*Official* Australia limited overs tour of Scotland and England 2024

[wpdavid]

On a positive note, Jamie Smith is the standout of the summer isn’t he. With all the Bairstow/Foakes hoo ha you have to actually wonder if we took the plunge a year too late - yes I acknowledged he debuted V Ireland last year

You might be asking the wrong bloke, as I wasn't even calling for his selection this summer. My opinion was that Durham's Ollie Robinson was the better pick as he actually keeps wicket in the CC as well as averaging something massive in the first part of the season.

Would Smith have been a better bet that Bairstow or Foakes last summer and in India? I dunno. I'm inherently pretty conservative about these things, so I'm happy that he's had another year to mature rather than being thrown in against the Australians last sumer.

And look what you've done now! Seems unnecessary when they need 5.6 an over, but there you go.
Game over you'd think, by a mile. Again.

 

[King Kane]

England's chance of winning went with Smith, it looks like Rashid is just trying to bat for a draw now.

 

[wpdavid]

There are another three of these games to come.
I remember us losing 0-5 at home to SL back in 2006. Has it happened since then?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

It would have been nice if there was another team in this series to make it be a triangular series. Aussies deserve better.

 

[Silver Silva]

Rashid can bat he has 10 FC hundreds

 

[wpdavid]

It would have been nice if there was another team in this series to make it be a triangular series. Aussies deserve better.

Do you remember when England played triangular series with Australia and Australia's 2nd XI? Maybe that was before your time.

More relevantly, including Ireland and only playing each team thrice would have been more interesting.

 

[wpdavid]

Again, it just wasn't necessary to try that when you need less than 6 an over.

 

[GIMH]

Do you remember when England played triangular series with Australia and Australia's 2nd XI? Maybe that was before your time.

More relevantly, including Ireland and only playing each team thrice would have been more interesting.

Assuming there’s still a T20 series I guess you’re never fitting that in. Inviting Ireland over for tri-series would be good though. Could put the neutral games in some of the smaller grounds

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Do you remember when England played triangular series with Australia and Australia's 2nd XI? Maybe that was before your time.

More relevantly, including Ireland and only playing each team thrice would have been more interesting.

Yes, this was clearly before my time. The idea of a triangular series in 2024 is close to dead.

 

[GIMH]

Again, it just wasn't necessary to try that when you need less than 6 an over.

Have to assume he figures they’re not lasting 50 overs though given we were 7 down. Didn’t look good though

 

[wpdavid]

Have to assume he figures they’re not lasting 50 overs though given we were 7 down. Didn’t look good though

Probably have to assume there was some sort of thought process and maybe that was it. Pfft.

 

[wpdavid]

Yes, this was clearly before my time. The idea of a triangular series in 2024 is close to dead.

Here it is, from 1994/95. It was actually a four team tournament.

Australia: World Series Tournament, 1994-95

The Australian 2nd XI's top 6 was something to behold. No wonder they contested the final with Australia's first XI.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Here it is, from 1994/95. It was actually a four team tournament.

Australia: World Series Tournament, 1994-95

The Australian 2nd XI's top 6 was something to behold. No wonder they contested the final with Australia's first XI.

Thats awesome, of course, it was a different time and era when Aussies were on the verge of shifting the paradigm of being a great cricketing nation.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Here it is, from 1994/95. It was actually a four team tournament.

Australia: World Series Tournament, 1994-95

The Australian 2nd XI's top 6 was something to behold. No wonder they contested the final with Australia's first XI.

the batting lineup looks like a top tier draft selection and the bowling attack looks like a ****ing prize draw from fans attending the game

 

[Silver Silva]

Adam Zampa is so underrated ..
Gets the job done , easily top 10 legspinner in odi cricket

 

[King Kane]

Do you remember when England played triangular series with Australia and Australia's 2nd XI? Maybe that was before your time.

More relevantly, including Ireland and only playing each team thrice would have been more interesting.

Australia and Australia A which was their next best ODI team, they ended up playing against each other in the finals of that ODI series.

They did it because they didn't think England or Zimbabwe would be competitive enough but it backfired when people supported the Australia A team.

 

[wpdavid]

Adam Zampa is so underrated ..
Gets the job done , easily top 10 legspinner in odi cricket

For a moment I thought you were suggesting there might be 9 better leggies than Zampa is the current game.
Then the penny dropped.

 

[wpdavid]

Australia and Australia A which was their next best ODI team, they ended up playing against each other in the finals.

They did it because they didn't think England or Zimbabwe would be competitive enough but it backfired when people supported the Australia A team.

Do you know if they did it when any other teams toured? The only time they did it against England was the 1994/95 season that I posted.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Australia and Australia A which was their next best ODI team, they ended up playing against each other in the finals.

They did it because they didn't think England or Zimbabwe would be competitive enough but it backfired when people supported the Australia A team.

interesting. in England they love supporting an underdog as the underdog is usually not very good and can cause fans to relate.

Australian underdog here is still an absolute gun. a country of mad obnoxious winners. you've got to respect it.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

For a moment I thought you were suggesting there might be 9 better leggies than Zampa is the current game.
Then the penny dropped.

Heheh, I opened statsguru to see how many legspinners are there with over 100 wickets in ODIs