Aussie Summer of Cricket
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So any chance Pakistan will be any more competitive second time round ?
That Aussie team looks incredibly settled and chock full of class players.
If you’re picking an ANZAC team I’m not sure how many kiwis would actually make it. KW walks in, Conway and Mitchell SHOULD get in but neither are givens. Does Latham sneak ahead of Warner possibly given both are kinda home track bullies ? I’d pick Blundell ahead of Carey…..but as for the bowlers……is Jamieson slowly getting found out after a sensational start to his test career ?
Over to you @NTA
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So any chance Pakistan will be any more competitive second time round ?
That Aussie team looks incredibly settled and chock full of class players.
If you’re picking an ANZAC team I’m not sure how many kiwis would actually make it. KW walks in, Conway and Mitchell SHOULD get in but neither are givens. Does Latham sneak ahead of Warner possibly given both are kinda home track bullies ? I’d pick Blundell ahead of Carey…..but as for the bowlers……is Jamieson slowly getting found out after a sensational start to his test career ?
Over to you @NTA
@MN5 look, son, NOBODY from your bowling lineup makes it. Not even the bench.
Starc
Hazlewood
Cummins
LyonNot even remotely up for discussion.
KW at 3 in place of Labiashame.
Maybe he moves up to replace Warner.
Other than that? Struggling to see a better option.
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@MN5 look, son, NOBODY from your bowling lineup makes it. Not even the bench.
Starc
Hazlewood
Cummins
LyonNot even remotely up for discussion.
KW at 3 in place of Labiashame.
Maybe he moves up to replace Warner.
Other than that? Struggling to see a better option.
@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@MN5 look, son, NOBODY from your bowling lineup makes it. Not even the bench.
Starc
Hazlewood
Cummins
LyonNot even remotely up for discussion.
KW at 3 in place of Labiashame.
Maybe he moves up to replace Warner.
Other than that? Struggling to see a better option.
Harsh but true.
Conway and Mitchell are 50/50 with some strong options. The latter more of a chance to replace Head perhaps. Or maybe KW gets in, everyone moves down one and Mitch Marsh fucks off.
Both still relatively early in their test careers but have shown some serious class to warrant a mention.
This applies to Jamieson too.
But our fading pace trio of SBW doesn’t really have a shit show….which is rough because all three sit very highly in the annals of our ( shit compared to yours ) history.
…..as for any of our spinners….Fuck.
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At his peak I would have Boult over Starc, purely for consistency. Very similar records both average 27.49 have played roughly the same number of tests and taken roughly the same number of wickets, but from 2016-19 Boult definitely shaded Starc
@dogmeat said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
At his peak I would have Boult over Starc, purely for consistency. Very similar records both average 27.49 have played roughly the same number of tests and taken roughly the same number of wickets, but from 2016-19 Boult definitely shaded Starc
Crikey would you look at that ?
Maybe Starc shades it with his batting if that becomes a factor ? Any tail ended averaging over 20 is very handy.
So here’s my team if it needed to be picked to play a test tomorrow.
Warner
Khawaja
KW
Labuschagne
Smith
Mitchell
Blundell
Starc
Cummins
Lyon
HazelwoodJamieson ( 12th man )
In most cases the 50/50 batting calls just have to go the Aussies way. Conway and Latham possibly unlucky but you can’t fault the guys in front of them. Head and Marsh lose out to KW and Mitchell respectively. Blundell gets the keeper role by virtue of a better batting record. Jamieson to me would be first cab off the rank if any bowlers get injured.
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@dogmeat said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
At his peak I would have Boult over Starc, purely for consistency. Very similar records both average 27.49 have played roughly the same number of tests and taken roughly the same number of wickets, but from 2016-19 Boult definitely shaded Starc
Crikey would you look at that ?
Maybe Starc shades it with his batting if that becomes a factor ? Any tail ended averaging over 20 is very handy.
So here’s my team if it needed to be picked to play a test tomorrow.
Warner
Khawaja
KW
Labuschagne
Smith
Mitchell
Blundell
Starc
Cummins
Lyon
HazelwoodJamieson ( 12th man )
In most cases the 50/50 batting calls just have to go the Aussies way. Conway and Latham possibly unlucky but you can’t fault the guys in front of them. Head and Marsh lose out to KW and Mitchell respectively. Blundell gets the keeper role by virtue of a better batting record. Jamieson to me would be first cab off the rank if any bowlers get injured.
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Latham - Warners had his good score anyway
Plus if any prick deserves to be deprived of his 'fond farewell' it's that grub.
@dogmeat said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Latham - Warners had his good score anyway
Plus if any prick deserves to be deprived of his 'fond farewell' it's that grub.
Still only gets four BCs out of 11 in the team. I might be inclined to go Conway over Latham. Not sure.
@NTA made a good point about the main difference being in the bowling line ups. Ours are unfortunately just that little bit past it or still ( Jamieson ) a bit green.
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@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Leaving Head out is a line call. Depends on the balance of the team.
Agreed but being a kiwi I chose Mitchell who has made every post a winner at test level. You already have a bunch of Australians in there, how many do you need ?
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@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Leaving Head out is a line call. Depends on the balance of the team.
leaving Head out is completely retarded if this is a current form team. He's one of the first in to the middle order. And he's miles ahead of Marnus.
This year alone he got 163 in the Test final
3rd highest Aus run scorer in the Ashes
Averaged 47 in IndiaOnly the Waj is having a better year.
That's before you take the World Cup in to consideration
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@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Leaving Head out is a line call. Depends on the balance of the team.
leaving Head out is completely retarded if this is a current form team. He's one of the first in to the middle order. And he's miles ahead of Marnus.
This year alone he got 163 in the Test final
3rd highest Aus run scorer in the Ashes
Averaged 47 in IndiaOnly the Waj is having a better year.
That's before you take the World Cup in to consideration
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Leaving Head out is a line call. Depends on the balance of the team.
leaving Head out is completely retarded if this is a current form team. He's one of the first in to the middle order. And he's miles ahead of Marnus.
This year alone he got 163 in the Test final
3rd highest Aus run scorer in the Ashes
Averaged 47 in IndiaOnly the Waj is having a better year.
That's before you take the World Cup in to consideration
Ok Head gets in ahead of bus change.
He’s 6th best in the world at present, Mitchell 7th and Marnus 8th. It’s the right call.
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Boxing Day test starting soon and I’ve swept the yard already so I’m hoping the rain comes down so I have an excuse to watch.
Gilly, M Waugh and Akram are class.
Michael Vaughan has obviously taken over the token pommy twit mantle from Mark Nicholas. He played test cricket at least.
That Indian chick is hot and knows what she’s talking about. Nice combo.
Pakistan will get hammered again. Steve Smith averages 80 here
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