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(08-08-2015, 01:49 AM)laj link Wrote:Openers have been ok but it's stopped there. Middle order is awful, especially with the captain feeling age and injuries. Batsmen's technique so poor for seaming conditions and it's killed us. Smith might be better at 4 but that means finding someone for no.3.
Fast bowlers as a group have been poor. Usually one has performed well with poor support hence not the pressure of bowling in partnerships. Starc was terrible in the 3rd Test but great here, Johnson was good in the 3rd Test but bad here. He has to learn his position is to intimidate, not try to be a line and length swing bowler. His value drops right away. Heazlewood has generally been terrible and needs replacing. Lyon has done well.
Balmy Army have got to Johnson again IMO...he denies it and smiles back but his form has dropped right away and I reckon he cant wait to get back to Aus as England is not a happy hunting ground for him....
Agree with Smith back to 4, Starc bowled ok but I feel he bowls too much rubbish in between his wicket taking balls and in Englands 1st innings some of his wickets only came because they were throwing the bat.
Hazelwood lacks a yard and easy to hit...Moeen smashed him in his cameo and our bowling to the tail has been poor...not enough homework was put into Root or Moeen IMO and Lehmann , McDermott just thought we could rock up and England's batting would fall over...
Be interesting when we play NZ this summer......Kiwis might fancy their chances with us rebuilding....
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It's not the players. It's the coach, and the Board, and the WAGS. And recruiting and development has been a shambles.
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All over ..England win the ashes 3-1 and skipper Clarke will retire after the last test.....
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He's been a good servant, at least he has recognised when it's up for him unlike some AFL players! 
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Meh. As my missus always says....'cricket shmicket'.
Ignorance is bliss.
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(08-08-2015, 11:19 AM)PassIt2Carrots link Wrote:Meh. As my missus always says....'cricket shmicket'.
Ive never heard of that phrase
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(08-08-2015, 10:54 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:All over ..England win the ashes 3-1 and skipper Clarke will retire after the last test.....
This was managed poorly IMO. Clarke should have been dropped sometime ago but was persisted with because he was the Captain. If he had been given the opportunity to regain form then we may not have found ourselves in the same predicament. It was the same with Watson, who wasn't even captain FFS.
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(08-08-2015, 02:39 PM)Juddkreuzer link Wrote:This was managed poorly IMO. Clarke should have been dropped sometime ago but was persisted with because he was the Captain. If he had been given the opportunity to regain form then we may not have found ourselves in the same predicament. It was the same with Watson, who wasn't even captain FFS.
I agree, but who would have replaced Clarke as Captain, Haddin, Bailey????
The cupboard is bare because cricket in Australia is not being developed administered equitably, there are too many excellent players leaving the sport because you can't get a game if you're not the In-law, relation of friend of some official, and because form is not being rewarded!
Cricket is suffering the same fate as Carlton, is has become too focussed on team harmony and not focussed enough on performance!
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(08-09-2015, 01:18 AM)LP link Wrote:I agree, but who would have replaced Clarke as Captain, Haddin, Bailey????
The cupboard is bare because cricket in Australia is not being developed administered equitably, there are too many excellent players leaving the sport because you can't get a game if you're not the In-law, relation of friend of some official, and because form is not being rewarded!
Cricket is suffering the same fate as Carlton, is has become too focussed on team harmony and not focussed enough on performance!
Who is not getting a game?
No one has made big runs in shield cricket for years.
We are seeing the results of players being coached at the centre of excellence to play 20/20 cricket.
Techniques are terrible.
There is too much focus on limited overs cricket.
Sutherland bends over whenever India asks him too.
Time to change the boss
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(08-08-2015, 02:39 PM)Juddkreuzer link Wrote:This was managed poorly IMO. Clarke should have been dropped sometime ago but was persisted with because he was the Captain. If he had been given the opportunity to regain form then we may not have found ourselves in the same predicament. It was the same with Watson, who wasn't even captain FFS.
Captain will always get a longer run.
Our team was never that good. He took a very average team and took it to no.1 in 2 forms of the game. He never had a great team at all. He got the best out of them. A great captain, a great batsman.
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