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They best drop him forever. Don't consider recalling him for ashes given his record against England.
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Mitch Marsh
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Spark
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If Mitch Marsh playing like this still did well against England they should just pack it in tbh
wellAlbidarned
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teams give talented allrounders a long rope because if they come good they win you lots of ****. Sometimes it doesn't work out, being an allrounder is in a tough gig and most don't make it. He came into the current series with better form than the rest of the aussie top order so it's kinda insane how quickly everyone's switched back to saying he always sucked.
it's not rocket science
it's not rocket science
Starfighter
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One thing about Marsh's performances this series is that despite the constant insistence he is, I don't believe he's fully fit. Not when he's bowling low 120s.
OverratedSanity
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Yeah he really saved their backsides against Pak and NZ in those series. Him being in the side was justified at first, but he's been so bad this series that persisting for 4 tests has looked extremely dumb.
honestbharani
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Its all we have left to cling to mate, dont take this away from us too.
stephen
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This would make me question the game if Bradman more than anything else tbh.
Bradman? Oh you mean the guy who was only twice as good as Marsh against England.
Spikey
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well I think part of the reason why the backlash has been so quick this time is
A) Everyone knew Marsh's luck would run-out and when that happened we weren't interested in seeing him struggle and struggle
B) They're pretty clearly lying about how fit MMarsh is to bowl
dontcloseyoureyes
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If he can't bowl he shouldn't be in the squad let alone the XI.
Fuller Pilch
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12 months ago he was the best player in the team.
Greatest player ever to win the Allan Border medal. The medal should be renamed the Bison.
Greatest player ever to win the Allan Border medal. The medal should be renamed the Bison.
Line and Length
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How easily we forget that Marsh won last year's Alan Border Medal. His performances in the last Ashes series warranted some perseverance but, after this BG series it's time to allow him to concentrate on white ball cricket.
Spark
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He won that mostly on the back of white ball cricket. He didn't win Test player of the year.
TheJediBrah
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He was also one of our better Test players though tbf
Spark
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Oh yeah he was but he wasn't the standout Test player as is often suggested by his defenders.
OverratedSanity
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He was amazing in the home series vs Pak and played a couple of crucial knocks vs NZ too.
TheJediBrah
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I might be wrong but I think he actually was statistically our best performed Test bat for the 12 month period after the WTC
I'm on the drop Marsh train now for sure but at the start of this summer the stats were backing him
Spark
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AB medal covers a different period though doesn't it? Because I'm fairly sure Khawaja won Test player
TheJediBrah
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Yes they were different, but overlapping periods IIRC
Prince EWS
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Going into the series, these were the batting averages for the top 7 in the previous twelve months (McSweeney/Konstas obviously hadn't played at all yet):
Marsh 45.45
Khawaja 34.38
Carey 33.00
Smith 33.18
Labuschagne 27.08
Head 22.41
Now I still had basically no faith in him coming into this series and I always expected the bubble to pop (I wouldn't have recalled him when they did tbh), and I said so multiple times, but when someone's been your best bat for a year - probably the only one even at par output, bar maybe Carey - then they probably do deserve a little bit of a run. Even if they aren't bowling.
He absolutely shouldn't have played in Melbourne but I can see why he'd earned a bit of rope up until then.
Marsh 45.45
Khawaja 34.38
Carey 33.00
Smith 33.18
Labuschagne 27.08
Head 22.41
Now I still had basically no faith in him coming into this series and I always expected the bubble to pop (I wouldn't have recalled him when they did tbh), and I said so multiple times, but when someone's been your best bat for a year - probably the only one even at par output, bar maybe Carey - then they probably do deserve a little bit of a run. Even if they aren't bowling.
He absolutely shouldn't have played in Melbourne but I can see why he'd earned a bit of rope up until then.