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Root at 3, 2449 runs @ 58.3 with SR 91.51
Root at 4, 1962 runs @43.60 with SR 80.08
That strategy worked in Australia mainly because of mediocre batting performance by Australia in that series-Also outrageous knock by Roy.
Hales is a natural opener.It doesn’t matter where he will bat whether at 3 or middle order,he will find it difficult to score in any position that is not opening.Whereas Root is a definition of a typical no 3 batsmen in ODIs.
Maxwell and Agar shine as Aussies collapse in England
1)Finch must bat in middle order.Australia have lots of options for openers like Head,short,finch or warner(after ban for WC).Amongst the mentioned names,Finch is most likely to succeed in middle order.In terms of versatility,He is Australia’s best batsmen right now.Short is yet to prove himself against quality spin.
2) Old cliche like “you don’t need to hit lots of sixes or boundaries to become successful limited overs batsmen” might have worked a decade ago but game has changed massively in last 4-5 years.WI won last T20 WC mainly due to Six hitting skill.Their bowling wasn’t great at that time.
Batsmen like Travis Head will prove to be liability at some point.Only way to hide him is in opener position for ODIs.
3) Good ODI Team generally have atleast couple of aggressive batsmen in middle order/Lower order.Maxwell who is inconsistent and Stoinis(to lesser effect) are the only ones I saw today.That’s why it is important that Australia’s best T20 batsmen Finch bat in middle order position.
4)Nonsense Strategy used by England today
a)Root should always bat at no 3.
b)If hales plays,he should always open
I think they only did it because they were chasing low score but it shouldn’t become norm.
.It would be interesting battle between Roy,Bairstow and Hales for opening position.Only 2 of them can find a place in England’s full Strength team.
5)ATM England’s biggest strength is not their batsmen but All rounders.Stokes is arguably biggest match-winner/Gamechanger in cricket right now.If Stokes is doing well,Chances of his team winning massively increases.His ODI game is only going to improve with time.They have got genuine ARs in Stokes and M ali along with bowling ARs like Willey and Plunkett.
Maxwell and Agar shine as Aussies collapse in England
Finch shouldn’t open.He must bat in middle order.No team would really be afraid of players like Head or Henriques.
Stoinis has punched above his weight with bat so far in ODIs,let’s see if he continues his form in ODIs .
England vs Australia highlights: International cricket, first ODI live scores, blog
whether Australia wins or lose,let’s hope they don’t cross the line lol.
England vs Australia highlights: International cricket, first ODI live scores, blog
I really enjoyed reading this article.
Afghanistan rise has been astonishing and I don’t think any other team made such impact that Afghanistan players have made in their first 8-9 years of international cricket.They have already produced players that are dominating world class players(Kohli,AB etc) in leagues like IPL,BBL etc.Rashid Khan is arguably best bowler in Limited overs Cricket right now.Compared to their neighbour,India Pakistan and Bangladesh were minnows in their first couple of decades of international cricket which is understandable.Afghanistan already has shown the promise that they won’t be minnows for long.They still need major improvement in their batting and Pace department.
Bangladesh should be disappointed with 3-0 result which is just not acceptable even though T20 format is easily their weakest.Their Fans now won’t be accepting such type of results like they did before 2015 and questions should be raised now if this type of performance becomes norm(last couple of months hasn’t been great for them in all formats).
Bangladesh hasn’t performed like minnow ever since they reached QF of 2015 WC and I would say they have done better than WI across formats since 2015.They followed WC success by whitewashing Pakistan 3-0 in ODIs,convincing ODI series win against India & SA and then reaching Semi Finals of CT 2017(although they were slightly lucky).
Even in Test cricket,they have drawn series against Australia,England at home and drawn series in SL away where Australia were whitewashed 3-0.Even though T20 is completely different format but given their recent success in ODI and Test,their poor performance in T20 format is still a bit surprising.
The new invaders from Afghanistan
The back up Australian quicks are best by some distance.Top 8 ranked in this article are quality bowlers and can play for any other limited overs team.For ODIs,Teams like India,SA and Eng are struggling in pace department atm.
Ranking Australia’s white-ball quicks
They are obviously tying up loose ends but in the most graceful manner possible .
Lehmann was already not guilty,the minute when Steve Smith said Lehmann knew nothing about Sandpaper in press conference.Although I Agree that if lehmann was revealed as guilty then “cheating Team” label would’ve been stick to Australian Team and Australian Cricket would’ve been finished for some extremist Fans.
Like you,Nobody outside Australia buys that only 3 people knew about ball tampering or warner has never tampered the ball before.Kudos for saying that here as there is every chance of some sensitive naive guy calling you an idiot for this.Just like everybody knew that De Kock was guilty of abusing warner wife’s but there was no proof as he wasn’t caught in camera.Surprisingly,Nobody here would ask for proof in this case.
CA has basically handed over the scripts and it’s time for Australian players to perform.
