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Reply #510
Aus 3/538.......the tourists are just that...tourists, they couldnt give a rats ar$e about test cricket....Boxing Day test should be free on the 3rd day as thats how long the game will go for....wonder if the Mont Albert  2nd eleven could be persuaded to play that test as they would provide more opposition.
Ian Chappell has been scathing of the Windies.....dont reckon they will exist in 5 years time, their islands are more interested in their own Premier league games and T20 cricket and of course their decent players only want to play IPL....

ICC need to find another test playing nation....

This might sound like a crazy idea, but I think CA should consider buying or setting up a cricket academy in the Windies.

They have a rich history and the Oz public has always gone to watch them in droves.

The revenue lost in crowds and TV audiences dropping off would be costing a lot more.

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Reply #511
Yep, records falling left right and center, by 2 batsmen who don't have that great a record says more about how poor the West Indies are than how good these batsmen are.
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Reply #512
Yep, records falling left right and center, by 2 batsmen who don't have that great a record says more about how poor the West Indies are than how good these batsmen are.

Yet they did what they did where others - Warner et al, Smith fell cheaply.

Voges averages close to 70 - some respect for that!!!
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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.
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Reply #514
You look at the West Indies team and you see a team with no self belief and no confidence. They don't believe they can win. The result, therefore, tends to be clear.
They remind me of what we were playing like under Malthouse early this year: worried about making a mistake and going through the motions.
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Reply #515
Just slightly off topic, but I watched the Cricket Show yesterday and was amazed. Ian Healy had a junior teenage cricket player practice some wicket keeping, while Healy hit cricket balls at him. The way he instructed the junior with catching skills was great to watch. Teaching the junior how to move his feet and what side of the body to take the ball depending on where the stumps were placed. His instructions were very precise and attention to detail. He spoke clearly and explained exactly why skills are practiced in a certain way. He would make an excellent keeping coach. Even if Slater had a spin on fielding with some advice himself, Ian would explain a more preferred technique and why it is a better drill. He is a clever man and was a great cricket player. Especially as a keeper with batting ability to add. ;)
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Reply #516
This might sound like a crazy idea, but I think CA should consider buying or setting up a cricket academy in the Windies.

They have a rich history and the Oz public has always gone to watch them in droves.

The revenue lost in crowds and TV audiences dropping off would be costing a lot more.

I dont think it is a crazy idea and IMO the richer test playing nations like India, England and us should contribute to a Windies academy...
Unlike the old days less Windies players are involved in county cricket hence they dont get to hone their techniques and it affects their ability to perform at test level.
Its just all T20 park cricket for them and the lucrative T20 comps around the world...they need incentive to train and play the longer form of the game....maybe some county cricket scholarships
would help as well as a modern academy staffed by past greats....

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Reply #517
The Calypso kids become the Collapso kids.

Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #518
Back when Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Malcolm Holding, Joel Garner were playing the West Indies were the best cricket nation in the world at any form of the game. Now look look very green and ordinary playing cricket. That doesn't worry me though.
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Reply #519
Yet they did what they did where others - Warner et al, Smith fell cheaply.

Voges averages close to 70 - some respect for that!!!

Yeah, and what was it before his innings in Tasmania?!!  :P

But seriously, 70 is a good average, I wasn't aware of that, he is still pretty young in his Test career and for me at least hadn't proven a whole lot before his last inning.
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Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #520
Just slightly off topic, but I watched the Cricket Show yesterday and was amazed. Ian Healy had a junior teenage cricket player practice some wicket keeping, while Healy hit cricket balls at him. The way he instructed the junior with catching skills was great to watch. Teaching the junior how to move his feet and what side of the body to take the ball depending on where the stumps were placed. His instructions were very precise and attention to detail. He spoke clearly and explained exactly why skills are practiced in a certain way. He would make an excellent keeping coach. Even if Slater had a spin on fielding with some advice himself, Ian would explain a more preferred technique and why it is a better drill. He is a clever man and was a great cricket player. Especially as a keeper with batting ability to add. ;)

Yeah, enjoyed watching that....
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Reply #521
The ACB should send this Windies team home and give the gate money back to the poor patrons who have been hoodwinked into parting with their hard earned to watch
the garbage that these con artists are dishing out....6/91 chasing another 500 plus score...
They must be on the take ie Paki cricketers, no team can be this woeful and so non competitive....they swagger like the old Windies team, wear the same amount of bling as the old Windies but thats where the similarity ends ...

Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #522
Only went yesterday because ny kids were representing the renegades and the lack of pressure due to inconsistent bowling and pedestrian fielding strategy stood out.  They wouldn't beat club sides at the moment... Kids not ready, no senior leadership and some going at half rat power.... Sound familiar?
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Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #523
The ACB should send this Windies team home and give the gate money back to the poor patrons who have been hoodwinked into parting with their hard earned to watch
the garbage that these con artists are dishing out....6/91 chasing another 500 plus score...
They must be on the take ie Paki cricketers, no team can be this woeful and so non competitive....they swagger like the old Windies team, wear the same amount of bling as the old Windies but thats where the similarity ends ...

I think that it's more of an indication of the 21st century political, social and economic realities in the Caribbean.  If the West Indies is ever to be a cricketing force again, the ICC really needs to take action to reform the West Indies Cricket Board and revive interest in the longer forms of the game.  A strong West Indies is good for world cricket.
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Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #524
I think that it's more of an indication of the 21st century political, social and economic realities in the Caribbean.  If the West Indies is ever to be a cricketing force again, the ICC really needs to take action to reform the West Indies Cricket Board and revive interest in the longer forms of the game.  A strong West Indies is good for world cricket.

The locals have more interest in their Premier league 20/20 local comp that gets played between the islands than they do in the traditional formats, why would you want to play test cricket and
get paid peanuts when the short format specialists get so much more?......not many Windies players in county cricket anymore, they dont want to learn how to play the longer formats of the game that require technique and more hard work to learn.

These blokes cant even field properly..its comical watching them ....the IPL has stuffed Test Cricket for the poorer nations IMO, only hope is if the ICC pump more money into the longer game but with India holding the whip hand at the ICC table and running the IPL its not going to happen and I fear we may lose the Windies as a test playing team..