Ever consider his technique is too lose to open the batting at international level. Moody dominate as an opener at domestic level, but was never good enough at ODI level. Though you could argue Warner technique not up to it either. There more to being an ODI opener then dominating at domestic level.
tbh
In the last few years we've won the CT and gone through the WC undefeated. Right now with injuries and poor form we've obviously come right back down.
Yip. Was gonna post the same.
Whereas other teams never suffer injuries and poor form?
Because I was responding to a specific question about why we've lost so many in a row. A good team should be expected to win at least one out of five games, even against better teams. I was in no way attempting to downplay the good cricket that South Africa, and to a lesser extend New Zealand have played. NZ clearly outclassed Australia tonight and narrowly won the first game in what has widely been described as a poor game of cricket all-round.Yet you never mentioned the opposition.
Last time I looked, cricket was a game played between 2 teams....
Agreed, which is why I advocated potentially playing Hauritz/Heal in a team with 5 bowlers.
It's an exciting time for world cricket.
Of course there is a difference in difficulty and required skill when stepping up from domestic to international level. Yet I don't see the harm in playing a player in their natural position - someone who is more suited to that position than anywhere else at a time when we need someone for that position.
Maybe they could have but they didn't. The Australian WC side was way ahead of any other side in the world at the time and the results showed. Don't mix up the Test coming back to the pack and that of the ODI one, which is something that only happened this summer due to mass injuries and suspensions to our best players and also retirements (2xbest openers, best fast bowler, 2xbest all-rounders and best spinner) at the same time.
To be fair since we won the WC we have permanently lost:
Right, however the post quoted said Aus had come back to the pack in recent years, which whilst is true right now was not true in the past few years which is what my post is referring to.
Well your post kinda implied that our troubles were only due to injury and suspension issues.
Yeah, I basically meant this. They have gradually came back to the pack with these retirements. Injuries are something that all teams get (esp NZ).
Probably ahead of the current Australian one, I'd say.
As said in my follow up post, yes it's obviously a contributing factor, however I think we would have been well equipped to handle it (see 5-0 drubbing of WI), however couple that with injuries and suspensions - it's a lot of stuff happening at once. But STILL the sides we've been putting out are good sides that are underperforming and shouldn't be playing this badly.
Yeah, on form this Australian batting side is all over the shop. Can't chase and have forgotten how to set totals.
With a strike rate higher than NZ's whole top 4? Including the 'explosive' Brendan McCullum...Reverse jinx
It's a joke and mockery of cricket to give Clarke man of the match. For what? Succesfully batting his team into another defeat?? Utter joke.
