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Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #1125 –
Quote from: laj – on
No problem getting away with it with the pace. Extreme pace works even on flatter tracks. Old West Indian theory, use your 4 best bowlers. When they are quick and good the pressure is enormous.

Yeah....but even the Windies of that era would struggle a bit with the forced over rates these days.  Can't get away with the sort of stuff they used to.
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Reply #1126 –
Is Maxwell injured?

If not, why isn't he bowling?

 :-\
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #1127 –
Smith is a conundrum, he fights so hard for his team when batting, then shoots it in the foot with his in-field tactics.

Lyon was bowling like a man possessed, there were four overs left in the day, so Smith took the new ball and removed Lyon from the attack. It's perplexing, it'd be like removing Lillee from the attack when he need one more wicket for the record!

It's almost like he doesn't want Lyon out there.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #1128 –
Henshaw dropped a sitter from the new ball, so you could back that decision.  Plenty other egs about, though.

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Reply #1129 –
Quote from: LP – on
Smith is a conundrum, he fights so hard for his team when batting, then shoots it in the foot with his in-field tactics.

Lyon was bowling like a man possessed, there were four overs left in the day, so Smith took the new ball and removed Lyon from the attack. It's perplexing, it'd be like removing Lillee from the attack when he need one more wicket for the record!

It's almost like he doesn't want Lyon out there.

The ball was pretty dead. At some point you have to change the ball. Within 10 overs Lyon will have a much better ball to bowl with. The taking of new ball should have been vindicated but Renshaw dropped a soda off Cummins, which could be vital.

Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

Reply #1130 –
I'm officially over David Warner.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #1132 –
And Sean Marsh can just screw off as well.  Unlike the selector's I'm not fooled by this spud, one good innings a series isn't enough. 
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #1133 –
can't blame 1 bloke. Collective failure....that Renshaw catch.....
Finals, then 4 in a row!

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Reply #1134 –
Yep, Renshaw has had an awful game, looks physically and mentally exhausted. Until this point he has clearly give everything and is spent.

Handscombe hasn't made big runs but they have had to winkle him out, and he does bat during that tough period when the spinners are on with purchase on the ball.  He bats time as well which helps slow the other sides momentum.

Contrasted with Sean Marsh, who finds way to limply get out (bunted to short leg, really !?!), then it comes out his back has flared again...FFS, if he can't stay fit for five days don't keep playing him.

India's lower order has contributed enough annoying runs to be critical, whereas Starc aside our tail can't even hang around, yet alone make runs.

DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #1135 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Yep, Renshaw has had an awful game, looks physically and mentally exhausted. Until this point he has clearly give everything and is spent.

People do not realise how much pressure the Australian team are under, it would really impact a kid like Renshaw as he wouldn't have experienced it before.

After Kohli's carry on they have basically been put under house arrest for their own protection, they get escorted to the team bus by blokes carrying machine guns. They can't go out, have had restrictions put on what they can eat and drink, and they are guarded 24/7. Further Kohli new exactly what he was doing when he played up to the local media and social media. But not just Kohli, several members of the Indian team have now be accused of inciting the public on social media.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #1136 –
I'm concerned that the relative progress made on this tour is papering over the usual big cracks in the middle (& now top) order batting lineup.  Let's be quite clear about his.  The bowlers (& Smith) have kept this series alive......there are still huge questions over 4, 5, & 6....and yes the lower order has not contributed anywhere near enough.  It's been 5 out all out far too many times.

Can only hope that back on Aussie pitches for the Ashes will see an improvement.....but still don't like Marsh & Maxwell getting first dibs on an Ashes series....
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Reply #1137 –
But let's be fair. NO ONE, not a soul, expected the Aussies to even be competitive let alone take the series down to the wire....

What if Starc had played?

I think kudos to our lads for fighting out a very entertaining Test series in very trying conditions.
Finals, then 4 in a row!

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Reply #1138 –
Quote from: flyboy77 – on
But let's be fair. NO ONE, not a soul, expected the Aussies to even be competitive let alone take the series down to the wire....

What if Starc had played?

I think kudos to our lads for fighting out a very entertaining Test series in very trying conditions.

Oh yeah, absolutely, there's been some progress made & some real fight shown at times......and some not at other times.  Mind you, if Starc had played, Cummins might not have.....and he was almost the difference in the last two tests.
Life is pain....... anyone who says differently is selling something.
 

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Reply #1139 –
Quote from: malo – on
I'm concerned that the relative progress made on this tour is papering over the usual big cracks in the middle (& now top) order batting lineup.  Let's be quite clear about his.  The bowlers (& Smith) have kept this series alive......there are still huge questions over 4, 5, & 6....and yes the lower order has not contributed anywhere near enough.  It's been 5 out all out far too many times.

Can only hope that back on Aussie pitches for the Ashes will see an improvement.....but still don't like Marsh & Maxwell getting first dibs on an Ashes series....

Wow, you are not impressed with Maxwells batting?
I think he looks far more composed than anyone bar Smith.
He is a class above the others and makes Warner look foolish.
I also think Handscombe, for his first tour has done pretty well.