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*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

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mr_mister said:
Even the commentators have addressed Starcs poor form with the ball
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It’s not not a problem. It’s that there are much bigger problems. The bowling unit kept the form batsman in the world quiet and India to 250 on day 1. Fact. The batting unit lost their 4th wicket prior to getting past 100 in both digs. Fact. The bottom 4 outscored the top 7 in the second dig. Fact.

No team who bats that badly deserves to win a Test.
 
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Top_Cat said:
It’s not not a problem. It’s that there are much bigger problems. The bowling unit kept the form batsman in the world quiet and India to 250 on day 1. Fact. The batting unit lost their 4th wicket prior to getting past 100 in both digs. Fact. The bottom 4 outscored the top 7 in the second dig. Fact.

No team who bats that badly deserves to win a Test.
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Of course the batsmen lost the Test, but that doesn't mean that underperforming bowlers are exempt from criticism
 
GoodAreasShane

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While Starc was below his best, calling for him to be dropped for this is kneejerk thinking of the worst kind. Should definitely still play in Perth barring any injury worries.
 
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just read that Paine's captaincy record of 4 Tests without a win is the worst by a new Aussie captain in 90 years. It also said if he was to lose in Perth it will be the worst record in Aussie history.

Well done CA, I hope you are happy with the result of the stupid length of the bans
 
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If Finch opens in Perth, Khawaja will be batting in the first or second over so might as well have him open.

Harris
Khawaja
Handscomb
Smarsh
Finch
Head
 
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Putting it out there that Moises Henriques will get a test match before the summer is out.
 
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GoodAreasShane said:
While Starc was below his best, calling for him to be dropped for this is kneejerk thinking of the worst kind. Should definitely still play in Perth barring any injury worries.
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No it's not. He's been ordinary for a long time in Tests, and personally I was seriously questioning his place prior to this series even starting. It's not a kneejerk reaction.
 
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TheJediBrah said:
No it's not. He's been ordinary for a long time in Tests, and personally I was seriously questioning his place prior to this series even starting. It's not a kneejerk reaction.
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Do you honestly think there is anyone currently available who could do a consistently better job as a strike bowler? Because I seriously doubt that.
 
stephen

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Yeah Starc has been below his best but he's still been picking up wickets regularly. I think Starc is being made to look worse than he actually is because Hazlewood and Cummins are doing such an excellent job.

Starc also has the habit of picking up wickets regardless of his consistency or the pitch conditions, which is a valuable skill.

If our batting was even remotely up to scratch we'd not really notice Starc's bowling much. He's a valuable part of the 4 man attack we gave at the moment and people who don't realise that frankly don't know a huge amount about bowling.
 
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