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Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - ElwoodBlues1 - 10-29-2021
(10-29-2021, 08:44 AM)Professer E link Wrote:"quota" is just another firm of racism EB, what happened to primotion/selection based on merit?Prof, George Orwell would have made a good selector, he knew when the farmer was gone the animals would have problems working together as a team...
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - ElwoodBlues1 - 10-30-2021
Vale Alan Davidson and Ashley Mallet, two fine Test players for Australia.
Alan Davidson's exploits were before my time but his record at test level is imposing and one of the best left arm quicks ever.
Mallet was an off spinner who excelled in the Chappell era when I was growing up as a young kid and in a non spin friendly
era where pace dominated he was the perfect foil to Dennis Lillee and company.
Great gully field too even though he wore thickish glasses and was a tad unco looking he was a brilliant catcher and was part of a slip cordon that caught everything. Worked as a journo later on,worked as a commentator on radio, wrote several books and was an intelligent individual who complimented the extroverts in the team.
Great contributors to the game the both of them..RIP.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Milhanna13 - 10-30-2021
(10-30-2021, 08:15 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Vale Alan Davidson and Ashley Mallet, two fine Test players for Australia.
Alan Davidson's exploits were before my time but his record at test level is imposing and one of the best left arm quicks ever.
Mallet was an off spinner who excelled in the Chappell era when I was growing up as a young kid and in a non spin friendly
era where pace dominated he was the perfect foil to Dennis Lillee and company.
Great gully field too even though he wore thickish glasses and was a tad unco looking he was a brilliant catcher and was part of a slip cordon that caught everything. Worked as a journo later on,worked as a commentator on radio, wrote several books and was an intelligent individual who complimented the extroverts in the team.
Great contributors to the game the both of them..RIP.
Didn’t mallet have to bowl to Kerry packer to gain a WSC spot?
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - ElwoodBlues1 - 10-30-2021
(10-30-2021, 01:13 PM)Milhanna13 link Wrote:Didn’t mallet have to bowl to Kerry packer to gain a WSC spot?Did read that was a true story, KP said Mallet was a straight breaker and didn't want to sign him. The rumour was Mallet had to get him out within one over to get in the WSC team..
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - northernblue - 10-31-2021
(10-30-2021, 10:42 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Did read that was a true story, KP said Mallet was a straight breaker and didn't want to sign him. The rumour was Mallet had to get him out within one over to get in the WSC team..
Surprised Mallett didn’t bounce him…
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 10-31-2021
When is Stoinis going to contribute something, and don't get me started on the great white hope from WA.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - dodge - 10-31-2021
Stoinis won't contribute - certainly not consistently. While there is no doubt he can hit the ball hard, he has no idea about rotating the strike, getting the singles and taking pressure off.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 11-01-2021
Agreed, clueless when it comes to "finesse", it's just slogging. Vastly overrated cricketer.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - ElwoodBlues1 - 11-01-2021
Ian Chappell has slammed Khawaja as a good player vs ordinary bowling and reckons the English will be all over him if he gets picked in the test series.. Tend to agree.
Pucovski has to play and learn how to deal with the short stuff..
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - capcom - 11-01-2021
(11-01-2021, 10:35 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Pucovski has to play and learn how to deal with the short stuff..
Absolutely EB ... good player
As for the other guy, he's a dud. Warner's just about done as well IMO