**Official** Australia in Bangladesh

[Jono]

Symonds and Hussey have both played ten tests, both in the Australian middle order, often together against the same bowlers. Hussey finds himself 9th in the world ratings. Symonds is #100. Explain that.

Symonds is crap, whilst Hussey can bat?

 

[James90]

Symonds is crap, whilst Hussey can bat?

I think you might have it...well done

 

[howardj]

Martyn Dropped?

EDIT: He has tennis elbow

 

[Jono]

Jaques in for Martyn, and Cullen for Clark???

 

[alternative]

Nafees is gone..

 

[Jono]

Dizz gets him in his first over.

 

[adharcric]

3 spinners? WTF? At least Jacques is playing.

On another note, damn England. All because of them, everyone is obsessed with this 5-bowler idea now. Even the world champions want to copy them.

 

[James90]

Clark must have something wrong aswell because there's no way they would play Lee ahead of him with Lee's apparent fitness problems. They even had the option of Bracken and Johnson so Lee must have opted to play and Ponting obviously want to win the test. I will never say this but I think they should have played Symonds instead of Warne. Not only does it give more depth to the batting, you then have the option of a third spinner AND a third seamer.

 

[alternative]

I am just glad Symonds aint playing.. he is just not good enough for the Test match arena.. Good to see clarke there still..

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

The reason Clark was dropped instead of Lee would be the batting. Warne and Lee are batting at 7 and 8 in this team, and if you dropped Lee you'd have Gillespie batting at 8 and probably Stuart Clark at 9, which is a pretty shocking tail. Dropping Clark means they can keep the batting strength of Lee, and still play 3 spinners.

 

[alternative]

This is the aussies we all know off.. Dizzy gets another one

 

[adharcric]

When was the last time Australia played 3 spinners?

 

[kwigibo]

Hohns was right, Jaques is crap in the field, he was barely airborne taking that catch.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Leaving aside this game for the moment, left-field prediction for the next one. I think Australia might well rest or drop (or omit due to a niggle) Lee or Clark for the next game, and pick Dan Cullen as a third spinner.

Anyway, I like the call. Looking forward to watching Cullen bowl, and it'll be good to see Jaques get a game too.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

When was the last time Australia played 3 spinners?

Probably here: http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=1450

McGrath, Miller, Warne and MacGill.

edit: they also played Warne, MacGill and Symonds in Sri Lanka, with Symonds bowling his off-spin. Lehmann also bowled a fair amount of spin in that series I believe. Not really three specialist spinners, though.

 

[adharcric]

Probably here: http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=1450

McGrath, Miller, Warne and MacGill.

Colin Miller opened the bowling with spin?

Btw, I'm talking about specialist spinners ie Kumble/Harbhajan/Kartik ... not Giles/Vaughan/Pietersen

 

[kwigibo]

Colin Miller opened the bowling with spin?

He would have bowled medium pace seam up to open, but he was primarily an off-spinner.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Colin Miller opened the bowling with spin?

I don't remember the game offhand, it's possible that he bowled some mediums to start up, but I'd say he probably did yeah. The SCG usually turns, and it did especially during the late 90s, and England were seen to be weak against spin.

 

[oz_fan]

Asrahaful out.

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

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Bangladesh losing the match in style !!!!!~~~~~