*Official* Australia vs West Indies - Frank Worrell Trophy 2022

[TheJediBrah]

Tbf it still seems like he came up with it. But yeah if CA not just knew, endorsed and told Warner to go ahead with that whole thing, then that gives the subsequent punishments a rather different complexion...

There's no way Warner wouldn't have come out with this at the time of the bans if there's any truth to it. Pathetic attempt at passing blame

 

[mr_mister]

This Mindley bloke any good

 

[Starfighter]

Mindley's action giving off Chris Lewis vibes.

 

[mr_mister]

There's no way Warner wouldn't have come out with this at the time of the bans if there's any truth to it. Pathetic attempt at passing blame

Maybe Warner is a loyal minion

Even vicious pitbulls usually remain loyal to their owners

 

[Burgey]

Though not about the fact lesser nations routinely appoint cheats to the captaincy after they've been convicted of ball tampering. .

 

[Spark]

There's no way Warner wouldn't have come out with this at the time of the bans if there's any truth to it. Pathetic attempt at passing blame

In fairness, given the public mood at the time, there's 0 chance he would have been listened to.

 

[mr_mister]

I always suspected sandpapergate really did go to the top. Why else did Sutherland pull a Nixon and resign

Guilty people resign. Burgey as a lawyer can probably back me up here

 

[Spark]

I mean it took until 2020 to get rid of Kevin Roberts

 

[Starfighter]

Why is this plonker bowling? 20 runs in three overs.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I always suspected sandpapergate really did go to the top. Why else did Sutherland pull a Nixon and resign

Guilty people resign. Burgey as a lawyer can probably back me up here

Yeah imo, Warner came up with it, was egged on by executives at CA and Lehmann, and then he told Bancroft to do it. But Smith and the bowlers didn't know about it. It all makes so much sense.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Those Chase overs went terribly but also better than I expected somehow.

 

[Spark]

Yeah imo, Warner came up with it, was egged on by executives at CA and Lehmann, and then he told Bancroft to do it. But Smith and the bowlers didn't know about it. It all makes so much sense.

We have a pretty clear idea of the actual events between Warner and Smith courtesy of Lemon's book, no?

 

[morgieb]

Bringing Chase on after 8 overs when the seamers were having the momentum is an ATG captaincy clanger.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Chase looks more listless than the plethora of part-time offices the Windies have loved to use in Oz over the past 25 years.

Might as well have grabbed Hooper after he was handing out the caps to bowl some spin; he couldn't be any worse.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bringing Chase on after 8 overs when the seamers were having the momentum is an ATG captaincy clanger.

It can work if you have a good spinner. Which Chase isn't.

 

[morgieb]

It can work if you have a good spinner. Which Chase isn't.

Well yeah that’s my point. Like bringing a Lyon-standard spinner on? Fine. Chase really should only be bowling when the other options had been exhausted, and clearly right now it has not.

 

[morgieb]

I probably shouldn’t be too harsh on someone who’s only just arrived in the country…but these no-balls are ridiculous.

 

[Starfighter]

i was going to say this Mindley fellow looks really, really ordinary. Looks like he's also done a Thakur and got injured after **** all overs.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Bringing Chase on after 8 overs when the seamers were having the momentum is an ATG captaincy clanger.

I bet it was 95% a case of "2 left-handers batting, bring on the off-spinner"

 

[Starfighter]

Holder so far is bowling the same economical but unthreatening line that made people think he bowled better than he did at Perth.