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Reply #1650 –
To all the Konstas boosters, he still hasn't fixed his technical issue against the off cutter.  Not good enough.

Greens issue - just not good enough, full stop.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1651 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
To all the Konstas boosters, he still hasn't fixed his technical issue against the off cutter.  Not good enough.

Greens issue - just not good enough, full stop.
I've never really understood the hype surrounding some players, I don't see it much like I never got the hype surrounding Marsh. I suspect some of them have a CA angel boosting their stock.

In the past we've had quite a few who played a chaotic style like Konstas, Maxwell being the most obvious and he was kyboshed, what the difference between Maxwell and Konstas? Blokes like Maxwell, Walters before him, use to be the razzle dazzle in a rock solid list, now the squad is overloaded with pinch hitters and on a bad day they all strike out! It reminds me of that Billy Joel song, "Goodnight Saigon, We said we'd all go down together!"

Control and consistency have made way for peak performance. It seems the 1 in 3 or 4 good games when a player dominates is now enough to plaster over the in-between rubbish.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1652 –
Exactly.
Seems that flash triumphs overs consistency nowadays. Helps if you are a big hitting WA player with "an Angel at CA", or a famous father.
All rounders that can't bowl shouldn't be selected either.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1653 –
Not really happy with the team we've chosen, but I was still disappointed with the lack of application with our batting. We really need to get our best line-up on the park, not just the incumbents. We don't have long before England arrives and we're a rabble with the bat.
Live Long and Prosper!

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Reply #1654 –
More rubbish batting overnight.  And we dropped Marnus at three for this spud?  Marnus averaging 27 is about 20 higher...
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1655 –
Not taking the opposition seriously enough is lethal. I thought we worked that out when they were here last. However, it looks otherwise.
I've nothing against Green, but he doesn't have the runs on the board. He should NOT BE our #3 at the moment.
For that matter, Konstas shouldn't be there either. He might have the talent to make it, but his present selection is pure speculation. You cannot afford that in a tight series.
I also wonder what we've done for preparation for this series. It does NOT seem to have been doing our homework. We should have the bowlers worked out, their weaknesses knows and exploited. That hasn't happened either.

Not impressed at the moment. Batting might be hard on a dodgy pitch, but it isn't so hard as we've made it out to be. Time to show some mental hardness; we haven't seen any of it for quite a while.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1656 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
More rubbish batting overnight.  And we dropped Marnus at three for this spud?  Marnus averaging 27 is about 20 higher...
As disappointing as the team selection is, I suspect many of those blokes don't want to go there before an Ashes series.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #1657 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: Professer E – on
More rubbish batting overnight.  And we dropped Marnus at three for this spud?  Marnus averaging 27 is about 20 higher...
As disappointing as the team selection is, I suspect many of those blokes don't want to go there before an Ashes series.
Think they thought it would be easy runs and wickets vs the easybeats of World Cricket...had the same attitude vs the Saffies in the Test final too. Id be tweaking the coaching and captaincy and looking for some attitude and aggression.

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1658 –
Handy cricketer Webster, if you follow this thread some of us were calling for his inclusion a long time ago.
More handy runs from Carey who is a reliable and dependable cricketer and a great team man - exactly what you want from a teammate.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?
 

Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread

Reply #1659 –
Not a great pitch. Wonder what the rest will be like?

Not great batting from our top order. Will we learn anything and select guys more likely to succeed? I'm not holding my breath.
Live Long and Prosper!