Australian International Summer 2023/24

[dedja]

[dedja]

Great to see the Windies players being so humble, haven’t seen that for a while and a clue to the change in attitude and culture … all for the better.

[stampy]

so a bloke with a mangled toe bowls like lightning and grabs 7fa

wtf did they give for the pain in his foot??

[Lightning McQueen]

Steve Smith has carried his bat 25% of the times he has openeded in test cricket.

[amber_fluid]

Not sure why all the hate for Cummins.

Not that we should take anything away from the Windies' performance, but if anything it's our batsmen who should cop the criticism.

Are we allowed to mention Head’s performance or is it still taboo on here?

[dedja]

so a bloke with a mangled toe bowls like lightning and grabs 7fa

wtf did they give for the pain in his foot??

Doctor is a Rastafarian …

[gadj1976]

No shame in losing to a bowling performance like that. The IPL franchises will be circling like vultures over S Joseph.

29 times now that a Test match has been decided by 20 runs or less (first time an 8 run margin has been recorded). Australia has a 6-15 record in such matches.

Unfortunately, this is the case. If he's any good at T20, he could be lost to test cricket thereafter.

[The Dark Knight]

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[The Dark Knight]

Is Smith trying to look after his average by giving Josh the strike?

Why didn’t he go for it earlier when Lyon was in.
Why wait until Hazelwood came in?

Why did captain Pat declare 22 runs behind?

Coz he’s an arrogant twat

Lol, it was clearly a tactical decision, declaring in and around the best time to bowl with the new pink ball to have a crack at the Windies top order but hey don't let the cricket talk get in front of hating Solar Panel Pat.

[dedja]

Double LOL, it was clearly a wind up.

[am Bays]

Omg bring back Warner

Smith averaging 60 as a test opener

Davey 44.59

Smith 33% better than Warner against the new rock…

[The Dark Knight]

Double LOL, it was clearly a wind up.

[emoji38]

Yes mate I did gather you were bring sarcastic, Amber less so.

[Armchair expert]

Omg bring back Warner

Smith averaging 60 as a test opener

Davey 44.59

Smith 33% better than Warner against the new rock…

Warner was undefeated against the Windies

Smith not so much

[dedja]

Omg bring back Warner

Smith averaging 60 as a test opener

Davey 44.59

Smith 33% better than Warner against the new rock…

Warner was undefeated against the Windies

Smith not so much

[amber_fluid]

Why didn’t he go for it earlier when Lyon was in.
Why wait until Hazelwood came in?

Why did captain Pat declare 22 runs behind?

Coz he’s an arrogant twat

Lol, it was clearly a tactical decision, declaring in and around the best time to bowl with the new pink ball to have a crack at the Windies top order but hey don't let the cricket talk get in front of hating Solar Panel Pat.

And it backfired on him!
They lost!

[am Bays]

Omg bring back Warner

Smith averaging 60 as a test opener

Davey 44.59

Smith 33% better than Warner against the new rock…

Warner was undefeated against the Windies

Smith not so much

Warner averages 35 against the West Indies…

[FlyingHigh]

From being thinking it was going to be a shudderingly awful, one-sided contest, it turned into a thoroughly entertaining and interesting series.

I think Australia were not 100% fully into the series after a huge 12 months. Looked a little jaded, but then why the hell did some of them play a couple of T-20's in the week they had off between the two series.

But the West Indies spirit and attitude was fantastic, genuinely keen to work hard and have a pride and commitment in themselves, each other and the cap. Unlike previous sides, they weren't too kool for skool, and genuinely wanted to be out there in the field. It may have been different if Australia were 3/450, but that type of attitude lessens the chance of that happening (obvsiously).

While their batting was occasionally out-classed, McKenzie (very impressive), Athanze, Hodge and Greaves showed a willingness to get stuck in and not give their wickets away. Greaves may or may not be up to it with the bat, which is a bit unfortunate because he looked like a good fifth bowling option.

Their two big hopes, Chanderpaul and Braithwaite, were the two big disappointments. I was really looking for to Chanderpaul following up his efforts from last year.
Their spin wasn't much chop, but Sinclair's enthusiasm was great.

