Cricket Season Thread

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Pitch looking nice for today's T20 action at Bankstown Oval

 

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[AmericanHistoryX]

Tiger One. Do you remember Kepler Wessels? The boxer?

 

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Tiger One. Do you remember Kepler Wessels? The boxer?

I didn't know KW as a boxer, but he was a controversial opening batsman playing for Australia, and not for his native South Africa.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

And a great opener. The West Indies of Australia

 

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Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy in the new Australia T20I kit. The husband-wife duo, easily the most talented duo in cricket.

 

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NSW Blues squad for our opening two Marsh One-Day Cup fixtures in Melbourne this week

 

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Before Warnie, there was JI.
Tragic and true:

Jack Iverson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Stevec]

Don't feel Cameron Green is suited to white ball cricket !
Got belted for 102 runs off his 10 overs - that's the first time ever an Aussie bowler went for 100 runs on Indian soil and weve been playing ODI 's there for 45 years
While batting he is a slow starter just like in tests
Also his running between the wickets a problem.

 

[Tucker]

Don't feel Cameron Green is suited to white ball cricket !
Got belted for 102 runs off his 10 overs - that's the first time ever an Aussie bowler went for 100 runs on Indian soil and weve been playing ODI 's there for 45 years
While batting he is a slow starter just like in tests
Also his running between the wickets a problem.

I don’t think he is suited to playing cricket fullstop.
He seems to be protected for some reason.

 

[Stevec]

I don’t think he is suited to playing cricket fullstop.
He seems to be protected for some reason.

Green shows once again that he shouldn't be picked . He can't rotate the strike ! If picking him keeps Marnus out that will be a huge mistake .Marnus has clearly the best average both in India and Sth Africa he's essential . We finally beat India thanks to our top 4 + Maxwell with the ball

 

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Just came across a photo of 2 of the first captains for Australia and England - in fact the captains for their country in 1882 which started the Ashes as we know it:

W. G. Grace (England) and Billy Murdoch (Australia) pictured in 1908

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

David Boon's dad?

 

[tiger_one]

David Boon's dad?

Maybe great grandfather

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Well. There is a resemblance

 

[Tucker]

Just came across a photo of 2 of the first captains for Australia and England - in fact the captains for their country in 1882 which started the Ashes as we know it:

W. G. Grace (England) and Billy Murdoch (Australia) pictured in 1908
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Leggy blondes?

 

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A toothpick by today's standards. But this is the bat used by Don Bradman to score his first Test century.

 

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Was Bazball born here?
Birthday boy Brendon McCullum leads chart of fastest Test centuries

 

[Tucker]

Was Bazball born here?
Birthday boy Brendon McCullum leads chart of fastest Test centuries
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Yep Bazball alright…. Very showy, entertaining and exhilarating…still lost the Test match as Joe Burns and Steve Smith batted properly in both innings and won the game.