telling you how a batsman plays. Rotating the strike is essential in Test cricket, it's the batsmen who keep things ticking over who succeed. Personally I think 40-45 is a pretty ideal strike rate for an upper order Test bat (Dravid struck at about 42). Bancroft strikes at 39 in FC cricket, which is a little worrying since against your average state team you can generally rely on a boundary ball an over. To me, a low strike rate in FC cricket usually indicates a batsman who shuts up shop against the good stuff and scores off the poor stuff.

Trouble is you get very little poor stuff at Test level, so you have to be able to work the singles on quality balls. If you can't you get stuck at one end, and at Test level that's suicide. No matter how good you are defensively, Test bowlers will get you out if you give them time to work you over. Khawaja has shown that numerous times when he's been picked.

I don't need my Test batsmen to score quickly, but I do need to know they can reliably score against all kinds of bowling - pace, spin, good, bad. That usually translates to at least a moderate strike rate at FC level.

 

[carnthemlions]

Strike rate is important in terms of telling you how a batsman plays. Rotating the strike is essential in Test cricket, it's the batsmen who keep things ticking over who succeed. Personally I think 40-45 is a pretty ideal strike rate for an upper order Test bat (Dravid struck at about 42). Bancroft strikes at 39 in FC cricket, which is a little worrying since against your average state team you can generally rely on a boundary ball an over. To me, a low strike rate in FC cricket usually indicates a batsman who shuts up shop against the good stuff and scores off the poor stuff.

Trouble is you get very little poor stuff at Test level, so you have to be able to work the singles on quality balls. If you can't you get stuck at one end, and at Test level that's suicide. No matter how good you are defensively, Test bowlers will get you out if you give them time to work you over. Khawaja has shown that numerous times when he's been picked.

I don't need my Test batsmen to score quickly, but I do need to know they can reliably score against all kinds of bowling - pace, spin, good, bad. That usually translates to at least a moderate strike rate at FC level.

Promising signs for Bancroft over the last season or so, but I wouldn't be penciling him in for anything just yet. Jordan Silk is essentially in the same boat, he just had a breakout season earlier.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Bancroft should head to New South Wales ASAP, they'll be a baggy green waiting there for him, yes, I went there.

So daring. So edgy. So Alcred.

 

[Hellgood]

Sounded like Coulter-Nile bowled beautifully in a very good team performance.

 

[swingdog]

No love for Khawaja? Or still a work in progress?

 

[The_Reaper]

I'm all for letting Khawaja open with Warner in the ODI team.

 

[JackOutback]

Good performance in the ODI, but was poor before his injury and poor against India A. Needs to earn his recall, not get it on potential.

 

[Bucking Beads]

No love for Khawaja? Or still a work in progress?

Let's give him some time to get back into some prolonged good form.

 

[swingdog]

Let's give him some time to get back into some prolonged good form.

No worries. This upcoming summer could actually be quite exciting if the selectors decide to draw a line under the ageing or underperforming members of the test team.

Of the top 7, I'd only be sure of Warner, Smith and Nevill.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

I'm all for letting Khawaja open with Warner in the ODI team.

Do you really dislike Finch then?

 

[Demosthenes]

No love for Khawaja? Or still a work in progress?

He would be work in progress if he worked at progressing.

Still has the same flaws he did three years ago. Do not want.

 

[idel one]

Aust A batting v India A in Chennai, three changes for Aust with Zampa, Sandhu and Lynn in for Boyce, Agar and Handscomb.

Aussies off to a bright start 0-77 after 13 overs; new Bulls captain Usman Khawaja was 41 off 41 and Joe Burns 28no

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/892963.html

 

[swingdog]

Aust A batting v India A in Chennai, three changes for Aust with Zampa, Sandhu and Lynn in for Boyce, Agar and Handscomb.

Aussies off to a bright start 0-77 after 13 overs; new Bulls captain Usman Khawaja was 41 off 41 and Joe Burns 28no

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/892963.html

You'd have to think they woke up thinking about what last night at Trent Bridge means.

 

[MisterMarcus]

Aust A batting v India A in Chennai, three changes for Aust with Zampa, Sandhu and Lynn in for Boyce, Agar and Handscomb.

Aussies off to a bright start 0-77 after 13 overs; new Bulls captain Usman Khawaja was 41 off 41 and Joe Burns 28no

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/892963.html

The keeper has dropped two catches so far, and apparently got Khawaja "out" but didn't appeal for it.....

 

[KissKiss]

Yeah they are starting to punish this attack, but not sure that is any different to the test team. All of them can bat well when its going well. Need to see who can bat under difficult conditions

 

[MisterMarcus]

0/231 off 33

Burns was very much the junior partner early on, but has now exploded.....125* with TWELVE sixes......

 

[MisterMarcus]

2/239

Uzzie dismissed just after making 100.

Poor old Travis Head, waited 36 overs for a hit then gets out second ball.....LOL.

Burns 131*

 

[eth-dog]

Interesting that Handscomb was dropped despite having the second best LA average in the squad.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Interesting that Handscomb was dropped despite having the second best LA average in the squad.

It's not interesting. It's an A series, they want to PLAY everyone, it's not like a test or odi where they need to win every match.

 

[eth-dog]

It's not interesting. It's an A series, they want to PLAY everyone, it's not like a test or odi where they need to win every match.

Yeah, I guess. I didn't realise they had Ferg on this tour, keeping him ahead of Handscomb just seems strange to me tbh.