***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

[Spark]

the **** happened to this thread

 

[Blocky]

Cricket discussion... are you moderators still against cricket discussion happening in threads?

 

[Victor Ian]

the **** happened to this thread

rain

 

[vicleggie]

Honestly why would anyone choose to live in Hobart. Approaching summer and such weather.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So if we were to start looking for a different coach to Boof who do we think the candidates would be? Gillespie?

Obvious choice. He won a couple of titles and missed another by having half his team playing for England all summer. Great at bringing on young players and giving them confidence to express themselves.

 

[Top_Cat]

Except Gillespie won't do it. Publicly, it's the old family man stuff but privately he doesn't want the job.

 

[SeamUp]

Is the talk of Shane Warne for T20s ?

I suppose they could go Langer or Siddons if Gillespie doesn't want it.

In South Africa we also in the same situation. Lots of newbie coaches and you think to yourself how good are they actually & can they become any good.

 

[SeamUp]

Chappell is not wrong : Ian Chappell: Australia's system is broken | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Spikey]

time to get Chandika back from Bangladesh

 

[SeamUp]

Dale has had successful surgery.

Leave him till next home summer or do you think if it is 6 months there is a slight chance of England ?

Steyn undergoes successful shoulder surgery - SuperSport - Cricket

 

[SeamUp]

Aussie Press quotes

"Cape Town, Birmingham, Nottingham, Galle, and now Hobart. Like falling cities in a losing war, the scenes of Australia's cricket disasters have come to our doorstep," said Malcolm Knox

"The geography of decline presents a case that cannot be denied. In Australia's case, the team failures have become frequent enough to suggest that the decline is irreversible."

Another Fairfax columnist Greg Baum said it was the fifth time in the past six years that Australia had been bowled out for fewer than 100.

"The rout was all too predictable. Some batsmen were helpless, some were hapless, one, the first (David Warner), was reckless," he said.

The Australian newspaper warned fretful Aussie cricket fans of the challenges an Ashes tour in England pose for their suspect batsmen.

"The next away Ashes hardly bears contemplating. Today (Saturday) at Bellerive was as close as you can get to English conditions," Andrew Faulkner said.

"Australia failed just as they did when confronted with the swinging ball last year."

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation illuminated the confusion inside the national cricket team, from selectors to coaches to the players.

"Right now, confusion reigns in Australian cricket. On Saturday it was just another innings falling apart, a sight now so familiar as to seem standard," the ABC said.

"Confusion is not a problem confined to just the field. Decisions are taken hastily, inconsistently. Flawed reasoning underpins them. A clear thought process is rarely evident."

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

time to get Chandika back from Bangladesh

 

[TheJediBrah]

Over-dramatisation is the job. Writers gonna write.

 

[Crazy Sam]

Smith's not to blame for the batting collapses. He was looking solid yesterday, just needed someone to go with him. He's also not to blame for the consistent, ridiculous injury toll of our top pace bowlers.

We used to have a group of batsmen who would play county cricket every season. I'm thinking guys like Hussey, Lehmann, Symonds and more recently Rogers. I've always thought that their wealth of county cricket experience helped those guys a lot once they eventually made it into the test side. How many of our young batsmen still do this? There is a group of young/ish batsmen - Khawaja, Burns, K Patterson, J Lehmann, Lynn - who are averaging 40+ and they need to keep being given opportunities to play in away/unusual conditions as often as possible.

 

[CricAddict]

I am a stat lover yes but was there any other team which had their top 4 pacers averaging under 26 like SA have now? It is really good.

 

[MW1304]

I am a stat lover yes but was there any other team which had their top 4 pacers averaging under 26 like SA have now? It is really good.

Probably several different West Indies sides.

 

[Gnske]

Aussie Press quotes

Now if they wrote a measured response these would instead be good responses to our crisis

 

[SeamUp]

Over-dramatisation is the job. Writers gonna write.

Now if they wrote a measured response these would instead be good responses to our crisis

I guess we can say, at least they passionate and care. Deserves a laugh compared to Geoff Lawson deciding his article will be targeting Wessels and Graeme Smith

I reckon Ian Chappell's views were spot on and a bit less dramatised.

I was just thinking the other day : The selectors are picking bowlers if they can bat (Mennie > Bird) but yet thought Moises Henriques is a number 5 test bat BONKERS !

 

[Furball]

Nah you don't get it mate. Burgey can go on his racially charged rants about the subcontinent because he is one of the gang. Splurging threads with **** memes and inside jokes is also quality posting as long as it comes from the correct posters.

The people who moan about the standard of posting are generally **** posters themselves. It is pure projection.

I did chuckle at 3 of CW's shittest ****s liking this post.

 

[91Jmay]

I didn't see your like on there so that can't be correct