Pakis appealing for everything every ******* ball getting very tiring. Shouldn't have used up your reviews on s**t you silly campaigners.
Off-topic Bay Cricket Pt 3: THE one and only Ashes
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Magnificent effort Aussies.
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Massive respect for that 140 over 4th innings effort for a draw.
It's almost like we can be proud of our cricket team again.
Almost. When they pick Maxi I will be.
Almost. When they pick Maxi I will be.
Which one of you Aussies asked Moeen Ali what time his kebab shop opens.
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Khawaja is the only batsman in the current team better than him. It's a joke.
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^^This. Quality effort, but it doesn't erase that f*** up.
Still not sold on Finch either.
Made as many runs in the 4th innings as the Marsh brothers combined.
I will never be sold on Finch. Can you imagine him opening in England? 1 for 0.
Maxwell would be in my team but the Vic boner brigade carry on like it's some Dean Jones level of cricketing talent missing out.
That is the talent level.
I don't back players based on their state, I do it on their talent.
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This is why it remains more amusing for him to not be in there.
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Theyll do what they normally do. Pick him when Victoria or the stars need him most.
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Same. There's no way in my mind that Finch should be picked ahead of Renshaw, but the campaigner made two decent scores.
Well at least then he'd get a test in Australia.
Which leads to the most baffling thing of all, we often pick sides based off runs made here, yet our troubles are overseas. It's the wrong way around, we should pick guys capable of scoring against Sub-continental spin and English swing, because basically any Australian cricketer worth anything can make runs at home (Shaun Marsh is the only recent exception to that rule).
I think Mike Hussey had a Shield average in the 30s and a County average over 60 when he got picked.
They left him out of the 2005 Ashes tour, but picked him in the first Test the following summer.
They left him out of the 2005 Ashes tour, but picked him in the first Test the following summer.
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Hussey was banging the door down in those ODIs too, but Ashes team from memory still carried the glory of that India win. Katich, Clarke, and Martyn all got f***ed off following the Ashes, all got their spots back eventually.
The revolving door policy for batsmen isn't good, but it'd keep a few accountable.
Langer and Hayden were washed up by 2005. And the Poms cheated and got MBEs for it so Vaughan could expose himself as a massive ball-tampering hypocrite.
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This thread is cursed
Every time I slag off either a player or a team they have a blinder the next day
Every time I slag off either a player or a team they have a blinder the next day
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He'll get a test all right, a dead rubber.Same. There's no way in my mind that Finch should be picked ahead of Renshaw, but the campaigner made two decent scores.
Well at least then he'd get a test in Australia.
Which leads to the most baffling thing of all, we often pick sides based off runs made here, yet our troubles are overseas. It's the wrong way around, we should pick guys capable of scoring against Sub-continental spin and English swing, because basically any Australian cricketer worth anything can make runs at home (Shaun Marsh is the only recent exception to that rule).
I wouldn't be surprised our selectors don't even look ahead to the next series.
The fact some bloke got an MBE for 9 whole runs says a lot.
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All this time for Khwajah.
Looked like a superstar in the making when he first came in to the side, 19 reinventions of himself, and at last he has put a stamp on the game that will not be forgotten.
Even if it turns out to be a Tom Boyd moment in time.
What could have been if he wasn't dropped at the first opportunity along the way. Imagine if he'd been given the patience and time to grow that Ponting and S.Waugh got.
Looked like a superstar in the making when he first came in to the side, 19 reinventions of himself, and at last he has put a stamp on the game that will not be forgotten.
Even if it turns out to be a Tom Boyd moment in time.
What could have been if he wasn't dropped at the first opportunity along the way. Imagine if he'd been given the patience and time to grow that Ponting and S.Waugh got.
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And drop the Marsh brothers
Worth it just to set up Warnie's sledge.
Mate, we gotta live in the real world. More chance of Scott Morrison disowning fossil fuels.
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Warnie said it best to Collingwood. MBE = "Must be embarrassed."
Both got dropped. But your point is accurate, if Khawaja (or Maxwell) got given as many chances as the Marshes have received...
Stunning Australia collapse v Pakistan sets unwanted 44-year-old record
Incredibly, it wasn't even Australia’s worst ten-wicket collapse of the year.
7th 10 wicket collapse for less than 100 since 2016 .
Worst of all test nations .
Incredibly, it wasn't even Australia’s worst ten-wicket collapse of the year.
7th 10 wicket collapse for less than 100 since 2016 .
Worst of all test nations .
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Do the Marshes have nude picks of the selectors or something?
It's like they're trying to get something out of them that just isn't there.
