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I didn't mind Symonds and Glenn Maxwell last night.
Warne never captained Australia for a reason.
On purely cricketing criteria, Warne should have been test captain at some stage.
But while you get into the Test team based on cricket criteria, there is extra criteria for being captain. Always has been that way. For instance, its why post-Packer Kim Hughes was a test captain but someone like Rod Marsh never was.
You're right about a captain needing leadership etc but are you suggesting Marsh was a better player than Hughes?
Really hope the BBL can find it's groove again, it's a really good void filler in the AFL off season
No. The best player doesn't necessarily become the captain.
But Marsh was a very senior player in the early 80s test team and had success captaining WA. At the time many thought it was weird that Marsh was captaining WA but yet it was Hughes who, sometimes, captained Australia.
Admittedly that wouldn't be considered weird today, if only because Marsh and Hughes would hardly be playing for WA if they were still around. But back then national team players still played quite a bit of state cricket.
The game still seems quite a good level (albeit it does seem to be a bit of Dads Army creeping in) but the TV coverage can make or break it. And it's not only the commentary, it's the graphics, the camera work, the sound quality, the relevance and timing of information shown etc. They're getting all of that wrong this year imo whereas in the channel 10 days and first year of 7, it was an absolute strength, especially in comparison to the channel 9 test coverage.
I agree that it's a good filler for the off season and unlike others, I have no problem with it starting in Dec. I love coming home from work in Summer and actually having something on the tv that I can watch!
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How’s the swagger and confidence of Zampa to demand the last over and deliver a win despite three s**t fielding efforts in the last over
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Lol yeah they really did him dirty didn't they.
not as embarrassing as England's morning
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I love this prank the Barmy Army played on Hazlewood while he was signing autographs:
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Would have worked a bit better if they correctly worded it. Sear is something you do when you cook isn't it?
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Aussie Oscar Piastri is the Formula 2 (F1 feeder series) champion.
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I am a Orlando magic fan. Massive fan of Shaq and Horace Grant when they made the NBA finals in 1995.
Saying that I usually watch when an Aussie is playing.
Saying that I am currently watching an A-league game between Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory
The kid deserves an F1 seat. More so than many on the grid.
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Yep, but money talks. That is the only reason Zhou got a seat for next year and Oscar didn't. We just have to hope Alonso retires next year and Oscar gets the Alpine seat for 2023 which is what everyone is banking on.
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Scorchers getting stuffed again on the back end of double header , going to be playing till like 1am..
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114 not out for Munro. 1/195 with only a run out, pretty shitty bowling effort from Adelaide
Should be driving F1 4 Mclaren in 22 or at least 23.
Ricciardo is playing the clown too much. Fine when u can get the times on the board not when ur baby teammate shows u up for a pretender.
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He should be in the Alpine as he is an Alpine academy driver. I don't know where you pulled McLaren from especially when you have teams like Williams and Aston Martin that could use him more than McLaren. Hell, I'd throw Alpha Tauri in there too if Tsunoda hadn't improved so much in the 2nd half of the season.
As for Ricciardo, he is being shown up because it is his first season in the McLaren which Lando has been in for years. He has had to come to grips with and adapt to a whole new car that is not set up to his strengths. That is not to mention that Daniel has actually outscored Lando since the mid-season break despite having a DNF, a collision with Bottas, and that fuel issue where the computer glitched and said there was way less than there was.
Looks like the scorchers will be on the road for the rest of the season.
This is some ****ing horseshit, McGowan is becoming a pain in the arse.
Just open up already, we're at 80%
This is some ****ing horseshit, McGowan is becoming a pain in the arse.
Just open up already, we're at 80%
