Silver Silva
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Yeah he's a very lucky guy to be born in the T20 era of cricket
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**Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025
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25 years ago, Hayden/Gilchrist/Ponting lined up in the top 3 (or Mark Waugh on occasion). **** me that's a long fall to here.
Welcome to 2025, where as long as you looked good in an insta reel once, they'll take a punt on you for seasons on end. I've never disliked a cricketer more. Bloke averages in the teens in ODIs, T20Is AND FC cricket, yet is somehow relevant.
Silver Silva
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Yeah Inglis to open with carey in the middle overs to face spin and keep wicket sounds like a much better game plan for Aussies
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Surely that can't have pitched in line and be hitting
Nintendo
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12 months ago we had a lineup as good. Depth right now is just a bit shite and we've got a few injuries. Don't think that's exclusively an AUS problem either. If conway retired tommorow and NZ lost another two of their best top 4 bat's to injury they'de be back with allen opening wouldn't they? Or tim robinson.
TheJediBrah
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Bit of misleading comparison. It's not like this is a first choice line up. Would be like saying 25 years ago Australia had Elliott/Blewett/Maher. Which tbf is still better than this
Connolly should not have batted ahead of Smith or Labuschagne.
Nintendo
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It's not like we can't pick a better XI than this. Were stuck with this top 3 because the selectors value BBL runs way more than anything else.
Even with green and marsh injured, and warner retired, we should still be fielding
1.Head
2.Inglis/Phillipe
3.Smith
4.Renshaw?
5.Marnus
It's not record breaking or anything, but phillipe and renshaw have atleast been good in the marsh cup in the past 3 years and know how to build a one day innings.
Even with green and marsh injured, and warner retired, we should still be fielding
1.Head
2.Inglis/Phillipe
3.Smith
4.Renshaw?
5.Marnus
It's not record breaking or anything, but phillipe and renshaw have atleast been good in the marsh cup in the past 3 years and know how to build a one day innings.
Nah I know, I'm writing it like I'm in the media filling a news.com.au article
Qlder
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Apparently Connolly looks good in the nets...makes all the selectors and captain go weak at the knees watching him
Finn Allen shits all over JFM and that's saying something.
I get it, I just don't like living in a world where we pick on some sort of hail mary promise. Batting 3 for Australia used to be the domain of kings
Qlder
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You do know Head and Inglis are resting right, so that's 4 of the 5 you pick could be in next game in those positions
Silver Silva
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If NZ lost Conway , Williamson and Mitchell they would have an ODI line up of
Young
Ravindra
Chapman
Foxcroft/
That's not a terrible depth to be honest ! NZ looking favorites for CT outside India
100% this.
I don't know how many people know or care about rugby or league, but picking T20 hoicks who are unproven for ODIs feels like picking 7s or 9s rugby/league guys to play the full versions only to find it just doesn't cut it
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Renshaw? Nah
Head
Carey
Smith
Inglis
Marnus
Maxwell
????????
Just don't know who that last one of the top 7 would be
Nintendo
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I know there in the squad. Was more just posting a side that has guys with decent BBL+One day cup records or should be playing in the champions trophy over Mcgurk-Short-Collony.
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Funny thing about ODI cricket these days is there's so little 50 over domestics, and what is there is often irrelevant, that you're generally either picking the team off Test/FC form, or T20 form. And you have to make a call as to which translates better for each player and position