Are Australia the supervillains of Test cricket?

[andruid]

It seems that, by virtue of being on the receiving end of so many test match series for the ages, that this might be the case.

What do you think?

 

[cnerd123]

Australia won enough cricket matches and trophies in the 90s and early 00s to last a generation

Now it's time for the rest of the world to catch up. India Vs NZ for the WTC baby

 

[Shri]

why the **** did they agree to play the final at lords ffs

should have been at the wankhede

 

[vcs]

Wankhede is censored?


EDIT : Hahaha

 

[trundler]

Only one stadium in the cricket world named after a dictator. Gaddafi Stadium an obvious choice IMO.

 

[trundler]

****hede is censored?


EDIT : Hahaha

How far is it from Scunthorpe?

 

[Burgey]

Opened this thread expecting a byline of "a SteveNZ production."

 

[andruid]

Beat him to the punch

 

[Aritro]

Final should be a timeless test imo

 

[chris.hinton]

I actually like Tim Paine. He is competitive and gutsy. Sure he said something which has smacked him in the face a few weeks later. But he has made the Aussies on the whole harder to beat

 

[DriveClub]

I actually like Tim Paine. He is competitive and gutsy. Sure he said something which has smacked him in the face a few weeks later. But he has made the Aussies on the whole harder to beat

How is that true when Aus has been beaten by India C at home?

 

[Starfighter]

But he has made the Aussies on the whole harder to beat

Wrong

 

[Senile Sentry]

I actually like Tim Paine. He is competitive and gutsy. Sure he said something which has smacked him in the face a few weeks later. But he has made the Aussies on the whole harder to beat

Well his winning percentage of 48 is the lowest for any Aus captain since Totally Boring.

 

[mr_mister]

Who's Totally Boring?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Who's Totally Boring?

TOTAB I think

 

[chris.hinton]

Wrong

You cant really compare him to Waugh, Taylotr, Border & to a less extent Ponting. They largely had better squads in a better era.

 

[stephen]

You cant really compare him to Waugh, Taylotr, Border & to a less extent Ponting. They largely had better squads in a better era.

What the hell are you smoking? Border had way worse squads than Paine. He only had himself and Boonie as batsmen for much of his tenure. And his bowling attack was lead by Craig McDermott who has a similar average to Starc.

This squad has Cummins and Hazlewood, Smith and Labuschagne, which are four players at Paine's disposal who are better than anyone except AB himself.

This squad has the talent to win, but not the plans or drive.

 

[Kirkut]

You can't take Tim Paine's sledges to the heart, he always has that cheeky grin while sledging, enjoys getting under the skin.

 

[Starfighter]

You cant really compare him to Waugh, Taylotr, Border & to a less extent Ponting. They largely had better squads in a better era.

Wrong

 

[jimmy101]

From the Australian captains I've seen in my lifetime I'd rank them as such.

Taylor > Waugh > Clarke > Ponting > Paine > Smith