GotSpin
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Nah we’re just batting deep with Warner openingGreen surely shouldn't be playing as a bowling allrounder when Neser exists.
Nah we’re just batting deep with Warner openingGreen surely shouldn't be playing as a bowling allrounder when Neser exists.
I went to a game there years ago & in my complete ignorance, wore a pair of Australian rugby league socks which were unfortunately the colours of the oppositionI think I’ve posted about that night before and as it kicked off my mate and I were talking to two Millwall fans who had been telling us the knobheads were slowly being phased out. They looked so gutted when it all went off.
That’s not to defend Millwall btw. I know not the percentage of the fanbase that makes up the scum. The one time I went there, in 04, was such a creepy experience. Fans would go right up to players, as far as the boundaries would allow, and dish out abuse. Any other ground in England and you did that, out you go. But Millwall rules apply and if your hands are in your pockets then everyone is relieved.
Scary place.
Completely justified post on the context of what he was responding to. England has questions to answer.Utter turd of a poster so hardly surprising.
Warner will ton up here which will be a disaster for both English and Australian cricketNah we’re just batting deep with Warner opening
That must be near, or at, top of the list for most wickets total in a sideAnother one for you…if Wood takes three wickets in the match then it will be the first time in Test Match history that a side has fielded six players with 100 or more wickets
Recall Anderson and make it soThat must be near, or at, top of the list for most wickets total in a side
What do you mean even, it's like the pastime of being a toff.even the toffs aren't above a little racial sledging
username checks outCummins has lost every toss this Ashes and has now lost 4 in a row. Surely he has to win the toss today
McGrath, Warne, Lee, GillespieThat must be near, or at, top of the list for most wickets total in a side
Lmaousername checks out
2-3 days is pretty early but the Aus sides have been announced at least the day before for a while now. I don't get it either, I can only assume like you that it's marketing-related.Had a think about the teams today and I truly cannot get my head around the logic to leak or release teams 2-3 days before a Test and such a vital one. Why give the opposition any head start about who they are going to be coming up against? I don't think it happens in many other Tests series ever. I can only think it's there as some sort of relationship with the media to help them drum up interest.
ahh - i thought he was playing. So who is his shitkicker replacement with >100?Recall Anderson and make it so
England’s team for 4th Ashes TestMcGrath, Warne, Lee, Gillespie
Gillespie was at 259 at his last test on 16 Apr 2006
But the last time they all played together was 3 Aug 2005
An attack with 1521 wickets, on that date they were Warne 1 (603), McGrath 2(513), Gillespie 5(251), Lee 18(151) on Australia's all time wicket takers.
I hate it. It's gotta be combination of playing things up for the media and some weird way of trying to get the opposition psychologically.Had a think about the teams today and I truly cannot get my head around the logic to leak or release teams 2-3 days before a Test and such a vital one. Why give the opposition any head start about who they are going to be coming up against? I don't think it happens in many other Tests series ever. I can only think it's there as some sort of relationship with the media to help them drum up interest.
I would have thought getting to the opposition would be better to do by not revealing. By revealing 2-3 days out, it means they don't have to do any preparation work on the guys you haven't picked. No need to do any work on Murphy, because he's not playing (OK I know they would've scouted him before third Test, but nevertheless). And no guesswork on whether you're bowling to Warner, Harris, Marsh, Green etc. For Australia, they know Moeen is batting 3 so they'll have a ready-made plan. And they know the bowling line-up to prepare for. I hate it too.I hate it. It's gotta be combination of playing things up for the media and some weird way of trying to get the opposition psychologically.
It's not the worst I've heard of. Yallop mentions in his 78/79 Ashes book that the selectors would pick the teams during the previous test (and there was a longer gap in those days). The meant there were some players playing a match knowing they had been dropped for the next one.