Ignore my previous post.
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Eight days 'til Perth.
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Very strong bowling in both innings and a very good batting effort in the first innings.
Marsh doing well, while Handscomb is a tough one to keep in. Do you give him one more chance, or send him to shield to sort himself out? Should do better in Perth, but hasnāt done enough to justify staying in.
Starc gets the chocolates with 5 for. Marsh should be motm. His brother will be playing in the next test at the expense of Handscomb. Bank it.
I thought weād win by 100 runs. Wrong againā¦ sigh.
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Never in doubt, always knew we would win (except for when i didnāt earlier).
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Was that the fentanyl talking?
Where have the panic merchants gone?
Possible cracked ribs for Overton topped off the day
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Got worked up over nothing. Had lunch breaks last longer than todayās play
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Canāt believe there is a team with less fight in them than Australia when their backs are to the wallā¦
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Heās gone I reckon. Australia will want another bowler on a flat WACA deck and heās the one out of form. Marsh or Stoinis will replace him.
Or they may pick Maxwell.
WHat an astonishment surprise
Apart from being in rubbish form, Handscomb is (unusually for an Aus batsman) renowned more as a player of spin than pace. Iām sure England will stick with their 4 prong pace attack for Perth and (if anything) the pitch will be a little quicker and take a little less spin.
Bottom line, if weāre going to drop him for any game in an australian home series, it would be Perth. And if weāre going to drop anyone on form itād be him, now.
Thereās an argument not to mess with a winning side, but Maxwell was stiff to get dropped and heāā ā ā ā ā almost 600 at about 80 so far this season. I donāt think heās ever had a chance to play at home.
Fark off England. All talk and canāt back any of that up.
Letās go with that.
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On form heās the 3rd best of the 4 WA all-rounders.
The selectors want another pace bowler for Perth. The ideal attack for the WACA is 3 quicks, a medium who can move it both ways but can also hit the deck hard and a spinner. For me that means Mitch is right in the equation. If they choose just to replace Handscomb with a batter then Maxwell is probably it
The selectors rate him highly. It wouldnāt surprise me if he was picked. Missed a couple of Shield games because of family reasons and his first game back he didnāt set the world on fire, but was solid enough for them to maybe pick him.
And we know how much they seem to hate Cartwright and MMarsh, who are both in reasonably good form!