Burgey
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Apart from the 2015 WC final, where he made a run a ball 45 chasing a paltry NZ total in which Williamson made 12(33).
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*Official* IPL 2021
- Thread starter Noumenon
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'If I make a post about Australia's failure to make finals, that will draw my old mate Burgey out. Haven't heard from him in a while.' Bang.
I know, I was there. I was in the beer queue, having not sat down yet before we went 1-down.
But since then, not much to speak of for the canary yellows.
Heboric
International Debutant
Also these two :
RCB's Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa leave IPL to return home to Australia
Rajasthan Royals' Andrew Tye was the first Australian to leave the IPL, on Sunday
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Yeah, I think the bubbles held in the two venues but now that teams have to travel, not surprising some are getting jittery. Can only hope the bubble holds strong, lets see.
karan_fromthestands
State Captain
I was sure Delhi would win as soon as Warner walked out to bat. Bairstow and Williamson would have been a better choice. Warner on that wicket was going to be a disaster.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
God Kohli is such a rubbish on-field captain. To be wasting a talent like Sundar by bowling him only 2 economical overs and batting him at 3 is just extraordinary. Batting AB at 5 might have worked so far as he's so good in any position and can hit 4s/6s at will, but long-term I think this is overly-funky and counterproductive
On AB I like him at 4 but don't mind him at 5 too much in this setup, however whilst I think Sundar higher up was worth a go it hasn't really worked the 2 times its been tried. This might be controversial but put Kohli at 3 and open with Azharudeen and Paddikkal. Don't know much about Azharudeen but sounds like he's a solid option who can get us off to brisk starts if not win games for us on his own. I also slightly worry for AB's back if he is keeping throughout the season, Azharudeen has 8 stumpings in 22 FC games so that would suggest he's a capable keeper. Also improves our outfielding massively if you have AB patrolling the ropes in the latter overs.
Then go with a lineup of: Azharudeen (wk), Paddikal, Kohli, Maxwell, de Villiers, Christian, Sundar, Jamieson, Harshal, Siraj, Chahal
Gives us 5 out and out bowling options and Christian has bowled in each of his 3 appearances for RCB so far so if we are going to bowl him when we have 8 bowling options it suggests we probably have one spin option too many. Maxwell very capable of bowling a couple overs on slower surfaces too if need be. Think if you are going to have AB at 5 you should have both openers play with freedom but at times feels like Kohli still wants to be that anchor. If he isn't going to maximise the powerplay I'd prefer someone else try to and Kohli can still strike at 128 as he has been doing so far this season from number 3.
ideal situation for me is De Villiers comes in at around 11 overs mark - a time that maximises his chances of batting at the death but also gives him time where he doesn't have to go for big shots from ball 1. at 11 overs that is 54 balls remaining, if de Villiers bats out the remaining overs he will end up taking over half the remaining balls at 32/33 balls most often. With him at 5 you might sometimes get him coming in later but as long as the team are flourishing that's 'fine' I guess - the top 4 can play with more freedom when you've got AB at 5 so if they aren't losing too many wickets you'd hope they are scoring pretty quickly and thus being less reliant on AB which wouldn't be a bad thing!
Not many can do what de Villiers can in the back end of an innings whereas I think you've got more players who can do what de Villiers tends to do in the early/middle overs - Ishan, Suryakumar, Samson, Pant, Rahul (until last couple years)
Burgey
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They probably take some consolation from living rent free in your head though
Burgey
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That’s a matter for them isn’t it? Maybe they don’t feel comfortable being part of a lot of fireworks and Fanfare when things are going so badly. It’s an individual thing. Cummins has gone the other way and said he’ll stay, and donated a lot of money to one of the certifies, apparently
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
I've read that the particular charity he's given it are "questionable", to put it lightly. Cat confirm anything but can only hope it goes to a ggood cause.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Love Cummins. Too good to be an Aussie ?
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Kudos to Cummins. Other players should take this as an example.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
****in Rahul with his constipated face and even more constipated batting.
Dhawan has to be 1st choice opener with rohit at 20 20 world cup
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Yeah definitely, think he's discovered a second wind in T20s.