Australian Domestic Season 2018/19

[Gnske]

Finch
Khawaja
Marsh
Head
Wade
Marsh
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Richardson

Now I'd pay a dollar for this team

 

[Dan]

finch
khawaja
marsh
bosisto
wade
marsh
paine
cummins
starc
lyon
richardson

now i'd pay a dollar for this team

ftfy

 

[Burgey]

Finch
Khawaja
Marsh
Head
Wade
Marsh
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Richardson

Now I'd pay a dollar for this team

Hughes
Larkin
Khawaja
Darsh
Finch
Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Haze

Has the benefit of one Victorian which is when the side performs best, and Hughes and Larkin have come good at the right time.

Starc on notice. Do something, ****. Tremain could come in for him. One Victorian is ok, but certainly no more, so Finch goes and Head or Henriques come in.

 

[Burgey]

Friend of ours is doing voice overs for the WBBL at CA today. Have asked her to inquire as to why they keep picking the Marsh brothers. Will let you know if I hear anything.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hughes
Larkin
Khawaja
Darsh
Finch
Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Haze

Has the benefit of one Victorian which is when the side performs best, and Hughes and Larkin have come good at the right time.

Starc on notice. Do something, ****. Tremain could come in for him. One Victorian is ok, but certainly no more, so Finch goes and Head or Henriques come in.

Tremain is from dubbo. We don't breed that sort of scum down here.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah but he's been in Victoria for a while so he will have learned a lot of shitbag habits from your lot.

 

[Burgey]

Vics 2/60 odd. Peter using his hands to comb rather than bat again today.

 

[stephen]

Bird to take an 8fer giving him man of the match with his 50 and a ten wicket haul.

 

[stephen]

Honestly Wade has been very good with the bat this year in all formats. He should be our number one ODI wicket keeper and could probably do a job as specialist batsman in the test side.

 

[the big bambino]

He bowls a bit too. My swap him for Handscomb in my allrounder xi.

 

[TheJediBrah]

He bowls a bit too. My swap him for Handscomb in my allrounder xi.

He doesn't really though. It's a bit of a meme just because the novelty of a keeper bowling but tbh his bowling is barely part-time standard.

 

[Gnske]

Tell that to Thilan Samaraweera. The guy looked so uncomfortable and ready to get out in that one over.

 

[Burgey]

He was a victim of black magic iirc.

CA just confirmed the bans on Smith, Warner and Bancroft are not being lifted or reduced.

 

[the big bambino]

They've folded before.

 

[Gnske]

CA maintains that both the length and nature of the sanctions remain an appropriate response in light of the considerable impact on the reputation of Australian cricket, here and abroad.

It still boils down to this huh.

But whatever fine. I still maintain the first test will see the cries rain down for their return.

 

[the big bambino]

You maintain the reputation of Australian cricket by so weakening the team it loses 4 blot to a side its never lost to at home before.

Well done them.

 

[TheJediBrah]

CA maintains that both the length and nature of the sanctions remain an appropriate response in light of the considerable impact on the reputation of Australian cricket, here and abroad.

So ironic, given that in actual fact it's "the length and nature of the sanctions" themselves which have caused "considerable impact on the reputation of Australian cricket, here and abroad" rather than the actual "crimes".

Had they just treated it like every other country, Smith and Bancroft banned for a game, everyone would have forgotten about it in a few weeks. CA makes a big deal out of it, bans them for a year and hence hammers into the minds of every casual fan worldwide that these guys are the worst cheats in the history of cricket, ruining their careers and potentially their lives.

Well done CA, but no, it's not your fault. The bans were appropriate right? Just lol

 

[Burgey]

You maintain the reputation of Australian cricket by so weakening the team it loses 4 blot to a side its never lost to at home before.

Well done them.

Australia will still beat India here mate. It'll just be a bit closer than the pizzling it otherwise would have been.

 

[Crazy Sam]

You maintain the reputation of Australian cricket by so weakening the team it loses 4 blot to a side its never lost to at home before.

If Australia don't have more than two batsmen capable of performing consistently, they don't deserve anything.

 

[Gnske]

I will say this, cancelling the bans would have been weird given this whole process was just a knee-jerk to the review. Which as interesting as the review was, it was still a giant '**** you' letter to CA. And I hate to say it, but the cynic in me says it was done that way to take the onus off lower levels of administration and the players themselves.