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    Top End Series v Bangladesh and beyond

    With only 1 round remaining in the Sheffield Shield (and the final), the selectors will be able to deliberate on how the test side will look, moving forward. Plenty of franchise stuff on now, over the next few months. A big 12 months coming up with 20-21 tests: 2 v Bangladesh (H) 3 v South...
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    Should ICC global events allow bigger squads?

    I'd be interested in everyone's thoughts on the below: Mens ODI World Cup Mens T20 World Cup Mens Champions Trophy U19 World Cup Womens ODI World Cup Womens T20 World Cup All of the above ICC Global Tournaments are restricted to a 15 'man' squad. These squads were all restricted to 14...
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    It's time Usman

    time to make an announcement in the coming days (or during the sydney test) and call time on a wonderful test career, and play your final test on your terms. my gut feel is, otherwise he'll be tapped on the shoulder and won't be there in august v Bangladesh. 88 tests @ 43-44 is a job well...
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    Smith and the 2028 Olympics

    i keep hearing about how Smith is keen to play 20/20 for Australia at the 2028 Olympics. it's still 3 years away. 6 teams, 3 teams get medals - to me cricket doesn't belong there, but he has voiced several times he is eager to play. keen to hear everyone's thoughts whether Smith will make...
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    Joe Root watch

    with root just passing ponting, kallis and dravid this week - i thought i'd throw this out there. can root pass tendulkar's run tally ? and if so, when? he is currently 34 and a half. the equation: *2513 runs to get *career ave: 51.17 *completed innings: 262 *ave innings per test: 1.67...
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    The change is a coming !

    While the WTC final was a one off game , many emotions are heightened at the moment. This cycle only saw the retirement of Warner and the selectors seemingly finished Marsh's test career. It is just about inevitable that during or by the end of this WTC cycle for Australia, will spell the end...
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    The road to the 2026 T20 World Cup for Australia

    19 games within the next 7 months : 5 v WI (A) 3 v SA (H) 3 v NZ (A) 5 v Ind (H) 3 v Pak (A) T20 World Cup time to get the team right with preparations for the world cup squad for west indies: M.Marsh (c) M.Short J.Inglis C.Green A.Hardie C.Connolly M.Owen G.Maxwell T.David S.Abbott...
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    Maxwell retires from ODI's

    a bridge to far and just couldn't make it to the world cup 2027. integral part of the 2015 & 2023 winning world cup squads. will never forget his 201* v afghanistan in the 2023 world cup. he will probably stay on the T20 circuit as long as he can and let's hope he can play an integral role...
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    Cricinfo's Alltime Top 25 T20 Players

    They have counted down from 25 to 2 - I'm going to assume Rashid is number 1. interesting to note 5 of the top 10 are West Indies players or even 6 of the top 16. Seems about right as it's always tough compiling 'best of' lists. Was anyone overlooked perhaps ?
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    WTC Final 2025

    Thought i'd put this here. Still a few months away but feel free to post the predictions, injury updates etc. Interestingly Australia and South Africa never played each other in this WTC cycle. The road to the WTC final: 15 man squads won't be named until May. Australia have used 20...
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    What constitutes a 'genuine' allrounder?

    not sure this one's been done before, but while things are a little quite - thought i'd start the ball rolling. There are plenty of 'white ball' allrounders but what constitutes a 'genuine' allrounder? is it someone who earns a spot in the XI in one specific skillset? (bats in the top 6...
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    Champions Trophy squad

    15 man squad announced: T.Head M.Short M.Marsh (vc) S.Smith M.Labuschagne A.Hardie G.Maxwell M.Stoinis J.Inglis A.Carey P.Cummins (c) M.Starc N.Ellis A.Zampa J.Hazlewood Changes from the 2023 World Cup squad: Out: Warner (retired), Green (injured), Abbott In: Short, Hardie, Ellis
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    Dean Jones Trophy

    just thought this deserved a mention. Great to see Dean Jones recognised with naming of the One Day Domestic Cup after him. Fond memories of him in the retro green and gold making 2's into 3's and cutting 3's into 2's in the field. Brave man to tell Curtly to remove the old sweat band. I'll...
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    Best Aussie Allrounder

    On the back of the Jadeja plaudits - let's look at Australia's best test allrounders. Australia have traditionally have structured their team: 6 bats. wicketkeeper and 4 bowlers as we haven't been as blessed producing world class allrounders. Usually someone batting in the top 6 have been able...
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    The new fab 4 (or 5)

    We've had the era's of: ponting, lara, tendulkar, kallis, sangakkara ab devilliers, smith, williamson, root, kohli, babar with the above closer to the end of their careers than the start, who's the next group? kamindu, jaiswal, brook, gill, shakeel, ravindra , green?
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    Test Preferred (most realistic) way forward

    How do we see the cricket landscape (in particular) with Test cricket, sometime after the 2025-27 WTC. *Let's all assume the T20 competitions and other white ball domestic/franchise competitions are still humming along. *Do we just have white ball internationals at the T20 (every 2 years)...
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    How much petrol left in the tank?

