God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

I suspect that the emergence of Green has spelled the end the Marsh brothers.  He looks to have the raw talent to become our Test all-rounder for quite some time.  It’s an indictment on our system that his batting and bowling wasn’t fine-tuned before he got his baggy green.

I am enjoying Punter’s commentary.  If only Paine could listen in to Punter’s thoughts about placing and moving fieldsmen and bowling tactics.

Big Merv has been surprisingly good on the wireless too.

Feel a bit sorry for Green, we have been craving that genuine allrounder since I was a kid, other countries seem to produce them but we have always struggled and its hard for a kid coming in to the team with the expectation of being our answer to Ben Stokes.
Mitch Marsh was probably a victim of being pushed along too early and it probably hindered his development..
Been impressed with Greens bowling, he shapes the ball away at 140k and gets plenty of lift with his height, like I said his batting needs some work and batting at six in a dodgy lineup stuck between Head and Paine doesnt help.
Pontings commentary and reading of the game is excellent, makes up for the carp you get from some of the others....Paine has his good and bad days, thought Rahane the stand in skipper for the Indians was excellent, every bowling change worked and he has that happy knack of changing the field and having the ball follow his moves.