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Mister B said:
Dumbest part of the game. Why take a break now. At the rate they are scoring they will only need 5 more overs.
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Given the modern overrates they'd only get 3 overs in half an hour so dinner break required ;)
 
How good was that catch by Smith.? Instinctive.
Who are the best Australian fielders, catching, throwing at stumps and generally intimidating batsmen at the crease just by their sheer presence. From 1975 onwards when I was 11 years old and an avid cricket fan.
Not in any particular order.
1. Steven Smith (everywhere)
2. Bob Simpson (slips) My dad told me. My dad also worked with him. So I am biased.
3. Mark Waugh (slips)
4. Tubby Taylor (slips)
5. John Dyson (outfield - that goalkeeper catch)
6. Steve Waugh (gully)
7. Boonie (short leg)
8. Border (cover and slips)
9. Ponting (slips and elsewhere)
10. We have had some great keepers Marsh/Healey/Gilchrist. I would take Healey as I liked his work with Warnie.
11. Warnie (slips)

That is my 11.
 
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dosser said:
This is why tests have no peer.
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I so much enjoyed the passage with Starc and Boland. True test cricket and had a huge impact on the outcome.
Son and I go to day 3 of the Sydney test almost every year, sit in the Brewongle, side on in the shade, for the last 31 years.
Have seen some amazing cricket.
My favourite vs India 2000. 5/525dec McGrath 5 wickets, Langer 200+, Ponting 140, VVS Laxman incredible last out for 167. All on day 3!!!
 

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rustycrate said:
How good was that catch by Smith.? Instinctive.
Who are the best Australian fielders, catching, throwing at stumps and generally intimidating batsmen at the crease just by their sheer presence. From 1975 onwards when I was 11 years old and an avid cricket fan.
Not in any particular order.
1. Steven Smith (everywhere)
2. Bob Simpson (slips) My dad told me. My dad also worked with him. So I am biased.
3. Mark Waugh (slips)
4. Tubby Taylor (slips)
5. John Dyson (outfield - that goalkeeper catch)
6. Steve Waugh (gully)
7. Boonie (short leg)
8. Border (cover and slips)
9. Ponting (slips and elsewhere)
10. We have had some great keepers Marsh/Healey/Gilchrist. I would take Healey as I liked his work with Warnie.
11. Warnie (slips)

That is my 11.
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Paul Sheahan and Ross Edwards above Boon and S Waugh
 
McGowan3 said:
Paul Sheahan and Ross Edwards above Boon and S Waugh
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How good was that catch by Smith.? Instinctive.
Who are the best Australian fielders, catching, throwing at stumps and generally intimidating batsmen at the crease just by their sheer presence. From 1975 onwards when I was 11 years old and an avid cricket fan.
Not in any particular order.

So we have

1. Steven Smith (everywhere)
2. Bob Simpson (slips) My dad told me. My dad also worked with him. So I am biased.
3. Mark Waugh (slips)
4. Tubby Taylor (slips)
5. John Dyson (outfield - that goalkeeper catch)
6. Ross Edwards not Steve Waugh (gully)
7. Paul Sheahan not Boonie (short leg)
8. Border (cover and slips)
9. Ponting (slips and elsewhere)
10. Healey - We have had some great keepers Marsh/Healey/Gilchrist. I would take Healey as I liked his work with Warnie.
11. Warnie (slips)

That is our 11.
 
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bedford said:
Marsh instead of Healy
Maxwell instead of Dyson , only known for 1 catch
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How good was that catch by Smith.? Instinctive.
Who are the best Australian fielders, catching, throwing at stumps and generally intimidating batsmen at the crease just by their sheer presence. From 1975 onwards when I was 11 years old and an avid cricket fan.
Not in any particular order.

So we have

1. Steven Smith (everywhere)
2. Bob Simpson (slips) My dad told me. My dad also worked with him. So I am biased.
3. Mark Waugh (slips)
4. Tubby Taylor (slips)
5. Glenn Maxwell not John Dyson (outfield - that goalkeeper catch)
6. Ross Edwards not Steve Waugh (gully)
7. Paul Sheahan not Boonie (short leg)
8. Allan Border (cover and slips)
9. Rickey Ponting (slips and elsewhere)
10. Rodney Marsh not Healey - We have had some great keepers Marsh/Healey/Gilchrist. I would take Healey as I liked his work with Warnie.
11. Warnie (slips)

That is our 11.

