Pakistan dump

Pakistan 48/7, fucking :lol: at this series.

I'd argue in the next test, with Flintoff at 7, his batting at the time was no better than Bresnan/Broad are atm anyway. But yeah, I get your point. Your lot have a lot of really young talent coming through. They're just a tad too young to bring in.

60, 70, 80 = Scores
100's = Big Scores

By 'big scores' I more sort of meant 60, 70, 80 rather than hundreds. I would love Morgs to stay in the side, but I wouldn't mind something like that ^, except Bresnan would be at no. 7 ahead of Broad and Swann. Although come to think of it, our last attempt at playing something like that didn't end well. Players like James Taylor and Ben Stokes are very appealing alternatives to Morgan for me also but Eoin still deserves a chance.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 2/2/2012 08:54:33 PM

2 tons in 22 innings doesn't really read as lots of big scores. He's only averaging 31. But yes. Ravi Bopara is probably worse.

EDIT:
Would argue that;
Strauss
Cook
Trott
Pietersen
Bell
Prior
Broad
Swann
Bresnan
Anderson
Finn/Onions/Tremlett/Panesar

Gives you enough batting depth anyway tbh. Be good to see a team take a risk and do something like this.

Edited by Funky Munky: 2/2/2012 08:31:23 PM

Well at the moment it seems the exact opposite is his downfall atm. He hasn't played a sweep shot this series since the one he played of Ajmal three balls in to his first innings of the series :lol: That's very harsh to say he's playing shit, he made a lot of big scores over the English summer just with a lot of very small ones in between. He just needs to be more consistent to cement the no. 6 spot. I think it's wrong everyone's calling for his head and saying he should be dropped for the third test, it's not like the alternative in Ravi Bopara has great test record himself.



Again, getting 20 or 30 isn't really his style :lol: More like get 70+ one innings, 0-10 the next.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 2/2/2012 08:25:14 PM

Or maybe he should go back to playing for his home country, at least then he could top score with a solid 20 or 30.

He's gonna want to try something soon, coz batting normally is doing shit all for him in test cricket.

That's not his style, he plays reverse shots rather than switching his actual stance, it's all to do with the Hurling he played as a kid. And that's sort of my point, there's nothing wrong with his sort of shots but it's easy to see why the switch-hit is controversial.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 2/2/2012 08:07:25 PM

Ah yes, Eoin Morgan. Another player who I wouldn't be surprised to see try a switch in a Test Match.

Pfft, who needs to change their stance anyway when they can pull shots out of their arse like Morgs,

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Yeah true, although if anyone is going to try it it's Dave Warner :lol:

:-k

Now there's an idea for T20, alowing a bowler to change hands when bowling :p

I don't think there is a need to ban it. You'd have to be stupid (or Kevin Pieterson) to try a switch hit in a test match

Honestly I'd be all for banning the switch hit in both ODI's and tests and leaving it in T20's where it's all about excitement.

And the question remains - If a batsmen switches as the bowler is in his delivery stride, how do you judge a Wide? Especially when in T20 anything down leg side is a wide.

Its BS, T20 is already skewed towards the batsmen, no need to take it even further.

And a bowler might bowl a wide, or a no ball. It's still no different. Fact is it's a lot easier to pick a bowler changing hand (Has to go through his action), or switching sides of the wicket to bowl. A batsman can pre-meditate in his head the shot, and then switch after the balls been bowled, meaning the bowlers has essentially been 'cheated'.

Or a bowler running in saying he'll bowl from over the wicket, and switching at the last minute to bowl around the wicket.

T20 isn't that entertaining really, i'd much rather less T20 cricket and more Test cricket.

As for Warner's shot, it's considered unfair to the bowler who's running in expecting to bowl to a left hander who suddenly then changes to right handed. It'd be like a right arm bowler running in and then suddenly bowling with his left.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 2/2/2012 06:53:54 PM

This.

I'm not that fussed with ODI & 20/20 - I'd like less of it and a better balance between both

Loved Warner switch hit, Wade's innings and the Indian batsman losing his bat trying to slog the ball - I know your suppose to swing you bat at it in 20/20 but i didn't think he would take that literally LOL

Same, I had it on but wasn't really paying any attention. I just don't find it enjoyable at all. Gimme One Day and Test cricket every day of the week.

That being said, that switch hit from Dave Warner was pretty sick :lol:

Call me old fashioned - but I really don't enjoy T20 cricket. I think I watched all of 4 overs of last night's International.

Peter Forrest, I called him shit. Lol

Brilliant record in the Sheffield Shield this year, very meh in the shorter form of the game. I don't see why you'd pick him over someone like Ferguson who averages 70 in the one-day cup this year. Even show faith in your decision to pick Bailey as T20 captain by picking him. And Mitchell Marsh does not deserve to be anywhere near international cricket just yet. I'd be giving Lyon a go at the shorter form of the game too.

30 Wickets @ 20 for Aus in ODI's. Hasn't been at this best in the Ryobi Cup, but he deserves his spot.

EDIT: Forrest is the main WTF selection.

Edited by Funky Munky: 30/1/2012 08:10:24 PM

Clint McKay, has he been playing well?

+1.

Australian squad for the ODI series

Warner, Ponting, Forrest, Clarke, Christian, D Hussey, M Hussey, Wade, Lee, Harris, Starc, Doherty, McKay, M Marsh