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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Head has been woeful this summer and Starc has been underwhelming as well.  None of the top six have had good summers, consistency is the mark of good players and none of the top six can currently be regarded as dependable.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Sick of waiting for Green to play an innings of substance... Perhaps time to pick a real opener and send some of the pretenders back to first class level to sort their games out.  Not impressed.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Nothing has changed DJ, I am connected to a young person playing premier cricket, and can confirm that's it still hard to break into senior teams and so few get dropped that chances for promotion are few and far between - and seem to be reserved for "cliques" of players. Many players give up because they get sick of rotting in the lower grades season after season with zero opportunity for elevation.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Green hasn't done enough to get, or hold a place in the test side, but that's my opinion, which isn't worth #### on this site.  You don't develop players cat test level.

My old chestnut has to continued under the radar bowling ineffectively.  I'd be giving Morris a go very soon.

Selection "integrity" (as it is euphemistically called) has always been an issue in Australian cricket, at different levels.  Maybe the spotlight should be turned on them and whatever their "processes" are
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
100 percent correct, its a collective effort.
High level cricket relies upon having the skill sets to execute plans, and that's the problem I have with Starc.  Part of that is sustained pressure, and he releases it too often by bowling junk.  Sure, he gets wickets with Jaffas and that's a legitimate approach to taking wickets, but he seemingly doesn't worry about the other rubbish and that hurts the collective bowling effort.  He is also deadly when conditions suit (eg the night test Adelaide) but so often on flat decks he's old rope.  I thought he was a highlights package bowler in the ashes (images of him getting carted) and was staggered when he received a gong.  In the two most recent home series vs. India he shouldn't have played the last games, he was below par and we lost both.