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Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - ElwoodBlues1 - 11-08-2016
(11-08-2016, 12:10 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Ok S. Marsh is injured, Burns replaces him.
Siddle has been a mighty warrior but M. Marsh plays the plug it up role. I'd play a more dynamic dealer like Chad Sayers or Faulkner.
I'd also give o' Keefe a chance, Lyon has been found out.
Agree on Faulkner....we are also missing Johnsons batting at no 8...although Falkner isnt quick and I feel we need another strike bowler with genuine pace....
Siddle doesnt do enough with the ball at his now reduced pace....
Our middle order lacks players with technique..Rabada is a good young colt who swings the ball and as we know our blokes cant play swing at all, once he started reverse swinging the ball we were
in trouble...
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - laj - 11-08-2016
Need to look at positions 5 and 6. They are falling too quickly putting us under pressure. Nos 1, 3 and 4 are solid enough just need support further down to stiffen the batting line up. Be interesting to see how Ferguson goes as i'm guessing Voges will be out injured. I'd be looking at Stoinis at no.6 to bat and add 10 overs. Look forward to when our quicks are fit to join Hazelwood and Starc. Love Cummins to be fit. Starc, Cummins an Hazelwood would be a world class line up. Being stronger at 5 and 6 together with a full fast bowling line up would takes us back close to no.1 again. Essentially it's just a few players different from being sh!t and strong. As for the spinner wonder in Lyon is still the or do we use O'Keefe, who was going just as well and a much better batsman.
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - JonHenry - 11-08-2016
(11-08-2016, 12:10 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Ok S. Marsh is injured, Burns replaces him.
Siddle has been a mighty warrior but M. Marsh plays the plug it up role. I'd play a more dynamic dealer like Chad Sayers or Faulkner.
I'd also give o' Keefe a chance, Lyon has been found out.
Has Lyon been found out or not given enough opportunity?
Steve's Smiths best mate is.....O'Keefe
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - malo - 11-08-2016
Siddle now injured as well.....so much for the "this is the 12 & that's an end of it" approach. They'll be forced to make at least two changes now, and that's a good thing.
Hopefully someone in form like a Sayers gets brought in for Siddle (he completely outbowled Mennie in the last Shield match).
Sadly, they will be lucky to get 3 days play in to stake their claim...which will be interesting when it comes to the selections for the final test with a win required to level it up !
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - LordLucifer - 11-08-2016
Apart from Warner, all of our batsmen are flat-track bullies who have continually had the flaws in their techniques found out on moving decks and ball.
Time for the selectors to start blooding some young stars of the future and dispense with these non-performing name brands.
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - LP - 11-08-2016
(11-08-2016, 01:37 AM)JonHenry link Wrote:Has Lyon been found out or not given enough opportunity?Lyon is being disrespected, he's earned the right to be first choice and if nothing else is consistent 200+ wicket taker. The media like to scapegoat him, but they should be thanking Lyon for putting in with a team full of spud batsmen who fail to give him a useful target to defend!
Steve's Smiths best mate is.....O'Keefe
It's too easy for those batting dropkicks to be blaming the No.11 for not sticking around, or the bowlers for not taking 10 wickets for 200 runs! Lyon and the others are just a scapegoat covering for the failures of Marsh, Smith, Warner, etc., etc.!
If I was the Coach/Team Manager the first thing I'd ban is night-watchmen and I'd tell the batsmen to harden the feck up, stop the finger-pointing and if not then piss off to the IPL!
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - Pratty - 11-08-2016
James Faulkner is the one I'd play. He is a born Test cricketer IMO, and I said as much a few years ago,
He'll plug up an end when bowling as a medium/fast and bat well (and with grit and intent) at 7 or 8.
Reckon Agar is a special talent and I'd really like to give him a crack, but he needs more top notch numbers. O'Keefe and Holland are other spin options.
Longing for a decent leggie....!!!!
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - LP - 11-08-2016
(11-08-2016, 01:53 AM)Pratty link Wrote:Longing for a decent leggie....!!!!
Many of us have watched the career of Warne the greatest spinner ever, hands down nobody is his equal.
We cannot afford to judge potential players by what we have seen during the Warne era, so subjective terms like "decent" need careful consideration!
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - Bear - 11-08-2016
(11-08-2016, 01:49 AM)LP link Wrote:Lyon is being disrespected, he's earned the right to be first choice and if nothing else is consistent 200+ wicket taker. The media like to scapegoat him, but they should be thanking Lyon for putting in with a team full of spud batsmen who fail to give him a useful target to defend!
It's too easy for those batting dropkicks to be blaming the No.11 for not sticking around, or the bowlers for not taking 10 wickets for 200 runs! Lyon and the others are just a scapegoat covering for the failures of Marsh, Smith, Warner, etc., etc.!
If I was the Coach/Team Manager the first thing I'd ban is night-watchmen and I'd tell the batsmen to harden the feck up, stop the finger-pointing and if not then piss off to the IPL!
Lyon even moved to play for NSW, and I still think he is going to get shafted!
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - Professer E - 11-08-2016
With the DRS in use last match Warne would have taken 1500 wickets. Crikey, talk about one side getting the rub of the green....
I'd play Steve O'Keefe... as a left hander turning the ball away from the RHers he is a slightly more attacking option. He has been a bloody good shield player for a long, long time.
Zampa is no mug either.
If we want a few overs of off spin to break it up we could look at Maxwell. The problem is that none of our current bats really offer much in the part time bowling department, except for Smith who has lost faith in himself as a bowler.
I really like Siddle but we need a bowler with more penetration. Unless there is a point of difference eg height or moves the ball a lot there isn't much call for blokes that trundles it down at 130 kph.