God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[Professer E]

100% the NSW core -starting with the captain - need a shake up

[LP]

100% the NSW core -starting with the captain - need a shake up

I thought the rot was on display when the dropped Carey.

Not that Carey's form has been good lately, but he has a future and Warner doesn't.

So I think they should have dropped Warner, moved Carey to opening, and still could have brought in Abbott or Inglis.

Also Marsh, has gone from T20 Hero to ODI Zero faster than I can down a Pale Ale!

For our squad this World Cup has the feel of being one last junket!

[rocky]

Is it too late for this mob to get on the same plane back to OZ as the Wallabies ?

[LP]

I feel so sad for Warner, ............................. not!

Whether the call was out or not should make no difference, the pill only has to flick the stumps and generally the bails will fall, as far as I can tell the way the current rule is written it is unbiased, sometimes it favours the bowler, sometimes it favours the batsmen!

Warner is trying to bully officials into the running with the Batsmen biased version. He wants to be careful because when he shoots off his mouth he might well bully the ruling body into a change, but they could easily opt for the bowler biased version of DRS and eliminate all those occasions when the batsmen benefitted from the umpire's call!

[crashlander]

Interesting to see the Netherlands defeat South Africa! The Saffies were flying, and now they've been grounded.

[LP]

Interesting to see the Netherlands defeat South Africa! The Saffies were flying, and now they've been grounded.

The Saffies have been highly variable at best in recent seasons, it's why nobody rates them.

Based on recent form some might claim the game against us was the outlier not losing to Netherland.

Quotas bring a whole new level of mediocrity, stick that in your Voice and smoke it!

[ElwoodBlues1]

The Saffies have been highly variable at best in recent seasons, it's why nobody rates them.

Based on recent form some might claim the game against us was the outlier not losing to Netherland.

Quotas bring a whole new level of mediocrity, stick that in your Voice and smoke it!

They have a talented team, the coaching hasnt been great, as you say the selection policy is flawed due to quota's and they dont have the money to run a decent domestic comp unlike back in the old days when they had the Currie Cup and Rhodesia was part of that comp giving the Saffies access to more talent given Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
I'd hate to include South Africa in the same league as Pakistan, India etc when it comes to betting issues but given Hanse Cronje was as bent as an S Pipe I would never place a bet on a Saffies team even if they were playing Mont Albert 3rds....

[LP]

England's Bazball Heroes have turned into a puddle of muck.

[Professer E]

Hasn't stopped the whinging fat ginga f.... From gobbing off.  Again. 

He might end up with 150 tests and whatever to his name, but over here he'll only be remembered as a dopey flog.

[dodge]

Waiting to hear the outrage over last night's run out of Rashid...