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Reply #555 –
Quote from: Milhanna13 – on
They’ve picked butler and woakes for their batting.  You know you are jumping at shadows and don’t trust your top order when you don’t pick ur best keeper and seamer, because you want 7 and 8 sured up.   Real club cricket stuff - where you see the specialist no8
Agree their selections are always negative imo and show no faith in their batting lineup. They have two decent young leg spinners in Crane and Parkinson but were too scared to bring them. They also have three quicks in Norwell. Mahmood and SA born Brydon Carse who I would have brought over given Archer and Stone were injured and unavailable. Norwell played for the Lions team and did well in the Aus A game. Yet we get the old blokes plus Woakes, Overton and Bess. The latter three can all hold the bat but won't be bowling out too many decent batting lineups in Aus and as you say are here because they can
provide support for that rubbery batting lineup.
Their selections for Aus and defensive mindset give them little hope. Stokes will make a good captain if given the opportunity full time.


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Reply #556 –
Sack Carey, it's always, always, always the keepers catch! :o
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #557 –
If the poms are serious Jimmy would be on the plane home and Broad not far behind.   Might be a happier camp too.  Other than maybe Hobart, remaining pitches are going to be dry and flat,  and if Stokes isn't going to bowl many overs then they need someone who can can bowl a lot. Wood for some shock value with the new ball might help as well.
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Reply #558 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
If the poms are serious Jimmy would be on the plane home and Broad not far behind.   Might be a happier camp too.  Other than maybe Hobart, remaining pitches are going to be dry and flat,  and if Stokes isn't going to bowl many overs then they need someone who can can bowl a lot. Wood for some shock value with the new ball might help as well.
I could pick three English quicks at least like I said before who would do better in Aus than Broad and Anderson....what is with the English being slow learners. Woakes is a good cricketer but no good bowling in Australia on flat roads, Butler is probably the 3rd best keeper and Leach spinning into the pads of the Aussie lefties on flat tracks was always going to end in tears.
Stokes should be captain......
Root and Silverwood are clueless selection wise, England have more batting and bowling coaches than players but technique wise you have Burns playing everyball around his pads and Hameed on the front foot with his hands low looking shocked when the ball bounces on him.
Malan looked more dangerous than Leach bowling his part time leggies and they have Parkinson and Crane sat back in England when clearly they are the type of leg spinner on bouncy wickets that would cause more problems here in Aus.
I'd only play Broad in Melbourne and leave Anderson out......ins Wood, Bess, Crawley, Lawrence outs Anderson, Woakes, Burns and Hameed. Cummins should come in for Neser who looked a bit military medium at times....

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Reply #559 –
Broad got the ar5e, Anderson remains!

Boland in, good selection in my opinion, we need one bowler who is a workhorse type and can bowl more than 3 overs before having a rest, Boland is perfect as a 20+ over per day type! It's OK having sprinters when the track suits, but you need a cart horse to fill in the gaps! Hoff has done that job for years as well as being able to take early wickets, but he is not so reliable anymore injury wise!

It's a pity Boland is only being given an opportunity as a 32 year old, he should have been given an opportunity 4 or 5 years back, so should have Nesser! Then they could have rotated guys like Starc or Cummins in and out as will to keep them cherry-ripe and fresh!

For me though it is not just about Boland or Nesser opportunity, it's about making sure they don't break Richardson or Green before their career even gets started!

Back in the day our generation would bowl 12, 15 or 18 overs day just in 65 over matches. Someday we did that in the afternoon after having already bowled or limit in the Unders in the morning! Nowadays they restrict the kids to 6 or 8 overs in a day, and while they claim that protects them from stress related injuries I'm not sure it weeds out the durable from the fragile like the old days did! They get to a high level never having needed to bowl more than 8 or 10 overs in  a full days play!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #560 –
Absolute rubbish cricket from England, its not even a contest. Just watched Butler give his wicket away, he can't be bothered with playing test cricket anymore given the money he makes in the short formats.
This test should be over on the 4th day...

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Reply #561 –
Rinse and repeat with this mob.  Cringeworthy.

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Reply #562 –
Interesting end to day 2.    8)

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Reply #563 –
What are the odds a couple of the Poms come down with COVID overnight?

If they do it's proof they are soft as ............. !
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Reply #564 –
Stokes was sailing very close to being timed out.  Incredulous not have the next man padded up as soon as the preceding player was heading out to the wicket.  That would have been the final insult to England ... never happened before in Tests.  Shamozzle 

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Reply #565 –
What a smashing @ElwoodBlues1  :))  One for the record books !!

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Reply #567 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Hard to drop Boland if Hazlewood is fit compare that to England where you would drop about eight..
By labelling Boland "The MCG Specialist", did the CA mafia set him up to be dropped regardless of the match result and personal form?

On the upside, if they drop Boland and lose, it's hammer time for the coach and a few of the CA selectors! ;)
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Reply #568 –
I was at the 'G today - as abymsal as the English batting was, the Australian bowling in this Test has been exceptional.  The Poms could have had a third innings and still lost. 

At least I can put a 'tick' against the box "there in  person when Australia wins the Ashes"......
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?

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Reply #569 –
Tonyo, so I can answer a question from my kid, would you mind me asking how much did entry cost and are they refunding it given play was over in an hour?