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Who are you dropping?
2019 5th Ashes Test 12-17 September - The Oval
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Who are you dropping?
augiewaz
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On the pommy side
OUT: Roy, Overton
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OUT: Roy, Overton
IN: Curran, Woakes
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Ignore Australian type conditions and him beating up minnow away from home and he's been very average even at his best.
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Surprised they didn't play him earlier.
This is what gets me.
What is wrong with playing different players in different countries.
Our best team in Australia isn’t necessarily our best team elsewhere.
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They bat deep with those two inclusions.
We need to bat long, real long to put this beyond doubt.
We need Smith one more time to seal the deal, god we ask too much of him.
Especially when we take the piss by playing a Marsh, plus persisting with an opener who has such an obvious bloody flaw in their technique but gets by on their overly inflated batting average.
The worst part is that we have no one else. Usman is a stunned mullet overseas. We can’t play Bancroft because he’s about as useful as stuffing sandpaper down your pants.
Why on earth don’t we have another bat in the squad?
We need to bat long, real long to put this beyond doubt.
We need Smith one more time to seal the deal, god we ask too much of him.
Especially when we take the piss by playing a Marsh, plus persisting with an opener who has such an obvious bloody flaw in their technique but gets by on their overly inflated batting average.
The worst part is that we have no one else. Usman is a stunned mullet overseas. We can’t play Bancroft because he’s about as useful as stuffing sandpaper down your pants.
Why on earth don’t we have another bat in the squad?
I wonder if anyone's said to Warner - "Dave, mate, any chance you might play forward to full balls from a bloke bowling around the wicket in-swingers?"
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Not had chance to log on for a while but I was at Old Trafford on Sunday to witness a day of cricket and moment I will treasure for the rest of my life.
I thought retaining the urn was job done but it is not. To not win the series now would be devastating as we have comfortably been the better side. If it's rained off or Smith bats until a week next Tuesday then so be it. If we don't lose this match then this team will go down in folklore.
I thought retaining the urn was job done but it is not. To not win the series now would be devastating as we have comfortably been the better side. If it's rained off or Smith bats until a week next Tuesday then so be it. If we don't lose this match then this team will go down in folklore.
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Thank god we have already retained the ashes, I'd love to win the series outright but the selection of Mitch Marsh makes that job a little bit tougher.
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If Marsh is in purely to replace Head: Bit of a s**t call, more of a lateral move if I'm being generous but you could almost a̶c̶c̶e̶p̶t̶ tolerate it.
If Marsh is in to take strain of our fast bowlers: Why not give Head another go (i.e. the Dave Warner treatment, lord knows Head has done more than him so far this series at more important times) and rest Cummins or Hazelwood then and bring in Neser?
Feels like they've robbed Peter but forgot to pay Paul with this one.
If Marsh is in to take strain of our fast bowlers: Why not give Head another go (i.e. the Dave Warner treatment, lord knows Head has done more than him so far this series at more important times) and rest Cummins or Hazelwood then and bring in Neser?
Feels like they've robbed Peter but forgot to pay Paul with this one.
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Does Wade move up the order now to 5?
Yes, making two mistakes always works better than making one.
If they're after a fifth bowler Neser can bat as well as MMarsh usually manages, and bowl better.
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I would think so.
My issue with Marsh isn’t so much for this test, it’s that if he puts in the bare minimum decent performance then suddenly he’s in the frame again for the next lot of tests at home. And the cycle of failure continues.
Honestly it’s just s**t management of him. Given his poor recent tests, he needs at least a full season dominating the shield before he should be in consideration. I reckon even he would agree.
Remember it’s not the guys fault the selectors keep throwing him to the wolves it’s not like he’s the one demanding selection from them.
Honestly it’s just s**t management of him. Given his poor recent tests, he needs at least a full season dominating the shield before he should be in consideration. I reckon even he would agree.
Remember it’s not the guys fault the selectors keep throwing him to the wolves it’s not like he’s the one demanding selection from them.
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At least the poms won’t need to worry about Smith scoring centuries, he’ll be stranded on 40* by the time the rest of the team is bowled out.
Sylvia Saint
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Warner and Harris opening again? Wow, what's that famous quote about insanity? Gifting that knob Broad another chance to run down the pitch celebrating like a knob when we're 10/2. Twice.
It's gonna be the Smith and Laba show by the 10th over aint it?
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