    The odds suggest Starc & Hazlewood (Boland, Neser) have one more home summer (india) , a sri lanka tour, a possible WTC final , a west indies tour and maybe, just maybe another home summer (ashes) before calling it a day in the test arena (that's 15 tests). smith and khawaja may well have the...
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    Australia test squad for NZ tour

    no real surprises. Smith Khawaja Labuschagne Green Head Marsh Carey Starc Cummins Lyon Hazlewood Renshaw Boland Neser
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    Last hit out before 20/20 World Cup

    Squad for NZ: Marsh (c) Warner Short Head Smith David Maxwell Stoinis Wade Inglis Ellis Starc Cummins Hazlewood Zampa So, basically the big guns are back with Abbott and Behrendorff making way after the West Indies series. No decision on full time captain yet, although Marsh would have to be...
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    Aussie ODI squad v West Indies

    Steve Smith (c) Travis Head (vc) Matt Short Marnus Labuschagne Cameron Green Aaron Hardie Glenn Maxwell Josh Inglis Sean Abbott Jhye Richardson Nathan Ellis Adam Zampa Lance Morris Out from the World Cup Squad go: Cummins (rested) Starc (rested) Hazlewood (rested) Marsh Carey Stoinis Warner...
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    Bancroft overlooked

    https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/cameron-bancroft-overlooked-for-australian-test-squad-for-west-indies-series/news-story/61865f0d2d348c3d34bc11d53abb9ddf
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    New look ODI side

    Great work by the Aussies to win the World Cup. Smith, Warner, Starc, Hazlewood, Maxwell all played in the 2015 world cup XI and Cummins and Marsh were in that same squad. Smith also played in the 2011 world cup. Hard to see any of them being there in 2027 - possibly Cummins and Marsh...
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    first test of the aussie summer 23/24

    pretty straight forward with all things being equal and everyone fit and available Warner Khawaja Labuschagne Smith (vc) Head Marsh/Green Carey Starc Cummins (c) Lyon Hazlewood The real immediate question will be who gets the number 6 - the incumbent Marsh or long term option Green ? Can...
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    T20's v South Africa

    14 man squad which seems a meaningless T20 series, with 7 players 'rested' - warner, green, wade, agar, cummins, starc, hazlewood. warner will have to wait a little longer to become the first aussie to play 100 games in each format (99 T20's). 4 players with test experience only and marsh is...
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    Summing up the Aussie winter

    in regards to test cricket, this has been australia's biggest winter - 10 tests (9 in 1956,1964,1993,1997,2013). great effort to win the WTC considering the fixture (which included 3 sub continent tours of pakistan, sri lanka and india). bottom line is australia did end up winning the WTC...
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    How far can Smith go ?

    Again, rumours surfacing that Smith may retire this week - what the ! How much further will Smith go in the test arena? 2023/24 home pakistan (3) west indies (2) 2023/24 away new zealand (2) 2024/25 home india (5) 2024/25 away sri lanka (2) 2025 * WTC Final 2025 away...
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    Next Aussie T20 captain ?

    Finch has now officially retired , would be interested to see everyone's thoughts on the next skipper ? Hazlewood, Zampa, Maxwell, Smith, Turner, Head, Carey, Cummins, etc ??
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    If Australia had quota's ?

    imagine if we had quota's when selecting the test side. lets say we had to pick 2 from each state (not an easy task because of the big 6 from NSW). let's assume everyone is fit and available. Pucovski (VIC) Khawaja (QLD) Labuschagne (QLD) Head (SA) Green (WA) McDermott (TAS) Carey (SA)...
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    ODI World Cup 2023 - Aussie squad - who makes it ?

    Since the 2019 ODI World Cup P33 W 19 L 14 4 CAPTAINS (finch, cummins, carey, hazlewood) Players not to get a game since 2019 WORLD CUP - coulter-nile, s.marsh, lyon, khawaja, handscomb Games to play prior to the 2023 ODI World Cup 3 v India (A) 3 v Afghanistan (A) 5 v South Africa (A) 3 v...
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    Daniel Hughes

    No idea why this guy's name isn't thrown up more often for an ODI cap. Warner and Finch have been opening pretty much the last decade with a few fill ins when rested etc but no idea why Hughes hasn't had a go. His numbers are incredible averaging 58 with s/r 86 in his 35 odd games. Is he...

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