Cricket Season Thread

[Buttface]

Ness gets a crack!!!

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Go the Army

 

[innsaneink]

Booyah!!!

 

[Stevec]

Starc gets Duckett 1st ball another wicket in 1st over
Starc is a GREAT !

 

[supercoach]

Buckle down another two day test is coming

 

[Charred]

I think for Test 1 I’d go with
Khawaja
Weatherald (Give him 2 games and if doesn’t have one significant innings goodbye)
Marnus (he’s the form player in shield at 3)
Smith
Head (purely on his previous ability on the test arena)
Green
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Doggett (can he bat???)
Boland

Khawaja is out here is my line up

Head, Weatherald, Labuschagne, Smith, Inglis
Green, Carey
Starc, Lyon/Neser (depends on pitch), Doggett, Boland.

Wow I’ve guessed the line-up 2 games in a row. Maybe I am secretly George Bailey 🤔????

Also great start Starc!

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Geez.
Crawley and Root need a 100 partnership to get things back on track

 

[Stevec]

Really dumb selections
4 medium fast right arm bowlers + Starc whos done his bit with 2 wickets in his first 2 overs
Then pace drops 10 -15 kph allowing England to play themselves in
Other bowlers look a bit same same
So from 2-5 to now 2 -52

For years its been Starc Cummins Hazelwood and Lyon
Now only Starc !

 

[Buttface]

Wow I’ve guessed the line-up 2 games in a row. Maybe I am secretly George Bailey 🤔????

Also great start Starc!

Yeah I didn’t think they’d drop Lyon.

 

[Stevec]

Doggett looks mediocre
Neser similar
Bailey and Co going with no variety could really hurt

 

[Stevec]

Lunch 24 overs bowled
Starc has bowled a third of them 8 overs 2-26
Rest Neser ,Boland , Doggett , Green bowled the other 18 overs for no result
England 2-98 at lunch
What's noticeable is how much these 4 medium pacers all look the same

They worry about Cummins being injured if playing but what about Starc ?
Our selectors are just plain dumb
Why do we need 4 bowlers all RH at about 130 -135 kph

Imo Doggett is over rated as all his wickets in Perth were from bouncers not one traditional fast bowlers wicket eg bowled , caught knicking ,LBW etc

 

[GNR4LIFE]

If the Poms can’t cash in against this attack, something is seriously wrong with them.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

poms going ok at present

 

[Stevec]

Doggett is a dud
Trying to bowl bouncers that only get waist high

 

[Buttface]

Doggett is a dud
Trying to bowl bouncers that only get waist high

You realise he is under instructions to bowl short? It’s Smithy, but in saying that Doggs is not fast enough or bowling them in the right area, he’s well short or wide, he’s not even close to someone’s ribs or eyes.

 

[Buttface]

An off spinner might be handy the last half hour while the shadows were crossing the pitch.

 

[Buttface]

Doggett is a dud
Trying to bowl bouncers that only get waist high

Green is the one they should be trying the chin music with. Not Doggs.

 

[Stevec]

Green also no zip going at 6.5 rpo
Doggett cant get bounce going at 5.5 rpo
These 2 in effective Boland Neser ok
We wil need to bat fantastic to avoid losing this one

 

[Stevec]

Finally brings Starc back after 2 hours gets wicket 2nd ball
Now 415 wickets the most by any left arm quick in cricket history

 

[Buttface]

Starcy now the greatest lefty ever.