Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #513 –
Yet they did what they did where others - Warner et al, Smith fell cheaply.
Voges averages close to 70 - some respect for that!!!
I'm not bagging Voges and Marsh but it's a fair point Amers makes.
Making runs against this West Indian team should almost be devalued 2:1, at one stage they were going at 6 runs an over in a test match!
Warner and Smith have made significant amounts of runs against some of the world's top rated bowlers in a variety of conditions.
Voges and Marsh have some way to go before they can claim the same level of kudos, as batsmen they might consider themselves lucky that they got a gig against this team when perhaps Bancroft or Klinger might have started to cement a spot in similar circumstances!
Burns won't be happy after getting a start!
The same can be said for our bowlers, but in some degree the bowlers risk is inverted. Not taking wickets against this lot might end your career, but at the same time taking a bag probably isn't worth much!
It seems playing the West Indies is all risk with very little reward.