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Paine, by and large, is a good keeper. He had a very bad day today though.Surely theres better keepers in shield cricket than Paine.
I don’t think so. Carey is clearly the one they have next in line, but has his issues behind the stumps and hasn’t done enough with the bat to justify being a lesser keeper. For perspective his first class average is the same as Paines test average.Surely theres better keepers in shield cricket than Paine.
Agree, clearly showed that they cracked today. The body language from the entire team was pretty ordinary along with some of the actions.To be fair to Paine he was man of the match in the first Test, and played a pivotal role there. Today though was just very poor.
The dropped catches and tactics were one thing, but seeing him and the likes of Wade (what’s he actually done this series?) resort to that sort of behaviour is just embarrassing to watch.
He's not a test bowler and never has been. Take away Pink ball tests and the minnows and SL and West Indies... He has an average of 33. Shane Watson had that as an allrounder.9 balls to go and Star bowls it short outside off
the problem is that when it doesnt go our way, we become very petulant and whiny. plus they're not really good enough to back up any of the lip with any consistency.To be fair to Paine he was man of the match in the first Test, and played a pivotal role there. Today though was just very poor.
The dropped catches and tactics were one thing, but seeing him and the likes of Wade (what’s he actually done this series?) resort to that sort of behaviour is just embarrassing to watch.
the problem is that when it doesnt go our way, we become very petulant and whiny. plus they're not really good enough to back up any of the lip with any consistency.
The whole which quarter is better debate that the fox sports coverage kept putting up comparing this lot to McGrath Warne Lee and Dizzy at the time I thought was odd. But the "numbers" stacked up well.He's not a test bowler and never has been. Take away Pink ball tests and the minnows and SL and West Indies... He has an average of 33. Shane Watson had that as an allrounder.
'Very, very poor': Smith slammed as a bad sport after pitch scuffing
Former Test cricketers were among an angry group questioning Steve Smith's sportsmanship after he was captured on stump cam marking the pitch.www.smh.com.au
He hasn’t had a good few days. Needs to get his sh*t together, and only just seen the footage of Smith’s antics when Pant was batting. Just completely unnecessary and reflects very poorly again on a team who historically loves to own and dictate which side of “the line” their behaviour lands.
David Warner pressured him into doing it......
I guess using his feet is easier to conceal than sandpaper?
A sh*t look regardless. No surprise that some of the players resorts to the behaviour we saw yesterday, it’s almost part of the team culture. When things don’t happen like they want them to.
I haven’t heard too much of the “I’ve got more friends than you” style of sledging since primary school. Yet that’s from the mouth of the Australian captain whilst a batsman is trying to face up to a bowler coming in. Pathetic.
Such a contrast to the way you see this Indian team go about it. It’s been great watching with my sons how world class players such as Pujara, Bumrah etc conduct themselves with genuine class and sportsmanship. Not the tiresome sh*t we’ve become accustomed to.