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Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

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Qlder said:
Wow, Australia hold the WTC as best test team and are in the final of this year's WTC, but not a single Aussie player made the Wisden test team of the year, really?

Wisden’s Test Team of 2024: 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2. Ben Duckett, 3. Kane Williamson, 4. Joe Root, 5. Harry Brook, 6. Kamindu Mendis, 7. Jamie Smith (wk), 8. Ravindra Jadeja, 9. Gus Atkinson, 10. Matt Henry, 11. Jasprit Bumrah (c).
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I mean, whom would you suggest?? Personally will have Hazlewood for Atkinson (also Rabada before that for Henry, another player whose team is in the Finals with zero players), but can't think of anyone else really. The number of Pommies is a little concerning, but hardly any is a bad choice.
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

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Qlder said:
Wow, Australia hold the WTC as best test team and are in the final of this year's WTC, but not a single Aussie player made the Wisden test team of the year, really?

Wisden’s Test Team of 2024: 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2. Ben Duckett, 3. Kane Williamson, 4. Joe Root, 5. Harry Brook, 6. Kamindu Mendis, 7. Jamie Smith (wk), 8. Ravindra Jadeja, 9. Gus Atkinson, 10. Matt Henry, 11. Jasprit Bumrah (c).
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I think it's a great side statistically but it's not a true reflection of the WTC and how it panned out ..And I think when you make a team of the year and there is such a competition it should reflect that ..

I would drop Atkinson for Cummins , who would be the captain of the side , Verreynne for Jamie Smith think some if his knocks were really valuable to SA making the final and his keeping was excellent, and I'd move Joe Root to No.3 (He did get that double hundred in Pakistan batting at no.3) and I'd play Bavuma ahead of Williamson, a lot of Williamson's runs were against a weak SA attack and a dead rubber vs England
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

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Kenneth Viljoen said:
I think it's a great side statistically but it's not a true reflection of the WTC and how it panned out ..And I think when you make a team of the year and there is such a competition it should reflect that ..

I would drop Atkinson for Cummins , who would be the captain of the side , Verreynne for Jamie Smith think some if his knocks were really valuable to SA making the final and his keeping was excellent, and I'd move Joe Root to No.3 (He did get that double hundred in Pakistan batting at no.3) and I'd play Bavuma ahead of Williamson, a lot of Williamson's runs were against a weak SA attack and a dead rubber vs England
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I agree, but SA is also playing the Final (and their batting is mid). Is it right to discard runs against them despite them making the Final, from a point of making of taking WTC seriously??
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

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capt_Luffy said:
I agree, but SA is also playing the Final (and their batting is mid). Is it right to discard runs against them despite them making the Final, from a point of making of taking WTC seriously??
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I'm not discarding Williamson's runs , I'm saying his record isn't as impressive as it looks on paper and I'd much prefer Bavuma who scored tough runs and held together one of the worst batting line ups in Sa history.
 
Burgey

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Nice chat here with Mike Whitney about the 1987 Melbourne test, blocking out Hadlee and what happened to the ball from that innings

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lol you can’t just go wandering out of your crease ffs. He’s taken off before the ball is even in the keeper’s gloves. When did it become a thing for batsmen to just wander around as they see fit and not expect to be run out? It’s bizarre
 
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Shady Slim said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1883266185372004421
this is so mega out, and i am half convinced banton called him back because he's afraid of validating the bairstow dismissal (even though this was so much more out than bairstow, which was also out tbf)
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It’s kind of analogous to the Bairstow dismissal because in each case the batsman has wandered off before the ball is dead and in both cases the keeper has looked to effect the dismissal immediately.

There’s also no gamesmanship at play in either instance, save the gamesmanship of the batsman thinking they’re owed a reprieve for being a brain dead ****wit
 
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Burgey said:
It’s kind of analogous to the Bairstow dismissal because in each case the batsman has wandered off before the ball is dead and in both cases the keeper has looked to effect the dismissal immediately.
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This one is way different in that Curran walked out of his crease before the ball was received by the keeper. Is definitely out and he never should have been called back
 
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But the Bairstow one is definitely out too because the keeper threw the ball immediately he received it. In both cases the batsman isn’t looking to run, rather they’re both just entitled Pommy idiots who typically think the laws don’t apply to them.
 
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