Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[ElwoodBlues1]

That wicket was poor for one day cricket.....its was lively and Steyn took full advantage early...I thought injury had finished him but that was the old Steyn out there with 2-18...didnt bowl a wide or no ball either. Not sure why we prepared a wicket like that with their pace attack and our fragile batting....

[Professer E]

Take two batsmen from the side and we get nothing but collapses.  We're not a two man side because I know some of these blokes can play but their confidence is totally shot.  Longer needs to work on mental side as much as technique.  Time to harden up.

[malo]

I've been cringing for some time now the (mostly Gen Y) commentators using the term "Batters" to describe Batsmen....a term that has been used in cricket for over 150 years.

Apparently though I'm the one who's mistaken !

The level of "Batsmanship" shown by our current players bears very little resemblance to Batsman of past eras, and is more akin to the cross bat slogging shown by baseball "Batters"......In fact even baseball hitters are probably more discerning over their shot selection than the current muppets.......Yay for the Big Bash ! 

Unfortunately there are no 3 strikes & out for our guys.

[capcom]

It's crap IMO.  "Batters" belong with baseball, NOT cricket

[Professer E]

Where was the prep work for this game?  Expecting them to just front up and flick the switch?  Lunacy.

After reviewing the footage this morning,  FMD,  what an inept batting display.  Shot selection that would shame the U10s....a series of flat footed drives at swinging deliveries,  flat footed bunts and swats to mid on.  The almost manical need to play at pitched up balls like a junkie going cold turkey. Just leave them you clowns.

Getting then to do the basics would be a start Justin.

I reckon that our need to do well across all formats is hurting the side. Sloggy style no footwork 20-20 batting is creeping into the the other formats and it shows.  A wicket taking ball needs to be respected at all levels,  not treated with disdain.

A lot of work to do between their ears Justin.

[Professer E]

The "batters" term is from the promotion of the women's format,  the non gender specific term.

[laj]

Fortunately, looking at Shield form, batting line up will be entirely different.

Harris has made 65 on top of his 250 last game, Renshaw made 89, Handscomb 123.

Looking at ..

Harris
Renshaw
Khawaja
Handscomb
Finch
Labuschagne
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood

Better than the crap that has been playing for us.

[capcom]

The "batters" term is from the promotion of the women's format,  the non gender specific term.

The first guy to reference that stupid word was Ian Cheppell and that was a LONG time ago.  When questioned about it, he referred to his other pastime ... baseball.  Fact.

[LP]

That was a crap pitch.

150 was a poor effort, but a high score was never on the cards.

However, our ODI bowlers are rubbish, they spray it like it's weed killer and it looked like SA would make 300+ on an otherwise crap pitch! I'll get lampooned but Starc is a ODI bowlers ar5ehole, he is probably the best Test strike bowler in cricket at the moment but for ODI or T20 he should be banished to the desert! In ODI he is just another Tait! I'd assert the only thing getting Starc the gig is his batting and he just isn't a consistent enough performer with the bat to justify it!

We've way too many players who are solely focussed on earning big dollars in big bash, they can't or won't play the longer forms of the game with any focus or stoicism.

It's making Australian Cricket look like a joke!

[Professer E]

X2.  For every spectacular late in swinging stumps smasher there's a lot of old rope being served up by Mr Starc.

We bowled crap on a pitch that suited smart pace bowling,  not the stuff we dished up.