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Good catch by Inglis to get innings started it has to be said

Last nights win creates a few nice headaches for the selectors.
Both Green and Stoinis were handy contributors on their call ups and would be a tad unlucky to be dropped for returning Marsh and Maxwell.
Meanwhile Smith and Labuschagne looked comfortable in their usual spots, and showed how ideal they are if the openers fail.
IMO, Maxwell must come back into the XI so at least one change occurs. But is the reshuffling that comes about when Marsh plays worth his inclusion?

We saw why Smith and Labuschagne have to be in the side

When you’re aiming for 300 plus on these surfaces occasionally you’re going to be 2/30.

They were able to steady the ship, bat 20 overs and ensure there was a platform to still make a defendable score.

As long as they are willing to be flexible in the batting line up they have to be in the side.

northerner wrote:Last nights win creates a few nice headaches for the selectors.
Both Green and Stoinis were handy contributors on their call ups and would be a tad unlucky to be dropped for returning Marsh and Maxwell.
Meanwhile Smith and Labuschagne looked comfortable in their usual spots, and showed how ideal they are if the openers fail.
IMO, Maxwell must come back into the XI so at least one change occurs. But is the reshuffling that comes about when Marsh plays worth his inclusion?

I don’t trust Maxwell one bit, can win us a game but can also lose us the game. His decision making is why he's never been considered as a serious Test player.

Vamos wrote:

northerner wrote:Last nights win creates a few nice headaches for the selectors.
Both Green and Stoinis were handy contributors on their call ups and would be a tad unlucky to be dropped for returning Marsh and Maxwell.
Meanwhile Smith and Labuschagne looked comfortable in their usual spots, and showed how ideal they are if the openers fail.
IMO, Maxwell must come back into the XI so at least one change occurs. But is the reshuffling that comes about when Marsh plays worth his inclusion?

I don’t trust Maxwell one bit, can win us a game but can also lose us the game. His decision making is why he's never been considered as a serious Test player.

Yep there is a risk/reward factor with him, but he is still ahead of Stoinis in that regard. And his bowling in India is more than handy.
He plays.

The Dark Knight wrote:
In the other game yesterday Pakistan won by 21 runs on DLS finishing at 1/200 from 25.3 overs after NZ made 6/401.

How would you feel make 400 in a 50 over game and lose

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:

am Bays wrote:

whufc wrote:Awful Inglis

Honed in his inner Carey!

Can we have a keeper that doesn’t get our reverse sweeping please

Even when he F***s Up you sledge Carey

Seriously, what has he done to you?

Kudos to you though for calling Inglis out on his awful cricket

Mind you I’ll give some credit for trying to be positive

Perhaps if Carey could actually do his job properly there wouldn't be as much scrutiny. But he's just average at best.

Sure, but not sure how Carey is responsible for Inglis batting crap lol.

northerner wrote:

Vamos wrote:

northerner wrote:Last nights win creates a few nice headaches for the selectors.
Both Green and Stoinis were handy contributors on their call ups and would be a tad unlucky to be dropped for returning Marsh and Maxwell.
Meanwhile Smith and Labuschagne looked comfortable in their usual spots, and showed how ideal they are if the openers fail.
IMO, Maxwell must come back into the XI so at least one change occurs. But is the reshuffling that comes about when Marsh plays worth his inclusion?

I don’t trust Maxwell one bit, can win us a game but can also lose us the game. His decision making is why he's never been considered as a serious Test player.

Yep there is a risk/reward factor with him, but he is still ahead of Stoinis in that regard. And his bowling in India is more than handy.
He plays.

Agree, I would drop Stoinis for Maxwell.

locky801 wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:
In the other game yesterday Pakistan won by 21 runs on DLS finishing at 1/200 from 25.3 overs after NZ made 6/401.

How would you feel make 400 in a 50 over game and lose

Ridiculous isn't it, you'd think you'd be safe making 400, Pakistan were flying along because of Zaman's innings.

locky801 wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:
In the other game yesterday Pakistan won by 21 runs on DLS finishing at 1/200 from 25.3 overs after NZ made 6/401.

How would you feel make 400 in a 50 over game and lose

Australia 2006 says hello. Interesting how the record books treat the Pakistan win.

Not sure what the fuss was with Inglis even when Carey was fairly new into the Aussie system. Classic case of blokes out of the side are rated higher than blokes in it. At international level all performances good or bad are noticed and analysed but at state and franchise level only the good performances seem to get noticed not the failures which are often far more regular with some of these ‘rated’ fringe players. Renshaw a classic example of this.

Maxwell has to play. And surely horses for courses with the batting order. Marsh bats 3 or 4 if the openers get away otherwise he bats 5 after Smudge and Marnus. If those 2 rescue a poor start with a not so great run rate then you have March, Maxwell and Inglis who could get you 150 in the last 15 overs.

Just give India the trophy

Sth Africa can see finals ahead and already choking

Semi-final choke is their specialty.

India
2/93 in 10th

Turned volume up only to hear Mark Nicholas.... mute

Was Paul Reiffel asleep at square leg to refer that upstairs?

dedja wrote:Was Paul Reiffel asleep at square leg to refer that upstairs?

They both were.

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Turned volume up only to hear Mark Nicholas.... mute

Yeh right. So cringeworthy.
Makes so many errors in his live calls. Just goddamned awful

dedja wrote:Semi-final choke is their specialty.

South Africa or India?
https://youtu.be/HNXhdo5j914?si=qrwpRoWkzsJl3VpZ

India 2/223 from 36 overs
Iyer 73* (82)
Kohli 68* (86)

locky801 wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:
In the other game yesterday Pakistan won by 21 runs on DLS finishing at 1/200 from 25.3 overs after NZ made 6/401.

How would you feel make 400 in a 50 over game and lose

This is not mickey mouse cricket
its a world cup if it rains just call it a draw- not rely on Luckworth -Lewis

Kohli tons up and India make 326.

I think that will be enough.