Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[northernblue]

Try this one jimbo...

Top Stories: Decisive DRS decision against New Zealand was wrong, says ICC
http://ab.co/1StHBFq

Bozo...

[cimm1979]

If it was Australia whining about the decision we'd be criticized for being sore losers.

.......but not those fluffy, cuddly Kiwis.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Its cricket, swings and roundabouts....if you play the game long enough it usually evens out, Kiwis got unlucky this time but things will probably go their way next time, we were the better team through the series and the right result was achieved IMO....

Nathan Coulter Nile been selected with Siddle maybe in doubt....I'm sure our WA forum contingent will be happy but I cant work out what that selection has been based on given he hasnt played all season and has no form line to go by.

[cimm1979]

Its cricket, swings and roundabouts....if you play the game long enough it usually evens out, Kiwis got unlucky this time but things will probably go their way next time, we were the better team through the series and the right result was achieved IMO....

Nathan Coulter Nile been selected with Siddle maybe in doubt....I'm sure our WA forum contingent will be happy but I cant work out what that selection has been based on given he hasnt played all season and has no form line to go by.

Nobody is more surprised than Coulter-Nile.

[malo]

Nobody is more surprised than Coulter-Nile.

Selected on a "gut feeling"........well, I'm sure guys like Jackson Bird are happy to know that they needn't bother taking truckloads of wickets anymore....as the selectors don't bother to look at that !

[cimm1979]

Selected on a "gut feeling"........well, I'm sure guys like Jackson Bird are happy to know that they needn't bother taking truckloads of wickets anymore....as the selectors don't bother to look at that !

I think Coulter-Nile has qualifications in massage therapy.

[LP]

Selected on a "gut feeling"........well, I'm sure guys like Jackson Bird are happy to know that they needn't bother taking truckloads of wickets anymore....as the selectors don't bother to look at that !

I think the selectors are panicking due to the loss of the lower order batting depth more than the loss of bowling.

The coming West Indies series is really only a risk to Australia if we don't make enough runs against the Windie's reasonable but shallow bowling attack. The Windies have two erratic bowlers who vary from very average to excellent but not much to back them up with.

Losing the batting of Johnson and Starc is a bigger loss for the coming months than the loss of their bowling.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I think the selectors are panicking due to the loss of the lower order batting depth more than the loss of bowling.

The coming West Indies series is really only a risk to Australia if we don't make enough runs against the Windie's reasonable but shallow bowling attack. The Windies have two erratic bowlers who vary from very average to excellent but not much to back them up with.

Losing the batting of Johnson and Starc is a bigger loss for the coming months than the loss of their bowling.

Windies will be lucky to exceed 250 in any innings this series IMO....their batting is woeful...if the Marsh Bros and Voges cant make runs vs these chumps then they might as well give up playing cricket.

[LP]

Windies will be lucky to exceed 250 in any innings this series IMO....their batting is woeful...if the Marsh Bros and Voges cant make runs vs these chumps then they might as well give up playing cricket.

That's my whole point, the current selection is not about needing to take wickets with class bowlers, I think a bottom of the table Shield team could bowl out this Windies line-up.

The only danger to Australia is the two reasonable bowlers the Windies have on hand, but they cannot bowl every ball between them. So I suspect the Coulter-Nile selection is about giving the Australian team enough batting depth so that when the spuds roll their arm over Australia will score heavily putting the total out of the West Indies reach!

[malo]

That's my whole point, the current selection is not about needing to take wickets with class bowlers, I think a bottom of the table Shield team could bowl out this Windies line-up.

The only danger to Australia is the two reasonable bowlers the Windies have on hand, but they cannot bowl every ball between them. So I suspect the Coulter-Nile selection is about giving the Australian team enough batting depth so that when the spuds roll their arm over Australia will score heavily putting the total out of the West Indies reach!

I'd be panicking as well with Mitchell Marsh batting 6 !  Number 6 seems to be given very little respect lately as a critical batting position.....when in fact it can often be the most critical.  Greats of the past who made batting 6 & rebuilding shattered innings with tailenders an art form include:  Doug Walters, Allan Border, Steve Waugh......each of whom averaged high 40s to 50 batting at 6.

And we've currently got Mitchell Marsh.....

Tail starts at 6.