Australia's tour of the West Indies 2021 (5 T20Is, 3 ODIs)

[PhatBoy]

Interesting to see that zampa was a victim of no doubt a head lice pandemic

 

[Bedi]

fair little comeback

 

[magpiemaniac44]

Zamps with a buzz cut.. eek.

Only explanation is that he lost a bet

 

[PhatBoy]

That’s pitched a light year outside leg stump why would you review that

 

[PhatBoy]

Buddha on a stick this bloke has some power

 

[Torz]

Fair to say that Pollard doesn't think much of Zampa's bowling.

 

[PhatBoy]

Fair to say that Pollard doesn't think much of Zampa's bowling.

If I could hit the ball like that I wouldn’t either

 

[Westend]

Zamps going the distance

 

[PhatBoy]

It’s criminal that pollard never even attempted a red ball career. The bloke can genuinely play

 

[BGman]

Carey get Zamps off.. going at 15 an over. Turner bowls decent off spin.

Good first over in international cricket by Wes Agar.

 

[jle101]

It’s criminal that pollard never even attempted a red ball career. The bloke can genuinely play

Is it that he never attempted, or that the WICB saw him only as an ODI specialist? I agree that it has been one of the strangest non-selections of the past 10 years.

 

[Bedi]

You'd think he'd be in the best XI to never play test cricket

 

[PhatBoy]

Is it that he never attempted, or that the WICB saw him only as an ODI specialist? I agree that it has been one of the strangest non-selections of the past 10 years.

He hasn’t played a first class match for six years but he averaged 37 and hit four hundreds in 27 games.

it is surprising that he was never given a chance at that stage and I’d say he saw the dollar signs and thought it wasn’t worth pursuing

 

[PhatBoy]

That was well bowled

 

[Santana]

What were Pollard and Carey talking about?

Nice bowling Mitch

 

[jle101]

He hasn’t played a first class match for six years but he averaged 37 and hit four hundreds in 27 games.

it is surprising that he was never given a chance at that stage and I’d say he saw the dollar signs and thought it wasn’t worth pursuing

Could very well have been the case. Realistically he could have slotted into the Test team sometime well before 2010. Averaging 37 in Windies domestic is nothing to scoff at.

 

[jle101]

You'd think he'd be in the best XI to never play test cricket

My attempt at selecting such a team. I'm sure there are quite a few others I can't think of right now.

Jamie Cox
Ryan Campbell+
Jamie Siddons
David Hussey
Steve Tikolo
Ryan ten Doeschate
Clive Rice
Franklyn Stephenson
Alan Kourie
Don Shepherd
Garth Le Roux

Unlucky: Mahadevan Sathasivam, Eddie Gilbert, Kieron Pollard, Ian Harvey, Bart King, Vince van der Bijl, Ray Jennings

 

[Bedi]

if they kept Starc on, game prob would've been over a long time ago

 

[Santana]

Starc gets Pollard

Ball game

 

[Bedi]

My attempt at selecting such a team. I'm sure there are quite a few others I can't think of right now.

Jamie Cox
Ryan Campbell+
Jamie Siddons
David Hussey
Steve Tikolo
Ryan ten Doeschate
Clive Rice
Franklyn Stephenson
Alan Kourie
Don Shepherd
Garth Le Roux

Unlucky: Mahadevan Sathasivam, Eddie Gilbert, Kieron Pollard, Ian Harvey, Bart King, Vince van der Bijl, Ray Jennings

Steve Tikolo is a good selection! Once saw him destroy in a domestic game in Dhaka back in 2001

 

[Manbearpig77]

Brilliant return from Starc. Desperately needed him to find confidence and rhythm again.

Have been pretty frustrated with Starc for a while, but it's great to see him back. Well done mate.

 

[BGman]

A blast from the past with the ball by Starc.

 

[jle101]

Steve Tikolo is a good selection! Once saw him destroy in a domestic game in Dhaka back in 2001

I reckon Tikolo could have walked into most Test sides circa 1999 - 2003.

Edit: Probably could have included Kyle Coetzer up top. Would sub him him for Campbell & play Jennings as keeper ahead of one of the middle order batsmen, possibly ten Doeschate.

 

[PhatBoy]

Starc could have had six-fer here if he wasn’t trying to win a pissing contest

 

[Westend]

well good win by the lads