whufc wrote:northerner wrote:Must be tempting to unleash Starc this Test. Fight fire with fire
Worse move we could make. Once you start going against your own plan and react to what the other team are doing your in trouble.
Even if you wanted to Starc has never had that dangerous a short ball for someone who bowls at his speed, definitely not in the same class as a Lee, Johnson or Gillespie.
Jofra isn't going to change his plan attack just because he will cop a few back, remembering we were the ones who started the short stuff. If your an aussie batter and he is fizzing them around your head, in the heat of the battle it means nothing that Starc is sitting up there able to give them back.
For mine we need to trust the process which is to tie these blokes down, test their lack of patience. We have bowled well so far.
The batting needs a shake up and we need tough characters. I would have Labuschagne in for Smith (if his not fit), if Smith plays Labuschagne comes in for Khawaja for mine who has the heart of a pea.
The Toad has contributed nothing in either Test. At least Bancroft can catch.