Aussie Summer of Cricket

[Duluth]

Daniel Brettig  /  Jan 13  /  Cricket

Smith the opener dares quicks to bounce him with new ball

Steve Smith says the world’s quickest bowlers will have to risk wasting their new ball if they want to pummel him with short-pitched bowling now that he’s an opening batsman.

[MN5]

How many Australian batsmen average UNDER 40 ?

This tour will be a fucken joke

[Duluth]

@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

How many Australian batsmen average UNDER 40 ?

Green batting at 4 is a bit of a gamble from the Aussies. But his FC average is 46.77

Also:

Green is averaging 65.09 in 24 Sheffield Shield innings at No.4 and 66.03 in his last 38 Shield innings overall

[No Quarter]

@MN5 poor Windies, must be a hard watch for their fans these days. We've certainly been there back in the days of Pocock opening etc.

[MN5]

@No-Quarter said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

@MN5 poor Windies, must be a hard watch for their fans these days. We've certainly been there back in the days of Pocock opening etc.

Yeah but we’ve had what I’d consider two hall of fame cricketers. At a guess I’d say they’ve maybe had 15-20 or so.

The decline is SO fucken bad.

[Duluth]

Oh the Windies Test has started

Brathwaite bowled by Cummins just as I turned the TV on

27/2

Aussie choose to field

Australia 1 Usman Khawaja, 2 Steven Smith, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Cameron Green, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

West Indies 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 3 Kirk McKenzie, 4 Alick Athanaze, 5 Kavem Hodge, 6 Justin Greaves, 7 Joshua Da Silva (wk), 8 Alzarri Joseph, 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Shamar Joseph

[NTA]

That was a poor leave

[NTA]

This McKenzie guy looks alright

[NTA]

Cursed him

[NTA]

Despite showing a bit of patience on a fairly benign-looking wicket, they're still 6 down for just over 100.

Cummins should have batted - otherwise this might be a short game

[NTA]

New bloke S Joseph - after a good debut with the bat - gets Smith with a ball that was never hitting the stumps.

Well played that man. Good catch too

[NTA]

Labiashame fucks up bigtime.

Shamar Joseph dream debut so far.

[MN5]

@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

Labiashame fucks up bigtime.

Shamar Joseph dream debut so far.

If he retires right now I’d laud him as the best all rounder ever

[Chris B.]

@MN5 Hasty!

I'd like to see Kirk McKenzie get a bowl before I reach that conclusion.

[Chris B.]

I haven't paid much attention recently, but I've previously heard of Brathwaite, Roach and Alzarri Joseph in this Windies team - maybe da Silva.

If Clive Lloyd were dead he'd be turning in his grave!

[Duluth]

Aussies 67/3

All the wickets to S Joseph

[mariner4life]

good start for the new 1 and 4

Continuation of the last 12 months where Khawaja is going to have to do the heavy lifting

[NTA]

Waj plays at a rubbish delivery and goes.

4 down for 113. That was crap

[NTA]

This is some good bowling. Marsh gone.

[MN5]

Wow, Smith actually is opening now.

That’s taking one for the team, well done that man.