Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[Professer E]

And Sean Marsh can just fuck off as well.  Unlike the selector's I'm not fooled by this spud, one good innings a series isn't enough. 

[flyboy77]

can't blame 1 bloke. Collective failure....that Renshaw catch.....

[Professer E]

Yep, Renshaw has had an awful game, looks physically and mentally exhausted. Until this point he has clearly give everything and is spent.

Handscombe hasn't made big runs but they have had to winkle him out, and he does bat during that tough period when the spinners are on with purchase on the ball.  He bats time as well which helps slow the other sides momentum.

Contrasted with Sean Marsh, who finds way to limply get out (bunted to short leg, really !?!), then it comes out his back has flared again...FFS, if he can't stay fit for five days don't keep playing him.

India's lower order has contributed enough annoying runs to be critical, whereas Starc aside our tail can't even hang around, yet alone make runs.

[LP]

Yep, Renshaw has had an awful game, looks physically and mentally exhausted. Until this point he has clearly give everything and is spent.

People do not realise how much pressure the Australian team are under, it would really impact a kid like Renshaw as he wouldn't have experienced it before.

After Kohli's carry on they have basically been put under house arrest for their own protection, they get escorted to the team bus by blokes carrying machine guns. They can't go out, have had restrictions put on what they can eat and drink, and they are guarded 24/7. Further Kohli new exactly what he was doing when he played up to the local media and social media. But not just Kohli, several members of the Indian team have now be accused of inciting the public on social media.

[malo]

I'm concerned that the relative progress made on this tour is papering over the usual big cracks in the middle (& now top) order batting lineup.  Let's be quite clear about his.  The bowlers (& Smith) have kept this series alive......there are still huge questions over 4, 5, & 6....and yes the lower order has not contributed anywhere near enough.  It's been 5 out all out far too many times.

Can only hope that back on Aussie pitches for the Ashes will see an improvement.....but still don't like Marsh & Maxwell getting first dibs on an Ashes series....

[flyboy77]

But let's be fair. NO ONE, not a soul, expected the Aussies to even be competitive let alone take the series down to the wire....

What if Starc had played?

I think kudos to our lads for fighting out a very entertaining Test series in very trying conditions.

[malo]

But let's be fair. NO ONE, not a soul, expected the Aussies to even be competitive let alone take the series down to the wire....

What if Starc had played?

I think kudos to our lads for fighting out a very entertaining Test series in very trying conditions.

Oh yeah, absolutely, there's been some progress made & some real fight shown at times......and some not at other times.  Mind you, if Starc had played, Cummins might not have.....and he was almost the difference in the last two tests.

[JonHenry]

I'm concerned that the relative progress made on this tour is papering over the usual big cracks in the middle (& now top) order batting lineup.  Let's be quite clear about his.  The bowlers (& Smith) have kept this series alive......there are still huge questions over 4, 5, & 6....and yes the lower order has not contributed anywhere near enough.  It's been 5 out all out far too many times.

Can only hope that back on Aussie pitches for the Ashes will see an improvement.....but still don't like Marsh & Maxwell getting first dibs on an Ashes series....

Wow, you are not impressed with Maxwells batting?
I think he looks far more composed than anyone bar Smith.
He is a class above the others and makes Warner look foolish.
I also think Handscombe, for his first tour has done pretty well.

[Professer E]

Handscombe's fielding has been outstanding.

[LP]

Wow, you are not impressed with Maxwells batting?
I think he looks far more composed than anyone bar Smith.
He is a class above the others and makes Warner look foolish.
I also think Handscombe, for his first tour has done pretty well.

I like Maxwell, he does play the stupid shots too often, but I agree up right until that moment he looks like he is capable on all pitches in all conditions.

I agree about Warner, he is not a sub-continent batsmen, and probably not suited to the West Indies either. England, Sth Africa, New Zealand and at home he's in the mix. But he's just not up to grinding out a long innings for not many runs.

The defects in the Marsh techniques, both of them, are far more glaring than the problems Watson suffered. I don't understand why the ACB persists, it must be something to do with their dad, the selectors and the ACB contracts.

I have no idea why Marsh and Maxwell have had 11 overs between them in three and a half test matches.

It's all upside for Handscomb, excluding ACB politics he'll go right past the likes of Warner or Khawaja and be the countries next captain.