Australia A tour of England

[dajesmac]

McDermott and Coulter-Nile the first wicket takers today. Hopefully we don't struggle with the ball as much this time around. Durham 65-2.

 

[dajesmac]

McDermott is going to be a gun, I can feel it in my bones.

3/32 so far and Durham is 4/75, a good start.

 

[Bucking Beads]

McDermott is going to be a gun, I can feel it in my bones.

3/32 so far and Durham is 4/75, a good start.

He is a beauty. Bowls a naturally good length as well. Bowls long spells which is great too.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

All the bowlers ended up with pretty impressive numbers.

And Liam Davis is 40*, great to see.

EDIT - Out for 40, put the mockers on him! Aus A 3/72.

 

[legend166]

6/111. Davis the only one with a somewhat respectable score.

 

[dajesmac]

T.Paine fighting as we've slumped to 159-9. Shocking.

 

[dajesmac]

After being smashed out for 159 our bowlers have come out with a full head of steam. McDermott 2/24 and NCN 2/4 and they're 5-49.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Durham all out for 185.

Aus A in the 2nd innings are 0/56
Davis 38
Cowan 18

 

[Bucking Beads]

Lost this match. Some shit spinner got 7 wickets. Forrest and Klinger did nothing again.

 

[Hellgood]

Disappointing result thanks to our batsmen. Liam Davis the only one to perform to a reasonable standard in both innings, hard to believe he wasn't going to be contracted by WA before the start of last season.

 

[Cousin Jed]

Australia was the only test playing nation Ian Blackwell had an average of <35 against in ODI's.

Our batsmen are really poor against spin.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Shame we lost but great to see McDermott and Coulter-Nile performing. It must have been a tough wicket with those sorts of batting scores.

 

[Phone]

In hindsight, picking Smith, Starc and Christian in the squad, only to send them home before the matches that actually matter, was dumb

edit oh yeah and bailey too. and given we're playing two spinners, there has to be some doubt over where NCN & McDermott are

 

[legend166]

So basically what you're saying is that in hindsight, our selectors are acting like our selectors.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

In hindsight, picking Smith, Starc and Christian in the squad, only to send them home before the matches that actually matter, was dumb

edit oh yeah and bailey too. and given we're playing two spinners, there has to be some doubt over where NCN & McDermott are

Is that what they did? WTF?

 

[legend166]

Mitch picks up 4/47.

I hope you're all prepared for his return to the test side. You know it's going to happen. I think I'll need to book in some leave to look after this board the day it's announced.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Mitch picks up 4/47.

I hope you're all prepared for his return to the test side. You know it's going to happen. I think I'll need to book in some leave to look after this board the day it's announced.

Yes, I was following the match online and thought how 'pleased' everyone would be to see him taking wickets.

Trouble is, a lot of the Lions' players haven't played him much and due to the vagaries of his action he can be difficult to read till you've played him a bit. Though that isn't Morgan's problem.

 

[Phone]

Is that what they did? WTF?

Bailey too. All at the Darwin camp

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Bailey too. All at the Darwin camp

All that fuss about this A tour then the rug gets pulled out.

 

[Phone]

Tbf, it's not as if Starc, Smith and Bailey were players whose performances we were deeply interested in....oh yes and Cummins and Pattinson would have gone home with those guys too, if they were fit, but again, we didn't care about them. This tour was all about Tom Cooper and Jon Holland!

 

[The_Reaper]

Not in the A matches but Hughes just carried his bat through an innings.

 

[lincsPJ]

Not in the A matches but Hughes just carried his bat through an innings.

they obviously just bowled outside off all day then?

good to see cowan gettin some runs in the A game at the moment. considering he's our test opener and not a "contracted player".

 

[Bucking Beads]

From all reports that knock from Hughes was on a tough deck. Worcs now have warwickshire 5/34

 

[dajesmac]

Hughes is tearing it up over there.

Cowan on the verge of a century. Would've liked to see more of Joe Burns, next test perhaps.

EDIT: just realised Burns is playing, whoops.

 

[lincsPJ]

looking forward to hughes tonning up a few times on the adelaide road this summer.