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Re: Aus v India - test series

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Delete Your Account wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:07 pm
God is an Englishman wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:02 am Hahahaha


So you're only cheating if you get caught?
Is Sharma cheating here?

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Did he scuff up the wicket?

I did find taking the piss out of Smith quite funny though.
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Re: Aus v India - test series

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Seems our bowlers are actually wanting to win this game.

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Cooper wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:17 pm Seems our bowlers are actually wanting to win this game.
They may want to try and take some wickets in a hurry then.

Kudos to India. A depleted team but showed what depth and good fighters they are.

Deserve a draw very minimum. Only poor showing on tour was their all out 36
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Bomber wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:37 pm
Cooper wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:17 pm Seems our bowlers are actually wanting to win this game.
They may want to try and take some wickets in a hurry then.

Kudos to India. A depleted team but showed what depth and good fighters they are.

Deserve a draw very minimum. Only poor showing on tour was their all out 36
Oops should have been arent*

No one wants it, no aggression from any of the bowlers.

India have played well yet again with a heavily depleted squad and the newbies bowling very very well.

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Re: Aus v India - test series

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Cooper wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:42 pm
Bomber wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:37 pm
Cooper wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:17 pm Seems our bowlers are actually wanting to win this game.
They may want to try and take some wickets in a hurry then.

Kudos to India. A depleted team but showed what depth and good fighters they are.

Deserve a draw very minimum. Only poor showing on tour was their all out 36
Oops should have been arent*

No one wants it, no aggression from any of the bowlers.

India have played well yet again with a heavily depleted squad and the newbies bowling very very well.
And you'd expect more from "Garrie". I think he's slowly past it. Would love to see Zampa or Swepson as spinner soon
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Re: Aus v India - test series

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Bomber wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:48 pm
Cooper wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:42 pm
Bomber wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:37 pm
Cooper wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:17 pm Seems our bowlers are actually wanting to win this game.
They may want to try and take some wickets in a hurry then.

Kudos to India. A depleted team but showed what depth and good fighters they are.

Deserve a draw very minimum. Only poor showing on tour was their all out 36
Oops should have been arent*

No one wants it, no aggression from any of the bowlers.

India have played well yet again with a heavily depleted squad and the newbies bowling very very well.
And you'd expect more from "Garrie". I think he's slowly past it. Would love to see Zampa or Swepson as spinner soon
Yep, time for some of the young guns to be blooded.
I am looking forward to Will's career, I think he will be exciting to watch in the future.

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Losing to an India B side. Let's hope these poor performances continue.
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Time for Alex Carey to be keeper .

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" Wait until we get you to the Gabba, Mate" :lol: :lol:

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God is an Englishman wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:49 pm Losing to an India B side. Let's hope these poor performances continue.
Was poor by us and great by them, we didn't deserve or earn a win.

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Keep :
Cummins, Hazelwood, Labuschagne, Smith, Pucovski, Green

Probably make next tour but on the outer:
Lyon, Warner, Starc, Head

Should be dropped:
Wade, Paine, Harris, Langer (yes, him too)

Consider:
McDermott, Swepson, Zampa, Carey
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Fully expect Steve O'Keefe to get recalled.

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Bomber wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:36 am Keep :
Cummins, Hazelwood, Labuschagne, Smith, Pucovski, Green

Probably make next tour but on the outer:
Lyon, Warner, Starc, Head

Should be dropped:
Wade, Paine, Harris, Langer (yes, him too)

Consider:
McDermott, Swepson, Zampa, Carey
Zampa ???? surely your not getting hooked on 20/20 stats ....

he has a first class bowling avg of 48.26 and strike rate of 73.3
3 spinners in a squad of 16 to South Africa .. which traditionally are a seamers pitch ...

Full credit to India and the coaching staff led by Ravi Shastri .. Some very good young players and still plenty to come... Prior to the tour to Australia .. India ran a competition - India A , India B , India C ... They also have been running a very good India A program for a while with many tours ....

