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***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12
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so why can't we go straight to the ODIs after conceding the Test series.Saves so much trouble
Athlai
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Guys can we all just agree that Ishant Sharma isn't injured? He only went off because he had only been alloted to bowl 5.3 overs anyway. Thats all he needs.
Just because his "ankle strap" made him leave the field doesn't mean there are injury clouds over his head and to think that the BCCI are trying to spin this for no reason at all just doesn't make sense. I think everyone needs to understand that the BCCI are a direct and thoughtful board and would be perfectly honest about any concerns about Ishant.
Just because his "ankle strap" made him leave the field doesn't mean there are injury clouds over his head and to think that the BCCI are trying to spin this for no reason at all just doesn't make sense. I think everyone needs to understand that the BCCI are a direct and thoughtful board and would be perfectly honest about any concerns about Ishant.
Athlai
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Yeah but that's not what I was saying; the bollocks part of the article is about helping his standing in the team, something Chappelli didn't give a **** about. Chappelli is on record as saying you bat your best at 3 yet with his brother in side, that most definitely was not him. Chappelli didn't bat at 3 to 'lead from the front', he batted 3 because that was where he felt most comfortable (same with P00ntang, by the by).
Which is why, for the love of God, Clarke should not bat at 3 but stay at 5, even if he is the team's best bat right now. Pitchforking Clarke in at first-drop against the moving ball strikes me as potentially a disastrous move. Watto434me.
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howardj
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Can't believe Uncle Arthur has guaranteed Ponting and Mussey their places for Melbourne.
We need their experience apparently...
Without their experience...what? we would score less than 47? we would get belted by an innings more than three times in the one series? we would lose to a team ranked lower than 8th in our own backyard?
Yeah, their experience is proving really valuable...
Think I'd rather some runs myself.
We need their experience apparently...
Without their experience...what? we would score less than 47? we would get belted by an innings more than three times in the one series? we would lose to a team ranked lower than 8th in our own backyard?
Yeah, their experience is proving really valuable...
Think I'd rather some runs myself.
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In an ideal world everyone would bat where they are best suited .
That is not the case with Australia at the moment.
It seems as if no one will take the responsibility to haul the team out of the morass it is in.
Clarke bats at No 3 for a few tests
Is that worse than the way the batting is going at the moment ?
Is it going to weaken the middle order ?
In a sense it may be right to leave things the way they are, because the top order is not making runs and neither is the middle order so what difference will it make ?
Deckchairs, titanics and all that.
That is not the case with Australia at the moment.
It seems as if no one will take the responsibility to haul the team out of the morass it is in.
Clarke bats at No 3 for a few tests
Is that worse than the way the batting is going at the moment ?
Is it going to weaken the middle order ?
In a sense it may be right to leave things the way they are, because the top order is not making runs and neither is the middle order so what difference will it make ?
Deckchairs, titanics and all that.
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A few guys aren't looking like making runs anywhere. The selectors need to do something about that before worrying about where to bat blokes in the order. Since they're clearly not going to, well, moving Clarke around won't solve the problem. Yes sometimes some blokes need a glass of HTFU in a team but in this situation, the elephant in the room is in blocking the fridge.
Bringing back Kat would be a mistake too, tbh. Whether he shouldn't have been dropped in the first place is immaterial to the fact he's not scoring enough runs to demand selection right now either. I'd be a bigger fan of keeping Khawaja in the set-up somehow, whether that be at 3 or to send him up to open and tell him to reign in his shots a bit.
Bringing back Kat would be a mistake too, tbh. Whether he shouldn't have been dropped in the first place is immaterial to the fact he's not scoring enough runs to demand selection right now either. I'd be a bigger fan of keeping Khawaja in the set-up somehow, whether that be at 3 or to send him up to open and tell him to reign in his shots a bit.
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Athlai
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What team was ranked lower than 8th pray tell?
Athlai
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Is 8 lower than 8?
BoyBrumby
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Coupla tons for the year, hasn't he?
I agree it'd be illogical given what's gone before, but there again it made similarly little sense ditching him in the first place. As it was a Hildick move, recalling the hirsute cackhander could be a way for Invers to mark his regime out as a new one.
Right here and now I'd back Kateesh to score more than Khawaja.
I think the implication is that Oz would do worse without Punter & Huss and, as NZ are ranked 8th and have just lost to them, they'd have to have lost to a team ranked lower to have done worse. Not that NZ are ranked lower themselves.
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Not against the strongest attacks but, well, runz iz runz, I guess. Probably wouldn't be the disaster I'm making it sound like but as a medium-term move, I'm not a fan.
That said, if there's one bloke who won't be terribly affected by having been ****ed by the selectors and could put his best foot forward straight away, it's Katich.
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He's putting the hypothesis that the rationale for keeping Ponting and Hussey is we may otherwise lose to a team even lower.
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When are they announcing the Aussie squad?
Does bold bother anyone else a lot? Don't see green tops being prepared for the India series and the thought of any mitch bowling to india on roads makes me nervous.
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