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God I wish he would just FO.
Warner; time he walked/was pushed off the plank?
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Grand Uncle Horace
Shake down the thunder
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I was taught if you cannot say something nice, then say nothing at all.
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Grand Uncle Horace
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Despicable Dave is too thick to experience shame. He can go and get Warnered afaic
Quentin Lynch.
Tandy
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It's beyond belief now. As mentioned above he clearly has no shame. Most normal people would just fall on their sword. I know if I was performing so poorly at work I'd just quit out of sheer embarrassment. Most players have built up credits in the bank for not making much this series. He spent his last summer. I can't believe how gutless the selectors are. How can they stay in a job
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60 runs and soaking up 91 deliveries is almost certainly more than any other option would have given us so... Good selection, I guess.
Shite to have to accept that level of mediocrity but you can only select from the options in front of you and none are particularly great.
Shite to have to accept that level of mediocrity but you can only select from the options in front of you and none are particularly great.
So, he'll run for parliament? Get shoe-horned into the ministry, probably human services.
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Geez I miss Hayden and Langer!!!!
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It's a late start to the summer right? Maybe enough time for Puc to get some Sheffield shield under his belt?
Maybe wishful thinking.
Yes, 6 rounds before the 1st test. Good chance for someone like Ward to step up if they're up to it.
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As an aside Puc not fulfilling his potential would be pretty devastating for Aussie cricket.
There's not loads of young A grade talent floating around the batting ranks so we have to capitalise on as much as we can.
Cam Green has started his test career reasonably well but hitting a bit of a plateau (common for cricketers his age).
Jason Sangha is looking increasingly like a good FC career is going to be his ceiling (and he's currently falling well short on that). Jake Fraser-McGurk might not even get that far. Next cab off the rank is Teague Wyllie and we'd love to see a good couple of FC seasons before launching his FC career.
We didn't have a good hit rate with the top level juniors of the 2000s and early 2010s... Steve Smith, Mitch Marsh, Mark Cosgrove, Callum Ferguson, William Bosisto, Nic Maddinson and Chris Lynn were the standout talents off the top of my head from that period and the final returns are a bit underwhelming.
It'd be nice not to repeat.
You'd be pretty confident in finding the next generation Khawaja - mid to high level that relies mostly on concentration.
But it's the number of top level talents that go on to big test careers that determine how good a batting line-up will be. One or two (Smith, Clarke) and it'll be decent but a great batting line up needs three or maybe even four players of that calibre.
There's not loads of young A grade talent floating around the batting ranks so we have to capitalise on as much as we can.
Cam Green has started his test career reasonably well but hitting a bit of a plateau (common for cricketers his age).
Jason Sangha is looking increasingly like a good FC career is going to be his ceiling (and he's currently falling well short on that). Jake Fraser-McGurk might not even get that far. Next cab off the rank is Teague Wyllie and we'd love to see a good couple of FC seasons before launching his FC career.
We didn't have a good hit rate with the top level juniors of the 2000s and early 2010s... Steve Smith, Mitch Marsh, Mark Cosgrove, Callum Ferguson, William Bosisto, Nic Maddinson and Chris Lynn were the standout talents off the top of my head from that period and the final returns are a bit underwhelming.
It'd be nice not to repeat.
You'd be pretty confident in finding the next generation Khawaja - mid to high level that relies mostly on concentration.
But it's the number of top level talents that go on to big test careers that determine how good a batting line-up will be. One or two (Smith, Clarke) and it'll be decent but a great batting line up needs three or maybe even four players of that calibre.
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Rogers and Warner were a pretty damn good pair too though. I feel that Warner was at his peak when Rogers was his opening partner.
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Tail wagging the dog, Warner dictating to the selectors when he will finish.
Reminds me of finch on the ODI/T20 setup, should have been given the ass a lot earlier than we he 'decided' to retire
Stop letting players who are underperforming for way too long dictate when they'll finish
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Reminds me of finch on the ODI/T20 setup, should have been given the ass a lot earlier than we he 'decided' to retire
Stop letting players who are underperforming for way too long dictate when they'll finish
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Nobody in Australian cricket misses Justin Langer, except his buddies who choked away the 2005 Ashes.
However one positive about Warner is that, like Langer, he didn't base his retirement date purely on the fear of touring England again... which can't be said about Hayden and Gilchrist.
I am sorry but you have totally wiped Bancroft after 10 matches. I can name many test players who did not cement themselves in a test team after far more matches than that figure. And by the way many test players have had more than 2 starts - after being dropped - before they established themselves. At the very least, if the old adage is that you pick players on form then Bancroft had to be in the touring squad at the very least given his 22/23 Shield performances.
On the flip side, Warner should not have been selected. Goodnight & good luck.
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warner & hughes could've been a really good opening combo - we'll never know.
sometimes some careers need to align for long term opening p'ships like haynen/langer taylor/slater etc.
but gee whiz 12 opening partners:
hughes, cowan, rogers, burns, renshaw, bancroft, harris, pucovski, khawaja, watson, s.marsh, maxwell
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looks like warner will get another go at the oval.
could he finish in india and england without a test ton.
it'll be interesting to see if he gets the 3 tests he craves for back in oz.
could this test determine his fate? a reasonable score and he stays, a poor score and lots of thinking for the selectors for the next few months.
could he finish in india and england without a test ton.
it'll be interesting to see if he gets the 3 tests he craves for back in oz.
could this test determine his fate? a reasonable score and he stays, a poor score and lots of thinking for the selectors for the next few months.
There is a 0% chance of Warner being dropped.
Selectors have decided that they are comfortable with the 20-30 runs per innings they are getting. We've just won the WTC and retained the Ashes, as far as they are concerned, the selection of Warner has been vindicated.
Commentating?
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well it'll give time for harris, renshaw, bancroft, pucovski at the start of the summer to press hard i guess, unless they wanna find a way to squeeze in green and marsh regularly playing together, because clearly neither are a 4th bowler.
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If Marsh is not fit to bowl next Test, there's a chance they keep Green in and open with him in place of Warner. I doubt it happens, but there's worse options.