Hopefully they can build on this. Hopefully a few more $$'s can be found to pay them to play Test cricket. Hopefully, perhaps idealistically, they can come to an agreement to play in the IPL, the CPL and one other T-20 tournament which their board will try to keep free of Test commitments, which may vary from year to year.

For Australia, I still think Green at 5 and Head at 6 with a genuine opener is their best bet. Head is the current Doug Walters, will never be 100% reliable because of his technique, but often scores runs when they're really needed. I'd drop Marsh. Like Daisy has a go at Lab, Marsh gives a chance very early on in just about every innings.

[The Dark Knight]

[quote="amber_fluid"]

Why didn’t he go for it earlier when Lyon was in.
Why wait until Hazelwood came in?

Why did captain Pat declare 22 runs behind?

Coz he’s an arrogant twat

Lol, it was clearly a tactical decision, declaring in and around the best time to bowl with the new pink ball to have a crack at the Windies top order but hey don't let the cricket talk get in front of hating Solar Panel Pat.

And it backfired on him!
They lost![/quote]
Yes of course, it didn't work and that's cricket/sport isn't it, sometimes gambles like that work and sometimes they don't.

[The Dark Knight]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/stat ... 97-1418727

1- Australia's eight-run defeat against West Indies was their first in a day-night Test match. Australia won each of their previous 11 day-night Test matches. In contrast, this was West Indies' first-ever win in a day-night Test match, having lost all their previous four games.

2003- West Indies' last win against Australia in Test cricket - by three wickets at St John's. West Indies played 20 Tests against Australia in the previous 20 years, losing in 16 while another four ended in a draw.

It is also the first win for West Indies in Australia since the ten-wicket win in Perth in February 1997. West Indies lost 15 of the 17 Tests they played in Australia between the two wins.

8- West Indies' win margin in Brisbane is their second narrowest by runs in men's Tests. They defeated Australia by one run in 1993 at the Adelaide Oval while defending a target of 186. Six of the twelve men's Tests to be decided by less than ten runs have come against Australia.

10- Test defeats for Australia at the Gabba out of the 66 they played. Sunday's defeat was their second in four matches at the venue since 2021, where they did not lose one in the 31 played between 1989 and 2020.

1- Previous instance of Australia losing a Test match after declaring in an innings at home. Australia declared their first innings on 395 for 8 despite being 54 behind West Indies in the 1988 Perth Test but lost by 169. Overall, this was only the fifth instance of Australia losing a Test match where they declared in one of their innings.

5- Players, including Shamar Joseph, with a seven-wicket haul for West Indies against Australia in Test cricket. Three of the previous seven-fors by the West Indies bowlers came in Australia only.

Joseph is also the first visiting bowler with a seven-plus wicket haul in Australia since Matthew Hoggard's 7 for 109 in 2006 at the Adelaide Oval.

2- Players with five-wicket hauls in their first two Test matches for West Indies. Before Joseph, only Fidel Edwards accomplished this feat, with five-fors against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in 2003.

2- Bowlers with better figures for West Indies in the fourth innings than Joseph's 7 for 68 in Brisbane. Curtley Ambrose in 1990 and Roston Chase in 2019 bagged eight-wicket hauls - against England in Bridgetown.

11.5- Overs bowled by Shamar in Australia's second innings. These are the fewest overs bowled by a player in a Test innings for West Indies while picking up seven or more wickets.

216- Fourth-innings target that Australia failed to chase at the Gabba is the lowest for them at home in the last 25 years. The previous instance of Australia losing at home chasing a lower target was 175 against England at the MCG in 1998.

9- Batters, including Steven Smith at the Gabba, to carry their bat in the fourth innings of a Test match. Smith is also the first opener to carry the bat in the fourth innings since Dean Elgar against India in 2018. The previous Australian to carry the bat was David Warner against New Zealand in 2011, also in an unsuccessful chase in Hobart. Smith also became the first opener to carry his bat in Tests since Tom Latham against Sri Lanka in December 2018.

3- Travis Head is the third to bag a king's pair in men's Tests for Australia, after Adam Gilchrist against India at the Eden Gardens in 2001 and Ryan Harris against England at the Adelaide Oval in 2010.

[dedja]

C’mon Spelly, keep up.