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Post by wrighty05 on Jan 31, 2013 13:36:39 GMT 10
Squad named today.
Clarke
Watson
Warner
Cowan
Hughes
Khawaja
Wade
Henriques
Smith
Maxwell
Lyon
Doherty
Pattinson
Siddle
Bird
Starc
Johnson
So we have
5 specialist batsmen
1 injury prone all rounder
3 all ordinary rounders
1 keeper
2 spinners
5 pace bowlers.
I agree with the 5 pacemen that they will obviously rotate. Smith and Henriques are a joke. Henriques has done nothing all summer and Smith is a substitute fieldsman. Smith has bowled 15 overs this summer so he can't classify as an all rounder and his batting is technically flawed. Maxwell seems hit and miss too. They've picked 3 of the same player!
Needs another specialist bat - I'd go for Alex Doolan from Tas. Been following him now since I didn't know who he was and he's doing quite well.
You should have a 2nd keeper in a 17 man squad.
Doherty has taken two first class wickets for the summer. Just saying...
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Post by Bundy on Feb 1, 2013 0:37:03 GMT 10
Squad named today. Clarke Watson Warner Cowan Hughes Khawaja Wade Henriques Smith Maxwell Lyon Doherty Pattinson Siddle Bird Starc Johnson So we have 5 specialist batsmen 1 injury prone all rounder 3 all ordinary rounders 1 keeper 2 spinners 5 pace bowlers. I agree with the 5 pacemen that they will obviously rotate. Smith and Henriques are a joke. Henriques has done nothing all summer and Smith is a substitute fieldsman. Smith has bowled 15 overs this summer so he can't classify as an all rounder and his batting is technically flawed. Maxwell seems hit and miss too. They've picked 3 of the same player! Needs another specialist bat - I'd go for Alex Doolan from Tas. Been following him now since I didn't know who he was and he's doing quite well. You should have a 2nd keeper in a 17 man squad. Doherty has taken two first class wickets for the summer. Just saying... Didn't you realise Wrighty that being NSW captain automatically means a walk up start for the Australian team  I think there is some history about that... But I can't remember who but someone really high up in the cricketing ranks (or used to be) really rates Smith's batting - can't see why...his got one of those unusual techniques like Hughes has where it can only really work for him and shouldn't be taught. And let me get this straight - three all-rounders...four if you include Johnson...3 if you don't include Smith - but only 1 keeper  I think Hughes has become the likely fill-in if there was something to happen to Wade.  And good to see Jackson Bird included - give the lad some experience, although he will probably get carved up over there. |
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Post by Bundy on Feb 22, 2013 9:38:37 GMT 10
Starting today around 3pm for NSW and Vic.
It should be a cracking series - hopefully we can counteract all the spin.
Bowling wise we are looking pretty good - Siddle, Starc and Pattinson with Lyon, Clarke and Warner to bowl some spinners and Henriques as the all-rounder.
India (probable): Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (capt and wk), R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha
Australia (confirmed): David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (captain), Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Moises Henriques, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon
Last Five Head-To-Head Results
2012: Fourth Test: Australia won by 298 runs in Adelaide
2012: Third Test: Australia won by an innings and 37 runs in Perth
2012: Second Test: Australia won by an innings and 68 runs in Sydney
2011: First Test: Australia won by a 122 runs in Melbourne
2010: Second Test: India won by seven wickets in Bangalore
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Post by Bundy on Feb 22, 2013 15:03:21 GMT 10
1/66 atm - pretty solid start. Warner still in, Cowan out.
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Post by Bundy on Feb 22, 2013 20:33:21 GMT 10
Great recovery job from Clarke and Henriques - rescuing the Aussies when they were 5 for 150 to put them about 5 for 300. Henriques really impressive on debut! Henriques now out but still good effort - hopefully the aussies can get to 400...that would be competitive. Ashwin has taken all six of the indian wickets so far!!  Just put the mickey on the aussies, jadeja gets in on the action and dismisses Starc  Well done clarkey on that century - awesome effort. Just got it in time too before the close of play. |
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Post by wrighty05 on Feb 23, 2013 3:05:44 GMT 10
Clarke is unbelievable.
Moses. Well he proved me wrong. But his dismissal was very ordinary!!!
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Post by Bundy on Feb 23, 2013 16:16:53 GMT 10
380 all out for the Aussies - good effort by the tail-enders to scrap and fight to that total.
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Post by Bundy on Feb 23, 2013 17:26:09 GMT 10
Awesome start to the Indian innings for the Aussies - Pattinson has already picked up two wickets!
Sehwag was mighty unlucky - defended it down behind him, it then went up in the air and then hit the stumps!
We need Tendulkar though...
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Post by Bundy on Feb 24, 2013 20:30:57 GMT 10
The tail is unfortunately wagging for the Indians - they are getting towards 100 in front.
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Post by wrighty05 on Feb 24, 2013 21:18:52 GMT 10
We're ****ed
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Post by Bundy on Feb 26, 2013 11:52:08 GMT 10
One wicket left in the sheds - Henriques is again playing out of his skin with the bat - Lyon hopefully will hold up one end and let Henriques build up a bit of a lead; really even if we get to 200 in front by tea, India would still have to be odds on to chase it down. But that's a big ask still! ;D
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Post by crikey on Feb 26, 2013 16:52:15 GMT 10
Time to bring back Warney!
I cant see us winning 1 of the 4 test's to be honest, Our spinner stocks are so low it's not funny.
Although from what I have read Dhoni had a once in a lifetime innings.
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Post by jamolad on Feb 26, 2013 19:40:28 GMT 10
Murray Walker knows what we need to win over there: "Spin, spin, spin!"
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Post by Bundy on Feb 26, 2013 21:43:33 GMT 10
Well Warney's over there commentating - so he's not that far away from taking the field Wrighty would probably know more but there are a couple of sub-continent spinners playing for Victoria atm - a leg spinner and left arm orthodox spinner - if you can't beat them, breed a couple of your own!! ;D |
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Post by Bundy on Feb 28, 2013 17:03:05 GMT 10
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Post by Bundy on Mar 1, 2013 23:43:33 GMT 10
2nd test starts tomorrow (or today where you are in this country) and Australia, if we go by reports, are sticking by the same team
Australia: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (captain), Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Moises Henriques, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon
I hate to say it but the team looks really under-done - they need two spinners.
I can't believe O'Keefe from NSW isn't in the squad - he would take Moises' place for mine - Moises is a batting all-rounder from what I can see and O'Keefe would bring more balance to this role as he has an average in First class cricket with the bat of 35 and an average of 28 with the ball.
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Post by Bundy on Mar 2, 2013 23:14:24 GMT 10
Didn't see the V8s but I managed to watch a little bit of the cricket ;D Australia are having the opposite fortunes to Holden atm |
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Post by wrighty05 on Mar 3, 2013 6:54:41 GMT 10
Yesterday was shithouse.
No one apart from Clarke has the ability to grind out an innings.
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Post by Bundy on Mar 3, 2013 23:18:03 GMT 10
Yep we're ****ed ;D
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Post by wrighty05 on Mar 4, 2013 8:50:45 GMT 10
How's the selections for this match?
Mind boggling.
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I think Hughes has become the likely fill-in if there was something to happen to Wade. 
