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Jammel,
Just out of curiosity I checked out the Indian team age-wise just this morning.
Skipper Sharma is 37 this year, Kohli, Jadeja, Rahane & Pujara all 36, Ashwin is 38, Shami 34.
Even Bumrah turns 31 this year, as is newcomer Patidar. The outstanding keeper-batsman Rahul is 32. Yadav & Siraj are both 30.
Like Oz they have a lot of ageing players. But unlike Oz they have some outstanding youngsters coming thru, especially batters. I think they still have the wood on Oz over a full series.
This next series for Oz will be their last hurrah to beat this great Indian lineup before both teams undergo significant personnel changes.
Test Mortem: Epic comeback win but cracks remain in line-up, Shield form has to count for something, Pat should bat higher
Nat – no idea with a comment like that.
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
In these situations, these very, very, tight situations, manners go out the door. Winning becomes the only thing that matters. Get those runs!
Let’s just imagine for a moment Cummins decides not to hit two winning 4s & lets the ball pass without offering shot, or plays defensively.
Then Carey gets out within sight of his century, & Lyon & Hazlewood quickly follow leaving Oz a couple of runs short.
While Cummins watches this nightmare unfold from the non-striker’s end. Nah, Cummins did exactly what he needed to do. Carey had plenty of opportunity to get his century. Good for him, he found some form.
'You want a century in a run chase, you get it before Cummins arrives': The Liebke Report Card
Paul,
Tomorrow is the 4th day, with no rain forecast, so a draw must be excluded. That leaves an Oz win, a NZ win, or a tie.
Unless you’re also suggesting an abandoned match by someone ruining the pitch overnight!!!
Rejigged Aussie batting line-up fails again as top-order collapse puts Black Caps on track for drought-breaking Test win
Tomorrow Australia needs exactly 200 runs to win with 6 wickets in hand. The various result permutations are why test cricket is supreme, despite the efforts of the greedy money makers to consign it to history.
Head and Marsh could put on a 150 by themselves, or Oz could be all out adding just another hundred. Tomorrow we will know.
Irrespective of the result, the future is bleak for Oz cricket. This has been a great team but it’s creaking under advanced years & inconsistent performances. Smith is slowly fading, & Khawaja is not far behind.
Is Labuschagne’s current lack of runs temporary or something more permanent? Can Carey reverse his inconsistency? Both their recent forms have been uninspiring.
At 34 & 37 this year, Starc & Lyon must surely be in their twilight years. Continuing on like Anderson doesn’t necessarily mean remaining in tip-tip form. Where are the replacements?
The batting looks unsound. Green made me eat my words with his recent 174 at #4. But he needs to add more quality innings. Smith is not working out at opener, or maybe he’s just reached the red zone of his career.
Someone who follows Shield cricket more closely than me might be able to nominate half a dozen or so players, some batters & some bowlers, ready to step into the breech. But until they do, & succeed, we won’t know if they have the DNA for test cricket or they’re just good Shield cricketers chosen above their station.
Rejigged Aussie batting line-up fails again as top-order collapse puts Black Caps on track for drought-breaking Test win
I see some of my nemesises have commented here. Are you sitting down? – I agree with you!
😂 😂 😂
Fittler wants players who've criticised Leniu to face sanctions for influencing judiciary, Gallen slams 'hysteria'
Tufanoo,
That’s an extraordinarily ignorant comment from someone who doesn’t know me. If you think social media mates are true friends, you are the deluded one.
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Jimmy,
You’re right! Social media just drags everyone down eventually to the gutter.
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Red Rob,
Look at my record. Your ignorance of my achievements on The roar is not my problem. Maybe you were in nappies when i started on the roar in 2007.
In any case, my apologies, it appears I’ve accidentally stumbled upon the bleeding hearts society.
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Nat – my apologies, it seems I have stumbled on the bleeding hearts society by mistake.
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Tony – Troll? That’s original, not…
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Red Rob,
Public forum, deal with it. I don’t type to please anybody. I type what I believe to be the case.
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Phil,
Some people can’t take a bit of robust bagging, it seems. I’m fine, I just stopped being polite!
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Eyecancu,
This is a public forum. If you done’t like my comment, you can take a hike. Or go to your cry corner.
And I’m not your mate!
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Meathead league, coming to a streaming device near you anytime now….. 😂
NRL News: Leniu pleads guilty to monkey racial slur, apologises to Mam - 'I said the word but I didn't mean it in a racist way'
Peter Darrow,
Ah yes, “the almighty dollar”, where a square peg can be smashed to fit into a round hole for the means to justify the ends!
