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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 16, 2019 18:34:48 GMT
I believe he's made 4 ODI hundreds in his last 10 innings, so by all means keep him in the ODI side, but he hasn't reached 50 in his last 10 or 11 tests. At his age that should be, and I think finally is, a terminal form slump.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 17, 2019 8:51:15 GMT
england tour of west indies begins this month. first test on jan 23rd. hope the windies can field a full strength fast bowling attack - GABRIEL, ROACH, THOMAS, HOLDER and ALZARI.
anyone remember the time when england used to travel to the windies for long 5 test tours full of practice games? those were the days. it was only 20-25 years ago.
now, i dont think anyone will turn up to the see the 3 test series.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 17, 2019 8:58:48 GMT
Weird thing is that, in both England and the Carribean, these series are nearly always far more competitive than they have any right to be. Darren Bravo is the big in for the Windies. Amazing how much better you batting line up looks when you pick your best batsman. Last time the Windies toured Australia he and Braithwaite looked like they were playing a different sport to the other batsmen. I've always liked Holder: deserves so much more than being the Heath Streak of the 2010s: a highly skilled all rounder weighed down by an awful team but then Heath deserved better too.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 17, 2019 15:23:24 GMT
England in West Indies: Olly Stone ruled out of tour by back injury - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46899562 It's a blow for England, probably yet another case of a very fast bowler falling by the wayside before realising match winning ability. But it's a sickening blow for my beloved Warwickshire, newly promoted back to Division 1 of the County Championship we would have needed him big time if England were not going to make him a main stay. I'm sick for the lad of course, but I posted on this very thread over on the original site that he is very prone to injuries. Sometimes cricket isn't fair.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 17, 2019 15:53:56 GMT
anyone remember the time when england used to travel to the windies for long 5 test tours full of practice games? those were the days. it was only 20-25 years ago. now, i dont think anyone will turn up to the see the 3 test series. Yes of course, I also remember England often returning with Blackwash defeats! Botham often was prone to say that his record as Captain in the Windies was better than anyone else during his era because he lost by the least amount of tests!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 17, 2019 15:56:54 GMT
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 17, 2019 15:57:30 GMT
Weird thing is that, in both England and the Carribean, these series are nearly always far more competitive than they have any right to be. Absolutely right. England in recent times are very prone to giving The Windies a test, and that will most likely happen again because they have a good pace attack that will trouble a fragile top order. I fully expect England to be 3 down for not many runs and once again have to rely on the middle and lower order to save their bacon.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 17, 2019 16:00:09 GMT
England in West Indies: Stuart Broad takes hat-trick in warm-up game - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46899561Go on Broady - gotta love those 1 innings/12 a side matches... Still a nice achievement though!
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 17, 2019 16:13:14 GMT
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Post by weststigersbob on Jan 18, 2019 10:45:04 GMT
Australia showing how poor an ODI team they truly are. Poor bowling, poor fielding and poor batting in the upper order, and frankly, the supposed ‘class’ limited overs players in Australia, Finch, Stoinis and Maxwell have underperformed
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 18, 2019 10:52:01 GMT
Australia showing how poor an ODI team they truly are. Poor bowling, poor fielding and poor batting in the upper order, and frankly, the supposed ‘class’ limited overs players in Australia, Finch, Stoinis and Maxwell have underperformed Imo they did bat and field not so well but they were not that bad with the ball. Zampa was quite good. I don't know Richardson guy but he was too economical.
Good performance by Indian bowlers. They have been pretty good. I am not sure Dhoni can be trusted anymore. He is too slow and in England you need to be scoring at strike rate 150.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 18, 2019 11:23:11 GMT
Yeah, you should definitely drop the guy who guided you to both wins in the series. Australia have been rubbish for a long time in ODIs. Far from being a low, this is probably as good as they've looked for a couple of years. And I agree with bob, the specialist have been pretty poor, but how well could they have been the last two and a half years anyway given the win-loss record. And remember most of those involved Smith and Warner. There's no instant solution here. The game moved on thanks to England: our players didn't go with them.
