Off-topic ENGLAND ARE SHIT, Smith can GAGF

[Le Grille]

You Victorians have a bigger sporting complex (cricket) than the west Aussies with the afl.

Yep the MCG is bigger than Perth Stadium

I'd bat Warner at 6.

I'd have picked Elise Perry

 

[Bodicifer]

You Victorians have a bigger sporting complex (cricket) than the west Aussies with the afl.

A complex is something you are concerned about that isn't true...or a stadium that holds 100,000 people on Boxing Day !

 

[Dinsdale]

I'd have picked Elise Perry

me too, I'd even let her play cricket

 

[El Dubya]

Steve Waugh was kissed on the dick by the selectors more than any player in history.

May not have been dropped and recalled 8 times, but it took 8 years in his protected species undroppable career for his test average to bid farewell to the 20s.

Before I was properly paying attention to cricket, I'll have to take your word for it.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

A complex is something you are concerned about that isn't true...or a stadium that holds 100,000 people on Boxing Day !

My favourite day of the year, Boxing Day cricket is better than Xmas day.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Yep the MCG is bigger than Perth Stadium

I'd bat Warner at 6.

I'd have picked Elise Perry

I did mean mental complex, but mmm, Elise Perry.

 

[oogac]

Expect Bancroft to get dropped after the first test even if scores a ton on debut.

He will need to make way for Maddinson

 

[David Schwarz]

Steve Waugh was kissed on the dick by the selectors more than any player in history.

May not have been dropped and recalled 8 times, but it took 8 years in his protected species undroppable career for his test average to bid farewell to the 20s.

Comparing Shaun Marsh to Steve Waugh

I ****ing hate this world and what it has become

 

[Le Grille]

I did mean mental complex, but mmm, Elise Perry.

I know mate.

We should get Wayne Carey and Elise together. Imagine the father son opportunity.

 

[David Schwarz]

We should get Wayne Carey and Elise together. Imagine the father son opportunity.

No wine glasses allowed in the household?

 

[Le Grille]

No wine glasses allowed in the household?

Well that just unkind Schwarta. Very unkind.

 

[David Schwarz]

Well that just unkind Schwarta. Very unkind.

I live in rural Victoria and punch spiders for a living, what do you expect?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

I live in rural Victoria and punch spiders for a living, what do you expect?

 

[Bodicifer]

I live in rural Victoria and punch spiders for a living, what do you expect?

Rock spiders?

 

[Laphroaig]

Comparing Shaun Marsh to Steve Waugh

I ******* hate this world and what it has become

Your letting emotion cloud your judgement.

Shaun Marsh has a far better record than Steve Waugh after the same number of Tests. Marsh averages 36, which is not far under the low 40s expected of an adequate Test level player.

Waugh was not just an under contributor, he was dead weight. In his first 8 years he played in 17 series. He averaged 25 or less in 9 of them. He averaged less than 20 in 6 of the 17.

And yet he was the golden child of the NSW mafia and could not be dropped.

Went Ok at the back end of his career, though. But any other player in the history of the game would have had his cards stamped long before.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Your letting emotion cloud your judgement.

Shaun Marsh has a far better record than Steve Waugh after the same number of Tests. Marsh averages 36, which is not far under the low 40s expected of an adequate Test level player.

Waugh was not just an under contributor, he was dead weight. In his first 8 years he played in 17 series. He averaged 25 or less in 9 of them. He averaged less than 20 in 6 of the 17.

And yet he was the golden child of the NSW mafia and could not be dropped.

Went Ok at the back end of his career, though. But any other player in the history of the game would have had his cards stamped long before.

Too bad Marsh is 34 and would have to play until his early 40’s to replicate Tugga. By that time having been dropped about 20 times.

 

[El Dubya]

Your letting emotion cloud your judgement.

Shaun Marsh has a far better record than Steve Waugh after the same number of Tests. Marsh averages 36, which is not far under the low 40s expected of an adequate Test level player.

Waugh was not just an under contributor, he was dead weight. In his first 8 years he played in 17 series. He averaged 25 or less in 9 of them. He averaged less than 20 in 6 of the 17.

And yet he was the golden child of the NSW mafia and could not be dropped.

Went Ok at the back end of his career, though. But any other player in the history of the game would have had his cards stamped long before.

At the end of Waugh's first 8 years as a Test bat he averaged 41, and in that same period he averaged 50 outside of Australia.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

And not too mention Waugh faced far better bowlers too.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

The 12th Man even once famously referred to him as "Stephen WAUGH! Wo wo what is he good for?"

 

[Austin_McCrabbs]

The 12th Man even once famously referred to him as "Stephen WAUGH! Wo wo what is he good for?"

It's about on par with Afghanistan

 

[Vikingblood]

Seriously, Trevor Hohns must have some head injury that keeps him repeating the same mistakes.

 

[Laphroaig]

At the end of Waugh's first 8 years as a Test bat he averaged 41, and in that same period he averaged 50 outside of Australia.

Aided by an inordinate proportion of not outs.

For example. 86-87 in India. Waugh averaged 59 over 3 tests. Sounds good. Until you notice how many runs that contributed to the team's fortunes. 59.

Try to name any player, ever, who was so protected. Waugh's first 3 series, over 8 tests, he scored the amazing total of 173 runs. Amazing because he was allowed to remain in the side. I can't think of another player who goes even close to that.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Shaun Marsh is like a fly screen door on a submarine.

 

[I Rock]

Wow what a sad indictment on the state of Australian Cricket that the best options include a Bloke who has had 8 failed cracks at it and another who doesn’t even keep for his State and has only ever made one First Class century…

 

[Plugger35]

Aided by an inordinate proportion of not outs.

For example. 86-87 in India. Waugh averaged 59 over 3 tests. Sounds good. Until you notice how many runs that contributed to the team's fortunes. 59.

Try to name any player, ever, who was so protected. Waugh's first 3 series, over 8 tests, he scored the amazing total of 173 runs. Amazing because he was allowed to remain in the side. I can't think of another player who goes even close to that.

He was a pretty handy bowler and fielder too which helped keep him in the side and Australia was short of quality players back then, NZ thrashed Australia in the 1985/86 test series along with the Poms in the 1986/87 Ashes series so it's not like Steve Waugh was the only problem in that side.