Australia v India
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@NTA said in Australia v India:
@Hooroo it was the continual comments from the press about "we/he has waited so long for this" that shit me. He's 22, in basically his first year of serious cricket.
He's not waited long at all.
Fully that!
I understand he has had Mental Illness issues in the past? To get through all that plus concussions etc and only be 22 and be under a bright spotlight and score 60-odd on debut is pretty impressive.
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@nzzp said in Australia v India:
@NTA said in Australia v India:
@Hooroo it was the continual comments from the press about "we/he has waited so long for this" that shit me. He's 22, in basically his first year of serious cricket.
He's not waited long at all.
was it lehmann who posted something like 10,000 FC runs without a callup? Now that's waiting!
Hussey too??
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@Hooroo said in Australia v India:
@nzzp said in Australia v India:
@NTA said in Australia v India:
@Hooroo it was the continual comments from the press about "we/he has waited so long for this" that shit me. He's 22, in basically his first year of serious cricket.
He's not waited long at all.
was it lehmann who posted something like 10,000 FC runs without a callup? Now that's waiting!
Hussey too??
google tells me spot on!
Lehmann had the most FC runs before debut, before Hussey eclipsed it.
Both (and Voges show the experience of getting time in FC before stepping up. Bowlers seem to have fewer injuries if they work into the bowling too
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@nzzp said in Australia v India:
@NTA said in Australia v India:
@Hooroo it was the continual comments from the press about "we/he has waited so long for this" that shit me. He's 22, in basically his first year of serious cricket.
He's not waited long at all.
was it lehmann who posted something like 10,000 FC runs without a callup? Now that's waiting!
Exactly. Boof was one of our most prolific run scorers in domestic cricket but started just as the golden eras were beginning. Hard to crack a spot.
Interesting fact: he scored the winning runs at CWC1999 and then took the winning catch in CWC2003, effectively having the last say in both tournaments.
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@NTA said in Australia v India:
He's 22, in basically his first year of serious cricket.
He's not waited long at all.
This is not his first year of serious cricket. He's had multiple Sheffield Shield seasons. Aussies got excited about him back in the 2018/19 season when he averaged 54
That was when he was called up to the Aus squad but didn't make the XI
I agree that he hasn't waited too long. However he has been on the fringes for a while. Part of the press hype is because they can play up the drama angle - his head knocks & stress issues etc
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@NTA said in Australia v India:
@Duluth my bad. Two years.
It's actually his 4th Sheffield Shield season. But it's been 3 seasons of contributing.
I thought he was worth a look a couple of years ago. Particularly when you consider who he was competing with. However being on the fringes for a couple of years might be the best thing particularly given the mental health break.
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@Donsteppa said in Australia v India:
Sure enough, Jadeja with the breakthrough.
Was a catching practise type of shot too!. Wade comes in and sweeps his first delivery.
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The serious hype around Will has been going on for at least 18 months. A number of experts were calling for his name.
After all the controversy around the side and Smith’s demotion / banning etc, I reckon it’s probably the right time for the kid to be in the side.
But the Aussies do know how to pump it up. Even Gilly was egging it up, “the fairy tale start is over”. Yes there is always a little more excitement with a debut, but fairy tale??
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@voodoo said in Australia v India:
Is it just that I haven't watched him much lately, or has Smith gotten magnitudes worse with his idiosyncrasies? The chat, the pointing, the jumping around, the reactions after every ball, its pretty wild.
Nah he has been doing that for quite some time. The more he gets in form the more he does it, I reckon.
I LOVE watching him bat.
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So 267/6 after 90 overs. If it was the end of day one right now you'd have to say India with their nose in front, but Smith could yet drag Australia back in front.
Draw was looking the favourite when Smith and Labuschagne were cruising but a result more likely now.
Darren Lehmann - Wikipedia
