Aussie Cricket
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
@Chester-Draws said in Aussie Cricket:
Perhaps the difference between winning and losing is the amount of sandpaper applied to the ball.
Lol that's funny Hansie. You should do comedy... Oh wait, you can't because you're dead, you match fixing fuck.
I'm a Kiwi, so I would be Cairnsy, not Hansie.
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@rotated True. And they won two very important tosses in Melbourne and Sydney, which helped as well.
But in the end they made their own luck, a bit like Australia in India back in 2004. As Malcolm Knox pointed out in the SMH last week, India went to shit in that series, but that's been largely forgotten by history.
As much as people will point to Pujara's batting, for me it was the fast bowling that was most impressive. Siam said it, but it bears repeating - full and fast, not falling into any of the usual traps that visiting sides do: over-reliance on the short ball, lack of patience when the ball isn't swinging, incredible discipline.
Our batting is a bit of a mess, but it's been like that for a while now. The shortcomings have been brutally exposed without our two best bats, which is entirely predictable. The thing that got me was the scoring - it wasn't that they were nicking off for low scores, unable to handle the bowling or just outclassed by the opposition. They were doing the hard yards and getting to 20-30, then getting themselves out.
So it wasn't that the batsmen weren't good enough, really. They defeated themselves more often than not. Travis Head is a prime example - he was caught at third man twice, he chipped a full toss back to the bowler, he was clean bowled trying to hit Bumrah over cow. All of these are fine if you're 4/450, but we were in trouble on each occasion.
India were good enough to feast on our errors, and make very few of their own. There were no reckless dismissals at all, barring Rohit in Adelaide. They were just so consistently good in all facets.
A bit of a shame Sydney was such a fizzer in the end. All over on day 1. But it was nice to have a live Summer series, even if it was only for a week or so.
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For Sri Lanka, I'm picking a team with an eye on the Ashes. There are three batting spots available, and I'm turning this into a live audition for five lucky batsmen.
Harris, Burns, Labushagne, Khawaja, Head, Handscomb, Paine, Cummins, Starc, Lyon, Hazelwood.
The Shaun Marsh era comes to an end, and Labushagne gets another start after his decent 40-odd in Sydney. Burns comes in to open with Harris, and Head and Handscomb hold on.
If you score a ton, you get a ticket. It's that simple.
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What about wade as a batsman only? Sounds like he's carving up in state cricket.
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@barbarian when is Smith and Warner back in the team? Or when do their bans expire
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@Paekakboyz Wade is doing OK. He's averaging 60 this year with five 50s and one century. Good numbers but not a huge sample size.
He's scored a few test centuries, so I wouldn't be opposed to giving him a chance as a batsman. Though I don't think he'd be radically better than Handscomb or Head.
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I love this analysis, and wish you could do something like it for rugby.
Breaking down relevant data to pick an Australian batting line-up based solely on numbers (but more than just averages).
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The thing that surprised me was the poor standard of Australian fielding. If they held more of the chances they created then this is a different series. At least closer. The bowlers are copping some stick, but some of the hands...
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
Looks like Marsh is out and young Pucovski is in. Joe Burns too.
This is great news.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
Looks like Marsh is out and young Pucovski is in. Joe Burns too.
This is great news.
Pucovski double ton against WA was a mature innings for a youngster. It’s quite the story given his battles.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Cricket:
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
Looks like Marsh is out and young Pucovski is in. Joe Burns too.
This is great news.
Pucovski double ton against WA was a mature innings for a youngster. It’s quite the story given his battles.
Battles?
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@Hooroo said in Aussie Cricket:
@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Cricket:
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
Looks like Marsh is out and young Pucovski is in. Joe Burns too.
This is great news.
Pucovski double ton against WA was a mature innings for a youngster. It’s quite the story given his battles.
Battles?
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