Test The Ashes Fifth Test January 4-8 1000hrs @ The SCG

[1990crow]

Aus cricket boys club. Once you are in, you are set

After 30 odd tests he still plays like a 16 year old playing his first A grade match.
He's promising, got all the attributes, but no mental capacity to actually do anything worth while.

 

[SSSSSS]

Green needs to GAGF.

 

[Boots73]

Aus cricket boys club. Once you are in, you are set

Clarke was spot on about Bailey

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

One drop catch and he's a rubbish fielder. Numbnuts

Open your eyes

 

[Carn The Berries]

LOL commentators giving him all the excuses. He never should've went for that it was going straight to Smith.

The only criticism they actually made wasn't even a legitimate one... It's fair that he doesn't have his sunglasses on while he's in the middle of a bowling spell... Taking them on and off would mess with your vision.

 

[satty]

I don't understand why you wouldn't give head an over before lunch..

 

[Hollow Knight]

One drop catch and he's a rubbish fielder. Numbnuts

“Of course everyone looks bad if you pick just one of the 73 disappointing things they did in the series and hyperfocus on it!”

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

He gets babied by every commentator still too, they can't bring themselves to even have a slight criticism.

Probably don't want their accreditation revoked by CA.

 

[PhatBoy]

Well you started with the post about their averages being similar last year.

No I didn’t. I think you’re confusing me with someone else (the poster who shared the Twitter post of the two batsmen’s figures from 2025). I’ve compared them since but my initial comment was ‘No commentator would say that because it wouldn’t be true. He’s been one of the best openers in the world for a number of years and a very poor series won’t change that.’

 

[Bucking Beads]

Commentators seem scared to be critical of Cameron Green.

 

[hawkman]

I'll play devil's advocate here, fielding in slips is a split second decision. You don't get five minutes to decide the best course of action.

You see catches taken regularly in front of other slips fielders.

Where Green stuffed up here was not in going for the catch - it was stuffing it up once he'd decided to go for it.

It also wasn't straight down Smith's throat given he had already taken a couple of steps across. I think it went slower than he thought which meant he misjudged it

 

[1990crow]

We need to stop picking west Australians.

 

[danielnajdek]

I wanna know Rickys thoughts on that drop.

 

[Plugger35]

A good effort from Duckett and Bethell to get through to lunch, I thought England might have folded again when Crawley got out.

 

[SportsCentre]

He's the future of Australian cricket...

and Australian cricket won't talk to you if you disagree

 

[the_interloper]

Im probably all alone here, but I reckon that Cameron Green has had a bit of a disappointing series.

You know there is an Unpopular Cricket Opinions thread?

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

I wanna know Rickys thoughts on that drop.

I'd say he would be critical.

 

[Doggy]

“Of course everyone looks bad if you pick just one of the 73 disappointing things they did in the series and hyperfocus on it!”

We are talking about his fielding only. Bringing up everything else is very BigFooty sensationalism

 

[Westend]

Haters out in force I see

Grow up

 

[Doggy]

Open your eyes

Again. Have not mentioned batting or bowling. Open your eyes.

 

[Bedi]

It's still a remarkable selection though, particularly as when he was first selected in the Test side he hadn't made a ton at any level - f-c, List A or 20/20.

To put it in perspective, when is the last time an Aussie was selected in the Test side as a specialist batter without having scored a f-c century?

It was indeed and one very much based on a Denis Denuto rationale. Probably similar to Shane Warne getting picked in that selector's had seen enough raw talent there without the necessarily the stats to back it up

 

[Doggy]

Haters out in force I see

Grow up

It's BigFooty, where everything is blown out of proportion to the extreme.

Waiting for the "England are going to flog us" calls.

 

[Cuzz09]

I can't see any way this will be a draw.

Plenty of time for both sides

 

[Bedi]

its kinda fair. his FC avg is 27...........rubbish

sammy konstas copped a fair bit of shit too with similar stats but i guess he has 4 FC hundreds.

3 half centuries in his first 3 tests and then playing a starring role in Eng's first win in Aust in 15 years has repaid the selector's faith

 

[Retzlaff]

Can’t see Green getting back into the test team until at least August