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The reason their lower order batted well is because they batted on their own dungheap and faced weaker spinners than they usually do. I will bet they wont bat anywhere near as well in other countries or if they faced spinners as good as themselves on their own turf
Humiliated: Australia skittled in a session as Indian spinners set up innings victory
Lyon is a certainty as he is our best spinner
Humiliated: Australia skittled in a session as Indian spinners set up innings victory
Agars problem is that he is not good enough. Apart from that he would make a good member of our team
Humiliated: Australia skittled in a session as Indian spinners set up innings victory
Yes i agree. There is little diff between the teams except for the spinners. Indias second choice spinners are better than Lyon and Murphy. So we will lose since India is a spinnersnparadise.
Humiliated: Australia skittled in a session as Indian spinners set up innings victory
Dropping Lyon is a bad idea because he is the best spinner we have. So he had a bad game BIG DEAL. Everyone does. Agar is not good enough and should not have been in the squad
'Poor all round', 'There's got to be changes' - Mr 16.95 Warner needs to be put out of misery after Aussies caned: Talking Points
WARNER MUST GO. And Head and Green back. Handscomb out to. Boland did well enough to keep his place but if Green can bowl enough then Swepo in for Boland.
'Poor all round', 'There's got to be changes' - Mr 16.95 Warner needs to be put out of misery after Aussies caned: Talking Points
It is time to get rid of Warner. Renshaw to open and stick with him. Handscomb out and Head in. Green at 6. We will still lose but we will lose but more with any other combo
Humiliated: Australia skittled in a session as Indian spinners set up innings victory
update from India: Spidercam is stuck just above the ground! So there will be an early tea with NZ at 1 for not much
'WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED?' Cricket world in disbelief as NZ spinner stuns India with TEN-wicket haul
Meanwhile, over in India: India has declared leaving NZ 540 to win, and Sommerville, who bowls nude darts, has not taken a wicket in 2 tests.
'WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED?' Cricket world in disbelief as NZ spinner stuns India with TEN-wicket haul
Let”s hope the rain stays away – the forecast is not that good 😢
Warnie made the point last year that Head keeps getting out the same way – by slashing outside off. It will be interesting to see if Head has overcome that problem
BREAKING: Starc survives, Head edges Khawaja as Australian Ashes XI revealed
In 1980, I stayed at my school-mate’s place and we watched the 1980 Centenary test every night. Hughes dancing down to the English quicks and hitting them for 6 over their heads! A rarity in those days. He scored a ton and 80 odd in that game. He is my cricket hero.
Why 1979-80 remains my favourite summer of cricket
yeah he can give it a rip
'WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED?' Cricket world in disbelief as NZ spinner stuns India with TEN-wicket haul
It is possible to bowl darts and spin it. Agar bowls non-spinning darts most of the time. Over in India: NZ all out for 62 in the 29th over.
'WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED?' Cricket world in disbelief as NZ spinner stuns India with TEN-wicket haul
NZ are 6 for 38 as I write this. Hopefully, the Aussie selectors will learn something from his performance and select guys who turn the ball for the upcoming tests in Asia. Guys like Agar are not going to win us games over there
'WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED?' Cricket world in disbelief as NZ spinner stuns India with TEN-wicket haul
Well said Warnie. Great to see that those suffering from tall-poppy syndrome are not making you change your commentary ways
Warne exclusive: 'If people want to sit on the fence, no problem. I've earned the right to give honest opinions'
Paine’s mistake was wanting to play on after he resigned from the captaincy. The public reaction made him change his mind and so he withdrew from the team indefinitely. Withdraw permanently is best in this situation IMHO.
'We live a brutal society': Everything JL said about 'shattered' Paine's future, key Smith-Warner roles and first Test XI
In this article, the Aussie Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) raises its ugly head again! It is great that Warnie speaks his mind. He knows a thing or seven about cricket and I am grateful to him for giving his honest, straightforward opinions. We can all benefit from his expertise even though we might not agree with him all the time. The other greats referred to who don’t have “such an insatiable appetite for shoving his oar in” know they will get bagged by the many Aussie TPS sufferers if they speak their mind – that is why those greats “sit on the fence” a lot, giving only plain-vanilla opinions that put us to sleep. It is about time Australia cured itself of the dreaded TPS – it is holding us back. I say, congratulations Warnie – keep it up mate.
