I'd love to see a cameo Starc 50+ right now.
Australia v India, 1st Test at Adelaide Oval Dec 6-10.
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Pretty short of options though, plus Finch didn't set the world on fire during the last Sheffield Shield either.
Maxwell is a terrific fielder as well.
I don't rate Maxwell all that highly either so when I'm suggesting his recall then things have gotten pretty desperate.
Yep, this is it. I could sit and watch Kohli bat and thoroughly enjoy it, but the rest of his package just annoys the hell out of me.
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It's getting to the point where thawing Watson out of retirement is almost an attractive option. I'd legitimately have more confidence in him even now than I have in Smarsh.
He wasn’t that wide of the crease. The initial angle wasn’t angled in, ie out of the hand it looked very wide, them swung heaps and then seamed.... I’ll try a post a pic
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I could even respect the over the top aggression if he kept it on the field, but he has a habit of going to the press when he gets it back, which makes it seem more like petulance than passion.
Well said.
And I get lambasted for slagging off one innings out of 10 SMarsh.
Warne has a lot of faults but that's a great thing to say to new team mate.
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We will be waiting a while then.
Question if I may. Why is it that the only possible changes are to juggle the order to keep finch in when it is not deserved or to bring in Maxwell. Victorians both. Plenty of bias being shown.
There are other states folks. We need to look to the future and that does not include marsh, finch or maxwell. Paine is also a stopgap. The older guys have had their chance. Go with blokes with a few aeasons in shield under their belt and pump skills and mental strenght into them. Rotating failed batsmen because they got 100 last week solves nothing.
There are other states folks. We need to look to the future and that does not include marsh, finch or maxwell. Paine is also a stopgap. The older guys have had their chance. Go with blokes with a few aeasons in shield under their belt and pump skills and mental strenght into them. Rotating failed batsmen because they got 100 last week solves nothing.
Oh okay.. strange. I heard from the horses mouth that it was rye a few months ago, that's the outfield I'm talking about.
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On Finch, after his showing in the UAE it's not reasonable to drop him, even though he absolutely didn't deserve the call-up in the first place. It's annoying, but it would set an even worse precedent to put anyone on the chopping block after doing well then failing once regardless of wider context in my opinion.
Yawnnnnnnn "Kohli testimonial #50 from the commentators today". They're obviously paid extra for everything they say about him, and each time he's shown on Kohli-cam.
Why does kohli get so much praise for his over the top celebrations and Warner got blasted for his over the top celebrations
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Bumrah seems like he bowls an especially light 145.
Doesn't really look like he's hitting the bat at all
Doesn't really look like he's hitting the bat at all
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Because people have long memories and India is still regarded as the underdog by most, at least in comparison to Australia, and the underdog gets leeway to behave badly. Although another factor is that Kohli is generally celebrating team achievements, Warner overcelebrates his own milestones, which is always more annoying if that kind of thing gets under your skin.
Exact same double standard would be Wahab Riaz getting in Shane Watsons face after giving him some chin music in the World Cup, I can't imagine that Starc doing the same to Misbah-ul-Haq would have been greeted with the same enthusiasm by the people who praised Wahab's passion.
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Twice I have seen the keeper and Kohli go up for a ridiculous appeal and Bumrah has shot them down for it.
He's alright.
He's alright.
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Still think we can potentially get a lead if Starc finds his groove and keep rotating the strike with Head.
I reckon the issue is confidence. The team as a whole is on the back foot due to the witch hunt of earlier this year and their careful PR tactics required feel as though they've filtered into the batting and we're just not scoring. It's certainly not the most talented team to represent Australia in recent times, but they've done really well get through the full day in what seem to be somewhat tricky conditions. They just haven't been able to score. Hope the public really get behind the team, obviously its difficult since the most vocal tend to be those who want to tear the team down.
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