Cricket Season Thread

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That must have been Khawaja's last Test. At 39 his reflexes and fitness are non-existent. Drops sitters and injures himself jumping, also doesn't score runs which is supposedly what he is there to do.

Then we have Lyon who is less than a year younger but has done SFA since the last Ashes series when he injured his aging calf. Lyon doesn't score runs or take wickets anymore even against tail-enders, so not sure what his purpose is. He is a poor man's Marsh, top bloke in the sheds but otherwise useless.

 

[vlad]

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[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

I thought that ruining summer was only a West Indies/Sri Lanka/Pakistan thing. Seems the English are now complicit. I had planned to sit on my ass all day watching the Ashes and now I don't know what to do with myself. Screw bazball.

 

[Stevec]

Think that last session yesterday was historic
205 runs in less than a session !
run rate 7.24 rpo
Travis Head 123 off 83 balls in less than a session
Missing 2 of our 3 fast bowling trio so Starc steps up with a 10 for

Only down side I was planning to enjoy watching test cricket Sun / Mon
England lose 20 wickets in 68 overs

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

Someone knew:

 

[tiger_one]

Ben Stokes enters a club with only THREE members in Test history — and then takes a historic Ashes five-for in Australia.

In one session, Stokes moved himself into all-rounder territory only giants usually occupy.
7000+ Runs & 200+ Wickets — Only:
• Jacques Kallis
• Garry Sobers
• Ben Stokes
And yesterday, he matched Sobers’ 235 Test wickets.
Then he did something no England captain has managed in over 40 years —
the first England skipper since Bob Willis (1982) to take a five-for in an Ashes Test in Australia.

So amid the gloom, a skerrick of light.
Just the captain and the 10 others to somehow regroup .......

 

[tiger_one]

Who let the Doggett out!

 

[tiger_one]

This didn't age well ........

 

[Tucker]

Ben Stokes enters a club with only THREE members in Test history — and then takes a historic Ashes five-for in Australia.

In one session, Stokes moved himself into all-rounder territory only giants usually occupy.
7000+ Runs & 200+ Wickets — Only:
• Jacques Kallis
• Garry Sobers
• Ben Stokes
And yesterday, he matched Sobers’ 235 Test wickets.
Then he did something no England captain has managed in over 40 years —
the first England skipper since Bob Willis (1982) to take a five-for in an Ashes Test in Australia.

So amid the gloom, a skerrick of light.
Just the captain and the 10 others to somehow regroup .......


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He is proof that shit gets wickets.
England have had a good bowling attack for many years now and he has managed to scab a lot of wickets off the back of them

 

[happy_tiger]

Don't want to curse him .....but Renshaw is on the runs again

84 not out ATM

 

[jadtiger]

This didn't age well ........


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Good to see the overweight pompous right wing nutter get it completely wrong just like his politics.

 

[Tucker]

Good to see the overweight pompous right wing nutter get it completely wrong just like his politics.

He isn’t right wing.
He shares far more beliefs with the left.
He is an overweight pompous git though

 

[jadtiger]

He isn’t right wing.
He shares far more beliefs with the left.
He is an overweight pompous git though

He is very right wing but just not a Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon nutter

 

[happy_tiger]

The other Test Match hetween the other Top 4 sides has gone 2 days with only 1 innings completed .....SA scored 489

 

[Buttface]

Just think his first dig got a fast swinging delivery that caught him and I thought as did the umpire that it must have pitched outside leg but less than half the ball did
2nd dig a top edge into his helmut was also slightly unlucky
Agree however other options available imo I would take another chance on Konstas

Renshaw just scored another ton 112 in a D/N in Brisbane, same time and place as our next test. He is not even in the squad.
As I said a couple of weeks back I’m picking Renshaw and now I’d be picking Head with him.

 

[Buttface]

Don't want to curse him .....but Renshaw is on the runs again

84 not out ATM

You didn’t. 112.

 

[Buttface]

That must have been Khawaja's last Test. At 39 his reflexes and fitness are non-existent. Drops sitters and injures himself jumping, also doesn't score runs which is supposedly what he is there to do.

Then we have Lyon who is less than a year younger but has done SFA since the last Ashes series when he injured his aging calf. Lyon doesn't score runs or take wickets anymore even against tail-enders, so not sure what his purpose is. He is a poor man's Marsh, top bloke in the sheds but otherwise useless.

Yeah I think Uzy has run out of bullets.
That drop was terrible.

 

[happy_tiger]

Don't want to curse him .....but Renshaw is on the runs again

84 not out ATM

Renshaw finished with 112 at the Gabba in a day nighter .....must ne next up if Khawaja isn't fit

 

[Charred]

Then we have Lyon who is less than a year younger but has done SFA since the last Ashes series when he injured his aging calf. Lyon doesn't score runs or take wickets anymore even against tail-enders, so not sure what his purpose is. He is a poor man's Marsh, top bloke in the sheds but otherwise useless.

I mean I’ve seen you bash Lyon before but seriously at least do some research before you make some outlandish, downright false claims.

Australian wickets have always been much more suited to pace bowling, so obviously in Australia he’s not going to look very good like he’s done for a majority of the last few summers, but then what spin bowler has looked good in Australia recently when Lyon didn’t?

If we look at the stats Nathan Lyon currently has the best strike rate for a calendar year he has ever had in his career at 43, and his average is the 3rd* (lowest in 2020 but not counting due to lack of sample size) best it’s ever been at 24.45. Keep in mind his career strike rate is 61.4 and Average is 30.16.

Against Sri Lanka he was Australia’s 2nd Highest wicket-taker taking 2 less than Matt Kuhnemann except he generally took much more top order wickets. (10/14 of his wickets were batting in the Top 5, 5/16 of Kuhnemann’s were Top 5). Against West Indies he played 2 tests out of 3 (3rd test more conducive to pace bowling as evidenced by Starc’s 15 ball 5fa and Bolands Hat-trick).

Against West Indies he took 3 wickets in 8 overs in the First Test. Then 6 wickets (24.3overs) in the 2nd which was the most by an Australian that Test. However, most of those came to tail-Enders which according to you he can’t take wickets against anymore 🤷‍♂️.

The only reason Lyon should be dropped is if the pitch is extremely unfriendly to spin such was the case of Test 3 in the Windies, but otherwise he is by far the best spinner within Australia and the statistics will back that up.