The Maxwell omission is/was an absolute farce, and also the circumstances in the preceding 4-5 months by CA in preventing him from playing County Cricket in England, telling him to rest for the A team tour of the sub-continent, subsequently not picking him for that tour because “we don’t need to see how he plays over there”, and then snubbing him for the UAE tour. Then listening to that smug ■■■■ Lehmann say how he’s “shocked” he didn’t get picked. Well, if it wasn’t for you he’d have played a damn sight more Test cricket and we’d have a better idea of whether he’s good enough or not. You only have to listen to the attitude of Ricky Ponting regarding Maxwell - “I’d get the best out of him”. Isn’t that the job of a coach? Instead we just pick “yes” men and play favourites ahead of guys who maybe are a bit different or maybe more outspoken. End of the day, you take the best 2 batsmen out of any Test side and they’ll be affected. You even just take Kohli out of India and Root out of England and they’d be absolute pants.
He doesn’t know about it yet.
He’s still on ancestry.com searching for a link to Geoff Marsh.
At least we played like good blokes though. Cause you know, that’s what’s important…
And virtue signalling tossbags who decided it was their time to take a stand against a sport they don’t give a ■■■■ about for 9mths of the year.
the advice that C.A gave maxwell should be bought under restriction of trade.all the new age stuff doesn’t work any better than the old style coaching. let their natural game flow but then again the selectors never gave jamie siddons a proper go so disregard my waffle
Back then you had a world-class top 6 and another dozen blokes putting up big runs in the Shield and getting overlooked. Now, even with Smith and Warner in the team, you have blokes in there who barely deserve a baggy green. James Brayshaw played Shield cricket and averaged 42. He didn’t get within a bull’s roar of a Test cap. Now if he put those numbers up he’d be batting at 3.
i saw siddons play a lot when he was in victoria and he was something special. great eye and hand he would of made a fortune out of t20 nowadays
It’s ‘Shiel’ FFS.
Oh sorry, wrong thread
Sandhu picks up 4 in the last over, last three balls a hat-trick. Ends with 7-56
Vics 274
Vics keeping it tight, Tassie 1-40 off the first 10.
Maxwell got Wade on a top edge. Otherwise pretty dull going.
3 / 85
Ahmed went for about 50 off his first over, then picked up McDermott in his 2nd. Maddinson gets Silk at the other end then taken off, thanks very much.
Doolan and Bailey in now, they need 190 or so off about 180. These 2 need to fire if Tas win.
4/
Fekete gets a little extra bounce, undoes Bailey.
Milenko now.
Oops
Milenko goes for a drive that wasn’t there, straight down Maxwell’s throat. Fekete with 2.
Tas in a big hole.
If all remaining batsman equal their highest List A scores, Tasmania will just make it
Vics all but home. 9/137.
If you added hazelwood and Cummins to the 2018 team, that bowling attack would give those top 2 batting lineups a run for their money
Would love to see a fully firing Starc against Hussey at the top of his game and a still very good Ponting
Only Starc and Lyon, to me, are definitely in the Test XI. Given the injuries and suspensions this is practically an Australian A side.
You forgot the selections. Leaving Maxwell and Burns out of the squad is a joke, as was the non selection of Renshaw in this test.
Will be interesting to see how long Pakistan bat on. To be honest, it’s absolute madness to continue on after lunch. They should declare right now
They’re batting on… unnecessarily