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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by LP -
Quote from: DJC – on

As for the batting, imagine if we had a couple of batsmen with sound technique and an unwillingness to give their wicket away 🤔
You can see the point I've been making about the 1 in 5 men, I suspect it's a type of laziness driven by a lack of motivation, they do not want to work too hard, and then do just enough to hang around the squad when threatened.

The whole scenario is unfolding as outlined when IPL was first launched, the only thing the BCCI got wrong was how lazy their own crew turned out to be. The BCCI thought that courtesy of the biased rules their own lot would still be driven enough to top the table in all versions of the sport, nepotism and privilege wasn't going to be a barrier to global domination. But instead they manufactured a bunch of "Bling Billionaires" who are even lazier than the rest of the world, more Bollywood than peak sport, and the thing that has suffered is test cricket.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Professer E – on
Weak as piss.

Renshaw....wtf!?!
Head.... great no. 5, not an opener's a-hole.
Marnus....finished (sh#t decision btw).
Green... Can't concentrate for more than about an hour before a mistake.
Connolly...not test standard in anything, another Bailey masterclass in wishful thinking.
Hazelwood...finished.  Toothless bowling and contributes nothing with the bat
The cliff has arrived.

You don’t think that Marnus’s two runouts will save him from the chop Prof? 🙄

We’re stuffed if one of our four bowlers has a bad day.  We desperately need an all rounder who can bowl long spells and take wickets.  A couple of batting all rounders who can bowl to Test batsmen would be handy too.

As for the batting, imagine if we had a couple of batsmen with sound technique and an unwillingness to give their wicket away 🤔
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by Professer E -
Weak as piss.

Renshaw....wtf!?!
Head.... great no. 5, not an opener's a-hole.
Marnus....finished (sh#t decision btw).
Green... Can't concentrate for more than about an hour before a mistake.
Connolly...not test standard in anything, another Bailey masterclass in wishful thinking.
Hazelwood...finished.  Toothless bowling and contributes nothing with the bat
The cliff has arrived.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by Gointocarlton -
What a terrible batting performance in the 2nd innings. I know there are people who will say you can win every match but the batting has been shameful. Lyon top scored with 33 FFS. Heads need to roll but they probably wont.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2027 fixture revealed.
Last post by percy -
After we play Sydney in round 22 next season it will mark the 5th home and away game in a row  we have played them on the SCG. WTF is going on,  that is blatant favouritism and protection of one of their favourite clubs.