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Lol imagine if there was an Ashes on the line and they were thinking about the "WTC", whatever the **** that is.
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1st Test at Brisbane, 8th-12th of December 2021
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wpdavid
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The 90s sides had more going for them than this lot.
Fuller Pilch
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Most important prize in cricket buddy
mr_mister
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It's gonna take a while for people to care.
thierry henry
International Coach
Yeah what could be a more glorious achievement than beating England every 5 minutes.
thierry henry
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I mean we do it too but we have the self-respect to know it doesn’t mean anything on account of they’re English people, playing sports
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Collectively, perhaps, but this XI has two world class players, and a quick who could be world class in time (Robinson). The 90s sides had nobody close to Root or Stokes. Thorpe the closest I’d say?
Had we played Anderson or Broad I’d vehemently disagree with you but the fact we’ve left them out makes it debatable I guess.
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My first thought was that wpdavid is overreacting, so I picked out a random 90s XI and chose the '99 Boxing Day test, which they won. It's closer than I thought.
Atherton
Stewart
Butcher
Hussain
Ramprakash
Hick
Hegg
Headley
Gough
Fraser
Mullally
You're right that they have no batsmen within a million miles off Root and Stokes, but none of them are as bad as Malan or Hameed either. Hard to know what to make of the bowling, kind of comparing unknown quantities to known mediocrities. I'd take today's attack, but only because I really rate Robinson, and he's only played a few tests so I could be completely wrong about him.
Pup Clarke
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Gough/Wood and Fraser/Robinson very similar in their MO. Not comparing their respective careers but more the style of bowlers they are.
Not sure about Fraser's record in Australia, but tall 'over the top' bowlers have had plenty of success over the years. Robinson looks extremely good and is very skillful
Not sure about Fraser's record in Australia, but tall 'over the top' bowlers have had plenty of success over the years. Robinson looks extremely good and is very skillful
Son Of Coco
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We've had storms here in Brisbane since 7pm. Another one ripping through now with heavy rain. We're about 30 mins north of the Gabba, but if they're getting the same rain we are, it might be a little damp underfoot tomorrow morning.
The thunder is ****ing loud! Joe Root would be scissoring his pillow as I type.
The thunder is ****ing loud! Joe Root would be scissoring his pillow as I type.
Croadymeister
U19 Cricketer
We are already on the way down and won't be changing until someone starts caring about test cricket again
This commentary is worse than when Bangladesh plays Pakistan...
TimAngas
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Don't think Head will end up averaging 45+. He's far too loose outside the off stump, but will be worth his place in the team for the momentum changing counter-punch innings he's made a career out of for South Australia. Funny that the weakness of my team has probably played some part in fashioning the Head we saw yesterday. The number of time's he's in 3-down for nothing for SA with no batting behind him basically forces his hand in Shield matches.
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We are toast. 5-0 incoming.