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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by Milhanna13 -
Quote from: Professer E – on
Harry Hoekstra from Vic looks ok.  Pity theres no batting although I always thought McSweeney deserves another try in his preferred slot.
The NSW Cartel has been putrid this test...at all facets.
Beau Webster looks finished too.

Poor old Slug.   Not up to it against genuine pace and cant play spin.   Great against an average attack, though.

Between him and Maddinson,  how do you expect to compete when 2 of your 6 batters are just not good enough.

Slug will stay, though, as the quicks are getting old and Green is not bowling, so they need the back up.   It will be Green in for Madinson, and Renshaw moved to the top.... nothing surer.     I'd give Sammy Harper a go at openning - in good form, and wont back down - but they wont
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by Professer E -
Harry Hoekstra from Vic looks ok.  Pity theres no batting although I always thought McSweeney deserves another try in his preferred slot.
The NSW Cartel has been putrid this test...at all facets.
Beau Webster looks finished too.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by dodge -
Pre 'professionalism' players could only go round for so long before they had to get a job.  Now the $ are good, they are going to player as long as they can.

Be nice to say this is a one-off, but it is an oft repeated pattern

Not much from the first couple of Sheffield Shield games to bring in...

There aren't many players that'd say 'Nah, I'm not up to it,  don't select me'. More the selectors fault for not rejuvenating the side and allowing players to determine when they will retire. By the time the current test bowlers retire, Neser, Richardson etc will be gone, so who will will be the pace bowlers?
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Cricket thread
Last post by crashlander -
We certainly don't seem to be able to bat very well. I'm afraid Maddinson looks to be a wrong step.
Konstas, on the other hand, appears to have settled a bit: mot playing too many weird shots. 100 from 167 ball todays.
Would he have done better than Maddinson? Another interesting question for our selectors to ponder.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Quote from: PaulP – on
Latest update on Helen Haines is pretty bad : she's lost one leg and surgeons are fighting to save the other leg. She remains in a critical condition.
She has indeed lost her second leg, just reported on the news. Awful, just awful.

Absolutely terrible ... and she's still in a critical condition  :(