***Official*** Australia in England 2018

[Borges]

Great first over by Stanlake.

But this Neser is just gentle military medium.

 

[wpdavid]

Great first over by Stanlake.

But this Neser is just gentle military medium.

Still too good for Hales though.



And Stanlake is pretty sharp, isn't he.

 

[91Jmay]

Aussies in the game here. Another one of these two and it’s interesting

 

[Borges]

And Stanlake is pretty sharp, isn't he.

Yup. Quite different what he was in the IPL (which is where I'd seen him earlier).

 

[trundler]

Ponting rates Stanlake very highly.

'Stanlake could be one of the all-time great fast bowlers' - Ponting - ESPNcricinfo

 

[srbhkshk]

Perfection from Root.

 

[Borges]

Looks as if David Willey is going to end up as the hero.

 

[Bijed]

Phew, got there despite sticking pretty firmly to the textbook of how to mess up a small chase. Credit to Willey at the end there, never really done it with the bat for England but he kept his head today. Cricinfo also informs me that Stuart Broad was commentating - what was he like?

 

[marc71178]

No Adders, I don't want to kill this forum. I want to make it thrive.

I'll tell you one way it would thrive - if you ****ed off and didn't come back.

Since you've just stated that you want to make it thrive, I recommend that is what you do.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Did the crims lose again?

Loved the sandpaper thing, great laugh. Wish I had seen some of it.

 

[fredfertang]

Are Australia due to play Scotland at all?

 

[TheJediBrah]

**** I hope this isn't the team Aus play in the actual ODIs. Paine at 6 and Agar at 7? Maxwell at 4? they are at least a batsman short

And it was. So ****ing dumb. I know they don't exactly have the cream of the crop to select from but at least put forward the best team you can.

You don't need 5 specialist bowlers ffs when you've got Stoinis and Maxwell batting in the top order. Short better play ahead of one of the bowlers next game.

 

[straw man]

Surprising amount of interest in the first match of this series seeing 20 pages* of new posts overnight. Oh wait, 15 pages of bickering and sniping and your face before the match even started followed by five pages that occasionally mentioned the cricket . Sad I missed it.

* not 40-page master-race, you can f off

 

[stephen]

I don't think Australia need wholesale changes before the next match. This is my XI:

Finch (c)
Head (7)
Marsh
Stoinis (6)
Maxwell (5)
Agar (4)
Carey (wk) (vc)
Tye (3)
Richardson (2)
Stanlake (1)

There are enough part timers yup get through the 10 overs and Agar should be expected to get through most of 10 as the 4th bowler.

Paine is not a modern ODI keeper. Finch can captain. Head and Marsh are warming the bench until our two batsmen return.

 

[Burgey]

They won’t drop the skipper.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Best thing out of this match was Darren Lehmann of all people getting morally outraged at some lame sandpaper jokes outside the ground.

 

[Gnske]

Some lame Aus journo said on twitter that it was "so hard" to walk through the sandpaper outside the ground.

Classic, so brave.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't think Australia need wholesale changes before the next match. This is my XI:

Finch (c)
Head (7)
Marsh
Stoinis (6)
Maxwell (5)
Agar (4)
Carey (wk) (vc)
Tye (3)
Richardson (2)
Stanlake (1)

There are enough part timers yup get through the 10 overs and Agar should be expected to get through most of 10 as the 4th bowler.

Paine is not a modern ODI keeper. Finch can captain. Head and Marsh are warming the bench until our two batsmen return.

They won’t drop the skipper.

They'll probably want 11 players too

 

[Burgey]

What sort of wheels did Stanlake hit?

 

[social]

There are times when watching a short-handed team play can be interesting as you get a look at some players of the future

This is not one of those times for me

Guys like Tye, Neser, Head, Kane Richardson and even Paine are solid pros but that's about it

IMO, it's like putting a band-aid on a broken leg - won't achieve much

I'd much prefer to go full experimental and play guys with real long term potential like Carey, Renshaw, Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Tremain, Doran, etc as chances are that we'll be beaten anyway