Have never seen an Aussie team struggle so much with short balls, this has always been a strength of ours
In fact I can barely recall any pull/hook shots in this series
FFS get me into the Australian test side, and I will show these clowns how you sit at the crease for a full day.
It wonât be pretty, but I garruntee I wonât be throwing my wicket away like all these idiots.
Ive been saying this for the last years that when its gets tough they dont value there wicket highly enoughâŚ
Take yesterday 7 minutes before lunch and down the wicket he came and returned a catch to the bowlerâŚ7 farkin minutes he should of shut up shop.
its poor situational awareness and a few of them suffer from it.
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Absolutely.
That whole side have no ability to use their feet at the crease. 90% of those wickets happened because the batsman had absolutely no footwork at all. Dabbing your bat at the ball is not a convincing shot.
But I guarruntee this side would be brilliant at finding cheap runs over the keepers head and reverse sweeps. F*cken p!ss this 20/20 bullsh!t off and start forcing these blokes to play more first class cricket.
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My feeling was that if batsmen couldnât pick the bowler, theyâd get down and sweep knowing they couldnât get given out (by your reasoning). To me, this is just as good a rule as the one saying you could be given out padding up outside off. Back in 1974-75, the Poms were just padding up.
Too many advantages given to the batsmen.
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You need to get over T20, it is here to stay whether you like it or not. It is however how you use it that matters, we have it set up incorrectly.
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I agree with the last one.
But, of course you could go out LBW to a sweep, if it hits in front and the line takes it on to hit the stumps.
I donât think anyone really thinks Lyonâs would have hit the stumps, which to me makes it a very odd rule indeed.
Those 2 LBW decisions were bullsh*t. Lyon was that far forward, the Umpire cannot safely make that judgement.
Let them play That Mickey Mouse sht in the fcking winter. These clowns need to learn how to play real cricket⌠like they have the privilege to do. Playing in this team is the highest honour in Australian sport and they donât even know how to do it.
First class cricket should not be at the detriment of short forms of the game. Long forms of the game should be placed first and foremost. The fact we donât have 4 day matches happening at the same time as the test series, is one of the stupidest organisational decisions Iâve seen in sport.
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I know you are a little emotional, but just stop and think about that for a second. Two issues: NRL & AFL.
T20 is a big money spinner for cricket in Aus, it must be done at a more prime time slot, not thrown away in the winter when there are no grounds to play it and lots of washed out games. They either do it to kick off the summer of cricket or they do it at the end of the SS and to close out the summer. I agree the current slot is breaking up the game too much.
However to say T20 is ruining the game is quite silly, India have no issue with it, England is not suffering for it, neither is RSA. T20 isnât the main problem.
The issue lies at the lower levels of cricket and the development of players. Even SS has itâs issue with how they use and develop players.
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I suspect Lyonâs would have hit the stumpsâŚunless it was a wrongâun.
And the problem with your second paragraph was that players got so far forward, that they were hit on the full and protected from LBW because the umpire would have been guessingâŚand they were sweeping because they were protected.
Itâs one rule I agree with.
i said it earlierâŚthey are pampered too early and dont play enough ard grade cricketâŚ
its te same wit te wallabiesâŚthey dont get bullied bashed beaten up by seasoned grade players for long enough
They have made the game a young persons game and te older guys vae lost interest once being pushed aside wen they should be staying on at shield grade levels
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8 blokes got a start.
Tells me itâs as much mental as actual ability.
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So with so much missed play, whatâs the word on the start time tomorrow??
half hour early 98 overs to be bowled
btw the first time in 31 years that a visiting team has enforced the follow on in Aus.
This is around about the side Iâd take into the first Ashes Test:
Warner
Harris
Khawaja
Smith
Head/Burns
Stoinis
Carey
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood
Top 4 more or less set. The No.5 position is up for grabs with Head not proving himself yet but given first chance before Burns, and then Iâd like Stoinis at 6. Heâs in ripping form with the bat and a better bowler than Marsh ever was and a great competitor. Paine is a nice guy and can make a calm 20, but Carey is the future and far, far more dynamic and talented.
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We just gunna cycle through every all-rounder WA produce (MMarsh, Agar, Cartwright, Stoinis) until one of them is good?
Ashton Turner next cab off the rank.
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its the old dodoro trickâŚHBF who can push into the midfieldâŚ
Substitute bowlers who think they can bat!
Just pick 6 batsmen as we need everyone of them and forget about the all rounder romance!
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Personally I think it would work better for everyone if they condensed the majority of the shield season into the period up until the new year. There should be a round of shield cricket should coninciding with the Boxing Day test, assuming the Sydney test is the last one for the summer. That way we have layers ready to go if needed.
The big bash can start from say New Yearâs Eve. Realistically this only pushes the start of the Big Bash by 10 days. Separately I would like to see the 50 over competition reincorporated into the regular season rather than the current stand alone tournament. This method has won us 5 world cups so why the need for the change.
You may need to play a few rounds of the shield post big bash but there is usually a winter or autumn test tour so this timing can be used to help select these squads.
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