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Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - sandsmere - 11-01-2021
Yes, Pucovski is a must.
Warner still has another season or two in him yet.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Milhanna13 - 11-02-2021
(10-31-2021, 11:47 PM)dodge link Wrote: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.
Ponting seemed to be able to get the best out of him in the IPL.... not sure langer gets the best out of anyone
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - laj - 11-02-2021
(11-01-2021, 10:35 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote: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..
Ussie averages 53 in Australia. England bowlers won't worry him much. No green seaming English pitches, no clouds, no English bowlers.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - ElwoodBlues1 - 11-02-2021
(11-02-2021, 01:40 AM)laj link Wrote:Ussie averages 53 in Australia. England bowlers won't worry him much. No green seaming English pitches, no clouds, no English bowlers.More about the future maybe with Pucovski, Khawaja is also an ordinary fielder IMO as well @34 I'd be looking at youth first.
If Archer was fit and playing then I might think different with him and Wood going at 150k but with only Wood on tour who plays every second game then I think we need to look ahead and have a younger partner for Warner.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 11-02-2021
Warner was gone two years ago.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 11-02-2021
Massive no to khawaja.
Might average 50+ in oz versus average bowling but his overall record suggests a mediocre player, and his record versus finger spin (that innings aside) is appallingly bad. Plus, is a very average fielder. I'd prefer him to Harris, but only just.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - LP - 11-03-2021
I think based on his recent comments Joe Root might be a thorn in our side this Ashes tour.
It's interesting that he made a statement about 'wanting it too much' in the past which degraded his performance. Root is already a very very good player, and if he can play without emotional overload he'll become very consistent and dogmatic, not unlike Smith on his last tour of the UK.
I've a mate who thinks that Steve Smith's work ethic coupled with his chronic insomnia is a big reason he bats at such a consistent level, he is probably physically fit but emotionally drained, so by the time he gets to bat, despite having all those ticks and twitches, he is probably quite calm by his normal standards of nervousness.
I know from my own sporting past, I always performed at my very best when I was cold and calculating about it. A great tip I got from some previous sporting stars set me on the right path, "When you get there, act like you've been there many times before, and deliver your performance cold!"
Federer said something similar, he basically attributes losing his youthful hot headed ways as the key to him becoming a consistent high performer.
I wonder if this is in someway connected to the old fable, "Beware the injured opponent!", is it because the injury removes the nerves?
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - ElwoodBlues1 - 11-03-2021
I'd expect the bowling from Aus to be on the shorter side than what England have faced recently. A lot of England's top order don't like the chin music, Root included.
Stokes is the exception and he will need more traditional methods of dismissal.
Woakes is a key player these days with both ball and bat and I'd also expect him to cop the short stuff to unnerve him both with bat and trying to get him to lose focus with the ball too. Bit surprised Livingstone hasn't been included as he plays pace well, is a handy leggie and while a short format player in the main I could see him making it at test level if given the opportunity especially out here where he knows the conditions.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 11-03-2021
Our weakness last summer was an unsettled opening combination, then persisting with bowlers that were tired or horribly out of sorts. The T20 side is suffering from selection issues as well . I fear selection issues are going to plague us again this summer.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - LP - 11-03-2021
(11-03-2021, 10:54 PM)Professer E date Wrote:Our weakness last summer was an unsettled opening combination, then persisting with bowlers that were tired or horribly out of sorts. The T20 side is suffering from selection issues as well . I fear selection issues are going to plague us again this summer.Is it selection or the lack of selection?
Players who are rusted on because their best is very very good, even though their best is very very rare or very very ancient!
CA needs to address the issue of player security, it makes as much if not more money than the AFL but contracts only a few dozen players in total compared to over 700 AFL players.