Andrew Paul Sheahan AM (born 30 September 1946) is a former Australian international cricketer who played 31 Test matches and three One Day Internationals as an opening and middle order batsman between 1967 and 1973.

He made his first-class debut in 1965 for the Victorian Sheffield Shield team against New South Wales scoring 62 and 5. An elegant stroke maker and fine cover fieldsman, his highest first-class score was 202 for Victoria against South Australia in 1966.

He made his Test debut the following year against the touring Indian side, scoring 81 and 35 in Adelaide batting at number three. His first Test century was a chanceless 114 against India in Kanpur in 1969 as a middle order batsmen. He toured England twice (1968 and 1972) and India and South Africa in 1969ā€“70.

His form faltered after returning from the South African tour and he was dropped from the Australian team after the 2nd Test against the touring English side in 1970ā€“71. However it was as an opening batsman that marked his return as an established Test cricketer, and he scored 127 against Pakistan in the Melbourne Test of 1972ā€“73. Seemingly on the verge of becoming Australia's regular Test opening batsman, he retired from Test cricket at 26 to concentrate on his teaching career. He played one further season of interstate cricket, scoring 783 runs at 52.20 to help Victoria to victory in the Sheffield Shield in 1973ā€“74.

He is a cousin of football journalist Mike Sheahan.

Ross Edwards (born 1 December 1942) is a former Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Test matches for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. He was a right-handed batsman and superb cover fielder[1] as well as a part-time wicket-keeper.

Edwards was born on 1 December 1942 in Cottesloe, Western Australia.[2] His father, Edmund Edwards, played twice for Western Australia as a wicket-keeper.[3][4]

In the 1971ā€“72 Sheffield Shield season he made four centuries and went to England in 1972 at the age of 29 and got his first chance at Nottingham where he made an unbeaten 170. He made ducks in his next two innings however.[5]

In 1974ā€“75 Edwards scored his second century against England when he hit 115 in the Perth Test match. He made 99 at Lord's in 1975.[6]

Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the Australia national cricket team in Twenty20 Internationals. He previously played Test cricket and ODI cricket, winning 2 World Cups before his ODI retirement.[3] Maxwell is an all-rounder who is known for his sometimes unorthodox batting and bowls right arm off-break deliveries. Domestically he played for Victoria and Melbourne Stars.[4] He was part of the Australian squads that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2021 T20 World Cup, and the 2023 Cricket World Cup, where he played what was widely regarded as one of the greatest innings of all time against Afghanistan, scoring 201*, and in the 2023 final, scored the winning runs. His ability to make unconventional shots like reverse sweeps and pulls often makes it hard to set fields that cover all of his scoring areas.[5]

Maxwell made his professional debut in 2010. Known for his dramatic shot making and improvisation in short forms of the game,[6] in 2011, he set a new record for the fastest ever half-century in Australian domestic one day cricket, scoring 50 runs from 19 balls.[7] Maxwell has played domestic Twenty20 cricket in both India and England and has scored centuries in all three international cricket formats, one of only 25 cricketers who have achieved this feat.[8] In November 2017 he scored his maiden double-century, scoring 278 in the Sheffield Shield[9][10] and in October 2023 set a new record for the fastest century scored at a Cricket World Cup, reaching his century in 40 balls against the Netherlands.

In November 2023, he also set a new record for the fastest double century scored in a World Cup, becoming just the third person to do so.[11] He also became the first male batsman to score a double century, scoring 201 runs not out against Afghanistan, for Australia in ODIs and scored the winning runs against India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final.[12] In the same month just after the World Cup, he equaled Rohit Sharma's world record for having scored the most number of centuries in T20I cricket when he slammed his fourth career T20I century against India.[13] He also became the first batsman in men's T20Is to complete three centuries while chasing. He also became the first and only batsman to complete a century in his 100th T20I match
 
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rustycrate said:
How good was that catch by Smith.? Instinctive.
Who are the best Australian fielders, catching, throwing at stumps and generally intimidating batsmen at the crease just by their sheer presence. From 1975 onwards when I was 11 years old and an avid cricket fan.
Not in any particular order.

