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[Daniel McL]

Anyone else watch the T20 on tonight?

Incredible game of cricket. Australia winning on the final ball chasing 205! Warner & Maxwell highest ever T20I partnership for Australia.

1-1 in series heading to Cape Town for decider

 

[Art Vandelay_]

For heck sakes Victoria. Losing again.

Then again, missing a few so they can play a meaningless T20 match doesn't help. Need to beat the scum in The Alice for that home final.

 

[Daniel McL]

So so so so happy to see NZ smash India in their first WT20 match!

Ball spun so much not even Indians could play it well enough. Santner 4/11!

 

[Daniel McL]

With the amount of spin over there my XI for Australia would be:

1. Finch
2. Watson
3. Khawaja
4. Smith
5. Warner
6. Maxwell
7. Faulkner
8. Nevill
9. Zampa
10. Agar
11. Hazlewood

Pace options: Hazlewood, Watson & Faulkner, Faulkner for the death too with those slower balls.

Spin options: Zampa, Agar/Boyce, Maxwell, even Smith.

This lineup is a very strong batting line-up while also giving us plenty of bowling options

Personally going Agar > Boyce because of 2 reasons:
1. Agar is a much better batter than Boyce.
2. Agar bowls a different type of spin to Zampa, yes it spins the same way but just the action & how it comes out & how it is flighted is very different, think you can't have both Zampa & Boyce because they are very similar players.

Bring it on

 

[Cattery]

So so so so happy to see NZ smash India in their first WT20 match!

Ball spun so much not even Indians could play it well enough. Santner 4/11!

Beautiful wasn't it, you'd think they'd be a bit less obvious with their cheating wouldn't you.

Hopefully it goes the same way as the Test series against England recently, ball was turning square on the first day of the first test which India won, then Dhoni came out and said he wanted even more turn for the next one.

Well he got it, only trouble for them was that Panasar and Swann routed them and England went on the win the series, which just confirms the old saying that cheats never prosper I guess.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

What a gritty last day. Only lost 4 wickets batting for the draw. Kept New South Fails out of the final.

#BackToBack

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Bushies

 

[FredLeDeux]

Bushies

Looking pretty good now, NSFB.
How about that Mick Lewis, eh, "you can take the boy out of the Borough, but...."

 

[catempire]

#vicsdoitbetter

 

[JUBJUB]

VICTORIA !!!

 

[Art Vandelay_]

#vicsdoitbetter

This win belongs to Cameron White. Were seriously struggling without Maxwell, Siddle, Pattinson and Hastings. That gritty innings to secire the last round draw. Should not be undersold.

#BackToBack

 

[rocker_oz33]

Ben stokes .

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Rollicking start by the Pommies. 28 in the first hour.

Some things never change under Cook... zZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZ

 

[GeelongFTW]

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Looks like we're getting closer to the death of test cricket or at the very least the death of the smaller test nations.

Test division system again looks like being slated to come in.

 

[Daniel McL]

AUS vs SL first test just started.

Aussies bowling first, good to see Starc back for us.

Warner
Burns
Khawaja
Smith
Voges
M. Marsh
Nevill
O'Keefe
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Pack of hacks. Cannot do anything on a pitch that isn't a road. Moves in the air in England. Go to water. Move off the pitch on the subcontinent. Go to water.

India will have underperformed in our series there soon if they don't innings defeat us every game.

 

[Cataholic]

Aussies have got Sri Lanka at 5-26.

Not a bad start, and not even lunch on the first day.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Proud to be Australian today FredLeDeux lost 5 wickets in less than 40 minutes of play.
So inept in conditions less than perfect for batting.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Proud to be Australian today FredLeDeux lost 5 wickets in less than 40 minutes of play.
So inept in conditions less than perfect for batting.

Yes, we're not very good.
"World Number 1" can be a misleading title when world cricket's at a low ebb as it is at present.

Still, it reminds me of Bradman's (apocryphal) question "Why would you want to play billiards on a torn table?"

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Bloody hell. Just pick 6 batsmen.
Marsh isn't a test standard allrounder.

 

[rocker_oz33]

The Dons museum was pretty cool,few snaps here..
The Don.

 

[BotsMaster]

The Dons museum was pretty cool,few snaps here..
View attachment 306789 View attachment 306788 The Don.
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Have been there before, was very cool. I remember the oval that's just outside being covered in duck and rabbit poo.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Have been there before, was very cool. I remember the oval that's just outside being covered in duck and rabbit poo.

The oval was in great nick didn't see any poo.
The pitch had some huge cracks Tony Grieg would of lost he's key.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

#vicsdoitbetter

I'm starting to think we'll go B2B2B this season.
Tour of India for national side late Feb through to April. That should see a lot of the NSW crew unavailable. they look our biggest threat.

Most of our batsmen are in the development phase so won't depart. Still have Quiney in reserve.
The bowling attack looks likely to be untouched. Only Siddle may go. Arguably the best Shield attack already with Boland, Tremain and Holland. Then have Pattinson to return yet.

Keep this squad untouched by the national squad and B2B2B is looking promising.
Hopefully that then puts some players in the eyes of the selectors in the next 12 months.