There's no way rugby's 'greatest ever try' would be permitted these days
What does Warner Brothers have to say about this? As we all know the Tasmanian Devil was created back in 1954. It’s an American invention, as we all know.
Who are these blowhards from this place called Tasmania claiming it’s an animal native to their island? Where is Tasmania anyhow?? Off Nicaragua somewhere???
AFL News: Tassie go back to the future with team name, Blues star out 'indefinitely' but teammate to return
Peter Darrow,
That try could be used to describe so many changes in society today where the benefit of the doubt has been removed, & the thought police have taken over.
On the other hand, more people means more stupid people & I’m convinced most of humanity is super dumb!
You want just one example. Look at all the crap that gets left behind on Mt Everest by the wannabe Hilarys. Those people who pay to climb the world’s highest mountain, have more dollars than sense.
There's no way rugby's 'greatest ever try' would be permitted these days
Meatball.
Short for Meathead Ball.
Rugby league needs a new name but what can you call it to stand out in football’s confusingly crowded landscape of codes?
Ben,
Agree 100%. But of course humanity is so stupid. And greedy.
Extra-time/golden point in home & away games is all about feeding the gambling frenzy, dressed up as a respectable idea.
'Let's see what the worst thing about rugby league is and do that': Loathsome blight union never needed
cs/Don,
Yes, my bad. Golden point or extra-time in home & away matches is all about gambling. Of course, the TV provider gets a cut of the gambling pie.
The Wrap: ‘World’s best provincial rugby competition’ delivers a superb Super Round
Now rugby union has adopted the rugby league disease of “no draws” in home & away matches. All for the sake of TV. Sad.
The Wrap: ‘World’s best provincial rugby competition’ delivers a superb Super Round
Jeznez,
Thanks for that. Whether Brumbies fans like it or not (& obviously many don’t), there’s a historical imperative that says NSW & Qld will be last 2 provinces to walk out the building & they’ll turn off all the lights together!
NSW is the first rugby state & home to most players & Qld is second in same. ACT ought to be thankful they can fill their squad (since 1996) with so many players who started their rugby careers in Sydney or Brisbane.
Anyway, it’s just part of the myriad nonsense thinking found among so many rugby folk these days.
We might ask ourselves which was lost first – the player quality, the coach quality, or the collective brain quality of all involved! 😂
COMMENT: This is the real reason why the Force were cut in 2017
Jeznez,
I can’t see who you are replying to. Is there a suggestion Shute Shield clubs become anchors in a national comp?
Rugby folk are too enamoured with the power of SS clubs. In 122 years (1874-1995) of amateur club rugby, the Sydney clubs never developed the gravitas & footprint of Melbourne Aussie rules or Sydney rugby league clubs.
They are lightweights & even moreso in the pro era & right now when RA has no money.
And anyone who thinks Sydney Uni & UQld in a national comp is a smart idea is one of the dumbest suggestions ever. Uni’s represent a very narrow & specialised supporter base. They always have.
And how do you separate some clubs from SS without a massive civil war breaking out? Hasn’t anyone learnt from the super league wars of 1995??????????
COMMENT: This is the real reason why the Force were cut in 2017
Hamish,
I’ve been writing & wishing for many things in rugby since I joined The Roar in 2007. In fact I can go back further, to the late 1960s when I first heard of the Wallaby Shield. What a great concept I thought.
So effectively for 55-odd years I’ve dreamt of a Sheffield Shield style national comp. But dream no more, its just peeing in the breeze, a total waste of time.
Nothing will change or benefit southern hemisphere rugby until World Rugby (what a ridiculously meaningless title for this governing body) actually decides that world rugby is more important than English, French & Japanese club rugby.
The proposed World Rugby (get it, WR?) Nations Championship each comprising two divisions of 12 countries, with promotion & relegation, with most TV revenue being shared by the countries in each division, will save southern hemisphere rugby.
It will allow Australia to bring back many of its stars from Europe & Asia because with the expected TV revenue it can pay its domestic players a living wage. It can then build a sustainable national comp into the future.
But without the mooted World Rugby Nations Championship, Australian pro rugby will die, followed closely by the Pacific. Whether NZ can hang on, I don’t know. But until WR puts the international game before partisan interests, pro rugby is dead in this part of the world.
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