Fourth Test team

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Haha, clearly you know cricket. Has taken 48 wickets this calender year at 21. Reckon Mitch Marsh could do that?

I mean he could considering he's got all that potential and whatnot

 

[Marcel Proust]

Haha, clearly you know cricket. Has taken 48 wickets this calender year at 21. Reckon Mitch Marsh could do that?

Marshes bowling was actually pretty important. The Australia bowlers would have been well knackered without him

Flashbacks to White playing in India as our number 1 spinner. What a world

White would be pretty good as a 2nd spinner... / all rounder

10000 runs @ 40+ first class too just quietly. Better average than most in the shield this season too.

About the same age as Tim Paine who is hardly fantastic either

 

[bluespooner]

Will Pucovski has more runs in 2 games at 3 than Labuschagne does in 5. Hell, his innings in Perth has almost as many runs as Marnus. Sangha has batted 5 or 7 every game. So yeah, you're full of it.

Labuschagne is techniquely a better batsman. He had 2 tests in the UAE and performed commendably, how many chances do all the dud Victorians get that shouldn't have been selected in the first place as they don't have the techniques to stand-up to Test match cricket - referring to Harris, Finch and Handscombe; the lot of them are just walking wickets.

In addition, to which Labuschagne provided a useful bowling alternative and judging by his catching in the UAE he has Peter Siddle covered in the field.

 

[WCE Wizard]

Our top 6 have helped his reputation no end, unless I' mistaken he bowls the same straight as an arrow shit that M Marsh bowls.

Man Bumrah bowled well in England and South Africa and he is bowling really well here as well. Bumrah can swing the ball both ways. Mitch Marsh offers nothing sadly he keeps getting a game

 

[freddy mercury]

Hazlewood or Starc for Fawad Ahmed. Think we need a leg spinner to take it away from all their right handers. Hazlewood needs a rest, looks cooked, Starc is outta form.

M.Marsh out. Anyone in.
Shaun Marsh to open, direct swap with Finch.

 

[rippersnipper]

Just pick the 6 blokes with the highest averages over the past season and a half at shield level. If they're 50 years old who cares. Once you have a solid team of accumulators, you can the slowly blood the kids in because the team can more than likely carry them. At the present that just isn't possible.

 

[hawkman]

Labuschagne is techniquely a better batsman. He had 2 tests in the UAE and performed commendably, how many chances do all the dud Victorians get that shouldn't have been selected in the first place as they don't have the techniques to stand-up to Test match cricket - referring to Harris, Finch and Handscombe; the lot of them are just walking wickets.

In addition, to which Labuschagne provided a useful bowling alternative and judging by his catching in the UAE he has Peter Siddle covered in the field.

He averaged 20 with the bat, that isn't commendable

 

[bird_man]

Labuschagne is techniquely a better batsman. He had 2 tests in the UAE and performed commendably, how many chances do all the dud Victorians get that shouldn't have been selected in the first place as they don't have the techniques to stand-up to Test match cricket - referring to Harris, Finch and Handscombe; the lot of them are just walking wickets.

In addition, to which Labuschagne provided a useful bowling alternative and judging by his catching in the UAE he has Peter Siddle covered in the field.

If his technique is so good, why cant he average more than 29 at FC level?

He was quite poor in the UAE too. Even Finch out performed him by a long, long way.

 

[Cold Sober]

Haha, clearly you know cricket. Has taken 48 wickets this calender year at 21. Reckon Mitch Marsh could do that?

HaHa, read what I posted, I'm supposed to be the idiot around here,

 

[eth-dog]

Labuschagne is techniquely a better batsman. He had 2 tests in the UAE and performed commendably, how many chances do all the dud Victorians get that shouldn't have been selected in the first place as they don't have the techniques to stand-up to Test match cricket - referring to Harris, Finch and Handscombe; the lot of them are just walking wickets.

In addition, to which Labuschagne provided a useful bowling alternative and judging by his catching in the UAE he has Peter Siddle covered in the field.

He really isn't but go on and have fun with your little rant. I like Marnus, however he's simply not test standard at this stage of his career.

 

[bird_man]

I'm supposed to be the idiot around here,

Correct

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

About the same age as Tim Paine who is hardly fantastic either

Cam White is a completely different player to Tim Paine. But yes I suppose they are about the same age.
Minus Gilchrist can you name many Aus wicketkeepers with a test batting average as good as Paine? His glove work is certainly very sound too. I think he's doing ok all things considered

 

[saj_21]

Labuschagne is techniquely a better batsman. He had 2 tests in the UAE and performed commendably, how many chances do all the dud Victorians get that shouldn't have been selected in the first place as they don't have the techniques to stand-up to Test match cricket - referring to Harris, Finch and Handscombe; the lot of them are just walking wickets.

