Aussies should be disappointed with underwhelming Ashes
The conclusion of the Ashes with a two-all result should leave the Australian team, administrators and supporters with a sour taste not dissimilar to…
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The conclusion of the Ashes with a two-all result should leave the Australian team, administrators and supporters with a sour taste not dissimilar to…
Do you genuinely think Aussie cricket is going well at the moment?
If not, your solutions seem to be just “back our boys” and those behind them.
It is bizarre.
'Entitlement to victory': The problem with Aussie cricket culture
It is reasonable to expect team/coach/board selection, team/coach/board performance and team team/coach/board standards to be commensurate with our history, talent pool and resources.
At the moment we are well short. The coach is unliked within the team, players don’t want to play, we have a selector who has been there for a generation whose skills and abilities do not reflect that period of service and our board is money driven.
'Entitlement to victory': The problem with Aussie cricket culture
2 wins out of our last 10 internationals this Summer. A losing is acceptable mentality being created.
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Bit like Chad Sayers – test batsmen are not trouble by 120km/h plus swing bowlers
Four takeaways from Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield
Ian
I like Wade but his batting is a bit Marcus North for me
Four takeaways from Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield
Let’s take some advice then.
This is the season where we should be backing proven big run scorers given the quality of our bowling and not going through the usual wishful thinking over players like Burns.
Not picking Green at 6 would be inexcusable.
Four takeaways from Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield
Easiest test team to pick in yonks.
Pucovski
Warner
Labuschagne
Smith
Head
Green
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Hazelwood
Lyon
Pattinson (12th man if his body has not crumbled again)
With Hohns and Langer doing the rounds, Green won’t be picked so as to open up the path for Mitch Marsh to play the fourth test when Wade disappoints and Burns, who is really just Shane Watson without the review fetish, will still be given a run.
Paine should be given a talking to after the nine on the boundary b/s yesterday.
Four takeaways from Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield
If I was Marsh, I would be counting my lucky stars for all the money I get for having a less than 50% winning ratio across all formats which surely no other Aussie player has ever achieved.
Labuschagne fires but Australia lose again in South Africa
Blewett played 46 tests and averaged sub 35. Hopeless against spin.
Symonds played 26 tests and averaged sub 41. Pretty good but he was not among Oz’s best six batsmen when selected.
Hodge played six tests and averaged plus 55.
Blewett was, far too late really, dumped for the return of Hayden in 2000 (NZ) and Damien Martyn came back as well which soon after saw Slater gone for Langer at the top of the order.
That process which yielded Hayden, Langer, Ponting, the Waughs and Martyn then Gilchrist was when Aussie selectors had best six batsmen as the focus. And we were virtually unbeatable.
The arrival of Symonds in 2004 ahead of Hodge marks the beginning of the era of the allrounder which has produced periods of hopelsessness.
Glenn Maxwell sorely missed as Australia lose in South Africa
I cannot remember when Marsh last walked to the crease in an ODI innings and turned a struggle into triumph like Klassen did last night.
Glenn Maxwell sorely missed as Australia lose in South Africa
So long as Langer’s plan to play a disproportionate amount of under qualified WA players is allowed to flourish, the team will be compromised.
Glenn Maxwell sorely missed as Australia lose in South Africa
Alan Davidson was the last great Australian all rounder.
No factor has impeded Australian cricket success in the last 10-20 years than the vain pursuit of an allrounder.
Young gun Cameron Green stars for Western Australia with unbeaten ton
Green 158 not out. A Langer KPI is selecting WA players so no need to wait.
Marsh, Wade and Carey must be given time
I believe this is the reason Marsh is a lock for number 5 in the WC. He may fail 3 times out of 4 but he is likely to score 20-25 off 12 on the other occasion.
Sounds like a recipe for defeat which, history shows, is a better than even bet with Marsh in the team.
Marsh, Wade and Carey must be given time
The least cared about one day matches in Australian cricket history are happening in mid-march.
This fellow should be given a go.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/cricket/green-ton-gives-wa-upper-hand-in-shield/ar-BB10jySj?ocid=spartanntp
Australia choke against South Africa
How many MOM’s has Marsh won once since this puff piece was written?
Australia choke against South Africa
What is Mitch Marsh’s win rate across all formats for Australia?
He is worse than 50% across his extended test career which must be as low as it gets for Australian test cricketers save those who played in the 19th century or when WSC was on?
Australia choke against South Africa
With the restoration of Australian dominance on the back of NSW and QLD player,, albeit over teams which have collectively won one test here since 1995, it is natural for Langer and MacDonald to think about what can be done for the under performing WA and Victorians.
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The allrounder requirement is the great myth of Australian cricket.
No one has filled the role adequately, ie without weakening the team, since Alan Davidson
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This summer we confront one opponent who has won one test match here in the last 34 years (New Zealand) and another who has not won a test here since December 1995 (Pakistan). What team do we want to put up against that quality of opposition given their past performance here?
Do the selectors, who have given us more changes to the top 6 than can be easily remembered (and it is still a mess), keep pushing Wade whose batting performances have a little bit of the Marcus North about them (centuries here and there and not much else in between) or should we be doing everything to identify the best young batsmen in this country (who will be able to play against the top teams) and present them with their opportunity ie Patterson and Pucovski?
Aussies should be disappointed with underwhelming Ashes
Worried that Wade will be the new Marcus North. Just when he is out the door a hundred etc.
Also need to be vigilant against WA allrounders given we have tried Agar, Cartwright, Marsh, Stoinis and Turner at international level in the last few years.
Who should the Test selectors look at for the summer?
The lack of player development since Lehmann days is ridiculous
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