Aussie Summer of Cricket
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I'm finding the chorus of Australian current and former players fearing for the future of Test cricket very distasteful. The South African team to NZ has them all very concerned about the "pinnacle" of cricket.
Yeah Aussies, how dare these other guys not prioritise Tests over T20s. Which is a very easy fucking thing to say when you get paid a million a year to play Test cricket for Australia.
And it is so refreshing to hear these Aussies wanting to save test cricket. So how about you come to the party a bit? how about you play decent, meaningful series against other teams? including at their home for once. How about you don't just claim the southern summer as your own, ensuring that you only play at home during the best parts of season. Fuck i can only imagine the howls if the Aussies played Boxing Day in South Africa.
You all talk a good game, but really you don't give a flying fuck as long as you get your Ashes Tours and your Indian series. Suck one.
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Generally agree that The Big Three need to do more, however:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
paid a million a year to play Test cricket for Australia.
... Fuck i can only imagine the howls if the Aussies played Boxing Day in South Africa.
These things are directly related, right?
MCG 100k + Victorian government support
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Wanderers 34k and getting paid in Rand.... -
so, effectively, it's "we've got more money than you, so fuck you, up your game"?
and that 100k on boxing day may be true for England or India, but not anyone else, and that crowd drops away very fast on December 27th
I'm not saying they should move it. Nor do i think they have any moral obligation to "do more" i just find the pile on hugely hypocritical
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
so, effectively, it's "we've got more money than you, so fuck you, up your game"?
welcome to International Cricket.
I love Test cricket, and I am sure it will find a way to survive. It's what the players generally want to play - if money isn't an issue. This seems to be mainly a scheduling screw up by SA - their players are contracted to the IPL owned teams in SA, who are obliged to play the local tournament. They wanted to reschedule; NZ did not. SA should not have scheduled a test when their players weren't available.
What I don't know is if this is the thin end of the wedge, wiht franchise cricket trumping internationals outside the IPL. I'd be surprised if it stacks up financially - but who knows. All NZ can do is destroy the touring team (fingers crossed) and see what happens.
Australia and England spent decades organising international cricket to suit themselves, so I have little sympathy when they're getting it back covered in rupees. NZ and the other minnows are realistically just getting dragged along with the power plays of the bigger associations.
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This Aussie attack is a fucking ridiculous as a long established foursome.
Hazlewood the only one not to 250 wickets, and even he is only 6 off. Lyon obviously past 500, Starc closing in on 350. Cummins with the best record of the lot, 256 in only 58 tests, averaging 22.
Total combined record of 1,348 wickets at 27. -
@mariner4life I would quite like to see this Aussie attack hurl them down at the current Aussie batting line-up.
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i don't think the batting lineup wants that.
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Cummins just filling his boots on this tour.
third 5 wicket bag in a row, 18 for the series at like 11.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
so, effectively, it's "we've got more money than you, so fuck you, up your game"?
Same as the 6N for Rugby. "Nothing wrong with things the way they are. Why would we have less substitutes? A 20 minute red card? Encourage attacking play? Revise the maul in any way?"
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
This Aussie attack is a fucking ridiculous as a long established foursome.
Hazlewood the only one not to 250 wickets, and even he is only 6 off. Lyon obviously past 500, Starc closing in on 350. Cummins with the best record of the lot, 256 in only 58 tests, averaging 22.
Total combined record of 1,348 wickets at 27.Pretty amazing grouping. I’d say at a guess the Windies pace attack of the 80s would average a bit less but it’s pointless comparing eras in one sense and I can’t cut and paste the cricinfo article anyway so fuck it.
Good stuff Australia.
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When they play as a 4some:
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Slow going for Aus today, then lost both their openers. Looks like no more play today thanks to light and then rain
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