by am Bays » Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:37 am
by locky801 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:48 am
by Lightning McQueen » Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:57 am
am Bays wrote:Been a great summer for Australia, we won the ASHES
It’s all that matters
by Jim05 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:15 am
At the end of the day yep, the Ashes were the priority.am Bays wrote:Been a great summer for Australia, we won the ASHES
It’s all that matters
by mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:24 am
by gadj1976 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:32 am
Lightning McQueen wrote:am Bays wrote:Been a great summer for Australia, we won the ASHES
It’s all that matters
Really? We should be winning all things cricket and taking every competition seriously with the money and resources we throw at it. Why even send a team if we're not there to win, and I believe we have the cattle to win.
A gold medal in a 100m sprint bears the same value as a gold medal in the marathon...................or even archery for that matter.
by amber_fluid » Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:15 am
by carey » Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:17 am
by Armchair expert » Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:42 am
by Armchair expert » Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:50 am
by locky801 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:54 am
Armchair expert wrote:Cameron Green is a very poor mans Shane Watson
sorry the truth is brutal
by Jim05 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:58 am
by The Dark Knight » Tue Feb 17, 2026 9:41 am
by Lightning McQueen » Tue Feb 17, 2026 10:00 am
gadj1976 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:am Bays wrote:Been a great summer for Australia, we won the ASHES
It’s all that matters
Really? We should be winning all things cricket and taking every competition seriously with the money and resources we throw at it. Why even send a team if we're not there to win, and I believe we have the cattle to win.
A gold medal in a 100m sprint bears the same value as a gold medal in the marathon...................or even archery for that matter.
Serious question, what money and resources?
What I see is a scheduled that revolves around the BBL which are pitches deliberately designed not to spin or take seam, which allows batsman to freely swing to create entertainment for the viewing public.
If we were serious about the World Cup, we'd schedule it to follow the BBL (tick!), but have something in it for the bowlers, so that they can acclimatise to the conditions we'd expect in the World Cup - especially knowing where it's been held. We've done none of that at all. The BBL is a standalone competition which does nothing to prepare those players for these conditions.
Australia will say it's taking T20 seriously but it's not.
by gadj1976 » Tue Feb 17, 2026 10:50 am
Lightning McQueen wrote:gadj1976 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:am Bays wrote:Been a great summer for Australia, we won the ASHES
It’s all that matters
Really? We should be winning all things cricket and taking every competition seriously with the money and resources we throw at it. Why even send a team if we're not there to win, and I believe we have the cattle to win.
A gold medal in a 100m sprint bears the same value as a gold medal in the marathon...................or even archery for that matter.
Serious question, what money and resources?
What I see is a scheduled that revolves around the BBL which are pitches deliberately designed not to spin or take seam, which allows batsman to freely swing to create entertainment for the viewing public.
If we were serious about the World Cup, we'd schedule it to follow the BBL (tick!), but have something in it for the bowlers, so that they can acclimatise to the conditions we'd expect in the World Cup - especially knowing where it's been held. We've done none of that at all. The BBL is a standalone competition which does nothing to prepare those players for these conditions.
Australia will say it's taking T20 seriously but it's not.
The BBL would be a fair outlay, the training in Dubai and the mini series against Pakistan they played as a warm up wouldn't have been a cheap exercise, actually paying the likes of Maxwell, Stoinis and blokes such as Dwarshuis to only play the short game.
The BBL should've been the audtion for the World Cup squad with the exception of those that would be walk ups if they weren't playing test cricket at the time.
Anywho, hopefully this embarrassment will see them pick T20 squads with in-form players moving
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