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Reply #585 –
Travis Head has come down with COVID and likely be replaced by Nic Maddinson.

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Reply #586 –
What's the odds Parrotsay's politics and the NSW Cricket Board screw this up for everybody? ;)

If they can't get their way, this is a taking their bat and ball and buggering off home moment! I feel sorry for Hobart, they'll spend big trying to make the inaugural Hobart Ashes test an event and NSW are going to try and spear them before they even fire a shot!

I wouldn't even be surprised to find NSW push ahead regardless, and then launch a grab to keep the last test in Sydney!
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Reply #587 –
Quote from: laj on
Travis Head has come down with COVID and likely be replaced by Nic Maddinson.
They have included Mitch Marsh and Josh Inglis in the squad too.. Think Khawaja will get a game this time..

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Reply #588 –
I suspect they'll bring in Marsh, which lets them drop both Boland and Richardson to bring in Hoff and also bring in Swepson, leaving a team with three dedicated fast bowlers, two serious seaming all-rounders and two spinners.
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Reply #589 –
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I suspect they'll bring in Marsh, which lets them drop both Boland and Richardson to bring in Hoff and also bring in Swepson, leaving a team with three dedicated fast bowlers, two serious seaming all-rounders and two spinners.

Doubt Hazelwood will be ready. Still only bowling gently in the nets. side strains rarely recover quickly. Think the bowling line up will be Starc, Cummins, Richardson/Swepson, Lyon, Green.

This is where having Green, who is starting to look a top notch bowler, is so good. Allows us to play 2 spinners if we want. Once he gets his batting together he'll be something. Right now looking a bit nervous batting. One innings and it'll turn around for him. He only has to average 35 to be most valuable as an all rounder. Averaged 33 last summer.

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Reply #590 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
They have included Mitch Marsh and Josh Inglis in the squad too.. Think Khawaja will get a game this time..

The way England is going you can almost bet whoever comes in for Head makes 100...lol.

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Reply #591 –
Quote from: laj on
The way England is going you can almost bet whoever comes in for Head makes 100...lol.
Probably right although dead rubber tests tend to see the underdogs do better, I'd just play the one spinner and continue with the pace barrage and keep my foot on the English throat. England remind me of a certain football club we all love, been struggling off the field and it usually leads to onfield misery..How the coach only gets to pick the team is beyond me, Ashley Giles was a dud spinner and a equally dud cricket administrator to give Silverwood total control.

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Reply #592 –
No,  please god no to Marsh.   Had enough chances at test level.   Unreliable with bat,  not good enough with ball.   Great short form cricketer but has never translated that onto the test stage - particularly against good opposition under pressure.
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Reply #593 –
Quote from: Professer E on
No,  please god no to Marsh.   Had enough chances at test level.   Unreliable with bat,  not good enough with ball.   Great short form cricketer but has never translated that onto the test stage - particularly against good opposition under pressure.






Agree Prof.


Marsh is not international cricket standard.
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Reply #595 –
With rain forecast for days on end, we can probably expect a draw, BUT it is England

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Reply #596 –
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With rain forecast for days on end, we can probably expect a draw, BUT it is England
Law of averages says the English have to improve..
Bangers knocked over the Kiwis at home so miracles do happen.
Review system is a mess world wide one ball in NZ hit the middle of the bat and the bowling team appealed for lbw, Pant in South Africa caught two where the ball bounced clearly on the half volley imo but the technology isn't good enough to provide clarity. Benefit of the doubt to the batsman is long gone..

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Reply #597 –
India aren't noted for their honesty O:-)

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Reply #598 –
Here they go again .... the worst England team to ever tour here; at least from my living memory.

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Reply #599 –
Getting a bit over the Khawaja and Head boosters continually bashing Harris on the broadcast, hardly a positive word for the poor bloke issued in 4 days of cricket! The oldies want Khawaja in, it's their fairy-tale and probably rightly so, the Sth Australians want Head back for Hobart. But Harris hasn't missed a game and has probably done OK, enough to retain his spot, more than some others have done in the past to retain their spots! ;)

(PS; I don't mind them boosting Khawaja, but don't do it by bashing somebody else, speak about Khawaja on his merits!)

It very similar to the Boland ("MCG Specialist") bashing in the lead-up to the SCG test, asking for him to be replaced by Hazelwood or Swepson / Richardson, I don't get it, especially from Ponting as he was Australia's captain, and it's not like a Tasmanian is in the running for either spot. Now it turns out Hazelwood was never in the running, and won't even be considered for Hobart!
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