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Cricket Tragic. Souths fan. Fan of manners and playing with respect & honour.
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I like Khawaja but I think I actually agree with your team.
Sure things and surprises in my Aussie Ashes team
I know this isn’t the point of the discussion but why Labuschagne? He’s as much a leg spinner as Steve Smith or as Marsh is an allrounder. Marsh could never be used in a like for like situation as no one is at his level or below. As for replacing Lyon. Maybe they should have selected a second spinner. As for “Like for Like” you’d need at least one extra opener. 2 if there are a left & right handed batsmen. Same for the middle order. A second WK (who bats the same hand as the incumbent). For every spinner & quick bowled there equivalent. At least we won’t have to worry about Allrounders as we have none (Allrounder definition: A person who can bat in the top 6 AND be one of the first 4 bowlers eg: Ian Botham, Keith Miller, Flintoff and not someone who averages below 40 in Shield cricket and is a glorified net bowler. Someone like Watson who averaged 30 with the bat in his last 5 seasons and took 1 wicket per Test is not an allrounder. And wouldn’t Marsh love stats like that! OK, off the soap box (it’s made of cardboard and I make Boonie look svelte. Less than 26 hours to go. (I haven’t seen meaningful cricket since January. Aversion therapy doesn’t work)
Sorry for the diatribe & invective but I just hate seeing guys given Green Baggy caps who shouldn’t be getting them. It certainly didn’t happen in my day (yeah, ok, it most definitely happened in my day. No, I just looked. Most people picked since I’ve been watching I have no problem with. I think it started with the selection of Doherty, followed by Beer (you know what I mean!), M. Marsh & H. Cartwright. Not as bad as I thought. maybe it was before my time? I’m too old to look back. Have I killed enough time? No, still over 25 hours to go. The interminable wait! Will it never end! Its like waiting for Godot! Anyway, in the words of former Sri Lankan batsman Duleep Mendis, who said after being hit on the head by a rearing delivery from Thommo in the 1975 World Cup. “I go now.” P.S. It’s Thommo’s birthday in 2 weeks. Don’t forget. For awhile he was the quickest. And the scariest.
New concussion rule will give the ICC a headache
I’m wondering if the Russians understood anything Rocky might have said? I mean, people who speak English don’t understand him.
If Rocky Balboa can change, so can cricket
Sheek, I don’t even watch BBL let alone care. But I am a pessimist, like all Tragics so I think the administrators will convince themselves that what they are doing is safeguarding the game financially. However, the harm it may be doing to the players abilities they may not take seriously. I hope I am wrong (Full disclosure: I am nearly always wrong! – But this time . . . ?)
Fixing the Australian cricket schedule
I’m not sure it matters. Won’t Warner & Smith take 2 spots? With Harris, Khawaja and probably Head taking 3 more spots. There’s only, maybe, 2 spots left. Hopefully they have those players already in mind. I feel sorry for Wade & Maxwell. Wade averages almost 40 at FC level and Maxwell 41. Also, Kurtis Patterson seems to have become forgotten (also averages 41). Having said that, I am a big fan of Renshaw. That 184 he got V Pakistan in Sydney was a terrific knock. He started slow, like a good test opener (see Taylor/Lawry) while Warner went hard and then he also started to attack. He showed the temperament to play a long innings and change his speed as the game dictated. I liked Bancroft too but I don’t think he is good. If Pucovski gets a run I wish him the best (I’ve never seen him!). I am actually worried about the bowlers. Starc & Hazlewood averaged over 30 over the course of 2018. The selectors may need to consider some extra options (how is Pattinson going these days???). I can’t believe I am pushing all these Victorians! What’s wrong with the world?
As the Ashes loom, how will selectors weigh runs against Sri Lanka?
Trumper played on uncovered pitches. A plus in his favour, And although I have a passionate dislike of Hayden he has played against a far more varied amount of bowlers (and Zimbabwe). Was Trumper’s average higher than all other players in his era? If so, your argument is worth considering. If not? At the very least he was one of the best. But I suspect you may be incorrect. Shame there’s no video. But there is little video of anyone prior to the sixties. Love to have seen Barrington, Hobbs, Bradman, B. Richards, Pollock, Sobers, the 3 Ws etc.
Why Victor Trumper remains unrivalled as the greatest batting exponent in history