Australian International Season 2022/23

[Lightning McQueen]

Watching Labuschagne construct an innings is a treat for any Test match fan.
Especially since he has now toned down his idiosyncrasies, he is mesmerising. And so technically spot on.

He’s not #1 in the world without reason, technically as good as it gets

[stampy]

big hotspot on the glove yet the magot needs snicko...............WTF................FFS............

[DOC]

Gaffaney showing why he is the same class of umpires as Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena.

[The Dark Knight]

knowing the penchant for bringing in blues players over the years i wouldnt be surprised if they brought in that useless edwards, has done eff alll in shield comp but being touted as an aussie player of the future

I think the NSW theory is becoming a thing of the past, generally our test XI is our best XI available.

Been a while since SA had two regular players in the national side. Gillespie and Lehmann/Blewett would’ve been the last lot.

Definitely a thing of the past,
Only one of the last eight test debutants have been from NSW (Kurtis Patterson)
Two of the last 17 (Nic Maddinson)
Three of the last 22 (Peter Nevill)

[DOC]

I would have bet my house that there were far more than that.

[whufc]

Warner will be remembered for his 200 and average 53.25 for the series.

Realistically though he scored 0, 3, 200, 10.

Has failed miserably in 3 of the 4 innings that one innings has definitely masked where he is at these days.

[The Dark Knight]

I would have bet my house that there were far more than that.

Perception v Reality
Furthermore since O'Keefe and Hazlewood debuted in succession those I named are 3 of 24 debuants, South Australia has had 4 test debutants in that 24.

[whufc]

Watching Labuschagne construct an innings is a treat for any Test match fan.
Especially since he has now toned down his idiosyncrasies, he is mesmerising. And so technically spot on.

100% agree. This series he has been an absolute pleasure to watch.

[The Bedge]

This series he has been an absolute pleasure to watch.

He's made like 30 runs for the series before today.

[whufc]

My interesting stat of the day....well to me anyway. The Australian batting line up has 8 blokes who average more batting at test level than they do at first class level. I wonder how often that has happened and what does that say about the quality of either.

Khawaja
Smith
Labuschagne
Head
Carey
Agar
Starc
Lyon

[Lightning McQueen]

Correct call

[whufc]

This series he has been an absolute pleasure to watch.

He's made like 30 runs for the series before today.

Sorry meant summer not series, in particular referring to the windies.

[Brodlach]

Correct call

Not sure on that.


Should have given him out to keep the South Africans in the match

[Jimmy_041]

Warner will be remembered for his 200 and average 53.25 for the series.

Realistically though he scored 0, 3, 200, 10.

Has failed miserably in 3 of the 4 innings that one innings has definitely masked where he is at these days.

& milked it for all it was worth

[DOC]

Yep. Now he has signed with Fox to be part of the commentary team. Very surprising to me.

[northerner]

Watching Labuschagne construct an innings is a treat for any Test match fan.
Especially since he has now toned down his idiosyncrasies, he is mesmerising. And so technically spot on.

He’s not #1 in the world without reason, technically as good as it gets

He is #1 but is still improving... particularly with technical aspects of his stroke play.
I think he has clearly matured. He is no longer a Smith prototype, he is his own man. He has retained his energy but a lot of the mannerisms and yelling has been reigned in.

So few players know how to build a Test innings in this day
In contrast to Marnus, Warner has NEVER learnt to build an innings. Hence his 200 or bust record.

[whufc]

Pretty tough call imo given the soft call was OUT.

Soft signal is apparently now relevant but still thought it looked clean to me especially live.

[Trader]

My interesting stat of the day....well to me anyway. The Australian batting line up has 8 blokes who average more batting at test level than they do at first class level. I wonder how often that has happened and what does that say about the quality of either.

Khawaja
Smith
Labuschagne
Head
Carey
Agar
Starc
Lyon

Wasn't Starc left out?

[whufc]

My interesting stat of the day....well to me anyway. The Australian batting line up has 8 blokes who average more batting at test level than they do at first class level. I wonder how often that has happened and what does that say about the quality of either.

Khawaja
Smith
Labuschagne
Head
Carey
Agar
Starc
Lyon

Wasn't Starc left out?

Yep sorry.

Still interesting our batters seem to struggle at shield level more so than test level.

[DOC]

Isa Guha saying that the soft call is only relevant if there are no replays available. That being the case, would it be better not to give a signal if it is referred by the umpires?