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[Flem274*]

I think Taylor's nearing that mark.

The real problem is, every last batsman other than him on that list has question marks over his head. A couple are unproven, a couple have serious injury concerns, Styris seems well past his best and none of them are particularly reliable. They're all fine individually but in a group like that it's a concern.

That's not saying they don't have a good one day cricket team, of course.. they have an excellent bowling unit which makes up for the shortcomings of their batting lineup as a whole.

Elliott?

 

[Flem274*]

Australia will regain there dominence within 12 months, at the moment confidence is low and the selections are up in the air, once we pick our best team and start playing well there is no holding Australia back.

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[Athlai]

Elliott?

I'd say McCullum is a better batsman than Elliott. Way too soon to be calling him a world class batsman:

Best Ever
World Class - Taylor
Excellent
Very Good - Elliott
Good
Serviceable
Dire
Diremanti

 

[Australia#1]

Is it not to early to call Taylor a World Class batsmen also, his a good batsmen but saying he is World Class is over the top.

 

[Prince EWS]

Elliott?

"A couple are unproven".

He's had an excellent start but he hasn't been around long enough to say he's proven quality IMO.

 

[Athlai]

Is it not to early to call Taylor a World Class batsmen also, his a good batsmen but saying he is World Class is over the top.

Name two Australian batsman who has outperformed Ross Taylor in the past 12 months.

 

[Australia#1]

Name two Australian batsman who has outperformed Ross Taylor in the past 12 months.

Michael Clarke and Simon Katich

 

[Athlai]

Michael Clarke and Simon Katich

(I naturally mean ODI cricket as this is an ODI series and we're talking about limited overs batting)

 

[Australia#1]

(I naturally mean ODI cricket as this is an ODI series and we're talking about limited overs batting)

In that case I can't think of to many, but overall we have a fair few better batsmen then him.

 

[Athlai]

In that case I can't think of to many, but overall we have a fair few better batsmen then him.

Yeah while in Test cricket he still has a bit of work to do to be considered world class I think he's there in one day cricket. And I'm happy with that.

 

[Redbacks]

I think NZ's slight drop off in bowling/Aus getting their plans better has allowed us back into the series. Haddin being able to slog sweep Vetorri a couple times has been good for fixing our middle overs slumps.

Given it's a pretty inexperienced NZ side, they still have alot of improvement to look forward to, as do Aus.

 

[Australia#1]

The opening partnership of Haddin/Clarke is alot more stable then Warner/Marsh and that's probally been the biggest difference.

 

[Polo23]

The opening partnership of Haddin/Clarke is alot more stable then Warner/Marsh and that's probally been the biggest difference.

Marsh was fantastic. Warner was never good enough, and should never have been there in the first place.

 

[Australia#1]

Marsh was alright, but both Clarke and Haddin have showed they are more suited to the ODI opening positions.

 

[Polo23]

Marsh was alright, but both Clarke and Haddin have showed they are more suited to the ODI opening positions.

Worst troll ever?

 

[GGG]

Is it not to early to call Taylor a World Class batsmen also, his a good batsmen but saying he is World Class is over the top.

We are talking ODI's and he has played 57 games, averages 40 and has a strike rate of 83. I would say that is world class.

 

[Australia#1]

We are talking ODI's and he has played 57 games, averages 40 and has a strike rate of 83. I would say that is world class.

You can hardly call him world class when his not going well in both ODI's and Test's, when he averages 45+ in Tests I'll call him World Class.

 

[Australia#1]

It's times like this when I really wish moderators could use ignore lists. You can tell he's a lost cause but you can also tell he's probably not going to do anything banworthy so we're stuck with him. Such is life.

Hello, nice 2 meet you 2 lol

 

[Polo23]

You can hardly call him world class when his not going well in both ODI's and Test's, when he averages 45+ in Tests I'll call him World Class.

What don't you get?

He called him a World Class ODI batsman. Completely different forms of the game, and yes, 1 can be World Class in one and not the other (Bracken, Mills, Taylor).

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Worst troll ever?

I don't think so. It unfortunately sounds like some of the crap sprouted by the C9 commentary team.