Haha so every bad score he makes means he was injured? You've lost your marbles. I would hardly call 2 50's, 1 score of 16 and 5 scores below 10 consistent. I'm done with this conversation, if you can't see that he's a dud then good luck to you.
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eth-dog
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FTFY
eth-dog
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At least stupid isn't contagious. I might catch it after this conversation.
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Jesus, all this defending of a bloke who's gonna end up with a Test average of 36.
What is it about the Marsh boys?
What is it about the Marsh boys?
eth-dog
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All this vitriol about a guy who's had a solid test career. What is it about them?
Travis Head missed out.
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Oh you mean the bloke who's made like 10 runs since christmas?
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Selection of the Marsh brothers potentially cost us this series.
It really didn't
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Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb kept this series alive in the third test.
True but that doesn't actually respond to what I said. I'm not sure you actually watched any of this series.
I have watched a lot of this series actually. But I'm not going to give him a pat on the back for making 2 half centuries put of 8 innings. Even if the 50's were meaningful.
Yeah it's ridiculous. Eth is seriously reaching if he's using injury as the excuse for Marsh being s**t.
eth-dog
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He was injured in Pune and Dharamsala. He made runs in the other two tests. It's not that hard to comprehend
Nah. A bloke who makes a score of 50 or more on average every second test is hardly s**t. You're just too stupid to realize that.
You're the one defending Shaun Marsh but I'm stupid? A 50 every second score is good but it's not when you get bundled out for nothing in the other innings. He's not consistent, you're the stupid one if you think he is.
This is actually lolworthy. He's a 34 year old who's injury prone as * and he's been garbage this series bar 2 knocks. It's not consistent, he wasn't injured for both innings in the first test or both innings in the last test, he's just s**t.
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Mitch Marsh and Mitchell Starc were injured and only played the first two tests. Why did Shaun Marsh play all 4?
Again we will never know because they didn't give Uzzie a game. But they gave Marsh 4 games for a total of 150 runs and an average of 19.
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A bloke who can get a 50+ score every other test is a good player. Not elite, not s**t, but good. Can you get that through your tiny brain?
Because he was fit for the middle two. Comprende?
I'll be honest and say that I've never been a Marsh fan, but his recall to the side for this tour was warranted not just for his previous sub-continental form, but because he actually deserved it based on his last stint in the Test team. Granted, he had done nothing to deserve that last stint, but he (finally) grabbed hold of his opportunity with both hands.
However, any way you slice it, this tour has been disappointing to say the least. A match-saving 50 in the last test doesn't completely wipe out the failures in the majority of his innings in India. The below post is brilliant and conpletely unarguable:
There will be a scapegoat in every series loss and despite a fair few of the batters having a tour they'd rather forget, the fairest option is for the 34 year old who has never moved beyond "inconsistent but with potential" to be the one given the chop.
However, any way you slice it, this tour has been disappointing to say the least. A match-saving 50 in the last test doesn't completely wipe out the failures in the majority of his innings in India. The below post is brilliant and conpletely unarguable:
There will be a scapegoat in every series loss and despite a fair few of the batters having a tour they'd rather forget, the fairest option is for the 34 year old who has never moved beyond "inconsistent but with potential" to be the one given the chop.