In addition, to which Labuschagne provided a useful bowling alternative and judging by his catching in the UAE he has Peter Siddle covered in the field.

What part of 0, 13, 25 and 43 is performing commedably?

What has Peter Siddle got do with anything?

The main basis for picking our number 6 shouldn’t be “he bowls handy leggies”

Finch made scores in UAE, but now deserves to be dropped. Harris has only been slightly better, has only been dismissed for under 20 once? Hadnscomb beat up on Pakistan at home and made runs. Other than that has been disappointing.

 

[bluespooner]

He averaged 20 with the bat, that isn't commendable

Two tests on turning wicket is not a huge sample and one of the outs was a very unlucky run-out at the bowler's end.

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Two tests on turning wicket is not a huge sample and one of the outs was a very unlucky run-out at the bowler's end.

It was a loss of concentration, not unlucky

 

[Marcel Proust]

Just pick the 6 blokes with the highest averages over the past season and a half at shield level. If they're 50 years old who cares. Once you have a solid team of accumulators, you can the slowly blood the kids in because the team can more than likely carry them. At the present that just isn't possible.

does anyone have the stats to this?

 

[saj_21]

Two tests on turning wicket is not a huge sample and one of the outs was a very unlucky run-out at the bowler's end.

That run out was the second stupidest bit of cricket I’ve seen, only surpassed by the Pakistan batsmen who didn’t realise the ball didn’t hit the rope. It was poor cricket not bad luck

Harris has had only three tests but that’s enough to judge him a walking wicket?

 

[bluespooner]

What part of 0, 13, 25 and 43 is performing commedably?

What has Peter Siddle got do with anything?

The main basis for picking our number 6 shouldn’t be “he bowls handy leggies”

Finch made scores in UAE, but now deserves to be dropped. Harris has only been slightly better, has only been dismissed for under 20 once? Hadnscomb beat up on Pakistan at home and made runs. Other than that has been disappointing.

Siddle, he can't catch, field, bat or bowl. He shouldn't be near a State side, let alone in an Australian 12.

Labuschagne, in addition, to the runs he made (admittedly not many but a bit unlucky) picked up 7 wickets and fielded brilliantly.

One of the biggest problems for Australian cricket at the moment is the fact that Victorians want to see their own players in the Test team when they don't have the talent or the techniques to prosper at Test level. How is Finch and Handscombe even near an Australian Test team with their techniques?

A player like Labuschagne is worth putting the investment into because he will come into that Australian side with something to build on - a solid technique.

 

[nobbyiscool]

One of the biggest problems for Australian cricket at the moment is the fact that Victorians want to see their own players in the Test team when they don't have the talent or the techniques to prosper at Test level. How is Finch and Handscombe even near an Australian Test team with their techniques?

You know that "Victorians" didn't pick the test team, right?

 

[bluespooner]

You know that "Victorians" didn't pick the test team, right?

They seem to have an inordinate influence.

 

[Upgrayedd]

does anyone have the stats to this?

Last year it was
Usman (3 games)
Bancroft
Paine (played 1 Game)
Burns
Pucovski (3 games)
White
Maxwell
T Andrews (1 game)
Fergison
NCN (2 games)
Head

 

[Marcel Proust]

They seem to have an inordinate influence.

Finch could do stupid shit at five the same as Head

 

[bluespooner]

Finch could do stupid shit at five the same as Head

Best to put your parochialism aside.

There is a correlation with the more Victorians in the side the worse the national squad becomes - and that includes ex-Victorians as well, people pushing for Wade to be picked as a batsman must have rocks in their head.

 

[saj_21]

Siddle, he can't catch, field, bat or bowl. He shouldn't be near a State side, let alone in an Australian 12.

Labuschagne, in addition, to the runs he made (admittedly not many but a bit unlucky) picked up 7 wickets and fielded brilliantly.

One of the biggest problems for Australian cricket at the moment is the fact that Victorians want to see their own players in the Test team when they don't have the talent or the techniques to prosper at Test level. How is Finch and Handscombe even near an Australian Test team with their techniques?

A player like Labuschagne is worth putting the investment into because he will come into that Australian side with something to build on - a solid technique.

You can’t compare Siddle vs lubaschagne. Besides Siddle has taken over 200 test wickets, he is passed his best but to suggest he can’t bowl is laughable.

Maybe finch has just been unlucky this series...? If he had more luck he could of made more runs. No his form isn’t good enough.

Arguing lubaschagne needed more luck to make runs, or he bowls handy leggies and don’t forget he is a good fielder. It’s all lacking one thing - actual runs something you need in order to bat top 6 for Australia

 

[Cold Sober]

Correct

What part of I think Bumrah bowls nothing special have you missed, no wonder I get suspended every second week, I'm posting to people who can't read properly. Have a good night