Big Cricket Thread

[Westend]

Cam Green's current stint in the T20 side is coming to an end, has been found out as an opener.

To be fair it's not his natural position

Have you seen Finch's form as an opener for the past 3 years

 

[Westend]

Get Greeny back amongst the Shield action. Good for him, good for WA, bring it on.

Wouldn't mind seeing greenie back at four before the test for WA

 

[darksquare]

Get Greeny back amongst the Shield action. Good for him, good for WA, bring it on.

And if you're going to saw him off before a milestone, make it 200 rather than 100...

 

[kane249]

Have you seen Finch's form as an opener for the past 3 years

So get someone else in then? Try Inglis as an opener since he does it for the Scorchers

 

[Tugga27]

So get someone else in then? Try Inglis as an opener since he does it for the Scorchers

They've put up with Finch's loss of form for a long time now.
They're not sacking him a few weeks before the WC.

 

[Agent93]

They've put up with Finch's loss of form for a long time now.
They're not sacking him a few weeks before the WC.

CA have been doing the "pick the captain, then pick the team" thing for more than a decade now. Unfortunately this has meant when the captain plays a specific position (wicket-keeper, opener) potential replacements stack up form behind them and don't get a look in.

 

[Ochre]

To be fair to finch, his T20 form hasn't been that bad. It's just the ODIs where he's been terrible.

 

[Tugga27]

To be fair to finch, his T20 form hasn't been that bad. It's just the ODIs where he's been terrible.

Seriously?

He's hardly made a run in 2 years.
And when he has got a score, his strike rate has been poor.

 

[Ochre]

Seriously?

He's hardly made a run in 2 years.
And when he has got a score, his strike rate has been poor.

Averaged basically 28 at 124 in both 2021 and 22. Strike rate isn't great but with how the team is set up these days, assuming Smith stays out, I think he can work as the anchor role. I'd keep him at 4 over opening though.

 

[Tugga27]

Averaged basically 28 at 124 in both 2021 and 22. Strike rate isn't great but with how the team is set up these days, assuming Smith stays out, I think he can work as the anchor role. I'd keep him at 4 over opening though.

I agree with him batting at 4 and replacing Smith.
Unfortunately, he's going back to opening which will be disaster.

 

[FKASC]

Matt Kelly already our best all-rounder

 

[darksquare]

Matt Kelly already our best all-rounder

If we count wicketkeepers as all-rounders, we can field more than a whole side:

Whiteman
Bancroft
M Marsh
Inglis
Green
Cartwright
Turner
Stoinis
Philippe
Short
Hardie
Agar

Kelly might get a game if we only pick one keeper

 

[Bender_]

 

[matthew_s]

Aussies peaking at the right time

 

[Truckosaurus]

Let us never speak of this game and the many bad choices made in it ever again.

 

[matthew_s]

could have played one game in canberra and 2 in perth...perth where we havent had a mens international for more than 2 years and surely are owed some love from CA

instead they have 2 in canberra, where its cold and wet and the crowd is small.

****ing moronic.

 

[Tugga27]

could have played one game in canberra and 2 in perth...perth where we havent had a mens international for more than 2 years and surely are owed some love from CA

instead they have 2 in canberra, where its cold and wet and the crowd is small.

******* moronic.

Too far for the precious players to travel mate.
That's why they only sent half a team.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Finch is saying the players are fatigued. Which leads to the question of why they've kept the same 12-13 players (Perth excepted) rather than rotating for the last three months.

 

[Tugga27]

Finch is saying the players are fatigued. Which leads to the question of why they've kept the same 12-13 players (Perth excepted) rather than rotating for the last three months.

Half the side never went to the sub continent anyway.

Good way to divert the attention away from Finch's form I guess.

 

[Ochre]

Don't want to get ahead of myself, but Sri Lanka have Namibia 81/4 at GMHBA.

We could finally be about to see a blue and gold team win in Geelong.

 

[Ochre]

Don't want to get ahead of myself, but Sri Lanka have Namibia 81/4 at GMHBA.

We could finally be about to see a blue and gold team win in Geelong.

lmao

 

[Dazzler9]

lmao

Me too

 

[Dazzler9]

5-74 now

 

[Dazzler9]

Thoughts avishka5 ?

 

[Truckosaurus]

Ochre = Dazzler