Anyone know Lawry’s whereabouts that day?
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Marn century is good news. Keep it up
Interesting to see Matt Renshaw being earmarked as the new “holding role” player for the ODI team now that Smith has retired from the format and Labuschagne dropped.
ODI and T20 squads are out for the series against India starting Oct 19.
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Vic’s need 23 to beat sa with 4 Wickets in hand.
Oliver Peake 54no & Fergus O’Neil 26no with a 61 partnership to put Vic’s on top. 15 overs to go.
Absolute garbage dished up by us. Ryan will give them the mother of all sprays
It’s been a fair knock by Peake though who has just turned 19
Pathetic batting by us and a few batters have already been told some home truths by the coaches.
McSweeney and Sangha would have to be very disappointed to miss out in both innings. Especially given there are potentially opportunities to be had.
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They both got a rocket
Let’s see how they react next game
Dropped first nut on a hat-trick ball. Done good, run strong, after that.
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His old man peaked (pardon the pun) at under 19 level. It looks like Ollie will have a more sustainable career at this stage.
We (the Vics) are on top of the Shield ladder. Long may it continue!
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More importantly, more younger guys and fewer of that 30+ group.
Renshaw and Lasagne both tonned up. Weatherald with a 60 and a 50. Konstas two failures. One of them will be in (or back in) the baggy green IMO.
Not good news about Pat Cummins, according to ‘The Age’ just now.
Australia’s captain Pat Cummins is set to miss the start of the Ashes and may miss the whole series after a fresh round of scans revealed his back stress problem had not yet healed.
Cummins, who had previously expressed confidence that he would be able to take a significant part in the series, is no chance for the opener in Perth, starting on November 21, and may even miss all five Tests, leaving Steve Smith as the likely stand-in skipper to face Ben Stokes’ England team.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins’ injury is worse than first thought.Credit:AP
According to two sources with knowledge of confidential discussions but not authorised to speak publicly, 32-year-old Cummins had the update scan late last week to clarify his progress ahead of the Test summer and was told that while the stress “hot spot” was healing, it has not yet cleared up enough for him to bowl.
The update will likely set back his return to play to the last few weeks of the year, making it very hard for him to get up to speed in time to take part in a tightly scheduled Ashes series. Cricket Australia declined to comment.
A best-case scenario for Cummins may be that he returns to the team at the back end of the Ashes, much as Scott Boland has reinforced the pace battery in recent summers. Boland now looks certain to be the third quick in Perth behind Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.
The loss of Cummins with a back stress injury is a massive blow to Australia’s chances of retaining the Ashes urn that Australia have held since 2018.
England have not won a Test on Australian soil since 2011 but will be given a major filip by the news they will not be facing Australia’s strongest leader and fast bowling spearhead.
“That would be devastating,” Cummins said in Brisbane a month ago when asked if there was a possibility he would miss the start of the Ashes. “We’ll be doing everything we can to be right for that, [and] make a few decisions a little bit closer, but [I’m] confident we’ll do the rehab right and give it a good crack.
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“This far out it’s hard to know, but we’re trying to make sure we’re doing everything right to be right for Perth. It’s a big Ashes series, [it] doesn’t get much bigger, so you’re willing to be aggressive and take a few risks to try to play as much of the Tests as you can.
“I’ve had a really good run as fast bowling goes, and I’ve been really well looked after, which has got me through this many Tests. I’ve bowled a lot over the last few years, something was bound to happen at some point, but hopefully get this right and don’t miss too much cricket.”
Cummins virtually certain to miss the opening Test, and genuine fears that he might miss the summer. That’s a huge blow. Joe Roots off stump will be feeling much more secure.
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Enter the one, the only…
BOLO!!!
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Yep. And good to see Nesser bowling reasonably well against Tassie. He will probably be needed as well.
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Come on down Jhye???
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England favourites to win the Ashes