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For the first time in my life I found myself barracking against Australia. Due entirely to the on field actions of our Captain Tim Paine. Starting with his ungracious, unsporting comments in Sydney followed by his less than courageous field placings (Starc’s pace and skill unrewarded by a lack of slips fieldsmen, no pressure applied when Lyon was bowling), failing the test as a captain both tactically and morally. Time for this hurried experiment of replacing a clearly temperamentally unsuited captain in Steve Smith with a) a keeper. It’s a full time job on its own and b) someone who is neither a good enough keeper or batsman to make the team. His stumping miss off Lyon bowling across a left-hander was lamentable.
India beating Australia was an immortal win
I am not a follower of the A-League but it seems to me that if they are starting earlier than the rest of the globe then it provides an opportunity for them to telecast their game to a world that is starving for football. Surely some canny broadcaster would pick up their game temporarily to fill the void.
Goodbye A-League. It was fun while it lasted
Interesting perspective from Greg about Steve Smith and the ‘Boof’ management style. Explains a lot. That aside, I thoroughly agree with Greg about the unrefined, unattractive, untalented sledging.
For example, as a slow leg spinner in the 70s, 80s, if a batsman was blocking me as though I was bowling cannonballs I would say out loud to all the fieldsmen “Get ready, he’ll play a shot in a minute.” Never directly at the player, no need. And it worked. Rushing down the wicket and getting stumped more often than not. Tim Paine’s crass, crude sledging last year was a disgrace. In the end I was happy that the young Indians beat them. Keith Miller, who flew fighter planes in WW2 refused to bowl bumpers at the poms straight after the war, disobeying Bradman’s orders God love him. He’d be rolling in his grave.
'One less adult in the room': Chappell reveals Steve Smith Ashes meltdown, calls out Lehmann, Waugh over sledging