M0rphin3
International Debutant
oh great and now you've screwed me over.
BTW not a bad effort by bangers. Not gonna chase down 300 obviously, but good partnership this between Raqibul and Rahman.
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oh great and now you've screwed me over.
When you say something like that do you even realise that Smith is a guy who scored 4 or 5 FC centuries a couple of seasons ago and he is also one of the few spinners in the country to have a couple of 8-fers in a game during that period.Tbf he doesn't even belong in the Test side, so whatever role they decide to play him as will always seem as a joke. But I like him in the limited overs because he does offer a bit of everything.
That' surprising for me because Clarke has always backed him as bowler whether it was the T20 worldcup or the seven-game series against England, Clarke always has used him as an attacking option.Surprised that Smith hasn't had a trundle, this would usually be the exact situation - well, RRR notwithstanding - that Clarke has given him one or two "shock" overs in.
EDIT: And just as I post that.
In the NSW side he has been batting in the top 4-5 and then bowling good amount of overs as well, now I don't see why letting him do the same thing in an Australian shirt should be so hard.Honestly though that's because no one agrees what his proper role should be. Some people think he should become a specialist spinner who is an extremely useful lower order batsman. Other people think he should become a batting all-rounder whose aim is the #6 spot.
Because he's just not good enough to bat in the top 5? I understand that his lack of a proper ODI innings is largely down to coming in at #7, but can we really say he deserves to go in the top 5 ahead of the current incumbents, or even fringe players like Marsh or Ferguson who have ODI hundreds to their name?In the NSW side he has been batting in the top 4-5 and then bowling good amount of overs as well, now I don't see why letting him do the same thing in Australian shirt should be so hard.
When you say something like that do you realize that his performance at FC "a couple of seasons ago" is not really enough reason to bat him in the top 6 in the Test side? Especially given the fact that he hasn't done anything else or have a history of good batting performances. Do you also realize that getting 8 wickets in 1 match (especially if you seen that match, he bowled half trackers and the batsmen threw away their wickets in dirty slogs) is not going to compensate for his awful bowling stats?When you say something like that do you even realise that Smith is a guy who scored 4 or 5 FC centuries a couple of seasons ago and he is also one of the few spinners in the country to have a couple of 8-fers in a game during that period.
I believe the inability to find a proper role for Smith in both the test and LO sides is the reason why we haven't seen the best of him yet.
Going to stop following this match now.Ummm...
CJ Ferguson 0.4 0 1 0 1.50
Pup?
Okay, it was just cricinfo being mad. Ferguson didn't actually bowl an over.
This is an outright lie. What a joke.Do you also realize that getting 8 wickets in 1 match (especially if you seen that match, he bowled half trackers and the batsmen threw away their wickets in dirty slogs)
Yeah, I wasn't clear, I meant Hastings and Doherty.Almost certain that Krezja won't play given he isn't in the sqaud.