Aussie Summer of Cricket
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Could be a pretty lean thread given the menu, and frankly the best bit might be happening right now
Aus have Pakistan and the Windies touring. The BBL starts soon. It's a pretty underwhelming selection
The best bit is the shitfight around the continued selection of David Warner in the test side. After a very lean few years with the very obvious spike of the one big hundred last summer, it seems Davey is coming to the end. Of course he wants to finish after the SCG Pakistan test. And his little cheer squad want that too.
Others do not. Most vocal right now is Mitch Johnson, who wants Dave dropped now. That's caused a nice little shitfight playing out through the press.
Mitch is probably in the right. Dave has been shit for so long, he should be making way for another opener to get a summer against lessor opposition to find his feet. As it stands, Dave is probably going to plug up most of those games. And, given his record is very much propped up by runs in Aus, he's gonna score enough to give enough "told you so" ammo to the selectors.
If he fails early though, those drums are going to get very loud.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Could be a pretty lean thread given the menu, and frankly the best bit might be happening right now
Aus have Pakistan and the Windies touring. The BBL starts soon. It's a pretty underwhelming selection
The best bit is the shitfight around the continued selection of David Warner in the test side. After a very lean few years with the very obvious spike of the one big hundred last summer, it seems Davey is coming to the end. Of course he wants to finish after the SCG Pakistan test. And his little cheer squad want that too.
Others do not. Most vocal right now is Mitch Johnson, who wants Dave dropped now. That's caused a nice little shitfight playing out through the press.
Mitch is probably in the right. Dave has been shit for so long, he should be making way for another opener to get a summer against lessor opposition to find his feet. As it stands, Dave is probably going to plug up most of those games. And, given his record is very much propped up by runs in Aus, he's gonna score enough to give enough "told you so" ammo to the selectors.
If he fails early though, those drums are going to get very loud.
The way I look at it one dickhead thinks another dickhead is a dickhead. Entertaining stuff indeed.
Warner should get some Adam Voges like numbers against the Windies at home. He averages 58 at home vs 32 away so expect that first number to go up against a shit and disinterested Windies team. Crikey all their legends of yesteryear must cringe at the state of their team nowadays.
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This does look like being the most entertaining part of the OZ summer, especially once I lose track of the BBL about three weeks in as usual.
Source: Johnson received 'pretty bad' text from Warner that sparked his column
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@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Could be a pretty lean thread given the menu, and frankly the best bit might be happening right now
Aus have Pakistan and the Windies touring. The BBL starts soon. It's a pretty underwhelming selection
The best bit is the shitfight around the continued selection of David Warner in the test side. After a very lean few years with the very obvious spike of the one big hundred last summer, it seems Davey is coming to the end. Of course he wants to finish after the SCG Pakistan test. And his little cheer squad want that too.
Others do not. Most vocal right now is Mitch Johnson, who wants Dave dropped now. That's caused a nice little shitfight playing out through the press.
Mitch is probably in the right. Dave has been shit for so long, he should be making way for another opener to get a summer against lessor opposition to find his feet. As it stands, Dave is probably going to plug up most of those games. And, given his record is very much propped up by runs in Aus, he's gonna score enough to give enough "told you so" ammo to the selectors.
If he fails early though, those drums are going to get very loud.
The way I look at it one dickhead thinks another dickhead is a dickhead. Entertaining stuff indeed.
Warner should get some Adam Voges like numbers against the Windies at home. He averages 58 at home vs 32 away so expect that first number to go up against a shit and disinterested Windies team. Crikey all their legends of yesteryear must cringe at the state of their team nowadays.
Yeah well Mitch has been through some pretty traumatic shit over the years ( which I will not elaborate on here)and probably didnt need the txt messages from David Warner.
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I’ve never actually minded Warner and his antics haven’t irked me as much as they have others.
….but from a purely cricketing point of view and not even taking the sandpaper into consideration he isn’t actually a modern great in the Ponting, Border, S Waugh, Warne, McGrath, bracket. Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer were better openers than he was.
Warner is in that next tier of very good players…..M Waugh, Martyn, Gillespie etc. I don’t think he has the right to demand anything.
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@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
I’ve never actually minded Warner and his antics haven’t irked me as much as they have others.
….but from a purely cricketing point of view and not even taking the sandpaper into consideration he isn’t actually a modern great in the Ponting, Border, S Waugh, Warne, McGrath, bracket. Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer were better openers than he was.
Warner is in that next tier of very good players…..M Waugh, Martyn, Gillespie etc. I don’t think he has the right to demand anything.
HIs away record is just a cricketing reason for me to not like him. HIs misshaped head, piston wristed gibbon personality and crocodile tears are the real basis.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
I’ve never actually minded Warner and his antics haven’t irked me as much as they have others.
….but from a purely cricketing point of view and not even taking the sandpaper into consideration he isn’t actually a modern great in the Ponting, Border, S Waugh, Warne, McGrath, bracket. Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer were better openers than he was.
Warner is in that next tier of very good players…..M Waugh, Martyn, Gillespie etc. I don’t think he has the right to demand anything.
HIs away record is just a cricketing reason for me to not like him. HIs misshaped head, piston wristed gibbon personality and crocodile tears are the real basis.
Yeah an Australian Henry Nichols you might say.
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@bayimports I've seen that happen before in park cricket. Bails applying force against each other - batsman didn't walk.
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@antipodean I have never seen that, you have to feel for the bowler for sure!
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O’Keefe reveals disappointment with Australia’s dwindling passion for cricket
"Give yourself an uppercut."
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
O’Keefe reveals disappointment with Australia’s dwindling passion for cricket
"Give yourself an uppercut."
Sounds like Australia might get back up there if India find some league players to talk about.
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@dogmeat said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Is Aussie so bereft of openers that the only options are DDD or Loose bus change?
No, but it looks like Warner has compromising information on everyone. Apparently Mitchell Johnson has been stood down from a commentating gig because of the fracas.
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Masood's Pakistan out to buck history against high-flying Australia
AUS v PAK 2023/24 Australia vs Pakistan Match Preview: Pakistan pick two debutant quicks for the first Test while the home side will go in with Mitchell Marsh in the XI
Aus v Pakistan starts in a couple of hours
Both XI’s named already
Australia XI: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood
Pakistan XI: 1 Abdullah Shafique, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Shan Masood (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), 7 Salman Ali Agha, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Aamer Jamal, 11 Khurram Shahzad
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