Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[DJC]

RIP Bruce ????

I always liked the way he went about his cricket.  He wasn’t the best cricketer but he always had a crack.

[ElwoodBlues1]

RIP Bruce ????

I always liked the way he went about his cricket.  He wasn’t the best cricketer but he always had a crack.

x2...

[flyboy77]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E44S3FWxsT4

This bloke is bowling now in the 3rd ODI.

Hard to get a great read on his action given the angles and limited footage but gee, it looks dodgy to me....noting I'm old school.

[Professer E]

Careful,  they'll accuse you of being a racist.

Yep,  I'm totally old school on this as well and I don't like it.  I suspect he's within the permissible 15 degrees, but with my bowling coach hat on,  he's straightening his arm,  which is throwing.  I bet it gets more apparent as he strives for pace or tries variation balls where his wrist becomes more mobile (running down the seam etc).

[LP]

Firstly, last night shows the conundrum players like Maxwell and Finch present. Erratic at best they provide an X-Factor that can deliver wins against the tide in difficult conditions. If only they could do so consistently, but then I suppose it wouldn't be an X-Factor.

Careful,  they'll accuse you of being a racist.

Yep,  I'm totally old school on this as well and I don't like it.  I suspect he's within the permissible 15 degrees, but with my bowling coach hat on,  he's straightening his arm,  which is throwing.  I bet it gets more apparent as he strives for pace or tries variation balls where his wrist becomes more mobile (running down the seam etc).

100% agree, it's all Dav Whatmore's fault, he played the racism card when Muralitharan was been called and now the cat is out of the bag and the offending bowlers doing this can turn it on and off at will. Nobody thinks Murali is the same quality "bowler" as a player like Warne, not even the equal of greats of the past like Bedi or Qadir

[malo]

RIP Bruce ????

I always liked the way he went about his cricket.  He wasn’t the best cricketer but he always had a crack.

One of the most energetic, likable cricketers of my childhood.  Loved watching him.  He was good enough to bamboozle the Windies regularly, and was the bowler Sunil Gavasakar picked as the hardest to face.

Very sad to hear this news....all my heros, getting to this age....quite sobering.

[Professer E]

Great entertainer,  served it back to the windies when they were unstoppable.

[LP]

Anyone who thinks the IPL isn't about BCCI controlling world cricket best review next summers schedule!

Geez the ACB is pissweak! BCCI want to re-organise their schedule under some bogus scheme mostly so they do not lose out 1st class games to the IPL schedule, and every other country in the world has to accommodate them!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Wisden announced their cricketers of the year...well those who have affected the English cricket the most.....Kholi and three English test players, two of which are unknowns who will probably play in the Ashes and Tammy Beaumont who opens for the English womens team

Jos Butler will probably play at no 5 as a batsman but the other two are more unknowns...

Rory Burns is an opener and older county Pro but he didnt impress me much when I watched him vs the Windies....bit of a poor mans Warner.

Sam Curran is probably the pick of the bunch and one who will give us the most problems IMO.....left hand quick who swings it a long way
and I could see him really troubling our batsman in English conditions. Troubled the Indian top order who are better equipped technically than our blokes
and will be a handy bowler for the Poms IMO. Also can handle the willow and will give them some depth..

England potentially may play 4 keepers in their top order with Butler, Bairstow, Burns(part time keeper) and maybe the big hitting Foakes at 7...wouldnt be too many test teams have taken the field with 4 keepers..

[LP]

Wowser, some are so desperate for validation.

[img width=200]https://www.cricket.com.au/-/media/Players/Men/International/Australia/james-faulkner-test201617.ashx[/img]

Poor James went from alleged Dykon to alleged Homophobe in less than three social media posts! ;D

Pathetic really, both from the professional media and the social apparatchiks, is the situation that desperate?