Does anything just count as happening for you?Let's continue to ignore that Lyon only has those figures because he got pretty much our entire tail end out while they attempted to slog him into the stands and pretend like he actually earned those wickets.Lyon the Lion, GOAT!
Lyon still has to put the ball in the right place, but it's not just the tail who threw their wickets away trying to slog Lyon in this series.Let's continue to ignore that Lyon only has those figures because he got pretty much our entire tail end out while they attempted to slog him into the stands and pretend like he actually earned those wickets.
Can't explain away how well Australia have batted and how well Hazelwood and Siddle in particular bowled in the first test.Does anything just count as happening for you?
Australia yeah but they won the toss.
Southee and Boult yeah but they were injured.
Lyon yeah but they were slogging.
You could explain away just about anything using that mindset
I think ultimately we're not as good as Australia in Tests, and if you're not as good you need luck in order to win.
Already forgetting Chameera are we?
I don't know how much Mascarenhas can be blamed, apart from the 2nd dig at Lord's NZ bowled very well in England afterall. But it's certainly a case of back to the drawing board for the new coach. Fortunately there's a big 6 month break coming, hopefully NZ can sit Shane Bond, Mascarenhas, Hesson, Jurgensen and the bowlers down after this series and spend a couple days trying to work out where things have gone wrong this season and what plans need to be put in place to turn it around.
And all your players healthy (Ross)
Hopefully, but I can't say I have all that much faith in Jurgensen to fix things; I think it will need to come from the bowlers themselves. The two most apparent things for me are the length and the consistency. We just have not strung together sustained periods of good line and length bowling; we bowl a few decent balls and then go searching for the miracle ball, or abandon the normal method in favour of a bouncer barrage or something. I'm not sure the break will do us good or ill too, given that another problem has been our main bowlers being underdone. .
Australia have a very weak team (Australian standards) and NZ have one of the best teams they have ever had,.
Wrong lengths, lack of pace, lack of swing, all coming back from injury, bad game plans and no patience.
They're New Zealanders
It's going to be sweet when you guys go back to England and get bundled out for 80 again.
Yes England have the wood over Australia at the moment winning three of their last ten test matches.
It's jingoistic to call this Australian team weak, but weren't you one of the ones saying the 2011 squad was weak too? As Australians, unless you were born early enough to remember the period just post the retirement of Lillee, You have no idea what a weak cricket team is. That shows up so much when you guys classify teams where every single batsman averages over 40 while all the bowlers average under 35 as being "weak"
