Nah.
His column in the daily mail.
Same column he uses to attack Warner for not clapping when Root scored a century
Steve Smith as Captain
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Nah.
His column in the daily mail.
Same column he uses to attack Warner for not clapping when Root scored a century
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exactly. Buttler got two warnings iirc, and still had a big whinge. After the previous gaming flagrantly taking off time and time again before the bowler had finished his delivery stride.
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He did?
Well Smith did insist he had no desire to take control of the T20 team.
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/aust...ch-steve-smith-england-t20-cardiff/2015-08-30
If Smith was smart, he would've waited until after Finch and the Aussies fail at the World T20. Now they will fail under Smith which adds unnecessary pressure.
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Hardly a coup, or his decision to take the job himself, though...
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Needs to stop playing with his todger on field.
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Nothing wrong with how Smith acts. If he didn't get belligerent people would be in here accusing him of lacking passion.
He arcs up on the field, but he's always very gracious in defeat so I don't understand why people call him a sore loser.
Not the greatest tactician in the world, but Clarke is a hard act to follow in that sense.
He arcs up on the field, but he's always very gracious in defeat so I don't understand why people call him a sore loser.
Not the greatest tactician in the world, but Clarke is a hard act to follow in that sense.
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Thats a pretty good point actually. For me he just has horrible body language when the going gets tough. It's easy to pick that out from the crowd when you focus on him, you just wonder how it rubs off on the 10 others guys
Agree to an extent. I think he's a good captain, but when you look at the best going around at the moment, level headed seems to be the common trait (Cook and Misbah). But really he is clearly the best man to lead Australia, so can't nitpick too much.
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His decisions as captain have been baffling at times during this tour, so on that, I don't think I can say he's a good captain. There's no other option, though.
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he doesn't have alot of cattle but he seems to taken the Ponting approach on selections he doesn't agree with. (ie: they can pick him but i won't bowl him if i don't rate him)
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Which is stupid and effectivley leaves you with 10 men - as we saw with enriques in the last test.
Dumb selection but worse captaincy - and I rate smith.
Dumb selection but worse captaincy - and I rate smith.
You haven't seen stupid yet.
We're now in the situation where Burns and Khawaja will probably play all 6 tests at home before getting dropped for the team to tour India.
Now I have no problem with them not playing in India but surely whoever we plan to actually play in the Indian tests should play the tests in Australia?
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I remain a strong supporter of sticking with a cohesive XI and not changing your line up at a whim. Learning a consistent, individual role in a batting setup works wonders - i'd love too see winning stats of steady XIs vs fiddled ones - there's a reason good teams go in unchanged.
However, it's more important to win test matches and given our performance on the subcontinent I think it couldn't hurt to try a horses-for-courses batting setup in the same way bowling is treated - but you need to go all the way, as it has never worked half arsed (see: Last India tour).
All of this is to say, I'm finding myself coming around to them taking a specialised batting unit to India - they need to try sonething, as as it is, getting them to bat twice in any match will be an achievemt.
Fwiw, I'll be very surprised to see either of those blokes in Brisbane, but lock in Bailey at 5 and be prepared for a bolter at 3 or 4 as they give potentials a chance to prove themselves for India.
However, it's more important to win test matches and given our performance on the subcontinent I think it couldn't hurt to try a horses-for-courses batting setup in the same way bowling is treated - but you need to go all the way, as it has never worked half arsed (see: Last India tour).
All of this is to say, I'm finding myself coming around to them taking a specialised batting unit to India - they need to try sonething, as as it is, getting them to bat twice in any match will be an achievemt.
Fwiw, I'll be very surprised to see either of those blokes in Brisbane, but lock in Bailey at 5 and be prepared for a bolter at 3 or 4 as they give potentials a chance to prove themselves for India.
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All of that was a bit too considered for the BF cricket board so I'll now throw in a few outlandish non-sequiturs to balance it out.
Shane Watson was a better bat than Matthew Hayden.
Peter Neville should bat at 4.
Finch is terrible, he should never play for Australia again.
Peter Siddle was a hopeless pie chucker.
Ahh, that was better.
Shane Watson was a better bat than Matthew Hayden.
Peter Neville should bat at 4.
Finch is terrible, he should never play for Australia again.
Peter Siddle was a hopeless pie chucker.
Ahh, that was better.
On the other hand do you think the India specialists won't be able to score on our highways?
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I think anyone who can play straight ones at hip height could make runs in Aus atm.
I think that's half the problem.
I genuinley think the summer will teach us nothing about how they will perform in India. Nothing at all.
But they should still use the time to find their best XI. Will that be the best XI to take to India? Buggered if I know, but it's clear the Aus selectors don't either.
I think that's half the problem.
I genuinley think the summer will teach us nothing about how they will perform in India. Nothing at all.
But they should still use the time to find their best XI. Will that be the best XI to take to India? Buggered if I know, but it's clear the Aus selectors don't either.
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Today's RSA tour bolters - Tremain, Mennie, Worrall - are a good indication of how random they may go for that top/mid order spot. Expect something like:
Warner
Marsh
Smith
???
Bailey
Marsh
Neville
With Smith/??? interchangeable depending on who it is.
Also Neville should be out as he's bloody hopeless but that's another story...
Warner
Marsh
Smith
???
Bailey
Marsh
Neville
With Smith/??? interchangeable depending on who it is.
Also Neville should be out as he's bloody hopeless but that's another story...
I can see that happening though.
The shot Usman played in the fifth ODI to get out showed that he had learnt a big fat nothing about playing spin from this tour. I don't know what they can do with him.
Maybe make him face spin all the time in the nets at the Brisbane academy and taser him every time he plays a wtf shot?
He'd probably be unconscious fairly quickly though so I doubt that would work.
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He's an average captain and cheat to boot. Aussies should have given him the flick earlier, maybe then you wouldn't have seen the day your reputation is left in tatters.
Youngest Australian Captain since Kim Hughes.
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