2019/20 Australian International summer

[Lightning McQueen]

Young Shah kid bowls wheels.

Looks real good doesn't he!
Going to be interesting to see which 3 of Mohammed Abbas, Shaheen Afridi, Imran Khan or Naseem Shah Pakistan go with for the first test.

Serious talent for a 16yr old.

Lets hope he doesn't end up like their last 16 year old superstar, a very sad story.

[Lightning McQueen]

Should the shield move to 5 day games. We only play 10 games of shield, so would be 10 extra days at most.

Much better than teams being forced to contrive results, would mean batsmen would be exposed to better spinning conditions having fifth day pitches and would hopefully improve our overseas batting.

Would allow batsmen who are becoming increasingly inpatient due to t20 cricket the opportunity to build massive scores if they are good enough.

Just a thought anyway.

No point paying canteen staff an extra days wage to serve 6 pies, 4 buckets of chips and a dozen bottles of coke.

I like the tinkering of the rules to encourage a quicker scoring rate and to find a result, if anything I'd be looking at ways to score more premiership points with various incentives.

[Armchair expert]

From some bloke on twitter

AUS SQUAD to be named later today: David Warner, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Cameron Bancroft, Tim Paine (capt), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson, Michael Neser


******* Bancroft, what the **** is wrong with thse ******* idiots

49
0,11
10, 6*
30,0

Are his last first class scores

[RB]

Not sure Bancroft would be getting a gig if he wasn't from WA.

[Lightning McQueen]

From some bloke on twitter

AUS SQUAD to be named later today: David Warner, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Cameron Bancroft, Tim Paine (capt), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson, Michael Neser


******* Bancroft, what the **** is wrong with thse ******* idiots

49
0,11
10, 6*
30,0

Are his last first class scores

One would think that Travvy is back in the team then. Why the hell did they have an Australia A match vs Pakistan as an audition for a spot?

Harris 16 & 20 overlooked.
Burns 0 & 11 well done son.

I'm going to say it, Shaun Marsh is a bit stiff here, there's going to be two very lucky blokes here, at a guess Neser and Pattinson will sit out, that means only one of Burns, Head or Bancroft will miss.

Unfortunately we'll flog them and the selectors will pat themselves on the back and say how well they got it right.

[Lightning McQueen]

Not sure Bancroft would be getting a gig if he wasn't from WA.

Must have some decent dirt on someone, he is poop and a shit bloke.

[Lightning McQueen]

Warner
Burns
Smith
Labba
Head
Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood

At least we have a left/right opening combo whatever way we roll.

[Eagles2014]

Warner
Burns
Smith
Labba
Head
Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood

At least we have a left/right opening combo whatever way we roll.

Swap Smith and Labba around and spot on.

[Lightning McQueen]

Warner
Burns
Smith
Labba
Head
Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood

At least we have a left/right opening combo whatever way we roll.

Swap Smith and Labba around and spot on.

Yeah, the T20 shit threw me about, best batter of the team bats 4.

[The Dark Knight]

From some bloke on twitter

AUS SQUAD to be named later today: David Warner, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Cameron Bancroft, Tim Paine (capt), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson, Michael Neser


******* Bancroft, what the **** is wrong with thse ******* idiots

49
0,11
10, 6*
30,0

Are his last first class scores

I knew Bancroft would get into the squad after making runs last night after being f**king gifted a game and because he's one of Langer's boys.

I like seeing Burns come back in but he's been average so far this season, Harris real stuff IMO.

[Q.]

Bancroft probably replaces Pucovski, who would have been selected in the squad until he declared his withdrawal due to mental health.

[Lightning McQueen]

Bancroft probably replaces Pucovski, who would have been selected in the squad until he declared his withdrawal due to mental health.

Yeah, exactly, let's replace a middle order batsman with an opener.

[whufc]

Not sure Bancroft would be getting a gig if he wasn't from WA.

Yeah not sure why the love for Bancroft. Average first class record, average test record.

[The Dark Knight]

https://youtu.be/D3gVBoMOg7E

Skip to one minute in and the question is asked in regards to Bancroft, seems they like his flexibility to play at the top or in the middle order like he has in one day cricket.

"He has the ingredients to be a very good Test player, he just has to put the performance on the board when he is given that opportunity," national selector Trevor Hohns said today, adding that Bancroft will likely be the back-up batsman in the squad.
"Everything else about him is the sort of thing that Justin Langer and the selection panel want from a player.
"He's the ideal person to have in our squad. He's a hard worker. He was left out in England after a couple of Test matches, but he's had the bit between his teeth, he's worked very, very hard on his game and the improvement in his game is quite noticeable."

[Armchair expert]

Hohns is a ******* moron

[The Dark Knight]

Hohns is a ******* moron

As I've said previously, he's insufferable.

[Lightning McQueen]

https://youtu.be/D3gVBoMOg7E

Skip to one minute in and the question is asked in regards to Bancroft, seems they like his flexibility to play at the top or in the middle order like he has in one day cricket.

"He has the ingredients to be a very good Test player, he just has to put the performance on the board when he is given that opportunity," national selector Trevor Hohns said today, adding that Bancroft will likely be the back-up batsman in the squad.
"Everything else about him is the sort of thing that Justin Langer and the selection panel want from a player.
"He's the ideal person to have in our squad. He's a hard worker. He was left out in England after a couple of Test matches, but he's had the bit between his teeth, he's worked very, very hard on his game and the improvement in his game is quite noticeable."

Would've been good if he said "Bancroft is very abrasive".

[RB]

Not sure Bancroft would be getting a gig if he wasn't from WA.

Yeah not sure why the love for Bancroft. Average first class record, average test record.

Marsh-esque

[Jim05]

So with Burns opening it only leaves one spot which will be Bancroft or Head?

[Lightning McQueen]

So with Burns opening it only leaves one spot which will be Bancroft or Head?

They've announced that Head will have a leadership role so there lies the answer perhaps?