Analysis The Cricket Thread 2025/26

[Midnite65]

Might be time for Cam Green to have a spell.

Not the end but he needs to figure out one discipline and own it.

And thats the batting.

Atm he cant score runs doesnt bowl enough and when he does we have these dumb short tactics.

His neither here or there in both facets despite talented.

Stokes had at least 4 or 5 test tons by the same stage.

Green should have had more by now then 2 Tons. And he doesnt bowl enough to justify the lack of runs.

Needed a spell 3 tests ago, he throws away his wicket nearly every innings he make a start in.

 

[BStaff17]

My opinion on Green.
The coaching staff , the selectors need to look at how they have fcked him over.
He has batted from opener to number eight. FFS give him a spot to bat. This spot is yours for a series. . Stop usining him like a lift. Up down, up down.
Then as a bowler they tell him to do what is not his style. Bowl short . Bowl it like you enjoy it. That is not how he won his spot as an allrounder. He was a swing bowler that pitched the ball up. Swung it, both ways. With the ability to bowl bouncers at 140 ks.
Selectors have fcked the young mans mind.

No doubt the bowling tactics they have for him are atrocious.

A few whatsapp groups i am in were going off on Sunday with the fields and length he was bowling.

I can't excuse his batting anymore though the game has changed and you need to adapt to different positions he may not have as many technical flaws but its clear the mental side of his batting is at a point he needs a reset.

His stuck between too good for Shield where he scores runs every time he goes back but not good enough for Tests.

Feels like those English players in the mid-90s.

Personally he should do another county season in the UK keep working on his game but unfortunately when IPL franchises are throwing $4million at him why would he bother.

But you only get better with more cricket.

 

[Dockers v Channel7West]

Same old Pommies always whinging..
Same old Pommies always whinging..

Keep your hands off the umpire!!

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Josh Tongue looks the goods for England.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Bloody hell, Labo that was terrible

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Game on here. 5 for less than 39 is not of the realms of possibility here.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Hopefully Green reads the Guardian. They published a pretty unflattering article comparing he and Webster yesterday.

 

[Paracleet]

Hopefully Green reads the Guardian. They published a pretty unflattering article comparing he and Webster yesterday.

I don't think Lemon is a fan. He seems to take unreasonable dislikes to particular players for no readily apparent reason. I suppose we all need copy, but it seems like an odd piece to write after day 4 of a test match.

 

[Purpletown]

That was a very entertaining Ashes series. Test cricket is hard to beat.

 

[Paracleet]

I don't think Lemon is a fan. He seems to take unreasonable dislikes to particular players for no readily apparent reason. I suppose we all need copy, but it seems like an odd piece to write after day 4 of a test match.

Now he's helped guide the side to victory in what suddenly became a squeeky bum chase. Another reason why you write pieces like that in dead time 2 plus days after a match.

 

[Paracleet]

That was a very entertaining Ashes series. Test cricket is hard to beat.

Gunna hunt down Vaughny and take him to task for the Oval 1997 reference. Truma of that evening is still seared into my soul.

 

[largebus]

Back to your grey shithole country and your postage stamp sized houses.

 

[Count Moriarty]

Onus Greeny

 

[greatgatsby]

The series in England is going to be a doozy. They have a good base of players to go on with - Root (can probably play until he's 40), Brook, Bethell, Tongue, Archer, Wood (if he can ever get his body right) and Stokes, who will probably go round again, although better off handing in the captaincy. I'd make Brook captain, it might do wonders for his Test batting. They do need a keeper and spin bowler of course.

Us ... I wonder how many of these guys will be playing at a high level in 18 months.

 

[anchor man]

Webster was never ever under any pressure.
He had at least three more SS seasons ahead of Green. He was never an out standing promising kid. No pressure.
He was never bounced between opening the inning and batting in every slot down to #8.
He was never required to bowl shit ball bouncers. Get a wicket, then be taken off.
Good luck to Slug. He is certainly a good player, but has played at test level without pressure.

 

[anchor man]

The series in England is going to be a doozy. They have a good base of players to go on with - Root (can probably play until he's 40), Brook, Bethell, Tongue, Archer, Wood (if he can ever get his body right) and Stokes, who will probably go round again, although better off handing in the captaincy. I'd make Brook captain, it might do wonders for his Test batting. They do need a keeper and spin bowler of course.

Us ... I wonder how many of these guys will be playing at a high level in 18 months.

Scrub Archer and Wood, far too fragile in their bodies.

 

[Paracleet]

Wood will be 37 and half. Not happening. Even Stokes will be 36. Hard to imagine his bowling at least still being as impactful.

 

[BStaff17]

Shame we didnt get the traditional English photo today at the SCG celebrating a 4-1 ashes defeat in front of the barmy army.

 

[Paracleet]

Shame we didnt get the traditional English photo today at the SCG celebrating a 4-1 ashes defeat in front of the barmy army.

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As I remind my children each time: Each Test Match is important in it's own right.

 

[freoextra]

Shame we didnt get the traditional English photo today at the SCG celebrating a 4-1 ashes defeat in front of the barmy army.

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Knighthoods for the entire English party due to moral victories and the participation award Act.

 

[Count Moriarty]

I think the centuries posted by Root and Bethell went some way to restoring the tattered image of England cricket and test cricket in particular.
Both accumulated their runs by playing a wide range of proper cricket shots, eschewing the trick shots now endemic in the game. Their batting was art rather than craft.

 

[anchor man]

I think the centuries posted by Root and Bethell went some way to restoring the tattered image of England cricket and test cricket in particular.
Both accumulated their runs by playing a wide range of proper cricket shots, eschewing the trick shots now endemic in the game. Their batting was art rather than craft.

Totally agree.

 

[estibador]

Stokes has been heroic for England and has earned himself the respect of many Aussie fans with his never say die attitude. A pity for him that he didn't have enough teammates who could put in the same work rate to push Australia harder.

Sometimes I'm not sure how to take Stokes.

Like he seems to go all in on promoting this Bazball culture stuff, but then he personally plays the exact opposite by knuckling down and showing hard-nosed grit. And then afterwards he comes out and criticises the mental toughness of his team for playing the way he encouraged them to in the first place. It all seems like a bit of a mixed-message.

 

[largebus]

Stokes overbowled himself trying to be the hero which contributed to his injury. Thats just shit captaincy

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Sometimes I'm not sure how to take Stokes.

Like he seems to go all in on promoting this Bazball culture stuff, but then he personally plays the exact opposite by knuckling down and showing hard-nosed grit. And then afterwards he comes out and criticises the mental toughness of his team for playing the way he encouraged them to in the first place. It all seems like a bit of a mixed-message.

Surely Bazball is dead now