Aussie Cricket
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Was at the Adelaide Oval for the first two days, thoroughly enjoyed it. Crowd was a little bit lighter than I thought it would be, but I'm now totally onboard with the day/night concept. Makes it a really interesting day, especially as day turns into night.
Helps that it's been a great game so far, couple of cracking innings from Waj and Faf, with some good bowling mixed in and the Aussies getting on top.
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Cricket on every channel at the moment, good times.
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It was a faint edge and also hit his pad, which probably made him think he didn't hit it.
Not sure why they're making such a big deal about the Renshaw drop. Everyone knows Wade is a shit keeper, the fact he didn't move should not be much of a surprise.
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Easy to say that in hindsight, Donsteppa, but I've been pleasantly surprised with this Australian effort. We picked three debutant batsmen, none of whom were really banging down the selectors doors. We made a few other changes to boot, and against a settled SA lineup I would have tipped another comfortable SA win...
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Easy to say that in hindsight, Donsteppa, but I've been pleasantly surprised with this Australian effort. We picked three debutant batsmen, none of whom were really banging down the selectors doors. We made a few other changes to boot, and against a settled SA lineup I would have tipped another comfortable SA win...
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
Easy to say that in hindsight, Donsteppa, but I've been pleasantly surprised with this Australian effort. We picked three debutant batsmen, none of whom were really banging down the selectors doors. We made a few other changes to boot, and against a settled SA lineup I would have tipped another comfortable SA win...
I did too, up until halfway through the first morning
It does seem to have been the experienced players lifting for Australia. Khawaja with the bat (though I see he's 0 off 2 out now in the second dig), the experienced bowlers stepped up, and of the four scores above 50 with the bat, three of them were Khawaja, Smith, and Starc.
South Africa from the bits I've seen have looked at about 90%, which is still bloody good, but they're missing that slight edge about them from earlier in the summer (or haven't been allowed to keep it).
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Renshaw is a bit dour compared to some of our recent openers, but this is on point:
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Appropriate that the two young blokes were out there at the end.
Where the FUCK was a bit of that attitude in the first two Tests?
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
Appropriate that the two young blokes were out there at the end.
Where the FUCK was a bit of that attitude in the first two Tests?
What a ridiculous turnaround from the previous test.
......and by "ridiculous" I mean "good" in a roundabout way.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
Appropriate that the two young blokes were out there at the end.
Where the FUCK was a bit of that attitude in the first two Tests?
What a ridiculous turnaround from the previous test.
......and by "ridiculous" I mean "good" in a roundabout way.
Pretty crazy. Saffers weren't quite as sharp on the bowling front, but new kids Renshaw and Hanscomb stood up where others had failed.
Helps that The Waj and Smith finally decided to bar up and fight a little.
Warner's injury might make things interesting for another opener. Quite frankly, the Channel Nein crew can fuck right off with "Awww that's just the way he plays!" because in those conditions, it just fucking ISN'T the way you play, clearly.
Anyway, Faf's still a fluffybunny, we've got Pakistan coming up, and I hope I get some time at home to watch Starc swing it in humid Gabba conditions.
That 147kmh swinging shit on middle stump is immensely hardening.
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I think the selectors made a lot of knee jerk selections that didn't come off. Khawaja, Lyon, Starc and Hazelwood just stood up in that test and that got Australia over the line. I think MN5 is right. It is hard to see Pakistan giving Australia too much to worry about. Our pace bowling has been too much for them and Starc and Hazelwood are better than what we have.
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Coach Boof has made his feelings about Maxwell felt, after Maxwell made his feelings about Wade felt. Its all feelings.
Australian coach Darren Lehmann has joined a growing chorus of cricketers in sending a blunt message to loose cannon Glenn Maxwell: "make some runs".
Lehmann's message came as former Victorian wicketkeeper Darren Berry likened the festering Glenn Maxwell-Matthew Wade feud to a "pimple getting squeezed to the top".
At a media conference on Thursday, Maxwell was highly critical of his state captain, describing batting at No.6 behind Wade in the Victorian Sheffield Shield order as "painful".
"The wicketkeeper should be batting at seven unless you're trying to squeeze an extra bowler into your line-up," Maxwell said.
His comments have gone down like a lead balloon with his Victorian teammates, after he said it affected his chance to break into the Australian Test side.
However Lehmann said Maxwell was never in the running for the recent Adelaide Test against South Africa because he simply wasn't making enough runs.
"No. Because he hasn't made 100 for the last two years. You need to make 100," Lehmann said.
"Are you going to pick a bloke that hasn't made 100 for two years?"
Berry suggested that the tension between the two players had probably gone on for a while now, but accused Maxwell of a selfish attitude.
"What we might be seeing playing out here might be the pimple getting squeezed to the top," Berry told SEN on Friday.
"We don't really know what's going on in the inner sanctum. We all speculate in the media (but) unless you're in the locker room you don't really know.
"But what I'm reading, what I'm hearing, is that pimple that was probably an under-surface pimple now has got a lot of pus in it and it's getting squeezed.
"Glenn, you've missed the mark there I'm sorry ... that's 'me me me' stuff, isn't it?
"It's a team sport and he's batting at six, Cameron White's batting behind him at seven. Cameron White didn't come out and criticise Matthew Wade.
"No doubt as captain Matthew Wade may have used a little license because he wanted to get back in the Australian side, so I understand where Glenn's coming from there, but to come out publicly and say (those things) ... you just don't do it."
Berry said Wade wouldn't be happy with Maxwell's comments and the situation would ensure an awkward environment in the Australian change rooms if, as expected, the pair line up against New Zealand at the SCG on Sunday in the first Chappell-Hadlee one-dayer.
The former South Australian coach even predicted potential fireworks between the two players and strongly suggested that national coach Darren Lehmann and/or captain Steve Smith make them sort out their differences before the series opener.
"I'm tipping there'll either be a Mexican standoff or there'll be a clash of the titans," Berry said.
"I would just say, 'let's sort this out. What's the go? Bang, we're now playing for Australia, clear the decks and let's go'.
"Go out and have a little cold one and a chat and say, 'what's going on?'
"What I'm detecting is that Maxwell is not happy behind the scenes, clearly the Vics aren't happy with him and this has just raised the tension."
Berry also said there was a chance that Maxwell would not be playing for Victoria next season.
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Maxwell should be batting before Wade every day of the week. If Wade has promoted himself to 5 to try and crack the Aussie team again then he's a selfish asshole. I can understand Maxwell's frustration TBH.
