***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

[vcs]

Batting's simple, eh? Just hit the ball where the fielders aren't there. If you're Smith, that is.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Oh he's definitely in the top six batsmen in the country. But there is no way in God's earth that he is close to a guy averaging 45+ in Test cricket yet over a decently long career.

Warner scares me, Maxwell not so much tbf.

 

[Spark]

Warner scares me, Maxwell not so much tbf.

Maxwell has played some terrifying innings in FC cricket. He hit something like a run a ball hundred coming in well down the order out of a total of about 160.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Maxwell has played some terrifying innings in FC cricket. He hit something like a run a ball hundred coming in well down the order out of a total of about 160.

Yeah I've been seeing some pretty impressive numbers from him. MM fifty now, I'm going back to bed soon.

 

[Burgey]

Overton lucky they put those pads over the rope there or he’d be Nubian.

 

[Daemon]

What a player. Fmd he isn’t even sweating.

Or even celebrating. Machine

Yep. Smith going pretty well on the other end too.

 

[Spark]

Yeah I've been seeing some pretty impressive numbers from him. MM fifty now, I'm going back to bed soon.

He's very good, but he has struggled to actually play enough Shield cricket because he's in the ODI side. He also hasn't quite beat the door down (until this season), which has seen him pipped by batsmen who have (Renshaw, Handscomb etc)

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

He's very good, but he has struggled to actually play enough Shield cricket because he's in the ODI side. He also hasn't quite beat the door down (until this season), which has seen him pipped by batsmen who have (Renshaw, Handscomb etc)

Do you think he's been stereotyped as a one day player, perhaps unfairly?

 

[Spark]

Do you think he's been stereotyped as a one day player, perhaps unfairly?

Without question

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Without question

Shame, still MMarsh ?

 

[3703]

Warner averaged 60 in first class cricket before he was picked.

Credit to CA for that?

Hint: no.

 

[Spark]

Credit to CA for that?

Hint: no.

So what is the argument here? That Warner isn't actually that good? That he was lucky to be picked over Maxwell?

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

So what is the argument here? That Warner isn't actually that good? That he was lucky to be picked over Maxwell?

I dunno, but surely not?

 

[TNT]

MMarsh might bowl some pies but most of them have hit detractors in the face.

 

[stephen]

MMarsh might bowl some pies but most of them have hit detractors in the face.

One swallow does not make a summer.

 

[Burgey]

One swallow does not make a summer.

Makes for a decent end to an evening though.

 

[morgieb]

One swallow does not make a summer.

Plus this deck looks as good as any. And he hasn't fully done his job yet.

 

[morgieb]

Hard to believe this is Marsh's first fifty in Australia.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Makes for a decent end to an evening though.

Or start for that matter.

 

[TNT]

I think england have decided to wait for the next new ball.