Opinion NMFC Board Cricket Thread III

[KiwiRoo]

I wouldn't be picking Marnus as an opener either if he was ave 31 after 64 tests. That's no good.

I keep hearing that the pommies coulda/woulda/shoulda.....it seems they're caught up in their own sense of grandeur. They're just not a good team.

I agree

Just saying that Marnus and Crawley etc are getting gigs because there's not much in the wings to push them out

 

[Passmore]

I agree

Just saying that Marnus and Crawley etc are getting gigs because there's not much in the wings to push them out

Marnus at least had some ability to play successfully at test level in the past. He's certainly run out of credits though.

 

[Hojuman]

Boland 0 / 12 off 9.3 overs.

Clone him C.A.

 

[Hojuman]

Boland 0 / 12 off 9.3 overs.

Clone him C.A.

1 / 13 off 11 ! See you Joe

 

[hellas_johnny]

Green bowls pies

 

[kangatragic]

Green bowls pies

Put a fork in his test career. I don't know if it's injury or 20 20 but his bowling has gone to poo

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Stop bowling Green, he simply doesn’t have it.

I actively dislike the bloke.

 

[gustev]

Well, he's either not good enough to bowl, or is clearly restricted with his injury recovery. So why bowl him. throwing runs to them.

 

[hellas_johnny]

Webster comes on and already bowls nice and tight

 

[King Corey]

Stop bowling Green, he simply doesn’t have it.

I actively dislike the bloke.

Positives:

Tall

 

[Marstermind]

Australia's defiance of all evidence and logic over a long period to assert that Cameron Green was the best option as the 4th bowler, and to create problems bowling in the second innings, hot day, fourth day is staggering. The bloke has been rubbish all series so what do we do? Here's a plan, let's not drop him, let's give him more responsibility.

 

[kangatragic]

Beau Webster a better bat and bowler

 

[muttley45]

As far as all rounders go, give me Webster before Green every day of the week

 

[the big lebowski]

Webster the destroyer

 

[Lomas]

How stupid is the English team?

 

[ferball]

1 innings is all it took for Webster to achieve more than what green has all series. Spewing there wernt enough partners to get him to a century

Lol Green just signed his own papers with that catch.

 

[DuckYeah]

beauie webster is easily my favourite Aus cricketer

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Considering how flat this pitch is, Brook and even Jacks could have centuries like Bethell. Only need application on this pitch.

 

[roo blitz]

Considering how flat this pitch is, Brook and even Jacks could have centuries like Bethell. Only need application on this pitch.

The kid Bethell is playing a blinder and quite possibly is going to be the next superstar in world cricket (he has been compared to Brian Lara already in his younger days) and then you have Wil Jacks playing the worst shot in world cricket since err.....Jamie Smith in the first innings. This England team has just shot themselves in the foot from the moment they stepped off the plane. Its unbelievable really, Whatever head way they make they just hand it straight back to the opposition. They did the same in the India series before this

 

[roo blitz]

Ricky Ponting, Channel 7: “Will Jacks, how do you walk back into that dressing room? It’s a rank slog."




Michael Vaughan, Fox Sports: "I just can't believe the shot I've just seen. It was his second ball and we've just seen a partnership between Bethell and Brook where they had to fight so hard. Then that, second ball..."




Alex Hartley, BBC Sport: "I have seen some stupidity in this Ashes series and that is up there."

 

[roo blitz]

Ricky Ponting on Channel 7: talking about Bethell.




"What a knock we’ve just witnessed. It’s been flawless, it’s been classy, it’s been brutal at times. Some of his strokeplay has been as good as we’ve seen from anyone. Front and back foot. Navigated his way through the nineties, I can’t imagine what his heart rate would’ve been when he was on ninety-nine...




"We were all saying in the back of the box, use your feet, get down the wicket and he did. Put it on the half-volley, dragged it through the leg side and what a moment for him and all of his family. Tears of joy."

 

[Hojuman]

They need a 200+ lead to remotely have any chance, so another 140+ runs. Won't get there tonight, tomorrow lunchish ?
Then take 10 wickets against an opposition that belted there bowling attack for nearly 600 runs in the 1st innings.

The draw or Aussie win.

 

[Hojuman]

Just as you think the Poms surely can't screw it up, here we are.

 

[roo blitz]

More stupidity now with the run out. I have never seen a team screw up so much and its not like they have no talent. Its like they have gift wrapped the ashes to the Aussies on a platter. I dont think the Aussies needed to turn up. England would have lost it even if they were the only side playing. Thats how much stupidity has gone on

 

[Hojuman]

We Beau.