DOC wrote:For me I say take Alan Border.
Left arm spin, handy bat, adds to the captaincy, commentates well and is actually likeable. Also quite experienced in the conditions.
Only if Ray Bright and Murray Bennett are unavailable
by gadj1976 » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:23 am
DOC wrote:For me I say take Alan Border.
Left arm spin, handy bat, adds to the captaincy, commentates well and is actually likeable. Also quite experienced in the conditions.
by DOC » Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:20 am
by Corona Man » Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:18 pm
gadj1976 wrote:DOC wrote:For me I say take Alan Border.
Left arm spin, handy bat, adds to the captaincy, commentates well and is actually likeable. Also quite experienced in the conditions.
Only if Ray Bright and Murray Bennett are unavailable
by mighty_tiger_79 » Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:24 pm
Corona Man wrote:gadj1976 wrote:DOC wrote:For me I say take Alan Border.
Left arm spin, handy bat, adds to the captaincy, commentates well and is actually likeable. Also quite experienced in the conditions.
Only if Ray Bright and Murray Bennett are unavailable
How about Johnny Gleeson? Mal knows who I’m talking about.
by mal » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:39 pm
by Corona Man » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:43 pm
mal wrote:John Gleeson the mystery spinner
I reckon he was the bowler
Geoff Boycott was facing him and handling him well
He told the non striker " I can pick him , but dont tell the others [ referring to his team mates]
by The Dark Knight » Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:55 am
by whufc » Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:55 pm
The Dark Knight wrote:India have named their squad for the first two tests.
Batsmen Suryakumar Yadav and Wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan come into India's squad, Ravi Jadeja has been selected subject to fitness and Jaspit Bumrah has not been selected.
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sury ... ia-1353710
by Kahuna » Sat Jan 14, 2023 4:56 pm
.Corona Man wrote:mal wrote:John Gleeson the mystery spinner
I reckon he was the bowler
Geoff Boycott was facing him and handling him well
He told the non striker " I can pick him , but dont tell the others [ referring to his team mates]
I recall a Gleeson story from many years ago. Was bowling in a county game a week before the first test of the tour.
Was having some “trouble” landing them.
Barry Jarman was keeping and was asked if Gleeson was getting much turn?
Jars replied, well not on this pitch, getting some off the test strip… 3 strips over to the right!
by mighty_tiger_79 » Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:08 am
by The Dark Knight » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:17 am
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Adam Zampa come out and apparently he was told he was very close to going to India and is guttered to have not been 1 of the 4 spinners selected.
That doesnt surprise anyone that the coach and selectors use poor wording in giving players false hope.
Not saying he should have been picked, but I think its a bit rough to have been teased along.
There was another player also told theyd be picked or going on a tour - just cant think of who it is at the moment and that never eventuated.
Adam Zampa will reassess his future in red-ball cricket after being left "flat" by his omission from the Australia Test squad to tour India next month.
Zampa had been told he was a strong chance of making the trip but the selectors opted to retain Mitchell Swepson as the legspinner after he toured Pakistan and Sri Lanka last year.
Zampa played his first first-class match in three years when he appeared for New South Wales against Victoria in early December where he claimed three wickets. However, he also believed his white-ball international record would hold him in good stead despite an underwhelming first-class return where he averages 47.90.
"I'm very disappointed. I would have loved to have been on it," Zampa said. "Don't know what's next for me now, it's two-and-a-half years until the next subcontinent tour. I thought with the way I've been going in international in particular that this was going to be my opportunity.
"I was really excited to potentially be on this tour, give it a crack. The messaging was my style of bowling might have been handy over there. Potentially last minute that was a change of mind.
"That was the messaging I got six weeks ago as well - that this was going to be a very good chance - but now that I'm not [going] I'm very flat about it and time to move on from it."
Zampa said that coach Andrew McDonald and national selector George Bailey told him his omission was one of the toughest decisions they had to make.
by Lightning McQueen » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:20 am
by heater31 » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:29 am
Yeah but the parents apparently promised a bike.Lightning McQueen wrote:As much as I would’ve liked to see Zampa get a gig it’s kinda like being good for December only and expecting a bike for Christmas.
by The Dark Knight » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:34 am
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:There was another player also told theyd be picked or going on a tour - just cant think of who it is at the moment and that never eventuated.
by Lightning McQueen » Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:51 am
heater31 wrote:Yeah but the parents apparently promised a bike.Lightning McQueen wrote:As much as I would’ve liked to see Zampa get a gig it’s kinda like being good for December only and expecting a bike for Christmas.
Not a good look for coaching staff and selectors if they're telling players what they want to hear to string them along.
by DOC » Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:14 pm
by whufc » Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:45 am
by The Dark Knight » Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:38 am
Axar Patel will be licking his lips!whufc wrote:Interestingly Nagpur (where the first test is being played) saw a left arm spinner take 9 second innings wickets to bowl a side out for 54 chasing only 72 for the win on the fourth day of a first class match. The only other wicket was a run out.
by batmanbegins » Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:29 pm
by stan » Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:53 am
I reckon you'll see 3 spinners for the first test. Jadeja (avg 36) and Ashwin (avg 27) bat as well as anyone on those pitches. So I would expect a 3rd spinner.batmanbegins wrote:Jadeja back with 7fa in there first class comp. Suggest he may play 1st test.
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