Carlton Supporters Club

At least he's younger than thirty

The Marsh selection is bewildering.  Been injured and isn't a test players A-hole.  

The memorial-Brendan-Julian-selection.....  Good tourist, is Mitch.........

They have low confidence in the playing conditions, that can't be sure if it is going to be Bazball or a Test grind, so they gone 50/50.

But even so, if you accept they have gone 50/50, it doesn't explain some of the choices that make up the mix!

Marsh is a bazball choice so England have already dictated our selection theory, we have decided to play their way rather than stick to traditional test cricket imho. Warner can thank McCullum and Stokes for his ticket on this tour, if it was business as usual with Broad, Anderson and crew bowling on juiced up seaming tracks he wouldnt be playing...

I gather that the absence of Nesser or Richardson types is also a tell, basically one bowler who can swing the ball.

Can't see much benefit coming out of this WTC Final.

India basically look disinterested, earning too much IPL money I suspect and Test cricket looks like it's a burden for them, especially when things get tough. They'll still go hard if they get a roll on, but otherwise they look like they are half a step away from folding!

To make things worse, we are going hard and just exposing our tactics for the Poms to pick apart prior to the coming Ashes series.

They've got Jadeja and he's a seriously good player EB.  The problem was the old rope they served up day 1, of which Yadav is prone to do.... just like Starc did day 2 aside from one Jaffa.

Don't miss all the BS associated with Ashwin...the scowling and muttering, the mankad attempts, the three frivolous appeals every over...

Our openers are still very sketchy EB, and Starc is too profligate with runs for my taste.