Cricket Part II

You reckon he’s doing a good job?

He only just got it and has lost his two best batsmen and been given a basket case team who have lost their way, morally, mentally and physically. Not sure what you expected from him so quickly?

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What’s the point of 5 overs then a lunch break in an odi?

You are teapot

That English girl is delightful and although skull looks like one of the melting nazis at the end of the lost ark he is still tremendous value.

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Get the CA app through your phone and you can stream it through an x box or apple telly if you’ve got one

Oh good. We’ve got a plan to get better then?(Other than pick everyone called Marsh, obviously).

Sometimes teams play ■■■■ under certain coaches cos the coach isn’t very good.

Stop being silly. He was only appointed as coach of 22md May.

4-1-12 I make it (in internationals.)
(3 of those wins against Zim and the might of the UAE)

You’re OK with that?

The coach’s relevance in cricket is about on a par with the physio. You don’t want anyone incompetent around elite sporting teams but the coach has very little to do with match day performance. They might have more relevance to building a successful culture over a few years.

Australian cricket is rotting from the head. The players quite rightly would have no confidence in the Board or executive and communicated this by boycotting the review. The ACB haven’t got the players’ backs, rather they are trying to re-appoint and protect their own, whilst over reacting to public pressure re the player bans.

It is time for a clean out and a rebuild starting at the top. That was the obvious take away from the review.

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Reckon the full board decided to throw Short in at 3, or just the chairman?

Preposterous.

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At least with every humiliating loss the calls for the 3 suspended players to come back will get louder

This is the worse thing Australian cricket side I’ve seen. Our batting has been on a downward slide for 10 years and there’s just nobody ready to step up from state level. I would love to know how many batters average 40+ at state level, reckon it would be minimal

We’re playing a 20/20 team as a ODI team, so 150 is about on target for us.

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Looking at win/loss under the current setup and after inheriting a shattered side is pretty useless and incredibly disingenuous.

Could’ve played this at the WACA given all the empty seats. ODIs have been on the decline in terms of crowds for years, missing your 2 best bats doesn’t help getting bums on seats either. How ■■■■-poor has the ground fielding been?

Is Lynn’s shoulder is so bad that he can’t dive around in the field, why doesn’t he get surgery and fix it up during the off season

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Strange that some blame the demise of batters technique on T20 - It doesn’t seem to have the same impact on other national teams - Maybe the batters aren’t talented enough.

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So we need a full year of seeing the side play like this to accept he’s not the right bloke? 2 years? 4?
We won’t get close to getting out of the groups at the WC, at this rate.

All players, worldwide, play a lot of T20s, from juniors on up. There hasn’t been a worldwide collapse in batting techniques. It’s a furphy.

I think you can sometimes blame ■■■■■■ shot selection on T20s, particularly in the first game or two back after T20s. But most guys are pretty good at shifting the mindset now.

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By the numbers…
Coulter-nile our best bat
Stoinis our best bowler
What a day

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