12-30-2023, 04:00 AM
(12-29-2023, 09:45 AM)DJC link Wrote:Not a bad effort from Pat Cummins; a tenfa!From an absolute layman's point of view (which I am), it seems to me the Aussies manage to win games using a "whole of team" mentality. One or two bowlers or one batsmen don't dominate, others seem to pick up the slack when needed or hold up an end. It's weird to me but they just seem to find a way. Cummins may well be a very underrated captain and some of the blokes who don't seem to do much actually do plenty.
I sometimes think that his captaincy is lacklustre and/or unimaginative but that was a captain’s bowling performance.
The much-maligned Mitchell Starc did OK too. I don’t really understand the criticism he cops. Wasn’t he the Australian player of the recent Ashes series?
It was interesting to read that he was unhappy with his action in the Perth Test and had a net session after play to sort it out.
If the Pakistanis held a couple of catches, it could have been a very different game …
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2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time