Remember the time when siddle was considered to be an accurate bowler
The good news is that we were playing without our two best batsmen and arguable our 3 or 4 best ODI bowlers, Starc, Cummins, Hazelwood and maybe Tye.
You obviously didnāt watch Tye try to close out the Big Bash game against Hobart. James Faulkner went 646 to get the 16 runs needed from the final over in the first 3 balls.
Fingers crossed the finisher might be getting back to some decent form. His all round game would be a handy addition to our ODI team.
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Hazlewood ruled out of the SL Tests with an early stage stress fracture.
Yay.
Jhxqye Richardson called in as cover.
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Bad for Josh but a great chance for Jhye to show his stuff. Been very impressed with him. Iād have picked him ahead of Starc IMO.
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Yes, but some of them can.
Just last night they didnāt.
Expecting a flawless performance from everyone, every game, is up there with being 65 and believing in the tooth fairy.
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No, but the fielding was below international standard. Look at the BBL. Horrendous. We probably shouldāve won that game last night. We probably finished about 20-30 short with the bat but we take those chances, especially Dhoni first ball, I think we probably get home. He anchored that innings for them and I doubt any of the others down the list couldāve done thatā¦
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You spelt Richardson wrong
I donāt expect flawless but I do expect international cricketers to catch absolute sodas that an under 12 club cricketer would take nine times out of ten.
Our fielding like much of our cricket has been on the decline for years now. We were always renown for being world leaders but now we look sloppy and disinterested at times. Itās ground fielding aswell such as cutting down the twos and when is the last time you saw an Aussie with a direct hit of the stumps?
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Havenāt seen a lot of Bb this year, but on what I have seen, Tyeās now been well and truly worked out. His slower ball is now picked and gets readily carted.
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You monster! That was my retirement plan!
I had to laugh yesterday, when we had chances to run them out, we missed, then when we didnāt have a chance we hit the stumps and they got overthrows. Sums up where things are for us as a side atm.
Looking forward to being disappointed when the selectors pick Siddle over Jhye for the test
How many times did India drop catches yesterday? Or this series?
Expecting to take basic catches and field with vigour isnāt being flawless itās setting minimum standards in the field. The fielding has been poor.
Been pretty impressed with Indiaās fielding all summerā¦ compared to their previous teams
Agree. But when people slam the team for not being able to catch as a generalisation because players like Maxwell, who definitely can catch, grass something, I think itās reasonable to call it as overstatement.
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One has a admire the depth of talent in Indian international cricket atm.
I just think itās telling, TBH. Guys like Maxwell are fielding poorly, Finch doesnāt look like scoring, Starc never looked like taking wickets. Not our day. Not our series. Not our summer.
Labuschagne out for 50ā¦ letās go puc, Iām settling in to watch you for the arvo
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Another 100 Patterson against SL. They havenāt got him out yet either.
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Umps gave an extra over even though they should have gone to tea. Looks like the umps and SL were giving Patterson a chance to get his 100 which he did. Very nice.
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