Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #361 –
Siddle bowls too much leg side crap for a bloke that bowls 134 and is only 6' tall.
Cummins has not played 4 day cricket for 2 years, thanks to CA but now must get thrust into an Ashes series. Good work Pat Howard - Flog.
Why have we not got a younger bat on tour, what a wasted opportunity. Joe Burns? How has Shaun Marsh never played in England until this tour?
Haddin should go but won't. These selectors love their old blokes because they are tough, good blokes, good leaders. Unfortunately they may not be the best available.
How did we pick a squad with so many 33+ yo players? Acceptable if they are champions, but how many are? Harris and Clarke.
Is Peter Siddle on a retirement fund with CA? FMD
Siddle is only 30???
And he's the best lock down bowler in Australia.
I think you've listened to too much Thommo, I love the guy but lately his opinions have been a bit erratic. Reports are Thommo spent the evening at a pre-ashes dinner sitting next to Rogers and asked someone at the end of the night who Rogers was!
Shaun Marsh has never played before because he has a crap record on the swinging / turning decks you get in county cricket.
What you need to ask yourself is why the selectors are not smarter, they knew what sort of wickets the UK would dish up yet they picked a squad to play cricket at the WACA!
England are playing psychological games based on the fact the Australian batsmen are rattled since the death of Hughes, so they are delivering them up and down pitches that make our blokes uncomfortable. Add to that they have asked us to play nice, knowing blokes like Haddin, Warner and Johnson thrive when they are provoked.
Finally, Australian cricket is doomed until the country wrestles control of cricket back off NSW, FFS it's our national game not NRL!