SA Footy

Lightning McQueen wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:It crushes a few people that he succeeded

I don't like the guy personally but the numbers don't lie and we're there to win games, all I can hope is that the recent events can turn some of these "unlikable" blokes into players that just go out there and get the job done.

Hats off to Warner for showing his pockets when he was getting sledged by the crowd, perhaps it took a big negative for us to become a positive.

We were always arrogant, we were always aggressive and played the game fierce, we lost track of that over the years and came across as front-running sooks, yes we bottomed out and copped some hidings for a little while but respect is earnt, not demanded.

Moving forward, we have another two openers waiting in the wings, a few middle/upper order batsmen, a couple of them can bowl, another keeper and another couple of front line bowlers, the bottoming out process has made the fight for a spot on the team alive and we can only prosper from it.

whufc wrote:Agree about Warner.

Early indications are that just maybe he has learnt from the lessons gone. Here's hoping anyway.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

whufc wrote:Agree about Warner.

Early indications are that just maybe he has learnt from the lessons gone. Here's hoping anyway.

It's the right way to win back your followers.

I heard a funny interview yesterday from Andy Lee who was at Edgbaston with his dad, they were sitting near the barmy army and just after Smith got out in the first dig and they had finished a song, a lone Aussie stood up at sung out "Ireland bowled you out for 85"
Then the rest of the 1000 strong Aussie contingent joined in to complete the verse:

Ireland bowled you out for 85
Ireland bowled you out for 85
Ireland bowled you out
Ireland bowled you out
Ireland bowled you out for 85


The guy was hailed a hero and I doubt he paid for another beer for the remainder of the day.

northerner wrote: Chris Woakes looms large. Woakes has 24 wkts in 4 Lords Tests at an insane average of under 10.

The Dark Knight wrote:Australia start their 4 day tour match against Worcestershire today, Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl- a great opportunity for the batsman, especially Bancroft and Khawaja to get some more time in the middle.
Australian eleven-
Bancroft
Harris
Khawaja
Head
Labuschagne
Marsh
Wade
Paine
Neser
Starc
Hazlewood

The Dark Knight wrote:Australia start their 4 day tour match against Worcestershire today, Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl- a great opportunity for the batsman, especially Bancroft and Khawaja to get some more time in the middle.
Australian eleven-
Bancroft
Harris
Khawaja
Head
Labuschagne
Marsh
Wade
Paine
Neser
Starc
Hazlewood

gadj1976 wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:Australia start their 4 day tour match against Worcestershire today, Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl- a great opportunity for the batsman, especially Bancroft and Khawaja to get some more time in the middle.
Australian eleven-
Bancroft
Harris
Khawaja
Head
Labuschagne
Marsh
Wade
Paine
Neser
Starc
Hazlewood

Hopefully Paine isn't keeping.

batmanbegins wrote:Olly stone is now also out for england with a back injury. He was showing a lot of promise and might have been played at some point this series with his extra pace and ability to move the ball. No Anderson, wood or stone available, lots of pressure on archer, broad and woakes to be healthy the remaining 4 tests.

gadj1976 wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:Australia start their 4 day tour match against Worcestershire today, Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bowl- a great opportunity for the batsman, especially Bancroft and Khawaja to get some more time in the middle.
Australian eleven-
Bancroft
Harris
Khawaja
Head
Labuschagne
Marsh
Wade
Paine
Neser
Starc
Hazlewood

Hopefully Paine isn't keeping.

Jim05 wrote:This is our test opener

RB wrote:

Jim05 wrote:This is our test opener

In fairness, his off stump is still standing.