Fourth Test team

[eddiesmith]

Christmas has come early, now just need a Kohli pair!!!

 

[swingdog]

Well - just call me Wrongity McWrongface

Great sound.

 

[swingdog]

Happy memories of standing behind the nets at Adelaide watching Kim Hughes warm up. There used to be a car park way back behind the bowlers and Hughes was picking them out for sixes ahead of each ball: "Blue Toyota."

 

[Art Vandelay_]

If Finchy scores a ton in Adelaide Doctor Gero he'll be the greatest man from Colac, even bigger than Toadfish.

First agreeable thing you’ve said all month haha

 

[western royboy]

First agreeable thing you’ve said all month haha

Reckon one L Hodge has him covered comfortably and possibly could have been just as good a cricketer

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Lol you and your mate LP are obsessed with MM it’s pathetic even more so that you and that flog agree with each other’ btw I reckon MM is lucky but ffs the team has been picked support them.

I never said I wouldn’t. I hope all selected succeed, there’s a distinction between that and not expecting it.

FYI, quite a few were happy to deal out abuse to my good self when the shittruck fluked a ton last summer. Not to be seen since.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Reckon one L Hodge has him covered comfortably and possibly could have been just as good a cricketer

* Hawk filth excluded

 

[Doodlesweaver]

I have been arguing for about five years at least now that we need to pick six Teat batters.

The problem at the moment is none of those six batters can really bowl. In Australian cricket we have pretty much always had one top bat who can bowl. This is what we need to encourage in future batsmen. To add another skill to their repertoire.

You want some seriously crap overs from a batsman? Head or Finch can provide that, once the ball is really old. Marsh only got to bowl with a really old ball anyway. Six batsmen who can bat properly, which I'm bloody sure we don't have regardless of who is picked, would be more important.

 

[Gough]

At some point during this Test I really want to stand for a Head hundred. We haven't had a local boy do that at home in a long time.

 

[TyroneVickery29]

Can someone explain to me how Australia are favorites for this test? Really can't understand it especially considering the lack of runs our batsman have on the board.

 

[HLM*]

Can someone explain to me how Australia are favorites for this test? Really can't understand it especially considering the lack of runs our batsman have on the board.

Our batsman’s ability to be somewhat respectable at home + India’s poor form away from home = Us favourites

 

[HLM*]

At some point during this Test I really want to stand for a Head hundred. We haven't had a local boy do that at home in a long time.

I think he will be amongst the runs in this first test.

 

[Slysh]

Can someone explain to me how Australia are favorites for this test? Really can't understand it especially considering the lack of runs our batsman have on the board.

Our home record in recent years is very very good

India's away record is not so good

 

[Underarm]

When was the last time 3 'Victorians' played together in a test?

 

[Cleavy]

When was the last time 3 'Victorians' played together in a test?

maybe back when Paul Reiffel was playing?

 

[HLM*]

When was the last time 3 'Victorians' played together in a test?

Is there an empty feeling within you claiming Harris as a Victorian lol?

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

At some point during this Test I really want to stand for a Head hundred. We haven't had a local boy do that at home in a long time.

2014-15 v India. Nathan Lyon 12 wickets. He was still a South Aussie then. As far as batting, we have to go back to Blewett's 100 on debut against the Poms in 1994-95.

 

[footyfan1978]

When was the last time 3 'Victorians' played together in a test?

Fleming, Elliott, Warne, Reiffel and Hughes crossed over time paths of their career so fair chance 3 or 4 played in same team together at one time. Funky Miller played at Victoria too, Brad Williams etc. Probably a time of 4 at one stage in that period.

 

[big_e]

I have been arguing for about five years at least now that we need to pick six Teat batters.

The problem at the moment is none of those six batters can really bowl. In Australian cricket we have pretty much always had one top bat who can bowl. This is what we need to encourage in future batsmen. To add another skill to their repertoire.

We did OK with part-timers like Mark Waugh, Clarke, Border, Lehmann, even Andrew Symonds didn't have a great record as a bowler in tests.

 

[Gough]

Warne, Rieffel, Hughes and Jones would have turned out together at some point.

 

[Kram]

We did OK with part-timers like Mark Waugh, Clarke, Border, Lehmann, even Andrew Symonds didn't have a great record as a bowler in tests.

Those guys were all about 10 times the bowlers that Head and Finch are.

 

[footyfan1978]

Warne, Rieffel, Hughes and Jones would have turned out together at some point.

Not sure Dean Jones was playing Test cricket when Warne Test career started.

 

[Gough]

Not sure Dean Jones was playing Test cricket when Warne Test career started.

Warne's first wicket was caught by Deano.

 

[western royboy]

Can someone explain to me how Australia are favorites for this test? Really can't understand it especially considering the lack of runs our batsman have on the board.

Our bowlers on our bouncy tracks vs Kohli - on exposed form that's the way it's perceived.

 

[footyfan1978]

Warne's first wicket was caught by Deano.

Good memory. I cannot recall it. Do not remember Jones playing much Test cricket in early 90's. He was out of favour at one point.