Now Rest of the players will tell us their cr@p story in a given time and it would basically go along the line “I was so shocked after knowing my teammates were ball tampering that for a minute my eye suddenly popped out from the socket” as if they want us to believe they knew nothing what was happening in the field or Leadership Group which involves Smith warner etc or whoever decided to buy Sandpaper kept secret from rest of the players or Bowlers can’t differentiate between Simple cricket ball and Tampered ball.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
PCB has done the same for pakistan players
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/pcb-restricts-players-to-2-foreign-cricket-leagues-each-season.557930/
The ICC needs to work out an international cricketing schedule
Matthew Pearce,
I don’t know which part of my post you didn’t like.
In a Nutshell,I was in agreement with opinion that “we got the best possible version of what went on with the ball tampering saga.”
Two main point from my post was-:
1 Australia have done ball tampering before.
2 Warner,Smith and Bancroft weren’t the only one who knew about this.
If you think that warner hasn’t tampered the ball before.Although I can understand your point of view but we can agree to disagree on this.
You can say that my opinions are misinformed.But If the informed opinions are “only three people knew about the ball tampering” or “this was their first time” then I would rather believe in my “uninformed” opinions.At one point,Informed opinions were also that Sticky paper was used instead of Sandpaper.
Just to clarify,I’m not saying Australian cricket Team are ch……
If anything I was in agreement with you about the punishment that Warner,smith and bancroft recieved were harsh and disproportionate.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
How brave qwetzen.I hope you can sleep well now.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
Can’t argue much with this article.
For a change,SA won’t be firm favourite for world cup and it might work in their favour.They can reach finals of WC for the first time.
The top four teams that could make it to the ICC WC 2019 semi-finals
Good article.
I think players especially those who plays 2 or more formats for their country shouldn’t be allowed to play more than 1 foreign league apart from their own league.
The ICC needs to work out an international cricketing schedule
As always my comment is awaiting moderation
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
Boof has drawn the line in Sandpaper.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
I have only evidence to support my claim.But I’m sure it won’t be enough for you.
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-ball-tampering-ashes-australia-alastair-cook-third-test-perth-smith-warner-bancroft/2018-04-25
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/cricket/5896330/stuart-broad-hints-australia-cheat-ashes/
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This is not the first time I’ve been asked to bring facts or proofs here.Just like I could’ve asked for proofs to the poster Bamboo (whom you replied to )who thinks “we got the best possible version of tampering saga”.You need to understand that opinions can be formed without any proof or facts especially when we are discussing about cricket.Otherwise,It would’ve been waste of my time here.I’ve already given my version of story.
Anyway,You can believe whatever you want like only 3 players knew about ball tampering or this is their first time ball tampering.I’m not here to change anybody’s opinion.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
LOL you are talking as if everyone believes they did it for the first time.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
“I still think we got the best possible version of what went on with the ball tampering saga.”
Without Doubt.
My version –
It goes without saying that Australians were tampering with ball for some time.But still the whole tampering saga was brushed off as if it was first time doing(but in reality it was first time being caught) and only three people knew of this(LOL! BIGGEST JOKE OF ALL).Although,I can understand why CA did this.
Lehmann should’ve been sacked after that series but just to make it less controversial,He was allowed to resign.There was absolutely no way for Lehmann continuing as coach.
Just to add,there is no such thing as mastermind of ball tampering Saga.Warner was banned only because he was the orginal ball tamperer of the Australian Team.Bancroft was just a replacement of him.
“Except he then proceeded to bow to public outrage and give the blokes disproportionate punishments.”
This.
Punishment that warner,Smith and Bancroft recieved were absolutely harsh.Mainly because they were not the only one who knew about this.In some ways,Rest of the players were also responsible.
Whole team knew that ball tampering was going on for some time.
The scenario of warner telling Cook that he was tampering in ASHES and at the same time keeping this secret to his teammates can only happen in Delusional world.
James Sutherland stands down as Cricket Australia CEO
Watson has retired from INTL cricket and him returning for Australia would be an interesting choice.While I agree that Lynn is a special player and not some regular Aussies Hack but his fitness hasn’t been looking good to me.
Stanlake and Finch can use England ODIs as Test springboard
Indians wouldn’t like facing Behrendorff either.
On a serious note,Australia should play Faulkner whenever they play against India.
Stanlake and Finch can use England ODIs as Test springboard
Great Knock from Watto.Can’t believe he was 0 from 10 balls at start.
A complete turnaround from Villain to Hero.
Shane Watson tees off in the IPL final
Shakib is best all rounder(AR) across formats and definitely best AR in Limited overs cricket.
He deserve more respect
Shakib Al Hasan is the unsung hero of Hyderabad
for anyone who is interested,Here is the stat for the team winning the toss in Test Cricket:
Matches:2303
Matches won :823
Matches Lost :720
W/L ratio of team winning the toss – 1.143
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Stats for Last 10 Years of team Winning the toss
Matches:429
Matches won :178
Matches Lost :151
W/L ratio of team winning the toss – 1.178
Scrap the toss to save Test cricket
Ahh Completely forgot about Woakes who is also very good.
Maxwell and Agar shine as Aussies collapse in England