Australian test selection thread 2015/16

[weldone]

Who is Bancroft?

 

[Spikey]

a guy not touring Bangladesh or Sri Lanka

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

What I have been reading is that DFAT put out alerts not only in Bangladesh but also the same in some other countries like Malaysia. It would have been dumb not to send Australian security personals to visit BD. They had meetings with top security forces and interior ministers from BD. They said they will provide presidential security and also ready to provide further more security which no team received in past history in BD. Now the occurence of yesterday with the Italian national likely to set things back even further. As a living citizen here, I can tell only what I can observe. Situation is stable for living in a sense we don't have any fear of something happening to us while out in the streets. But these terrorist groups work in very different way which is unknown. Maybe Australian agencies have in depth information and they don't feel right for their team to tour. Understandable. I think it's for the best interest that the tour not to proceed under these circumstances.

 

[honestbharani]

The tour is not called off yet right? Why all the vitriol then? IMO there is nothing wrong when security agencies have put up such warnings and your government and board want to be extra sure that security arrangements are good enough and situation is normal enough before they send the team out.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

The tour is not called off yet right? Why all the vitriol then? IMO there is nothing wrong when security agencies have put up such warnings and your government and board want to be extra sure that security arrangements are good enough and situation is normal enough before they send the team out.

Very high chance for getting cancelled from all accounts

 

[Niall]

Very high chance for getting cancelled from all accounts

Banglawash avoided for Australia

 

[weldone]

Bancroft not internationally-recognisable tbf

Ya confirmed

I know Mycroft (brother of Sherlock Holmes) - but Bancroft is the name I'm hearing for the first time

 

[NUFAN]

Ya confirmed

I know Mycroft (brother of Sherlock Holmes) - but Bancroft is the name I'm hearing for the first time

Good question. Have a read of the Australian test selection 2015/2016 thread for more talk on Bancroft.

 

[the big bambino]

Nah you gotta call a **** a **** when he's acting like a ****.

Well done. Had to be said.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nah, the decision to not play in SL in 1996 was a dog act, when most other teams played there. Same with the current Bangladesh scenario, where Pakistan, India and SA have recently played. Is Australia trying to say security concerns are in third-world countries like Bangladesh and SL only, and not in their own?

I'm not sure if you're just incredibly ignorant or deliberately being a ****

The security situation in Bangladesh is unrecognisable to how it was a week ago let alone when the recent tours occurred.

And your jealous whinging is getting embarrassing as well tbh.

 

[social]

I'm not sure if you're just incredibly ignorant or deliberately being a ****

The security situation in Bangladesh is unrecognisable to how it was a week ago let alone when the recent tours occurred.

And your jealous whinging is getting embarrassing as well tbh.

Disagree

The ISIS terrorists would never have murdered the Italian in Dhaka this morning if he was a cricket fan

 

[hendrix]

Were they really isis terrorists or is that just the most infamous group to lump them with? strange for isis to be operative outside of the Levant. They're quite different from al qaeda et al.

 

[Gnske]

Regardless its all looking pear shaped, the squad is apparently all back with the Matador Cup teams.

 

[Burgey]

Nah, the decision to not play in SL in 1996 was a dog act, when most other teams played there. Same with the current Bangladesh scenario, where Pakistan, India and SA have recently played. Is Australia trying to say security concerns are in third-world countries like Bangladesh and SL only, and not in their own?

I think you'd find if there was a credible terrorist threat in Australia that the government would not hesitate to postpone any sporting event.

I remember having all these discussions on here a few years ago about the Australian team being cowardly for not touring certain countries. Then SL toured Pakistan and for some reason the discussion seemed to fade away....

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Many bringing Pakistan discussion in forums and comments but overall situation in Bangladesh is no where close to Pakistan. If a team does not feel safe, they have the right not to tour but I hope we are not being completely screwed from hosting games because that does not sit right. People need to remember we hosted two successive world cups (50/T20) in few years, Asia cups, NZ toured BD regularly in the last years, India, Pakistan and South Africa recently visited without a single fiasco.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Many bringing Pakistan discussion in forums and comments but overall situation in Bangladesh is no where close to Pakistan. If a team does not feel safe, they have the right not to tour but I hope we are not being completely screwed from hosting games because that does not sit right. People need to remember we hosted two successive world cups (50/T20) in few years, Asia cups, NZ toured BD regularly in the last years, India, Pakistan and South Africa recently visited without a single fiasco.

All well and good but completely irrelevant nonetheless

 

[Gnske]

Many bringing Pakistan discussion in forums and comments but overall situation in Bangladesh is no where close to Pakistan. If a team does not feel safe, they have the right not to tour but I hope we are not being completely screwed from hosting games because that does not sit right. People need to remember we hosted two successive world cups (50/T20) in few years, Asia cups, NZ toured BD regularly in the last years, India, Pakistan and South Africa recently visited without a single fiasco.

A lot has happened in that time since the T20 World Cup and the NZ tour though you have to admit. But let us suppose the ISIS claim to the killing of the Italian national is accurate for a moment. Lets presume any contacts in Bangladesh have brains also. The Australian team is 150% more juicy a goose to pick than attacking neutrals in SA, Pakistan and India, thus scaring us off at a later time.

I know Bangladesh is no Pakistan in regards to blatant risk, but if CA thinks there's a credible enough risk it shouldn't go ahead. Doesn't only put our team at risk but innocent Bangladeshis also. Cricket is just a game at the end of the day.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

All well and good but completely irrelevant nonetheless

Right0

 

[mr_mister]

i think this is all a conspiracy on the part of the tigers to protect haque's average

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

A lot has happened in that time since the T20 World Cup and the NZ tour though you have to admit. But let us suppose the ISIS claim to the killing of the Italian national is accurate for a moment. Lets presume any contacts in Bangladesh have brains also. The Australian team is 150% more juicy a goose to pick than attacking neutrals in SA, Pakistan and India, thus scaring us off at a later time.

I know Bangladesh is no Pakistan in regards to blatant risk, but if CA thinks there's a credible enough risk it shouldn't go ahead. Doesn't only put our team at risk but innocent Bangladeshis also. Cricket is just a game at the end of the day.

Yeah I completely agree. As I have said, any team not feeling safe has complete rights not to tour. In fact I think BCB also should not push any team although they don't have that much of a power but the point is no one can blame Australia for not touring. Just not right. But my fear is that this might become a chain reaction to the future tours like England is scheduled to come next year. Also my mentioning of successful events has to do with the fact that this can easily turnish the reputation as host which is being build through number of years. Overall it's disappointing. On the bright side, I hope this makes our government to take even more steps to remove all the threats from terrorists.