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  1. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    Come on, I know some people here like viewing certain players through rose-tinted glasses, but his ratio of 50's to 100's at FC level is pretty ordinary. (Compare it to his own List A ratio) You can't blame the Dreadback batting line-up for that. There's very little evidence that Head will...
  2. Second Spitter

    4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

    Confirmation that Adam Voges is better than Smith.
  3. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    Lets start with the premise that he averages 30 outside of Australia. Averages 31 if you take away the series against Sri Lanka and averages less than 40 in FC cricket.
  4. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    Anybody who thinks Head is a long-term solution is a bit delusional, tbh.
  5. Second Spitter

    4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

    That shot by the Angry Ant was worse than any shot Tontine has played this series. The decision to drop Patterson just keeps on looking worse and worse.
  6. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    As critical as I have been of Tontine, I don't know how you can justify keeping Harris in the line-up over him.
  7. Second Spitter

    4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

    I'd back Starc to get more runs and wickets than MMarsh, itbt.
  8. Second Spitter

    4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

    If I was Jordan Silk I would be legitimately excited if the criteria for getting into the Test team includes from which side you hold the bat.
  9. Second Spitter

    Will the West Indies ever rise again?

    Anglo-Caribbean Union. Because in the Spanish-Caribbean Union they play béisbol.
  10. Second Spitter

    Tim Paine fail thread

    Phiilips averaged 40 in Test cricket when played as a specialist batsman, by contrast.... He averaged 17 while playing as both opener and wicketkeeper, which is a ridiculous burden for any Test cricketer, much less an 80's one.
  11. Second Spitter

    Tim Paine fail thread

    Crazy he was picked ahead of Rixon, which prompted the latter to drop out of an Ashes series and play in South Africa instead (according to him, anyway). Australia's slim picking for wicketkeepers in the 80's is probably attributable to Bacchus' ownership of that position for years, not unlike...
  12. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    Mitchell Marsh, the Mitchell Pearce of Australian Cricket.
  13. Second Spitter

    ***Official NBA Thread***

    No FIBA World Cup thread? To paraphrase Derryn Hinch, Shame, Cricketweb, Shame.
  14. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    Nah, you need talent. Otherwise any 5th Grade Premier cricket jabroni could play at Test level.
  15. Second Spitter

    Tim Paine fail thread

    For those who can remember Wayne Phillips' glovework, was it better or worse than Timmy's? Statistically he was marginally a better batsman and his average would, no doubt, have been higher if wasn't asked to open the batting in the early part of his career.
  16. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    It's hard to criticise players who are Shield bullies, but out-of-their depth at Test level for a lack of trying.* Nobody disputes Tontine's natural ability. It's his lack of application that is frustrating. That puts him in the same classification as Carl Hooper. *To put a finer point on it...
  17. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    You can also add "a lack of match awareness" to the list. I can't remember the last time Tontine played a gritty innings in difficult conditions when his team really needed him the most in a Test
  18. Second Spitter

    Australian test selection 2019-2020

    Brettig pimping Tontine as captain on cricinfo today, poses the question "Why not?"
  19. Second Spitter

    3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

    If Australia win, Root should “do a Richie Richardson” and say “this is the worst Australian team I’ve played against”
  20. Second Spitter

    3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

    I would like to revise my 320 prediction to 32

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