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I’m cherrypicking by including all his performances, got it. 😂
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
“The flip side to this kind of mentality is that players who are not fearful of getting the chop or think there is less pressure on them to perform every time they step into the pitch is that complacency pervades the dressing room. ”
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
That’s his record in all FC cricket, you can’t just cherry-pick his performances in the Shield.
That would be like declaring Dave Warner the best opener in Australian test cricket history on the basis of his performances at home only.
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
He’s just not a test quality batter. Watch him batting in the Shield alongside Cameron Green and you will see the gulf in quality between the two batters.
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
He’s averaging 55 in the Shield over the last 18 months. If you include all FC cricket including Aus A, PM XI, County Cricket, that falls to 45. I’m not including 4-6 years ago, his numbers would be much lower then.
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
Don’t follow either sport so I wouldn’t know.
Green stands tall with breakthrough ton while wickets tumble as Aussies crumble against Black Caps pace attack
See my above comment, same is equally true of NRL fans who don’t follow cricket closely during the season.
Green stands tall with breakthrough ton while wickets tumble as Aussies crumble against Black Caps pace attack
Sensitive much? You could substitute NRL for AFL and the same would be true.
I’m not talking about fans who follow both sports equally, I’m talking about the majority of the Australia sporting public who watch the test summer but pay only passing attention to cricket played beyond these shores. Generally their cricketing takes aren’t worth reading.
Green stands tall with breakthrough ton while wickets tumble as Aussies crumble against Black Caps pace attack
Bancroft needs to knock down the door to be considered given his poor test record. His performances for Aus A during his purple patch are similar to his test record – averaging mid-20s. His overall FC record during the last 18 months is an average of 45. Not enough for a guy in his 30s with a poor test record to demand selection over a proven test player.
And Marnus has only really been poor for 3 test matches. He’s been mediocre averaging 30 once you use a decent sample size of 5 to 10 tests. He’s proven himself enough to be backed through a lean patch. McSweeney is a ridiculous suggestion, he averages 31 in FC cricket. Needs to prove himself over a decent run of games. Hardie is hardly going to bat 3 when he bats 5 for WA.
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
How much have you actually watched Bancroft bat? He scores extremely scratchy runs. He looks like a guy who is hitting his ceiling at FC level.
If he was scoring runs in other conditions, at Australia A level etc I think that’s enough to overcome his poor test record for another go. But he isn’t. He is only averaging 45 in FC cricket during his purple patch over the last 18 months – that’s decent but not knocking down the door.
A guy with a test average of 25 needs to knock down the door, average 55/60 and score runs for Aus A.
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
The type of “cricket fan” who thought Green wasn’t a test standard batter is normally watching AFL instead of tests played in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India.
Green stands tall with breakthrough ton while wickets tumble as Aussies crumble against Black Caps pace attack
Can’t agree at all with this article. What batters outside of the current group are knocking down the door for a test spot? Cameron Bancroft is the only one really scoring consistent bulk runs in the Shield, but he’s a proven test failure and has struggled at Australia A level too.
On the rare occasions the test batters play Shield cricket, they prove themselves a class above the domestic batters. So they are worth persisting with during slumps, as Warner proved this season with his test performances.
It’s absolute nonsense to claim that creating an uncertain selection environment where players are dropped quickly improves results. We’ve seen time and time again that the opposite is true – with the chaotic selection environment of England in the 90s a prime example.
Obviously players who aren’t performing need to be dropped eventually, but the selectors have got the balance pretty much right in my opinion, especially when no one is really banging down the door to get into the team.
The idea that players should be chopped and changed so you can build a pool of players with some test experience is bizarre – players need to earn selection by proving themselves in FC cricket first. Test matches are not for the work experience kid.
Aussie batters grow complacent in cocoon of comfort created by gun-shy selectors - but at least Green finally blossoms
Flogged 2-1… hyperbole much?
Australia managed first innings leads twice in the series. The fact is that the pitches were difficult during the first three tests, especially the middle two. The Delhi and Indore pitches were far more difficult for batting than anything rolled out in this series.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
India only passed 270 twice in that series.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
The pitches haven’t been flat like the Ahmedabad test last year but they have been nothing like the turners dished out earlier that series.
The Ranchi pitch was the most bowler friendly deck but even then outside of England’s collapse in the third innings the average runs per wicket in the other three innings was 34.
What turn there has been has been slow and fairly consistent for the most part. Jasprit Bumrah has been the most impactful bowler with his reverse swing.
Batting at Delhi and Indore in particular last year was a total lottery, with outrageous and inconsistent turn and bounce. At Ranchi this year there was inconsistent bounce but pretty much only on the low side and not much spin. The other surfaces in this series were even better for batting.
India has averaged 39 runs per wicket this series vs 31 per wicket in the BGT.
The pitches in Australia this summer were tougher for batting than in the India v England series. Australia averaged 33 and its opponents 21. India is averaging 39 and its opponents 27.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
Stokes got two difficult deliveries but he played them really poorly. Went back when he should have come forward in the first innings and played the second innings ball from the crease.
If he plays a proper front foot defensive shot to both of those he has a much better chance of surviving at least one of them.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
Not just on paper. The English batting has been dreadful aside from Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett who have been decent. On largely flat pitches, only those two and Ollie Pope (who is averaging 12 aside from
his hundred) are averaging more than 30.
Even with a few not at top form (and you’ve included Smith as being poor when he averaged 45 for the summer), Australia has a better batting lineup.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
I think Australia would have done better. We won and drew a test and had a first innings lead in another against a better Indian team last year.
Australia has better batters and importantly much better bowlers for those conditions than England. India would still be favourites though.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
They’re having to resort to alternative facts these days to have a go at Cummins captaincy.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
The series is being played in Australia. We don’t go back to India for tests until 2027.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
The three wins were against Australia (2) and India (1). You could go back and say they’ve won 4 in 11 with a win against Ireland and loss to New Zealand in the extra games.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
They did attack the new ball in both innings, but then so did India. It’s standard practice on these sorts of slow pitches where scoring becomes very difficult once the ball gets old.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
Prima facie he looks unlucky with his two dismissals in this test as both balls shot low. But the reality is other batters were not getting out to those balls because they played with better technique, going right back or well forward. Stokes poked at both balls from the crease, rather than getting out to the pitch of the ball.
Bazball beaten: Indian young guns' nerveless stand aces chase, ensures Poms' first series loss under McCullum
I’m talking T20 cricket here, agree about Green in red ball.
Back-up quicks strangle Black Caps in timely World Cup reminder as Aussies clinch series sweep in 10-over shootout
After the NZ series Australia doesn’t play another test match until November. I’d suggest that’s more than enough time for him to work on his technique and fix the problems which have crept into his game.
COMMENT: Horrendously out of form or not, Australia would be mad to ditch Marnus now