I would drop Pant for this test, so he can reflect on his performance in the last test. i would also have him bat at 6 or 7 which suit his mindset.
Cooper Connolly is a player I really like the look of. Hits the ball as cleanly square of the wicket on the off as Phil Hughes did. Lightning quick hands. Really hope he can translate what heâs shown in the BBL to Shield cricket.
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A strange exchange between Jamie Overton and Finn Allen. Allen at the non-strikers end was out of his ground backing up before Overton had bowled the ball. He broke the wicket at the non-strikers end yet didnât appeal and made a point of letting him know that the next time it happens he wonât be so nice. Shouldâve just sent him on his way.
For being morally superior the Poms sure do like to play dirty.
If it wasnât given for that reason⌠imagine our fans reactions, weâve been there with DRS calls that hurt
After seeing a still picture of Jaiswalâs lbw, Iâm wondering if they count the bail as stump height. Without the bail, itâs 28â, with bail 28.5â.
It was hitting flush on line, and it looked like more than half the ball was there on height.
Ever?
That is a long time.
Young ones wanting to know who could really deserve to be booed should look up âbodylineâ.
And he is not even our best bowler�
They had Taufel on the coverage and he said they donât count the bail and it starts from the top of the stump.
They use the top of the stump I believe. Think I saw a measurement online and they calculated it to be about 42/58 in terms of hitting the stumps. Brutal.
He has a better bowling average than Bumrah in 2024.
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I know when I go to the cricket I always pack a whiteboard and a texta.
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So Jadeja makes ESPN team of the year and India donât have him in the side for the first half of this tour. Strange times.
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My assumption was they wanted him to get some competitive bowling in to be razor sharp if needed in Sydney.
No way they bring Webster in for Starc. It would be way more likely we bring in 2 bowlers for Marsh and Starc. Carey into the top 6. Abbott/Cummins as 7 and 8.
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None of our top 6 have form to be there. Head has been our best but only averaging 40.
Carey averaging 9 less than Smith.
Cummins averaging 24 & Starc 30 doesnât displace Bumrah or Henry.
Lyon averaging 23 but without the runs that Jadeja has.
I think only Hazelwood is correct.
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Just ignore everything else I wrote.
So literally no opener apart from Jaiswal had a good year?
The english gnome getting in with a 37 average is crazy.
Edit: 42 for your number 4 is also low. Now I gotta look at some stats.
Edit again: Soft year but Minnow basher king Williamson had 1k runs at 60 but didnât get in for RachinâŚ
Duckett has had a fantastic year. Every team in the world would pick him as one of their openers right now
This ICC team of 2024 just shows how few world class quality batsmen there are in the world.
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