So we have

1. Steven Smith (everywhere)
2. Bob Simpson (slips) My dad told me. My dad also worked with him. So I am biased.
3. Mark Waugh (slips)
4. Tubby Taylor (slips)
5. Glenn Maxwell not John Dyson (outfield - that goalkeeper catch)
6. Ross Edwards not Steve Waugh (gully)
7. Paul Sheahan not Boonie (short leg)
8. Allan Border (cover and slips)
9. Rickey Ponting (slips and elsewhere)
10. Rodney Marsh not Healey - We have had some great keepers Marsh/Healey/Gilchrist. I would take Healey as I liked his work with Warnie.
11. Warnie (slips)

That is our 11.

Andrew Paul Sheahan AM (born 30 September 1946) is a former Australian international cricketer who played 31 Test matches and three One Day Internationals as an opening and middle order batsman between 1967 and 1973.

He made his first-class debut in 1965 for the Victorian Sheffield Shield team against New South Wales scoring 62 and 5. An elegant stroke maker and fine cover fieldsman, his highest first-class score was 202 for Victoria against South Australia in 1966.

He made his Test debut the following year against the touring Indian side, scoring 81 and 35 in Adelaide batting at number three. His first Test century was a chanceless 114 against India in Kanpur in 1969 as a middle order batsmen. He toured England twice (1968 and 1972) and India and South Africa in 1969ā€“70.

His form faltered after returning from the South African tour and he was dropped from the Australian team after the 2nd Test against the touring English side in 1970ā€“71. However it was as an opening batsman that marked his return as an established Test cricketer, and he scored 127 against Pakistan in the Melbourne Test of 1972ā€“73. Seemingly on the verge of becoming Australia's regular Test opening batsman, he retired from Test cricket at 26 to concentrate on his teaching career. He played one further season of interstate cricket, scoring 783 runs at 52.20 to help Victoria to victory in the Sheffield Shield in 1973ā€“74.

He is a cousin of football journalist Mike Sheahan.

Ross Edwards (born 1 December 1942) is a former Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Test matches for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. He was a right-handed batsman and superb cover fielder[1] as well as a part-time wicket-keeper.

Edwards was born on 1 December 1942 in Cottesloe, Western Australia.[2] His father, Edmund Edwards, played twice for Western Australia as a wicket-keeper.[3][4]

In the 1971ā€“72 Sheffield Shield season he made four centuries and went to England in 1972 at the age of 29 and got his first chance at Nottingham where he made an unbeaten 170. He made ducks in his next two innings however.[5]

In 1974ā€“75 Edwards scored his second century against England when he hit 115 in the Perth Test match. He made 99 at Lord's in 1975.[6]

Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the Australia national cricket team in Twenty20 Internationals. He previously played Test cricket and ODI cricket, winning 2 World Cups before his ODI retirement.[3] Maxwell is an all-rounder who is known for his sometimes unorthodox batting and bowls right arm off-break deliveries. Domestically he played for Victoria and Melbourne Stars.[4] He was part of the Australian squads that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2021 T20 World Cup, and the 2023 Cricket World Cup, where he played what was widely regarded as one of the greatest innings of all time against Afghanistan, scoring 201*, and in the 2023 final, scored the winning runs. His ability to make unconventional shots like reverse sweeps and pulls often makes it hard to set fields that cover all of his scoring areas.[5]

Maxwell made his professional debut in 2010. Known for his dramatic shot making and improvisation in short forms of the game,[6] in 2011, he set a new record for the fastest ever half-century in Australian domestic one day cricket, scoring 50 runs from 19 balls.[7] Maxwell has played domestic Twenty20 cricket in both India and England and has scored centuries in all three international cricket formats, one of only 25 cricketers who have achieved this feat.[8] In November 2017 he scored his maiden double-century, scoring 278 in the Sheffield Shield[9][10] and in October 2023 set a new record for the fastest century scored at a Cricket World Cup, reaching his century in 40 balls against the Netherlands.

In November 2023, he also set a new record for the fastest double century scored in a World Cup, becoming just the third person to do so.[11] He also became the first male batsman to score a double century, scoring 201 runs not out against Afghanistan, for Australia in ODIs and scored the winning runs against India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final.[12] In the same month just after the World Cup, he equaled Rohit Sharma's world record for having scored the most number of centuries in T20I cricket when he slammed his fourth career T20I century against India.[13] He also became the first batsman in men's T20Is to complete three centuries while chasing. He also became the first and only batsman to complete a century in his 100th T20I match
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Can't believe you didn't get Sam Konstas in lol
 

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