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Group 1 (Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland)

Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Spikey said:
Well yeah. He's barely performed and the team is unbalanced and he also has a bowling role which he isn't good at either. This saves him but it's entirely reasonable to think he should be dropped. The discussion will turn to either Finch or David now, particularly with the bowling woes (ie drop David for Agar and bat Wade at 6)
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How had stoinis underperformed though? Before today he was averaging 25 with the bat and 24 with the ball in t20's since the start of 2022. If you take that back to the start of the WC he averages 31 (tbf bowling average goes to 30 aswell). Guy played multiple clutch inning's at the last WC, has performed fine since and yet everyone wants him gone. This sides issue is the bowling, not the middle order.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Nintendo said:
How had stoinis underperformed though? Before today he was averaging 25 with the bat and 24 with the ball in t20's since the start of 2022. If you take that back to the start of the WC he averages 31 (tbf bowling average goes to 30 aswell). Guy played multiple clutch inning's at the last WC, has performed fine since and yet everyone wants him gone. This sides issue is the bowling, not the middle order.
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This is only his second 50 for Aus in T20s. This was an excellent innings but you'd be kidding if you said it was the norm. No complaints if he does it more often ofc

Everyone knows he can do this, he burst onto the scene and became a semi-fixture because of this sort of innings (but three times as long). But he's flattered to deceive a lot, and hasn't always been a great starter which is the last thing you want for a middle overs power batsman.
 
TheJediBrah

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That was some hitting from Big Boinis. Reminder of what he can do, I didn't expect it. Looks leaner than I've seen him before too might even be sub 10% bodyfat.

As bad as Finch was have to respect his effort, can't be easy for him to be going through this. Wonder if there's a chance of him dropping himself mid tournament, looks fed up with it. Smith for Finch and Green for Cummins makes this side look a hell of a lot stronger all of a sudden.
 
anil1405

anil1405

International Captain
Magrat Garlick said:
Lowest score with 40+ balls faced by a Test nation player in T20Is

Craig Ervine 30 (42) Zimbabwe v India 2010
Vusi Sibanda 31 (42) Zimbabwe v Pakistan 2013
Arun Finch 31 (42) today
Tamim Iqbal 32 (44) Bangladesh in Australia 2007 World Cup
Salman Butt 33* (48) Pakistan v Zimbabwe 2008 Canada Quadrangular
Tillakaratne Dilshan 33* (49) Sri Lanka v New Zealand 2010 in Florida
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Also, only the third t20 innings where a team did not score a boundary (off the bat) in the powerplay of a T20I.
 
Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Spark said:
This is only his second 50 for Aus in T20s. This was an excellent innings but you'd be kidding if you said it was the norm. No complaints if he does it more often ofc

Everyone knows he can do this, he burst onto the scene and became a semi-fixture because of this sort of innings (but three times as long). But he's flattered to deceive a lot, and hasn't always been a great starter which is the last thing you want for a middle overs power batsman.
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Of course 59(18)* isn't the norm, thats not the point. Stoinis has been our best t20I middle order bat for ages, people can't seem to figure that out.
 
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