Duck, duck, gone? Warner fails again; Australia thrashed in final T20 warm up

yep, what a dud. 7000 runs, average 48, 24r tons, what a deadset joke.

leave Warner out of it. double hs average because he played on one leg. Painey... the first knock was great. the sort of stuff he needs to do more of. needed to, I mean pretty irrelevant after that, flopping in Melb when we really need runs, doing nothing special as we made 350s - but he couldn't go past 50, as per usual. an average booster witha couple of red inks. like most of his batting, i reckon he averages 5 more than he's worth, and Haddin 5 less. (I COULD see him opening as a favour for being maintained after losing home series against the same opponent twice in three summers? 30 off 60 might be enough. and we could play Maxwell at 7...)

Bangladesh had little trouble in taking that series. That must be a first surely? Doom and gloom or realism? That sort of retort is typical of the Aussie denial trait which is finally catching up with this nation across all and sundry.

If the ashes were played in England the Sassenach would have little trouble in taking the spoils. In Australia, despite the home turf advantage, England are a good chance to be more than competitive. Australian Cricket is mediocre - pure and simple.

Really. So how many Saffas in the current Kiwi Test and other international squads Brains?

.......only obsessed in as much as NZ are our most convenient litmus for all and sundry while we indirectly foster their sporting prowess in some respects. I believe our sporting pedigree has regressed dramatically in recent decades and especially in traditional codes. Im interested to understand what others think rather than the usual denial and excuses that seem to prevail when I raise this subject. Conversely NZ seems to have grown in stature across sporting disciplines we once dominated in, including Cricket. Why? Their population is meagre compared to ours and they have not been expedient of our domestic Cricket comp as with other codes i.e. League, Soccer, Basketball, Netball et al. We continue to throw good money after bad in regards to remunerating our indulged athletes, with less to show it would seem, so NZ are a case worth studying I would have thought.

.....again - look at the World Rankings. They are our superior across all versions of Cricket. Comparing our Cricket Status with their dominance in Union is grasping at straws surely, i.e. no comparison. then of course there is League, which they are also ranked number one in the world.

I believe they won a recent series in NZ v us? What form that was in I cannot recall. If we are so dominant v them then how are they ranked higher than we are across all forms of the game?

We need to get behind the "play streets" movement when we played, we used the cars (and Loppy the dog), as fielders, if you hit a car on the full you were out, you could smash it into them on the bounce if you saw a chance. not sure how that would go with a 50,000 billion Tesla EV inner city yuppie population? (luckily for us, about half the street had driveways and garages. not too wealthy so not 3 and 4 car families.)

A much stronger lineup last time? We had 2 Marsh's, Bancroft and even Handscomb played a few tests lol. It was far weaker than what we will put out this time around.

The best batsman grew up playing in backyards, usually merciless in exploiting younger siblings, Ian and Greg Chappell both used Trevor Chappell thats why he was best as a fieldsman . Bradman stands out because he did it by himself with the stump and ball against the wall. The local oval thats not going to produce the best of the best by itself without the backyard or the street.

They're Mickey Mouse warm up games. NZ's opener retired on 33 in that game. These results mean nothing

So you want Paine dropped because his batting isn't good enough, but you're happy to pick Head? Despite the fact that Paine out performed Head last summer? The whole notion that Paine is a rubbish batsman is ridiculous. He averaged 40 against India last summer. For context Wade averaged 21, Head averaged 20 and Warner averaged 16. The way people carry on about, you'd think he was batting like Glenn McGrath.

Poor Honest Davey! Is that other bloke who got caught out with him – captain weepy – is he still playing, stomping about on the batsman’s track and being astonished any time he is called to account? :unhappy: :crying: I wouldn’t worry too much for Davey the Truth Teller though – he has a publicist doesn’t he? – or his missus? – with the skills to stand over the modern renamed ACB and have his status fully restored, with a statement about how the game rispiks him. With proper compensation for damage they have caused to his – hee hee – reputation. :stoked:

I get what you're saying but thankfully game's going ok here. The 5 ovals near me and others I see driving around look busy mid week (training I assume) and matches Saturday/Sunday. Council even keeps the nets in good nick. I also read the over 10's girls division going well. 7 aside, everyone gets a bat, bowl etc.

....and the Wallabies?

yeah just like the rugby but other way around.

You need a keeper. Inglis is the WA keeper. Whiteman can’t be picked with no recent first class experience.

Sure. My views are almost identical regarding those teams.

Theyve never won a series in South Africa.