vic_orthdox
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No players between the shield finalists.
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*Official* Australia in Sri Lanka 2016
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honestbharani
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Y no Zampa ?? S he not good in FC?
Nope.
vic_orthdox
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Stock ball not threatening enough yet. A bit like a Narine, in that well suited to getting wickets in limited formats where the batsman has to come at you, with variations to keep them worried.
Cribb and I have discussed this previously, but I reckon Jon Holland would be a pretty good call for a third spinner in SL. Obviously with Lyon/O'Keefe so far ahead of him it doesn't matter, but Holland would IMO be the guy in Australia who would benefit most from friendlier decks, giving him the ability to threaten both edges far more than he usually does. If SoK splits his webbing again, I'd back Lyon/Holland to form a Swann/Panesar India 2012-like attack.
Squad is more-or-less as expected, though I might have considered Stoinis ahead of Henriques. Given they're wanting the additional bowling workload on the #6 though, I can see the logic of Henriques as the MMarsh back-up. Also thought Bird might have been horses-for-courses'd, and realistically he would have been if Siddle/Patto hadn't both broken down.
Squad is more-or-less as expected, though I might have considered Stoinis ahead of Henriques. Given they're wanting the additional bowling workload on the #6 though, I can see the logic of Henriques as the MMarsh back-up. Also thought Bird might have been horses-for-courses'd, and realistically he would have been if Siddle/Patto hadn't both broken down.
Interested to hear your take on it, but I'm still somewhat surprised by Zampa's success in the IPL and whatnot. His variations seem very easy to read.
Shady Slim
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big fan of henriques, have advocated for him over mmarsh before and this is his chance to claim that spot
mmarsh is actually a pretty good bowler for mine but with the bat he sticks around for less than chris gayle would to a female journalist after making a ***ist remark
mmarsh is actually a pretty good bowler for mine but with the bat he sticks around for less than chris gayle would to a female journalist after making a ***ist remark
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
One of the comments that annoyed me the most was that Marsh was picked as he has the ability to bat from 1 to 6. I don't think that young guys, particularly those who have shown that they can change gears (I'm thinking Stoinis and Head here) should be disadvantaged because they are rated at their state and often bat at say 3 and 4.
This is disappointing. There is definitely a state or two (nah.. just one state) that seems to get a few extra players on overseas tours whenever they win the Shield. If either of the two I mentioned earlier or say Handscomb made the tour, I would have liked it. Even Boland over Coulter-Nile would make some sense.
Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
awta Henriques is a lot sounder batsman who makes better decisions, but MMarsh is the better bowler. That said, I'd be keen to keep playing MMarsh in all conditions because I think his batting has big upside that'll come with experience.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
That will be hard to confirm but you wouldn't expect it to happen often. Just recently Siddle makes most tours and before that you'd see squad that included Warne, Gillespie, Lehmann, Blewett, Elliott, Reiffel etc. Before that Jones and Hughes were there. I was trying to think of a tour that Warne missed like in the 1996 tour of India, but McIntyre played then.
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Going to be a fascinating series, Australia usually suck on tour so it gives SL a good chance but they look so bad they should get beaten easily. Could be a hard series to watch in terms of quality cricket but if SL produce a turning track and raise their game and Australia play like they usually do in Asia then it could actually be a tight series. Good they got 3 tests too.
Burgey
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Happy birthday, FJ.
Should be an interesting series. I expect Lyon to bowl well over there, assuming they don't do the usual first test thing and dump him for a 15 year old leggie who turned a couple square at a school holiday coaching clinic in front of Rod Marsh.
Should be an interesting series. I expect Lyon to bowl well over there, assuming they don't do the usual first test thing and dump him for a 15 year old leggie who turned a couple square at a school holiday coaching clinic in front of Rod Marsh.
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It was also an absolute dustbowl where everything turned square, not quite as bad as the one where Clarke took 6/9 but still hardly even conditions
Spark
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It was a much better Test to watch than the next two, though.
TheJediBrah
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iirc Sri Lanka were in with a chance of winning one of them if it weren't for Mathews taking a ridiculous amount of time to bring up a century
