***Official*** Australia in England 2018

[Gnske]

Have you been watching ODIs in the last 3 years? FC specific skills are getting increasingly irrelevant for LO games.

This. In regards to batting, building an innings like you used to is just for morons now.

 

[Daemon]

This. In regards to batting, building an innings like you used to is just for morons now.

You still build an innings, but it's less bricklaying and more 3-D printing.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Nothing makes ABdV, Miller, Maxwell, Taylor, Guptill, Root, Morgan, Dhoni, Pandya, Sharma, Mathews, Brathwaite, et al squirm like a death bowler who bowls in the channel.

Stuff your Bumrahs, Malingas, Starcs, Mustafizurs and Faulkner (2015 and before), off stump at regular pace with 2 slips min and a gully is where its at in 50 overs.

 

[Daemon]

Nothing makes ABdV, Miller, Maxwell, Taylor, Guptill, Root, Morgan, Dhoni, Pandya, Sharma, Mathews, Brathwaite, et al squirm like a death bowler who bowls in the channel.

Stuff your Bumrahs, Malingas, Starcs, Mustafizurs and Faulkner (2015 and before), off stump at regular pace with 2 slips min and a gully is where its at in 50 overs.

I notice you left Buttler out..

 

[Mr Miyagi]

I notice you left Buttler out..

I also left out Stokes and Woakes, I didn't want to be accused of an Anglo-bias. But besides Shadab, I was really struggling outside India in the sub-continent, truth be known. There's Mahumudullah for Bangladesh, but who else?

 

[TheJediBrah]

That's Clint "My ODI hattrick is the trivia of dreams" McKay

Shares a nickname with Dan Christian

 

[Spikey]

That's Clint "My ODI hattrick is the trivia of dreams" McKay

McKay's hat-trick happened months after Daniel Christian made the achievement of taking an ODI hat-trick all but meaningless

 

[Bijed]

McKay and Christian dream of taking an ODI hat-trick as important and meaningful as Steven Finn's

 

[Borges]

This is going from bad to worse for Australia: Stanlake may not be available for the second ODI.
Stanlake in doubt for second England ODI | Cricbuzz.com

 

[Burgey]

Fortunately very few people in Australia will be watching this tonight.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'll check the scorecard tomorrow though. As long as they pick a sensible team balance I'll be happy tbh. The XI for the first game was idiotic.

 

[Daemon]

This is going from bad to worse for Australia: Stanlake may not be available for the second ODI.
Stanlake in doubt for second England ODI | Cricbuzz.com

I'd love to see a chart of some sort wrt injuries. Pretty sure Australian fast bowlers have been getting injured at twice the rate of those from other countries.

 

[Gnske]

At least it's not a stress fracture and just something stupid.

 

[Daemon]

I really don't understand how you can get a laceration from simply bowling. Something to do with his toenails?

 

[TheJediBrah]

If his feet are as interestingly shaped as the rest of him they probably don't fit regular shoes too well

 

[Prince EWS]

I'd love to see a chart of some sort wrt injuries.

Haha well yeah..

 

[Bijed]

Morgan out with a back spasm, Billings to replace him (Buttler to captain)

 

[fredfertang]

Fortunately very few people in Australia will be watching this tonight.

At least you have a glimmer of hope in the cricket

 

[Gnske]

I really don't understand how you can get a laceration from simply bowling. Something to do with his toenails?

Maybe, the guy was out of bowling for a bit because he had one ingrown last summer iirc.

 

[Starfighter]

Nice to see the twin Richardson attack.