Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[ElwoodBlues1]

Need to be careful with that.....couple of years ago we might have slid down into the 2nd division !

Fair point, I just get annoyed at watching non competitive cricket and like my test cricket played with some edge to it.
Hopefully NZ will give us some competition and we can sort out the team for the real stuff vs the heavyweight teams.
Interesting that some are calling for WA wonder boy Cam Green to be included in the test squad vs NZ.

[malo]

Fair point, I just get annoyed at watching non competitive cricket and like my test cricket played with some edge to it.
Hopefully NZ will give us some competition and we can sort out the team for the real stuff vs the heavyweight teams.
Interesting that some are calling for WA wonder boy Cam Green to be included in the test squad vs NZ.

I think the NZers will certainly give us some competition.....Kane Williamson & the like on boring flat drop in pitches...we may struggle to bowl them out.

We may be relying on an artificial result from the first pink ball test if we manage to score favourable evening bowling conditions....although their swing bowlers will be hoping for the same !

[flyboy77]

Fair point, I just get annoyed at watching non competitive cricket and like my test cricket played with some edge to it.
Hopefully NZ will give us some competition and we can sort out the team for the real stuff vs the heavyweight teams.
Interesting that some are calling for WA wonder boy Cam Green to be included in the test squad vs NZ.

NZ are a good team. They'll push us and some...

[Jack Burton]

I think we'll smash the kiwis, Boult is a big out for them

[ElwoodBlues1]

I think we'll smash the kiwis, Boult is a big out for them

Doing well with their South African imports...Watling and Wagner are both very good players but they have a couple of plodders
in the team who might get exposed. They are probably the best fielding team in the world which may help but I'd expect we will deliver flat
pitches with no sideways movement more suited to the bang it in accurate style of Cummins and Hazlewood. With little or no swing either I'd expect Smith and Warner to
take over and make some big scores. Ferguson is quicker than our bowlers but not at the same standard as Shane Bond who he has been compared with and i reckon
he will be schooled in Aus and prove disappointing.
Aus to win 2-0...

[malo]

I don't know.  Obviously Smith will be out to get some runs this summer :-)

I am not so sure of the bowlers....I think Cummins looked like he needed a rest in that last test...I would be giving Patto a run in at least 1 or two of these.  And I see today the selectors are talking about two spinners for Sydney !  Geez, its not as if thee's any others worth picking.  Marnus and Smith can take up the slack surely.

[flyboy77]

I think we'll smash the kiwis, Boult is a big out for them

Is he definitely out?

[flyboy77]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/aus...ecaac6613b

[ElwoodBlues1]

Sad to see the passing of Bob Willis, great English fast bowler, ex skipper and commentator, only 70 years old. A real competitor on the field
and I enjoyed his work in the commentary box too.

[capcom]

Sad to see the passing of Bob Willis, great English fast bowler, ex skipper and commentator, only 70 years old. A real competitor on the field
and I enjoyed his work in the commentary box too.

The only guy I ever saw come to the crease with multiple holes drilled thru his (Duncan Furnley) bat.  Great bowler though.

Good reminder.  Get your prostate done.  It is NOT a big deal and lasts about 5 seconds