CB Series Game 9 - Australia vs Sri Lanka, Hobart (ODI)

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Bradesmaen

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#52
So when will Warner be dropped? Clearly average in this format.

Also, time to go for a different keeper in Nevill? One that can actually keep and bat above state level?
 

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#53
2 good innings, in 5 matches opening. Plus the t20 innings opening....

Small sample size but his innings down the order have beench worse than opening....
The 45 was average at best, for anyone that watched it. It is early days but the signs aren't great with the bat. His keeping has been fine IMO.
 

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Also.. when will they realise that Forrest although a good player, is not ODI material, unless he is batting in the Hussey role.
 

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#58
When's Warner gonna get dropped?

He isn't playing aggressively.Just prods around for a few overs then goes out.He needs to play his natural game because his looking very ordinary when he doesn't.
 

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#64
It really is ridiculous calling for Wades head at this stage.
Best available but he is going to need to convert an innings into a really good score if he's going to bat up the order.

His keepings been passable but he's still a little slow in securing the ball of the slower bowlers, keeps moving the hands back rather than moving them towards the stumps as he collects.

he stays but he needs to show his progress.
 

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Forrest is making runs but I'd love it if he could kick it up a notch. Batting a bit too slowly for ODI.
that was something people had latched onto even in his first innings i think. not rotating the strike as much as he needs to. in a way us losing early wickets means that he ends up with a free pass to go a bit slow. it will be interesting to see how he goes in better positions.
 

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Why are people bagging Forrest? He's probably been our most consistent batsman since he was picked. He might not be a batsman who will go at a run a ball, but we've seen so far this series that big 300+ scores are hard to come by and not usually required.

I think that the main thing that Forrest needs to work on is rotating the strike by picking up singles. That will come with experience and batting with the likes of Clarke and the Hussey's will do him the world of good.
 

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Why are people bagging Forrest? He's probably been our most consistent batsman since he was picked. He might not be a batsman who will go at a run a ball, but we've seen so far this series that big 300+ scores are hard to come by and not usually required.

I think that the main thing that Forrest needs to work on is rotating the strike by picking up singles. That will come with experience and batting with the likes of Clarke and the Hussey's will do him the world of good.
I wasn't bagging him, I just think he needs to lift it up a notch and stop leaving so many dot balls. A strike rate of 60 is a tad too low in ODI's for my liking, especially in Hobart.
 
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