I've just seen secret photos of the pitch, and the curators have replaced the grass on the popping crease and follow through at both ends on the left-arm over side of the wicket with astroturf. We should pick 5 quicks.
You’re not wrong but you know - Modern doctors these days
Yep, it's a bit like Starc before sandpapergate and after.... err
Even the batting alone is enough to pick him IMO. We're basically fielding a 6-out-all-out team as it stands.
Something that innocent Starc was completely unaware of..
Starc up to the end of the 2918 SA series 28.17, since the end of the 2018 SA series 25.91.
Whilst Starc's batting is handy at best, he hasn't scored a Test half-century since 2019 and he hasn't reached the 30 mark or better since January 2022. His lower order batting has probably gone into a slight downhill pattern in my opinion. He is in the side for his bowling though as we know.
2-out-all-out tbf plus a couple of reverse sweeps
He was right. Curb your urge to give a thumbs up to a bloke ffs. Was also right about Carey and obsessively sweeping. No problem playing it but you have to have more than that to succeed at test level.
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He's batting but not batting against pace or doing full fielding drills yet. They're clearly still trying to protect the finger.
Sri Lanka can actually get up over Australia if it's a whitewash here and they win in NZ.
I can understand bringing him along almost fit and sitting him out of the first game, but if he doesn't play the 2nd it feels like a bit of a waste of space in the squad.