Sacking a coach after what can be perceived a average series ... Sound like some FFSA clubs....Maybe Langer also learns from the mistakes.

ACB need to look at the scheduling of the season ... Shield cricket currently Oct - Nov , Feb - April ... Tests Dec - Jan ..
For a player like Head where does he try and get some match practice when dropped or Harris had played no competitive cricket since early November.

Tour to South Africa next month ( 3 test series )

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bloodypassit wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:36 am
Bomber wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:36 am Keep :
Cummins, Hazelwood, Labuschagne, Smith, Pucovski, Green

Probably make next tour but on the outer:
Lyon, Warner, Starc, Head

Should be dropped:
Wade, Paine, Harris, Langer (yes, him too)

Consider:
McDermott, Swepson, Zampa, Carey
Zampa ???? surely your not getting hooked on 20/20 stats ....

he has a first class bowling avg of 48.26 and strike rate of 73.3
3 spinners in a squad of 16 to South Africa .. which traditionally are a seamers pitch ...

Full credit to India and the coaching staff led by Ravi Shastri .. Some very good young players and still plenty to come... Prior to the tour to Australia .. India ran a competition - India A , India B , India C ... They also have been running a very good India A program for a while with many tours ....

Sacking a coach after what can be perceived a average series ... Sound like some FFSA clubs....Maybe Langer also learns from the mistakes.

ACB need to look at the scheduling of the season ... Shield cricket currently Oct - Nov , Feb - April ... Tests Dec - Jan ..
For a player like Head where does he try and get some match practice when dropped or Harris had played no competitive cricket since early November.

Tour to South Africa next month ( 3 test series )
Did you hear Langer after the Test asking who he should have dropped? He backed in his underperforming players (yet had no issue dropping Head after a not-as-bad-as-others Series).... Wade & Starc should not have played in Brisbane. Seems too proud to admit he's wrong.

The 'no competitive matches' thing does need to be addressed, but I can see why this season no players were released from national duty to play for their respective state-based teams. Had to keep the bubble intact.

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Guess we don't know what happens in the inner sanctum .. Wouldn't be the first coach to back a player not performing to our exception ... again happens at EVERY club ...

Australia have generally had a strong and consistent top 4 ...

Many times this series Australia were under pressure early when batting... India knew they were always within a shot.

1st Test :- (1) 1/16 , 2/29 (2) 70,82
2nd Test :- (1) 1/10, 2/35 (2) 1/4, 2/42
3rd Test :- (1) 1/6 , 2/106 (2) 1/16 , 2/35
4th Test :- (1) 1/4, 2/17 (2) 1/89 , 2/91

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bloodypassit wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:36 am
Bomber wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:36 am Keep :
Cummins, Hazelwood, Labuschagne, Smith, Pucovski, Green

Probably make next tour but on the outer:
Lyon, Warner, Starc, Head

Should be dropped:
Wade, Paine, Harris, Langer (yes, him too)

Consider:
McDermott, Swepson, Zampa, Carey
Zampa ???? surely your not getting hooked on 20/20 stats ....

he has a first class bowling avg of 48.26 and strike rate of 73.3
3 spinners in a squad of 16 to South Africa .. which traditionally are a seamers pitch ...

Full credit to India and the coaching staff led by Ravi Shastri .. Some very good young players and still plenty to come... Prior to the tour to Australia .. India ran a competition - India A , India B , India C ... They also have been running a very good India A program for a while with many tours ....

Sacking a coach after what can be perceived a average series ... Sound like some FFSA clubs....Maybe Langer also learns from the mistakes.

ACB need to look at the scheduling of the season ... Shield cricket currently Oct - Nov , Feb - April ... Tests Dec - Jan ..
For a player like Head where does he try and get some match practice when dropped or Harris had played no competitive cricket since early November.

