God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[Professer E]

If be looking at Neser too, our tail is giving nothing with the bat and he is a strong all surfaces bowler.

[LP]

Re: Boland....suffers with Bazball as they are looking for an easier paced bowler to hit and all bat out of their crease  and treat him like a medium pacer. Also bowling bouncers every ball isn't his go, he builds pressure with accuracy and is looking to nick players off rather than have them caught on the boundary.
England producing flat one day tracks hasnt helped him either and Hazelwood will probably take his spot.

[member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] at one stage they had hit five(5) boundaries and a bunch of singles off Boland yesterday, four boundaries over or through slips, and one an inside edge to fine leg.

In the broadcast Taylor unloaded on Boland, in his last over Boland had Bairstow all over the place, Bairstow inside edged a ball just past leg stump for four, Taylor said Boland was too expensive and lacked control.

Cummins put himself on to replace Boland from that end the next over and Bairstow got pretty much the same inside edge onto the stumps, Taylor called it great bowling.

Rubbish commentary like that is straight out of an episode of The Twilight Zone, and it gets picked up by the media and parroted like it's a statement of fact!

I feel for Boland, he was probably our best bowler but just couldn't buy a wicket, the commentators labelled Boland as expensive but the other bowlers went for more runs off the middle of the bat! 20 of 49 runs Boland conceded came from completely uncontrolled edges.
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[ElwoodBlues1]

If be looking at Neser too, our tail is giving nothing with the bat and he is a strong all surfaces bowler.

I think Neser has been released to play with his county team, not sure for how long . I'd expect Hazlewood to play in the next two games.
Be interesting what they do with Green....

[Professer E]

If we had openers that could survive more than one over maybe our bats could contribute a bit more, Marnus coming in a 1 for F all doesn't help. 

Not bowling well as a unit, just bowling as individuals.  Exceedingly unimpressed with Hazelwood, and he might have been unlucky but Boland needs wickets.

The bowling "plans" are very ordinary ATM.  I wonder if we need to chuck in a real wildcard like Morris to put the wind up 'em....maybe depends on the whether or not the ashes are live after next week

[ElwoodBlues1]

If we had openers that could survive more than one over maybe our bats could contribute a bit more, Marnus coming in a 1 for F all doesn't help. 

Not bowling well as a unit, just bowling as individuals.  Exceedingly unimpressed with Hazelwood, and he might have been unlucky but Boland needs wickets.

The bowling "plans" are very ordinary ATM.  I wonder if we need to chuck in a real wildcard like Morris to put the wind up 'em....maybe depends on the whether or not the ashes are live after next week

Id like to see Neser play as he is a smart bowler who while lacking pace does more with the ball and is well suited to the English conditions and has been great at County level. I think Morris would have his moments but would also cop some bazball treatment and Im not a real fan of this every ball bouncer tactic which gets over done and now even the English tailenders are getting used to and you get players like Wood smashing our quicks around. Not sure after his whirlwind 20 odd in the first innings why we pounded him with bouncers again when runs were precious. Some of our bowling plans and field placings baffled me and also the actual personnel we used in important positions where we needed our best fielders.
The Fly slip bungle where Carey ran all the way to take the catch but just missed it and Boland had to only come in a short distance to catch the ball was farcical. Did Carey call him out? or did Boland not have confidence to take the catch?

[DJC]

The spirit of cricket is alive and well in Yorkshire  :

https://twitter.com/dpcoverdale/status/1...1XWWok23IE

[bricky]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/...5do3i.html

[DJC]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/...5do3i.html

A very convincing and damning argument.

Like most things, cricket followers just want consistency and transparency … and the best eleven players on the park.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Australian and English cricket share one thing in common and thats the mates club have a large bearing on selection.
Two players I would focus on are Warner and Bairstow, both have been ordinary, both should be dropped but the mates club and weak coaches have kept them in the team because they are popular in the dressing room and we have seen what happens to a coach who makes waves with the playing group ie Langar, even impeccable results couldnt save him when he got offside with a few players because he wanted to run a tighter ship and demand excellence in training.
We all know Warner is rat crape in England and is Broads bunny but its not about Warner anymore its more about the embarrassing excuses trotted out by McDonald and management why he is still being picked and Bairstow is the same.
Everyone knows Foakes is the best keeper in England by a long way and probably the world and Bairstow wouldnt even be in the top 3 keepers in England, Not only has he not performed with gloves or bat he has made a goose of himself on the field but survives on his mateship with senior players in the dressing room. I expect this type of rubbish from England and its corrupt county system which has been under fire for its private school  tie come first mentality and racist attitudes but not Australia and players picking and choosing when they will leave team is laughable along with their bleating spouses making their thoughts known in the media...see Candice Warner.

[Milhanna13]

[member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] at one stage they had hit five(5) boundaries and a bunch of singles off Boland yesterday, four boundaries over or through slips, and one an inside edge to fine leg.

In the broadcast Taylor unloaded on Boland, in his last over Boland had Bairstow all over the place, Bairstow inside edged a ball just past leg stump for four, Taylor said Boland was too expensive and lacked control.

Cummins put himself on to replace Boland from that end the next over and Bairstow got pretty much the same inside edge onto the stumps, Taylor called it great bowling.

Rubbish commentary like that is straight out of an episode of The Twilight Zone, and it gets picked up by the media and parroted like it's a statement of fact!

I feel for Boland, he was probably our best bowler but just couldn't buy a wicket, the commentators labelled Boland as expensive but the other bowlers went for more runs off the middle of the bat! 20 of 49 runs Boland conceded came from completely uncontrolled edges.
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I thouhgt boland would be effective in england, and against attacking batsman, but it just hasnt been.  as much as i like him...  2/230 means he wont be playing again this series