Australian International Summer 2024/25

[dedja]

If we drop this series some serious questions need to be asked and heads have to roll and that includes coaching staff and selectors. The last two days have been absolutely abysmal and shouldn’t be tolerated

Far too many 2nd rate shield cricketers are in charge of the Australian set up, we need to get former Test cricketers involved, but theyre all commentating

I'm assuming you're referring to Ponting?

He would be the no1 target.
Anything has to be better than Ronald, George and Divenuto. Not sure who the bowling coach is but not required anyway.

Vettori

[mighty_tiger_79]

If we drop this series some serious questions need to be asked and heads have to roll and that includes coaching staff and selectors. The last two days have been absolutely abysmal and shouldn’t be tolerated

Seriously, I reckon you’ll come back as a carp in your 2nd life … give up as soon as you’re hooked.

Rain saved the Indians last Test, and still have a good chance to win this one. Maybe wait and see how the series pans out.

Of course we can still win it but how long do you keep persisting with the same brittle lineup?
Eventually you need to start refreshing this side and regardless of what happens here I’d hope the team looks substantially different by time the Ashes roll around

But it won't...

[mighty_tiger_79]

He wants Langer back

Better than ******* Ronald

I'm warming to it if it means getting him off the idiot box.

Get Copeland as a coach as well.
He's equally as painful

[dedja]

Name your Ashes team Jim …

[Lightning McQueen]

If we drop this series some serious questions need to be asked and heads have to roll and that includes coaching staff and selectors. The last two days have been absolutely abysmal and shouldn’t be tolerated

Unless you're talking about the administration of CA I'm not sure what else could've been done, I think player for player they are a better XI than us.

My only suggestions are to have more shield games prior to the first test for players to audition for and force all available players to play in them. Get rid of junk ODI's and T20's in November/December, play them in the new year.

Surely Webster is looking at a debut next test at Marsh's expense, everyone else has done enough to keep their spots for now, I'd rather see us take a risk in Sri Lanka though trying to get some experience into the group.

It’s basically Bumrah v Australia. The rest of their bowlers are pedestrian plodders and their top order batting is just as fragile as ours.
Bailey is a deadset disagrace, the constant love affair with Marsh who is picked as an all rounder but doesn’t bowl and can’t bat is absurd and I know you have to play Trav but he is nowhere near fit to play IMO. You now have Starc possibly injured, Boland looking proppy and Lyon who looks like he is celebrating his 60th birthday. A lot of old and tired legs out there and everyone saw this coming except the selectors. Yeah McSweeney didn’t look great opening but tell me he couldn’t do the job Marsh is doing. I know Khawaja and a few others want to retire after the Ashes at home next year but I’d be forcing them out now

Agree with Bumrah vs Australia.

Since Marsh returned he had averaged 46 until 3 tests ago, he helped us through a lean time and restored some faith, time to go though.

Hard to judge the Head call, first dismissal was a standard Head dismissal, 2nd dig was plain ugly and lazy.

Not having a 5th bowler participating obviously wore out Boland and Starc who are both ageing, the Lyon comment was an absolute belter .

I think Usi will have to be the first one to go, Smith has found something again and we can't have them both finish up at the same time.........along with 2-3 bowlers. I know I'll get shot down but I think our only option is to open up with Carey to allow the McSweeney/Webster types to develop their game batting in the middle order.

[mal]

Lead 296 well done Goat and Scotty
Important last wkt partnership
Looks likely OZ can get to use a 2nd new ball coz of the near 300 lead

[locky801]

Lead 296 well done Goat and Scotty
Important last wkt partnership
Looks likely OZ can get to use a 2nd new ball coz of the near 300 lead

Shows how easy to bat on this pitch is i reckon, been batting for almost 10 overs

[mighty_tiger_79]

Here's a controversial call.

Declare. Send the Indians in.
Back the fragile bowling unit.

[Lightning McQueen]

trouble is with our bowlers in the SS or Mickey Mouse cricket is that they are all injury prone as well, the decent ones that is

Because they're all pensioners. We've always had injury prone bowlers, at least our next tier of bowlers aren't too shabby.

[RB]

Yeah McSweeney didn’t look great opening but tell me he couldn’t do the job Marsh is doing.

Bingo.

If we don't have any decent available all-rounders, we should play a specialist batsman at 6. Simple stuff I would have thought.

[dedja]

300 ahead … what do you think locky, enough?

[locky801]

Here's a controversial call.

Declare. Send the Indians in.
Back the fragile bowling unit.

i agree

[Armchair expert]

Here's a controversial call.

Declare. Send the Indians in.
Back the fragile bowling unit.

Absolute madness we only have 2 bowlers

[daysofourlives]

I think we should declare now, 300 is enough and it sends the message that we dont think you can get the runs, the mind games advantage of a declaration over being bowled out is not insignificant

[Lightning McQueen]

If we drop this series some serious questions need to be asked and heads have to roll and that includes coaching staff and selectors. The last two days have been absolutely abysmal and shouldn’t be tolerated

Far too many 2nd rate shield cricketers are in charge of the Australian set up, we need to get former Test cricketers involved, but theyre all commentating

I'm assuming you're referring to Ponting?

He would be the no1 target.
Anything has to be better than Ronald, George and Divenuto. Not sure who the bowling coach is but not required anyway.

Absolutely, Punter is the ultimate cricketers cricketer.

[locky801]

Here's a controversial call.

Declare. Send the Indians in.
Back the fragile bowling unit.

Absolute madness we only have 2 bowlers

back Cummins & Lyon to do the job

[Armchair expert]

Aus have only made one unforced changed, how many have India made?

A better analysis would be "look at the talent that they have dropped" with their unforced changes.

If we give Ashwin a H-1B visa can he play for us????

[mal]

At last Goat gets to bowl on a 5th day pitch
This is set up for the great man

[mighty_tiger_79]

So it's not a controversial call,

Or

Those that agree with me should also be in glenside

[Armchair expert]

Here's a controversial call.

Declare. Send the Indians in.
Back the fragile bowling unit.

Absolute madness we only have 2 bowlers

back Cummins & Lyon to do the job

Cummins and Boland the only bowlers in this side.