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Reply #285 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Travis Head is another who is really at the crossroads. I know it's only BB but his most recent dismissal in the BB was dreadful.  Trying to drag Marnus from wide of off,  that's not the shot of a bloke comfortable with his game.  He's running out of time to get his crap sorted out.
Head looked terrible, couldnt find the middle of the bat and wasted deliveries trying to slog, when you are struggling you push ones and get off strike but he couldnt even do that, how he made the South African trip is a mystery.
Richardson was ordinary last night and got pummeled by Vince the English player, yeah there was dew on the ball/outfield but he still got carted and couldnt contain what is a 2nd Eleven English player, much prefer Pattinson if he can get and stay fit.

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Reply #286 –
Yep,  Head was trash versus the heat,  what's wrong with knocking singles around to get in and going?  

I hate to say it EB,  but I reckon that Shaun Marsh is the best credentialed of the "other options" as an opening option.  I know he's 152 years old but he really is a solid player.   Problem is that you get one Marsh and you get the other.... Who is a good short form player but an utter crab at test level.  
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #287 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Yep,  Head was trash versus the heat,  what's wrong with knocking singles around to get in and going?  

I hate to say it EB,  but I reckon that Shaun Marsh is the best credentialed of the "other options" as an opening option.  I know he's 152 years old but he really is a solid player.   Problem is that you get one Marsh and you get the other.... Who is a good short form player but an utter crab at test level.  

Marsh is averaging 97 in Shield cricket and Head 65 for 2021, hard to go back to Marsh for me though.
Looking through the entire batting order and options...
Inglis is averaging 118 at Shield level but is a keeper, do we do a India and play Inglis as a batsman like they do with Pant?
McDermott is the other with runs at Shield level but I still think of him as a BBL player...
Henriques is going at 67 but as discussed is a long way from test cricket and isnt young either...
Other option is Warner and Harris to open with Pukovski and Green at 5 and 6.
If I wanted another discrete opener I would go with Whiteman from WA, English born, good technique.

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Reply #288 –
Another clueless dismissal by Cameos last night, wicket just thrown away when he was looking OK.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #289 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Another clueless dismissal by Cameos last night, wicket just thrown away when he was looking OK.
Over coached @Professer E‍.

His demise always looks premeditated, like he's a cricket robot that has been programmed or been coached in the moment and can't act in deference to the circumstance.

It reminds me of quite a few of those AFL footballers who to the fans will seem to do just the wrong thing at just the wrong moment, yet are loved by the coach.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #290 –
Don't understand it myself.... Running down the pitch and missing a very average spinner by a metre, saw better at U12s on Saturday.  
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #291 –
Saffie tour is off due to CoVid, Saffers not happy as they said they complied with all our demands. Was talk the series might have been played in Perth but Graham Smith now head of cricket in SA said a quick No to that idea.

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Reply #292 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Saffie tour is off due to CoVid, Saffers not happy as they said they complied with all our demands. Was talk the series might have been played in Perth but Graham Smith now head of cricket in SA said a quick No to that idea.
I suppose this is off the back of the news about the SA COVID variant being perhaps even more infectious than the UK variant, as well as some reports claiming it is less susceptible(more resistant) to the vaccination regimes now on offer.

What does it mean for the two squads hypothesis?

@ElwoodBlues1 Where would you think it's safer to tour, Sth Africa or India?

 I ask because I suspect the bulk of the players will be back at the IPL as soon as possible regardless of the COVID situation.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #293 –
Quote from: LP – on
I suppose this is off the back of the news about the SA COVID variant being perhaps even more infectious than the UK variant, as well as some reports claiming it is less susceptible(more resistant) to the vaccination regimes now on offer.

What does it mean for the two squads hypothesis?

@ElwoodBlues1 Where would you think it's safer to tour, Sth Africa or India?

 I ask because I suspect the bulk of the players will be back at the IPL as soon as possible regardless of the COVID situation.
Yep its based around the SA CoVid variant......SA or India?...good question LP, Pakistan have/are touring SA and things seem ok and the SA Govt are saying they are on top of their second wave. I guess if you are playing IPL for big money it makes the choice easier but for me I'd prefer SA, the Saffers were sending their own team and staff into quarantine for 14 days prior to the series beginning and complying with most of what we asked for. Having travelled to India when I was younger I would be a bit more dubious of their healthcare measures..

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Reply #294 –
We likely out of the World Test Championship Final (WTC) unless results fall our way in the India v England Series. If bloody Tim Paine had've kept control of the over rate in Melbourne and not got WTC points docked  for it then Australia would be playing NZ. Between this, his awful panicky captaincy and catching in the last two Test, Paine has made a complete debauchery of Australia making the WTC final. Really shouldn't hold his job after his efforts against India. Batting was alright but he made a hash of everything else.

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Reply #295 –
Quote from: laj – on
We likely out of the World Test Championship Final (WTC) unless results fall our way in the India v England Series. If bloody Tim Paine had've kept control of the over rate in Melbourne and not got WTC points docked  for it then Australia would be playing NZ. Between this, his awful panicky captaincy and catching in the last two Test, Paine has made a complete debauchery of Australia making the WTC final. Really shouldn't hold his job after his efforts against India. Batting was alright but he made a hash of everything else.
NZ are now through and it's probably out of India and England to see if they can overtake us. Paine will keep the job for the ashes series now, on his last chance.
Be nice to see NZ win the test final if we don't make it...

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Reply #296 –
The whole things a scam EB,  the Indian's over rates were excremently bad all series  yet we get fined...   I smell a rat...really convenient that we're out the running via a penalty,  but the while test championship thing is a joke anyway.   Didn't we utterly flog NZ,  yet they are ranked above us?
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?
 

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Reply #297 –

Quote from: Professer E – on
The whole things a scam EB,  the Indian's over rates were excremently bad all series  yet we get fined...  I smell a rat...really convenient that we're out the running via a penalty,  but the while test championship thing is a joke anyway.  Didn't we utterly flog NZ,  yet they are ranked above us?
We failed in our duty, we should have implemented a better slow over-rate policy, and made sure our policy resulted in action to mitigate slow over-rates.

If we are accused of slow over-rates;

1- Accuse the accuser of racism.

2 - Threaten to boycott the game, walk-off or end the series by packing up and going home.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #298 –
Exactly what id do after the first crap word comes over the fence when we're over there.

Apparently only white male Australians are racists. 
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #299 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Exactly what id do after the first crap word comes over the fence when we're over there.

Apparently only white male Australians are racists.
The problem is the money situation isn't symmetric.

The BCCI have used IPL generated dollars to politically leverage the old establishment, I can't see that new order ever going away!

They do not need us, if we do not play nice with them, they can just play with themselves and still be rich and powerful! ;D

I think the old establishment made a mistake, they sold out for the BCCI/IPL dollars and they grossly failed to recognise or leverage in importance of prestige in sport! More than the dollars, someone like Kholi wants to be recognised as the best, all top sportspeople are like that, they do it for free in fact they might even pay their way to be there like an Olympian!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"