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Yuck. Why would we want another bits and pieces all rounder stinking it up at 6?
I’ll happily support India if we end up with a team with both Finch and Stoinis in it.
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Yuck. Why would we want another bits and pieces all rounder stinking it up at 6?
I’ll happily support India if we end up with a team with both Finch and Stoinis in it.
Didn't realise Stoinis had injured himself. Makes that second innings effort with the bat even more meritorious.
Same 11 is the best decision for me.
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Would be quite surprised if there were any changes to the side. You really need Finch making a half century, it might make all the difference.
Slight overexaggeration but you get the point. Neither are test quality
Ian Botham? You been on the sauce Jim? Botham was 21 when he debuted for England, Stoinis is already 29. Botham made over 5000 runs for the Somerset list A side even before he played for England. Stoinis has about half of those runs in his whole career. He has not taken a 5 wicket haul in over 50 first class games, Botham got 5 wickets in an innings in his first test. It is like comparing a Volkswagen to a Rolls Royce.Stoinis would be an interesting inclusion. His bare statistics don't demand he get picked, but he has something about him that makes him look like he will succeed at test level. Reminds me a lot of a young Ian Botham. (Whose stats at FC level were not that great when he got picked to play for England).
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Did I say Stoinis was on the same level or have you been drinking the said sauce ?
Stoinis can take the game away from an opposition team quickly. Australia, without Smith and Warner don't seem to have anybody with the X factor. Australia seems to be a team just hanging on and a boost from somebody like Stoinis could be the shot in the arm that they need. Same reason people want Maxwell in the team. Not suggesting that Maxwell is the new Garfield Sobers (in case you get any ideas).
For the record, I was a teenager when Botham came on the scene. I followed his entire career. The 81 Ashes is my favourite series in history. I know how good he was.
Dunno about supporting the opposition, but definitely agree on no bits & pieces all rounder.
A luxury we can't afford right now is a bits & pieces player at 6. Since at least half the time he walks out to bat at 4/150 or worse, we need a stoic, gritty type that can play a long patient innings, bat with the tail and get the score up to 300. We haven't even got one of those TBH. No chasing all rounders at 6 until the top 5 is settled and we are reliably getting 4/300 before he gets a bat.
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Interesting to see how this pitch plays. Looks to be retaining the same bounce characteristics of the WACA so it might give our bowlers an advantage. Although saying that, Ishant & Bumrah really did well with the short balls and blasted a few of our batsmen out. It looks like Ishant has learnt a lot from his previous two tours.
Unchanged line-up for me. Finch really needs a good start as the senior guy in our opening spot otherwise I'd be looking at Joe Burns for the third test. Marsh also needs a good home test. Hopefully Handscomb will like the extra bounce for his back foot technique.
Unchanged line-up for me. Finch really needs a good start as the senior guy in our opening spot otherwise I'd be looking at Joe Burns for the third test. Marsh also needs a good home test. Hopefully Handscomb will like the extra bounce for his back foot technique.
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Any bets on he'll stuff up in the 3rd umpires chair?
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Cheteshwar Pujara was deservedly man of the match, while 21-year-old Rishabh Pant equalled the record for most catches in a test match with 11, dropping what would have been the 12th catch and record off Lyon.
Lyon was easily the best for the Aussies, scoring 62 unbeaten runs and taking 8 wickets, while the tail wagged the dog, averaging 26 runs per wicket compared to the batters 24 runs.
Australian Captain Tim Paine is the only player in doubt after suffering a blow to his right thumb and forefinger in the second innings. Glenn Maxwell looks to be the most likely inclusion to the squad, scoring 57 and 37 against WA, including a ridiculously unlucky runout, while Mitchell Marsh took 1-102 off 27 overs, scoring 32 runs.
Joe Burns is another batsman that could make his way into the test squad, scoring two half-centuries in his last two shield matches.
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Does anyone look at our batting and think, yep, they’ll score some runs?
I actually don’t know - bar perhaps Usman- who’s likely to ton up the whole series.
I actually don’t know - bar perhaps Usman- who’s likely to ton up the whole series.
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Head does. Kahwaja is capable. Handscomb worth persisting and could hit the form of 2 years a go. Anyone from the tail (bar Hazlewood) could notch a 50.
No he’s not. The two right arm quicks are better. They just don’t stand out as much because we have a lot of gun quicks. Lyon sticks out like dogs balls because he’s the only world class spinner we’ve had in a decade. He’s certainly good and very reliable but anyone averaging 32 with the ball needs to bring something else to the table to be considered better than others averaging in the low 20s, even allowing for the fact that spinners traditionally average a few more
I don’t know why any Aussie fan would be upset if he did. All it does is enhance the likelihood of him taking wickets off no balls - like the one certain wicket in Adelaide and a second that may have joined it.
If he gets called once or twice straight up he probably moves his mark and doesn’t bowl them again. Instead he’s got no idea he’s that close, and it’s not until later he gets pinged
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I don't think its something that is as easily fixed as moving his mark. He clearly knew he was bowling them after the Finch LBW yet continued to bowl them.
Moving your mark doesn't do anything when its a feel thing. Sharma would be jumping from a particular spot and its really hard to get into a mindset of jumping from a bit further back. I know because I've had the same problem in the past.
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Forces you to focus on the ground too, instead of where you'll be bowling at, messes up your rhythm
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I wonder what Pluggers thoughts on this are??
I understand what you mean, albeit I haven’t had the problem with it as such as I aim to land a foot short of the line. And you’re right, it doesn’t cure the problem. But a bowler is far more likely to not bowl them if he’s called straight away in a spell. I see it on a spell by spell basis watching shannon Gabriel do the same thing.
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