***Official*** Australia in Bangladesh 2017

[Burgey]

I dunno but hilarity ensued anyway. Was comic book stuff.

 

[mr_mister]

Mark Waugh is the man

 

[mr_mister]

Also, it was good to see Maxwell take a wicket

 

[mr_mister]

Lastly, Uzi being run out is unlucky but doesn't indicate anything about how he plays spin ATM

Hopefully he's improved

 

[TheJediBrah]

Warner and Uzi should not play next Test, but they'll also be the 2nd and 3rd biggest run scorers in the Ashes so the selectors are in a bit of a pickle

 

[TheJediBrah]

Anyone else notice how repetitive ***** v Burgey is becoming?

 

[Nate]

Am I right in assuming the usual interwebz places have the action live for this game?

If you mean a free two-week Foxtel Now trial, then yes.

Kayes' shot was so terrible. Surely he's not Test class.

 

[cnerd123]

Warner and Uzi should not play next Test, but they'll also be the 2nd and 3rd biggest run scorers in the Ashes so the selectors are in a bit of a pickle

We brought this up on the Podcast, but it's weird how in Cricket its acceptable to pick and drop bowlers to suit conditions but doing so for batsmen is viewed as kind of odd. Batsmen have this whole 'incumbency' thing associated to them and don't get the same horses-for-courses treatment that bowlers get.

No one finds it strange that guys like O Keefe, Agar and Swepson can be on tour to the subcontinent but probably won't feature at all in the Ashes or against South Africa or New Zealand, but the idea of bringing in a specialist spin-only batsmen for the subcontinent who won't feature in those series seems unusual.

 

[TheJediBrah]

We brought this up on the Podcast, but it's weird how in Cricket its acceptable to pick and drop bowlers to suit conditions but doing so for batsmen is viewed as kind of odd. Batsmen have this whole 'incumbency' thing associated to them and don't get the same horses-for-courses treatment that bowlers get.

No one finds it strange that guys like O Keefe, Agar and Swepson can be on tour to the subcontinent but probably won't feature at all in the Ashes or against South Africa or New Zealand, but the idea of bringing in a specialist spin-only batsmen for the subcontinent who won't feature in those series seems unusual.

Yeah this has annoyed me literally since I was a little kid

 

[Gob]

Warner and Uzi should not play next Test, but they'll also be the 2nd and 3rd biggest run scorers in the Ashes so the selectors are in a bit of a pickle

After Joe Root ofcourse.

 

[vcs]

I don't think it's that weird.

Batsmen, as a rule, tend to dominate in home/familiar conditions. I can think of very few "away-track bully" batsmen to the extent that it would have made sense to bring them in only for a particular set of conditions. If you are touring somewhere facing unfamiliar conditions, you might as well pick the most in-form, confident guy. Or in this case, the incumbent.

Yeah, Khawaja looks like a bunny right now, but you might as well give him some time to work on his weaknesses, if Australia are looking at him as a long-term prospect. I think he's only really had one series in Asia (was he dropped midway through the SL tour last year?). Who else would they bring in as a "spin specialist"?

 

[Burgey]

Is it a 2pm AEST start today?

 

[Burgey]

I don't think it's that weird.

Batsmen, as a rule, tend to dominate in home/familiar conditions. I can think of very few "away-track bully" batsmen to the extent that it would have made sense to bring them in only for a particular set of conditions. If you are touring somewhere facing unfamiliar conditions, you might as well pick the most in-form, confident guy. Or in this case, the incumbent.

Yeah, Khawaja looks like a bunny right now, but you might as well give him some time to work on his weaknesses, if Australia are looking at him as a long-term prospect. I think he's only really had one series in Asia (was he dropped midway through the SL tour last year?). Who else would they bring in as a "spin specialist"?

I'll have a go at it.

 

[Gob]

Flak Khawaja is getting here is bit unnecessary. He only played two tests in SL and only really failed in one of them. Warner on the other hand deserves all of it. Someone should really mention his away record next time the likes of Healy and Chappell happily put him as the first guy they pick in a world xi.

 

[cnerd123]

#WeWantFizzy

 

[Black_Warrior]

We brought this up on the Podcast, but it's weird how in Cricket its acceptable to pick and drop bowlers to suit conditions but doing so for batsmen is viewed as kind of odd. Batsmen have this whole 'incumbency' thing associated to them and don't get the same horses-for-courses treatment that bowlers get.

No one finds it strange that guys like O Keefe, Agar and Swepson can be on tour to the subcontinent but probably won't feature at all in the Ashes or against South Africa or New Zealand, but the idea of bringing in a specialist spin-only batsmen for the subcontinent who won't feature in those series seems unusual.

Well Australia tried that with S Marsh/Khawaja

You can argue that they should try that with Warner too but won't because Warner is the Vice Captain. This ultimately goes down to how batsmen are always higher than bowlers in the pecking order

 

[Burgey]

He hasn't bowled yet has he?

 

[OverratedSanity]

I think at least in Warner's case it has something to do with his style of play. There's this hope that the one time he gets lucky and his shots come off in these conditions, he'll score a 151(123) and win them the game.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Omg

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Had to be mirazzzz