Cricket Season Thread

[Bellend]

Serious time to blood younger players not players who ae already 30 years old, and have struggled to establish themselves previously.

 

[Buttface]

Last WTC final in 2023 at the Oval
Boland 5 wickets

Did you check his last ashes game?
During the 2023 Ashes tour to England, Boland returned best figures of 1 for 60 and only played in 2 tests.
Anyway I like Bolo too, so don’t wanna be bashing him either, Hazo had a rough game and sure this time maybe Bolo would have been handy. But I don’t reckon Hazo is top of the problem list. I reckon you’re correct with our numbers 1,2, 3, and Lyon. These positions should have been used to blood newbies a year ago.
The way they have transitioned Konstas into this team is nothing short of bewildering. They pick him when we’re under pressure he does well, then ok, and they drop him to the pine, which I sorta get to have him playing in every game possible but then not to bring him back into the side to have him ready for the WTC was poor planning and they obviously didn’t wanna throw him into the final underdone and inexperienced so they use Marnus as an opener. Who hasn’t looked like a batsman in 2 years. But this all goes back to letting Smith open. The selectors should have said no and picked a couple of openers to blood.
Marnus should have been drop back then as well to blood a number 3.
Number 3 should be your best and most technically sound bat. How we go into a GF with a bloke coming back from injury, who sure has some current form in England, but is still obviously not fully fit if he can’t bowl. Before the game I was going with the selectors thinking he must be fit as he’s scoring plenty of runs over there, selectors must know he’s good to go. That was my mistake assuming the same selectors that have botch the last few years would make the right call.
Lyon is done. Should have been tapped. We have blooded two spinners who have both taken some wickets while he was injured, but the biggest problem with bringing on a new spinner, is Pat doesn’t know how to use them. At the moment I think he feels comfortable with Lyon as he has experience and knows how to set his field. But I don’t see Pat knowing how to use his different spin options like AB, Tubby or Waugh did, and it shows. He needed to bowl spin in that last game to win it, but was not confident in Murphy and wait to long and then we did have enough runs to use him. The next couple of years we will have to make these changes it gunna be tough times, I reckon Pat needs Tubby in his pocket to help him with his captaincy of spin bowling.
I would be replacing the selectors before I made any other changes. Actually I think we can sack Marnus first.

 

[Stevec]

Did you check his last ashes game?
During the 2023 Ashes tour to England, Boland returned best figures of 1 for 60 and only played in 2 tests.
Anyway I like Bolo too, so don’t wanna be bashing him either, Hazo had a rough game and sure this time maybe Bolo would have been handy. But I don’t reckon Hazo is top of the problem list. I reckon you’re correct with our numbers 1,2, 3, and Lyon. These positions should have been used to blood newbies a year ago.
The way they have transitioned Konstas into this team is nothing short of bewildering. They pick him when we’re under pressure he does well, then ok, and they drop him to the pine, which I sorta get to have him playing in every game possible but then not to bring him back into the side to have him ready for the WTC was poor planning and they obviously didn’t wanna throw him into the final underdone and inexperienced so they use Marnus as an opener. Who hasn’t looked like a batsman in 2 years. But this all goes back to letting Smith open. The selectors should have said no and picked a couple of openers to blood.
Marnus should have been drop back then as well to blood a number 3.
Number 3 should be your best and most technically sound bat. How we go into a GF with a bloke coming back from injury, who sure has some current form in England, but is still obviously not fully fit if he can’t bowl. Before the game I was going with the selectors thinking he must be fit as he’s scoring plenty of runs over there, selectors must know he’s good to go. That was my mistake assuming the same selectors that have botch the last few years would make the right call.
Lyon is done. Should have been tapped. We have blooded two spinners who have both taken some wickets while he was injured, but the biggest problem with bringing on a new spinner, is Pat doesn’t know how to use them. At the moment I think he feels comfortable with Lyon as he has experience and knows how to set his field. But I don’t see Pat knowing how to use his different spin options like AB, Tubby or Waugh did, and it shows. He needed to bowl spin in that last game to win it, but was not confident in Murphy and wait to long and then we did have enough runs to use him. The next couple of years we will have to make these changes it gunna be tough times, I reckon Pat needs Tubby in his pocket to help him with his captaincy of spin bowling.
I would be replacing the selectors before I made any other changes. Actually I think we can sack Marnus first.

Fair comment but I also can't see what Green is doing
He was to be our No 6 allrounder ,well he's producing zip !
I know he might be rusty but he's a terrible starter and he's not a No 3 a position usually held by our best batsman
In general the selectors have to do a serious rethink !
At the moment the " no brainer " selections are
Konstas , Smith ,Head , Carey, Cummins , Starc
That's only 6 !
Who are the other 5 ?
Candidates .Kwajaja , Inglis , Lyon , Kunneman , Murphy , Boland ,
+ some new blood with great 1st class form .
Don't care if they experiment in the Carribean but come the 1st Ashes test we must have a team of 11 where everyone is in great form .

 

[Buttface]

Fair comment but I also can't see what Green is doing
He was to be our No 6 allrounder ,well he's producing zip !
I know he might be rusty but he's a terrible starter and he's not a No 3 a position usually held by our best batsman
In general the selectors have to do a serious rethink !
At the moment the " no brainer " selections are
Konstas , Smith ,Head , Carey, Cummins , Starc
That's only 6 !
Who are the other 5 ?
Candidates .Kwajaja , Inglis , Lyon , Kunneman , Murphy , Boland ,
+ some new blood with great 1st class form .
Don't care if they experiment in the Carribean but come the 1st Ashes test we must have a team of 11 where everyone is in great form .

I’m going to the Ashes with a Pom, so I can’t afford to lose. They need to sort it out asap.