It's time to break our exhausting addiction to 'What Warnie Reckons'
yeah his action seems to be a bit more “whippy” than it was
Green confident he can nail all-rounder role but not Stoked with comparison
Congratulations on the effort put in by the author. There are many problems with this analysis, however. Here are three:
1. The sample is not random (only a portion of Healy’s career is analyzed raising questions about why this was done because it likely affects the results). 2. Many of the parameters (e.g. those that involve capping, halving the numbers etc) are arbitrary and are chosen by the author. This means another author could do a similar analysis but choose different parameters and get a different result and then draw different conclusions. And this other author’s analysis would be just as defensible as the present analysis, as there is no science behind the parameter selection. 3. Other variables are ignored. For example, was a new ball due when the keeper came to the wicket? How much time was available until end of play / until the end of the game when he came to the crease? What was the state of the series when he came to the wicket? How does the extra pressure of captaincy for Paine affect the comparison with Healy (who was not the captain)? Was there a big difference in the bowling quality of the opposition teams that each keeper had to deal with? Partnerships are ignored (other things equal, a partnership of 80 when a keeper makes 20 is better for the team than a partnership of 40 when the keeper makes 30 for example), and so on…There is no doubt that these are not easy issues to deal with in such comparisons. Nevertheless, they can be important for the results and affect the conclusions drawn with such comparisons. One cannot be confident that Healy was a better batsman than Paine based on the analysis in this article. Again I applaud the effort put in by the author. It is refreshing to see someone using statistics and analysis to support his/her opinion.
Tim Paine is not the wicketkeeping messiah with the bat
Yep. Green is a work in progress. He shows signs of being a superstar. Patience is needed with him. As I recall, Flintoff and Kallis did not have impressive records early in their test careers. But England and South Africa persisted with those guys and they turned out very nicely indeed
Green confident he can nail all-rounder role but not Stoked with comparison
Pierro, Green batted at 6 in the tests against India and I expect him to bat there for the Ashes tests. Yes, he had stress fractures and his bowling was restricted last season – but he did bowl. His back is better now so he should be able to bowl more overs this season. I watched all the WA games this season and he looks good and the speed seemed to be right up there – although as I mentioned above, he was bowling a bit short. I think they got tired of MM whose performances in many of his games were not good enough. MM had a good run, so I reckon they thought it was time for someone else – even if that someone was not 100%. Regarding Harris, it has been stated that he will open.
Green confident he can nail all-rounder role but not Stoked with comparison
dont think so Pierro – he was chosen as an allrounder IMO
Green confident he can nail all-rounder role but not Stoked with comparison
I hope that the green machine does really well. He is a much better batsman than MM – who is not good enough to be in our test top 6. Green seems to bowl a bit short at times though – hope he can get better control and swing it like he used to a few years back.
Green confident he can nail all-rounder role but not Stoked with comparison
Other left armers like Boult and Afridi maintain a better line and length than Starc – and are better at building pressure when the ball is not swinging much. When Starc swings it and takes early wickets with his yorkers, we seem to turn a blind eye to his poorer control. I reckon Warnie is right about Starc not swinging it – or not swinging it as much as he used to. I pefer Richardson over Starc in test 1 but I think they will go with Starc due to his greater experience than Richardson. I think that Starc is on a short leash with the selectors though. Memories of our below-par bowling at the Gabba test against India (Cummins excepted) have not gone away. If Starc sprays it around in test 1 and does not take many wickets, he will probably be serving Richardson and the other 10 guys the drinks in test 2.
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Agar might make a 30 but he wont get anyone out. His job is to take wickets. Swepo is a better bowler. The top 6 have to make the runs
Humiliated: Australia skittled in a session as Indian spinners set up innings victory