***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[morgieb]

The Daily Telegraph is such a junk newspaper. Not surprised it would be scaremongering.

 

[anil1405]

BCCI will buy every seat in the ground

https://www.thequint.com/cricket/2017/03/10/bcci-bankrupt-ipl-india-cricket

 

[centurymaker]

If Cummins gets selected and then plays in the next match, there is a good chance he'll break down right in the middle of it

 

[cnerd123]

He has been an awesome player for my team in the Stick Cricket Super League. Get him in, FFS.

Just downloaded this game

Suck it Daemon

 

[Furball]

I think you don't understand that in Australia the pitches are not man made. They come down from the high heavens and are thus unsullied by human hands.

Well most of them are drop ins, so...

 

[Tangles]

Patto and Cummins should not be considered IMO. Chad is the best credentialed replacement but I like the idea of Dorf to give some variety to Haze, Bird, Chad. Hohns will announce someone wierd like Stanlake given the Stoinis selection.

 

[Gob]

Patto and Cummins should not be considered IMO. Chad is the best credentialed replacement but I like the idea of Dorf to give some variety to Haze, Bird, Chad. Hohns will announce someone wierd like Stanlake given the Stoinis selection.

Should not be considered why exactly? If other options are better? Sure. Otherwise no. There's no point of waiting till either play a full season and take 50 wickets thats not happening. Those two are the closest it gets to Starc in terms of potential and this is a huge series and there isn't another for some time afterwards. Send them both

 

[cnerd123]

Just downloaded this game

Suck it Daemon

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Beat that sorry lot by an even bigger margin in the finals

 

[Tangles]

Should not be considered why exactly? If other options are better? Sure. Otherwise no. There's no point of waiting till either play a full season and take 50 wickets thats not happening. Those two are the closest it gets to Starc in terms of potential and this is a huge series and there isn't another for some time afterwards. Send them both

Patto still on the comeback trail and asked for some time iirc. Cummins just played his first shield game for 6 years. You don't rate Chad or Dorf?

 

[honestbharani]

Get in Henriques AND Faulkner and hedge your bets stacking your batting. The bowlers, or at least the seamers, are only there to give a break to the spinners anyways, esp. in Ranchi. Use Haze in short sharp bursts, get Henriques and Faulkner in the side to bowl dry when the spinners tire and you have decent batters all the way to #9 too.

 

[54321]

I think the only was to solve the DRS issue is to have a green and red light attached to every seat in the stadium, along with buttons to press to light each one up. When there's an appeal, everyone at the ground has 30 seconds to choose whether or not a team should review (obviously green = yes; red = no). When the results come in, the players on the field have another 10 seconds to decide whether to accept the majority decision, phone a friend watching at home, or have one of the options taken away in a 50/50.

Imagine that in an exhibition T20 match

I don't follow Aussie domestic cricket, but isn't Cummins only JUST returning to first class cricket? it would be a big short term vs long term risk if they brought him in, and he gets injured again.

 

[Tangles]

Imagine that in an exhibition T20 match

I don't follow Aussie domestic cricket, but isn't Cummins only JUST returning to first class cricket? it would be a big short term vs long term risk if they brought him in, and he gets injured again.

Just took 8 in his first Shield game for 6 years. Has played the shorter versions a bit but the workload of a test in India is a concern. Id rather have him fit and ready for the Ashes. Probably won't happen but we all need dreams.

 

[Shri]

Get in Henriques AND Faulkner and hedge your bets stacking your batting. The bowlers, or at least the seamers, are only there to give a break to the spinners anyways, esp. in Ranchi. Use Haze in short sharp bursts, get Henriques and Faulkner in the side to bowl dry when the spinners tire and you have decent batters all the way to #9 too.

Eng just tried that and lost every time with Woakes, Stokes etc

 

[Daemon]

Eng just tried that and lost every time with Woakes, Stokes etc

Yeah it's not a good idea at all imo. Stacked batting rarely means much in batting unfriendly/unfamiliar conditions. Other than Starc have a look how the 'can bat' guys have gone. Jadeja, Ashwin, MMarsh, Saha, Wade...Kohli

 

[honestbharani]

Not a good idea if the wicket is a turner but I expect the typical low slow Ranchi wicket. Its a good idea from both bowling and batting PoV in that case.

 

[Gob]

Nah get a proper bowler in. Pattinson starting to look the front runner now

 

[honestbharani]

Eng just tried that and lost every time with Woakes, Stokes etc

But Oz has better spinners. Hence worth a try.

 

[Gob]

No thanks

 

[cricmad]

Just took 8 in his first Shield game for 6 years. Has played the shorter versions a bit but the workload of a test in India is a concern. Id rather have him fit and ready for the Ashes. Probably won't happen but we all need dreams.

Wow, didn't think he was gone that long! I I thought he had been out for 2-3 years. These damn injuries! I hope to see at-least one match with Starc, Hazelwood, Cummins and Pattinson in the side.

 

[Gob]

Wow, didn't think he was gone that long! I I thought he had been out for 2-3 years. These damn injuries! I hope to see at-least one match with Starc, Hazelwood, Cummins and Pattinson in the side.

That can't happen with nicceeeee garrrryyyyyy. Maybe Perth