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 18, 2019 11:29:29 GMT
Yeah, you should definitely drop the guy who guided you to both wins in the series. Australia have been rubbish for a long time in ODIs. Far from being a low, this is probably as good as they've looked for a couple of years. And I agree with bob, the specialist have been pretty poor, but how well could they have been the last two and a half years anyway given the win-loss record. And remember most of those involved Smith and Warner. There's no instant solution here. The game moved on thanks to England: our players didn't go with them. I think he was never in a situation where it meant India could lose. He was well aided by the other batsmen. I am still not willing to give him up but his strike rate since 2016 has been in low 70s and there have been matches where he cost us games.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jan 18, 2019 12:33:25 GMT
In all honesty, Dhoni should’ve been out for 1 when Maxwell shelled an absolute sitter.
Australia’s biggest 2 problems are that they really struggle to change gears and go big with the bat consistently (in fact aside from Shaun Marsh, no one seems capable at all). Khawaja is a perfect example. He was in, set and playing nicely and then got out so softly c and b off a leading edge. Bowling wise, they struggle with tactics and field placements in the crunch overs. Siddle and Stoinis were embarrassing with their ineptitude compared to Richardson.
The only saving grace for Australia is that easily their best 2 batsmen and bowlers (Smith, Warner, Starc and Cummins) are to come back in, and they have proved that in ODI format, Zampa is superior to Lyon, and that we really do need a ‘goer’ up the top of the order, and while Carey is isnt that guy, I’m convinced Darcy Short is.
The WC side should be : Warner Short Smith Finch / Handscomb Shaun Marsh Carey Stoinis / Maxwell Cummins Richardson Starc Zampa
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 19, 2019 9:08:06 GMT
Nice end to women's match:
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 19, 2019 9:11:40 GMT
And here's the last ball in teh other semi:
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 19, 2019 10:17:51 GMT
And here's the last ball in teh other semi: Excellent. Women's cricket is getting really cool. I do see it if I get a chance.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jan 19, 2019 13:24:49 GMT
Couple of fantastic women’s T20 games, followed by a mediocre men’s game. Marcus Stoinis made to look like a superstar - too bad he couldn’t perform for Australia.
Interesting times for the Australian selectors ahead of the Test versus Sri Lanka. Firstly, Hazlewood is out injured. Either Jhye Richardson or Peter Siddle will be his replacement. If the selectors are fair dinkum, JR has to get the nod. He’s on form for WA, has a great first class record and is 22. Siddle, whilst a warrior and won’t let Australia down, is past his best and in his 30’s. Give the youngster a crack. Secondly, it was obvious that the selectors wanted a bat off between Burns, Renshaw, Pucovski and Labuschagne in this tour game just completed. Too bad the young bloke in decent shield form they didn’t pick in the squad, Kurtis Patterson scored 2 unbeaten hundreds. You’d think it would be a good idea, doubly so given no shield games are being played, to pick the squad AFTER the tour game, but again, common sense and cricket Australia seemingly don’t go together anymore,
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 20, 2019 3:45:21 GMT
19 Jan 2019 One Day International Series
South Africa
First innings 266 - for 2 wickets (Amla 108 - van der Dussen 93)
Pakistan
First innings 267 - for 5 wickets (Imam 86 - Hafeez 71)
Pakistan win by 5 wickets
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 20, 2019 7:03:49 GMT
19 Jan 2019 One Day International Series
South Africa
First innings 266 - for 2 wickets (Amla 108 - van der Dussen 93)
Pakistan
First innings 267 - for 5 wickets (Imam 86 - Hafeez 71)
Pakistan win by 5 wickets
I didn't see this game so my view could be totally incorrect when I say that I find it baffling that SA lost only two wickets in 50 overs and made just 266 runs. Okay, I understand that sometimes even 230 is going to be a very good total. That is when wickets are very tough or your team lost 3 or 4 wickets upfront. But given that grounds are small, bats are well made and rules favour batsmen I find it difficult to understand how Amla scored just 108 runs while he carried his bat and batted out 50 overs. That and also the fact that SA lost just two wickets and were 237-1 just how could they not score more? Maybe I am reading too much into just 1 game and maybe it sometimes happen but the margin for error is tight. I do not believe Nohit Sharma is a great player but one good thing about him is that he could double his score after 35 overs. Amla seemed to be getting his touch or something.
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