2nd ODI; Australia v England at the Gabba.

[peppy la pew]

Woakes is having a good game, was changing it up when bowling and went 1-37, also effected 2 run outs and is having a solid bat at the death

Massive improvement on his shitful Test performances

 

[Quinz]

Really odd captaincy this game.

 

[BluesMan]

lol bowling marsh now, how utterly ridiculous

 

[Leeda]

Shot.

where.. where did it go... ?

 

[SSwans2011]

Finch and Head bowled all those overs and this is Marsh's first?

Maybe Smith should captain smarter.

 

[Big Bryza]

The crazy thing about Head is that no-ones even really gone after him, they've just put away the bad balls. If Smith is dumb enough to give him another over he could concede over 30.

It's odd. Head was under bowled in the first match, so it was as if Smith was instructed to pump overs into him tonight to make up for it. Especially with no front line spinner. The thing is, Head is no more than part time poo, it's crazy that Lyon who is in the prime of his career is not being selected in ODIs.

Time to sort this fcukin batting order out as well. Cam White gets picked and bats at 7 when he's not a sloggers a$$hole.

Head and one of Stoinis/M.Marsh need to be dropped or 'rotated' out of the squad. The latter 2 are basically the same player and there is only place for one of those types.

 

[ROOTA#6]

Mitch Marsh now????

 

[roscreasl98]

Mate these odis have approx 1.1 to 1.2 million viewers australia wide and have almost $90 million bet on them at betfair.

That's definitely not rubbish, that's very good numbers. Most afl games dont come anywere near those numbers

1/ Because there is nothing else on.
2/ Since when did the amount of money bet on an event become the deciding factor whether its good or not?

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

carey getting dropped for "can't make tassie's team" paine would be an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE

If Paine is fit, Carey goes.
But, has shown enough to be next cab now.
Should be Aussie T20 keeper in next series. Let Paine go to South Africa early

 

[Big Bryza]

Whom?

You wot m8?

 

[passmark]

Really good debut by Richardson

Only bowler who's stayed on message for all his spells.

Game would have been over way earlier without him.

 

[eddiesmith]

We've lacked a bit of firepower with the ball. I feel like picking a long batting lineup rarely comes off, because if you get a big score, it's invariably because of a couple of players in the top 4.

Problem is picking a long batting order but not playing players in their right spot

The only player from 4-8 who can’t really go whack from ball 1 was at 7! Marsh can hit them but went into need to survive a bit longer mode and Head was useless.

It might have worked if White was 4, Head 6, Stoinis 7. But we’ll never know. Next game White will be dropped for Zampa. Not sure what they’ll do bowling wise, be harsh to drop Jhye but they’ll probably want to play the 3 NSW bowlers in Sydney! Smart move would be keep Hazlewood out for another and bring in Cummins for Tye

 

[HBF]

Smith needs to bat like Root in the ODI'S.

 

[Jimthegreat]

carey getting dropped for "can't make tassie's team" paine would be an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE

Paine hasn't done alot wrong.

 

[ROOTA#6]

It's odd. Head was under bowled in the first match, so it was as if Smith was instructed to pump overs into him tonight to make up for it. Especially with no front line spinner. The thing is, Head is no more than part time poo, it's crazy that Lyon who is in the prime of his career is not being selected in ODIs.

Time to sort this fcukin batting order out as well. Cam White gets picked and bats at 7 when he's not a sloggers a$$hole.

Head and one of Stoinis/M.Marsh need to be dropped or 'rotated' out of the squad. The latter 2 are basically the same player and there is only place for one of those types.

Smith captains by pre determined plans. He has no feel for the game. The bastard can obviously bat but he ain't a captains a-hole in my view

 

[HODGEYROAD]

We need to try and give chasing a go in the 3rd game, if they know what the target is they might bat with more urgency.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Smith captains by pre determined plans. He has no feel for the game. The bastard can obviously bat but he ain't a captains a-hole in my view

bring back Bailey as skipper for ODIs

 

[wagstaff]

Get the feeling Stoinis won’t be in contention for MOM here.

 

[roscreasl98]

Root is easily man of the match. 2 key wickets, solid 40-50+ score

He had to do something after his rubbish Ashes series.....

 

[Torz]

Smith needs to bat like Root in the ODI'S.

He kind of does, he's just found ways to get out this series just as he's getting going.

 

[peppy la pew]

Why does Smith bring Marsh on when its all over. Not the first time he's done this.

What is the point bowling him now?

Well there goes the shoulder injury theory

It's absolutely mystifying that he bowls Head and Finch before MMarsh, they have definitely cocked up not going with 4 strike bowlers

 

[Bradesmaen]

Probably would have won with our first choice bowling attack rather than this bunch

Really? The same bowling lineup that got spanked in Melbourne? I'm not even sure what our first choice lineup is they have rotated them that much and the players who have been in are not that good. Cummins keeps getting mentioned, but the last time he played a good ODI was against Ireland. He's been spanked in almost every match since and averages over 30, basically what an Allrounder should be averaging. Tye doesn't seem a right fit, Richardson is ok, but doesn't seem like the right person either. That 3rd bowling slot behind Hazelwood and Starc just can't be filled at the moment.

 

[Crowked]

Have we been experimenting for something coming in the future? Probably the only explanation for absolutely ridiculous selection and captaincy.

That was embarrassing.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Whilst I hate watching the Aussies lose, England play good entertaining cricket

 

[imperial_oz]

Well that was simply awful.

Wrong lineup. Wrong approach. No plans in the field. No batting strategy.

No ******* idea.

Add in some simply s**t bowling, 50 - 80 runs short and yet another embarrassing loss