Tour to South Africa next month ( 3 test series )
The fact that there will soon be 2 x Australia squads (T20 and test) shows the ACB already need their heads read. Money is first consideration, not improvement or nurturing of test cricket.
You have a point with Zampa, BUT stats only seem to be a consideration when selectors try and justify a selection when its in their favour to do so. Other times (for example) blokes make plenty of runs but they aren't considered.
We all know that there are favorites in the ranks.
Leave out Zampa, save him for ODI and T20, but please consider Swepson as Lyon is past his best. Give him his 400th and then see ya later.
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Bomber wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:59 pm The fact that there will soon be 2 x Australia squads (T20 and test) shows the ACB already need their heads read. Money is first consideration, not improvement or nurturing of test cricket.
You have a point with Zampa, BUT stats only seem to be a consideration when selectors try and justify a selection when its in their favour to do so. Other times (for example) blokes make plenty of runs but they aren't considered.
We all know that there are favorites in the ranks.
Leave out Zampa, save him for ODI and T20, but please consider Swepson as Lyon is past his best. Give him his 400th and then see ya later.
Definitely not on of Lyon's best series but his form shield leading in wasn't too flash either... Lack of cricket prior as his last series was the summer prior against New Zealand( check those stats out ) . Problem leading into the next test series is there is possibly ONLY one Shield game before the tour to South Africa .. might be none as they may need to leave earlier to quarantine.

At the moment , Swepson would be next in line as a spinner and has been selected on many Australia A teams.

McDermott, Maddison or Pattison would also be under close consideration .

Im sure there are favourites at Croydon that get picked that should start on the bench or dropped ... Happens everywhere ... just more noticeable at international level ....

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Its normal to critique when a side that claims to be no 1 loses a home series, against a second string side which included the home team winning every toss, had a 1-0 lead and lost its first ever test at the Gabba since 1988.
There was a lot wrong with our guys and to shrug it off as just a bit of tough luck or other excuses is a bit rich given the above-mentioned.
Bottom line I don't doubt the Aussies effort, so it comes down to ability and trying to work out what went wrong and where some of the blame lies. Questionable tactics and therefore captaincy/coaching needs to be fully assessed.
That said, I still commend India on one of the more gutsiest efforts I've ever seen in a test series over here and don't want to take the shine off their fully deserved victory, which virtually all Aussies have acknowledged.
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1st test result was engineered to garner greater odds..... ;-) ;-) ;-)
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MegaBonus wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:56 pm 1st test result was engineered to garner greater odds..... ;-) ;-) ;-)
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^^^^^^

is it just a coincidence that India start a 4 test series with a loss before winning 3-1 AGAIN?????????
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Will be good to see the 2 top test teams in the world go head-to-head to see who the best is.

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Cooper wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:55 pm Will be good to see the 2 top test teams in the world go head-to-head to see who the best is.

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God is an Englishman wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:59 pm
Cooper wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:55 pm Will be good to see the 2 top test teams in the world go head-to-head to see who the best is.

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Cooper wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:31 pm
God is an Englishman wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:59 pm
Cooper wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:55 pm Will be good to see the 2 top test teams in the world go head-to-head to see who the best is.

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So what are peoples thoughts on this final to crown the best test side in the world? Australia are odds on favourite but with it being held at the oval it should be a close and interesting Test.

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Cooper wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:54 am So what are peoples thoughts on this final to crown the best test side in the world? Australia are odds on favourite but with it being held at the oval it should be a close and interesting Test.

You may want to look up Albert Einstein's definition of insanity.
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How is one game a series? Wrong thread?

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Victoria's Secret wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 2:00 pm How is one game a series? Wrong thread?
The thread police are here again.

But i do think you are in the wrong thread most of the time.

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God is an Englishman wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:41 pm
Cooper wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:54 am So what are peoples thoughts on this final to crown the best test side in the world? Australia are odds on favourite but with it being held at the oval it should be a close and interesting Test.

You may want to look up Albert Einstein's definition of insanity.
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