****Official Australia in England 2020 (Non-Ashes)*****

[Burgey]

Ali averages 57 vs RHB in odis. He doesn’t take enough wickets. I think he is the bowler Australia should target

Stoinis gone. Big wicket for Wood. Stoinis looks good today. Will take the pressure of Ali too

tbh he’s a cricketer Australia would like to play every game. He just seems to struggle against our blokes, particularly in tests. His last couple of Ashes have been Marcus Harris standard bad - a quantifiably negative net impact

 

[Jack1]

Morgan should bring Rashid on. Try to get Marsh early. It would be quite negative to stick with Ali

 

[Burgey]

I see Smith got sconed by one of the coaches with a side arm. Apparently left out as a precaution only

I beamed Burgeinho with one of them a couple of Sunday’s ago in the nets. Can generate good heat with them.

Surely Maxwell has to bat ahead of Carey here (and MMarsh ideally come to that). Seems a long way down the order

 

[BoyBrumby]

I see Smith got sconed by one of the coaches with a side arm. Apparently left out as a precaution only

I beamed Burgeinho with one of them a couple of Sunday’s ago in the nets. Can generate good heat with them.

Fatherly love, Aussie style?

 

[weldone]

Morgan should bring Rashid on. Try to get Marsh early. It would be quite negative to stick with Ali

It's the mindgame. Morgan knows batsmen have to be aggressive now as they know Rashid has his 10 left. That's how Stoinis got out.

 

[Burgey]

It's the mindgame. Morgan knows batsmen have to be aggressive now as they know Rashid has his 10 left. That's how Stoinis got out.

he was going at over a run a ball from his first rock mate

 

[Burgey]

Fatherly love, Aussie style?

Was an accident Tbf. Did him good though

thought that got him outside the line there

 

[Prince EWS]

Why is Billings involved really.

Yeah, famous last words, but he seems like a real waste of a spot to me.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, famous last words, but he seems like a real waste of a spot to me.

The Pommy Stoinis

 

[Spikey]

seriously though, how silly was that stoinis selection. best case, he tons up. then what? he drops back down to 5 when Smith returns. bump them all up and use Sydney Sixer superstar Josh Philippe at 7 or something

 

[MW1304]

Yeah, famous last words, but he seems like a real waste of a spot to me.

Morgan's stubborn with his favourites for better or worse.

It worked out well with Roy when he was in some bad form, but Billings has stuck around despite never taking his opportunities.

You can sort of tell why tbf, he has a game modelled after a Buttler/de Villiers type, but it's never actually translated.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Was an accident Tbf. Did him good though

thought that got him outside the line there

Stuck at work listening to TMS, but both Agnew and Vaughan went for umpire's call before the tracking appeared so you weren't alone in your doubts.

Rashid has become England's leading ODI wicket taker against Oz and our leading international overall wicket taker (all formats) with leg spin against the same oppo with that scalp, so Andy Zaltzman has just obliging told me.

Spotters points to anyone who knows whose records he's broken.

 

[Burgey]

Johnny Wardle?

 

[MW1304]

Yeesh, Australia and spin.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Johnny Wardle?

Nope, right kind of era though.

 

[trundler]

Shambolic

 

[Howe_zat]

Stuck at work listening to TMS, but both Agnew and Vaughan went for umpire's call before the tracking appeared so you weren't alone in your doubts.

Rashid has become England's leading ODI wicket taker against Oz and our leading international overall wicket taker (all formats) with leg spin against the same oppo with that scalp, so Andy Zaltzman has just obliging told me.

Spotters points to anyone who knows whose records he's broken.

doug wright i'd think

 

[MW1304]

Mo basically just threw that across the rope. Was he even aiming for the stumps? Lordy.

 

[BoyBrumby]

doug wright i'd think

Yeah, he was the leggie who'd previously had the most success versus the old enemy.

Any takers for our previous leading ODI wicket taker v Oz? Clue: not a wrist spinner!

 

[Howe_zat]

It was a real gamble to replace Stokes with Billings as we're having to rely on Ali bowling 10 overs, and we seem to have gotten away with it. I wouldn't have thought Billings was worth it but if it works it works.

Graeme Swann would wear his voice out completely during the world cup with his opinion that having Moeen Ali to bowl alongside makes Rashid more effective, but evidence from this summer is Rashid does his thing pretty consistently now with or without another spinner to back him up