Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[Professer E]

Watching the bowling,  Starc has issues,  he's cooked mentally and physically.  Shadow of the bowler he was,  shouldn't have played this test.

[DJC]

One thing that has struck me this series is the importance of winning the toss.  In fact, you could save a lot of time by simply awarding the Test to the team that wins the toss (although Paine was going to bowl in Perth  :o)

I reckon that it would be fairer if there was a coin toss for the first Test only.  Teams would then take it in turn to decide whether to bat or bowl in the subsequent Tests.

[Professer E]

In the old days the pitches gave the side bowling first some assistance, but they had to bat last on a deteriorating wicket. That was the trade off.

Now lose the toss:  perfect batting conditions  nothing to assist the bowlers,  then the pitches will deteriorate for the spinners.  Couldnt have designed pitches to suit India more,  and us less.

[flyboy77]

Watching the bowling,  Starc has issues,  he's cooked mentally and physically.  Shadow of the bowler he was,  shouldn't have played this test.

Agreed, going at 4.5 an over.....

[Professer E]

Old Marnus would want to have a good test with the bat because his much vaunted bowling has been underwhelming to say the least.  So much half track she-it that we can't risk bowling him.

Explain this one Trev.

[LP]

Watching the bowling,  Starc has issues,  he's cooked mentally and physically.  Shadow of the bowler he was,  shouldn't have played this test.

That must be due to the MCG pitch!

Not even Dhoni has scored a ton in Australia before, our bowlers are so over-rated, they bowl terrific balls surrounded by crap overs! :o

[Professer E]

This pitch is so slow and lifeless it makes the MCG pitch  look sporting.  It is the rankest pitch possible.    Fair dinkum, it is coming off so poorly that after it lands Pant has time to walk across, wait for it and place it with impunity.

We should,  I write should, be able to bat for five days on this deck.  Any spin, bounce or reverse swing and I'd be checking the pill for "unnatural damage".  Any movement at all and I'd be very suspicious.

Marnus is a captain's nightmare... Half trackers,  pitches all over the shop - one outside leg,  next a foot outside off etc,  haven't seen any real turn and no wrong 'un.  Can't see why he was picked.

[Professer E]

Nice umpiring that.  Hopefully rub of the green goes both ways.

[LP]

Marnus is a captain's nightmare... Half trackers,  pitches all over the shop - one outside leg,  next a foot outside off etc,  haven't seen any real turn and no wrong 'un.  Can't see why he was picked.

Politics?

[Professer E]

Certainly isn't merit.

Whatever instructions have been given to Cummins should be ignored as well.  He's better than being told to bowl short sh1t.