**Official** Group A Discussion

[MW1304]

close call, Uvelocity has probably had better moments with image attachments though.

Its all he's got.

 

[dermo]

a rare jaffa from johnson

 

[Spikey]

hey guys just in case you're wondering i would have batted

 

[Scaly piscine]

why no starc? wtf is the point of doherty if we have to bowl them out for under 200

Agreed, the Australian bowling line-up on paper doesn't look aggressive enough to really knock Sri Lanka over cheaply.

 

[Maximas]

good little recovery from Sri Lanka, these 2 need to bat through to the 20th over at least.

 

[Zinzan]

Okay, just calculated if SL make 250 for Australia to overtake NZ's NRR of +0.777, they'll need to get them off in 29 overs (to finish with a NRR of +0.78). 29.1 overs would see them shy of NZ at +0.772

 

[Dan]

Starc dropped on the back of two poor performances, when he took 4/29 in the first warm-up. I don't follow the logic here, especially in a must-win-and-then-some game.

 

[Maximas]

SL making me very nervous with the running here...

 

[Prince EWS]

Starc dropped on the back of two poor performances, when he took 4/29 in the first warm-up. I don't follow the logic here, especially in a must-win-and-then-some game.

It's just straight up **** selection. Not even that debatable IMO. Would've been debatable if Australia just needed to win this game but given they basically need to bowl out the opposition for a low total then it's inexcusable to pick Doherty. Maybe they're working on the voodoo of Doherty for some reason always being good in ODIs against Sri Lanka.

 

[Spikey]

I certainly don't see the need for Doherty AND Maxwell, given any of Faulkner, MJ and Starc are capable of pinch-hitting at 7 in place of Maxwell (keeping in mind the plan is to be chasing 150 odd...) One of them should have been dropped. But Starc never should have been dropped anyway.

 

[Spark]

why bother taking wickets when you could bowl on leg stump

 

[Maximas]

Doherty actually turned the ball there if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Spikey]

Doherty actually turned the ball there if I'm not mistaken.

well yeah, he's bowling to sri lankans

 

[Zinzan]

It's just straight up **** selection. Not even that debatable IMO. Would've been debatable if Australia just needed to win this game but given they basically need to bowl out the opposition for a low total then it's inexcusable to pick Doherty. Maybe they're working on the voodoo of Doherty for some reason always being good in ODIs against Sri Lanka.

Agree, I can only think the selectors may have decided economy was more important than taking wickets, which is a Richardesque-type argument at best. Starc could have been a real handful if he clicked, especially bowling first.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

So let me get this straight:

If we win with a NRR above New Zealand, we're guaranteed a semi spot.
If we just win without making the NRR, we're gone, but NZ instead of Sri Lanka goes through.
If Sri Lanka win, they're through.

AFAIK.

 

[Zinzan]

Yup^

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Marsh needs another level of Super Saiyan to his bowling imo.

 

[NUFAN]

My hope to win and progress XI

1 WATSON
2 MAXWELL
3 HUGHES+
4 BAILEY
5 VOGES
6 MARSH
7 COULTER-NILE
8 JOHNSON
9 STARC
10 MCKAY
11 DOHERTY

 

[Spikey]

between the whole 'oh the warner thing was just a minor incident' and now bowling mitch marsh when he should probably be throwing the ball to MJ, I'm starting to have doubts over Bailey's captaincy

 

[vic_orthdox]

Haven't watched much of today's game yet, but from what I've seen of the tournament so far, surely you have to play Doherty? I mean, Maxwell bowls pies, and everything is turning. Starc comes in for someone else, or they feel that he's bowling pump at the moment.