Jacknife
International Captain
To be fair, I've watched plenty of him at Yorkshire.
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*Official* Fifth Test at the SCG
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four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yep, Broad > Bresnan. Great to have Bresnan and Finn ready to come in though.
Ruckus
International Captain
No thanks
hazsa19
International Regular
Yup and the problem is that I and many other will have only seen his odi performances. Where he just seems to go wide of the stumps and keep things tight.
This is a completly different bowler.
Flem274*
123/5
I know it's a small sample, but Bresnan has impressed me more than Broad. Broad is decent, but seems to go for periods between drinks, so to speak. I'd lean towards retaining Bresnan at this stage.
Spark
Global Moderator
He's faced a lot of Swann and I don't think he has the shots to work him over.
Bun
Banned
Six consecutive failures, no matter how good the bowling was, should be a potential career ender for Hughes. A shame as he is still young but also a chance for him to go back and tighten his technique and make a comeback. But at the moment, wit each passing game, his twin hundreds in SA are looking more and more flukey.
Jacknife
International Captain
Yes, I think just bowling ODi and 20/20 stuff, really affected his first class bowling. Working with Saker seems to have brought him back, to how he used to bowl.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Don't see why people talk about "Hughes' last Test" and "career ending". Understandable if he heads back to state cricket, but can't see why a guy who is 21 can't come back.
Wouldn't be surprised if he was given the tour to SL, pitches may suit him somewhat with the lower bounce and being able to control his shots a bit better and stay on top of them. Still not particularly convinced about him against spin, ITBT, but I still think that the selectors will persevere with him. If only because there's few whacking the door down for a game at the top of the order.
Wouldn't be surprised if he was given the tour to SL, pitches may suit him somewhat with the lower bounce and being able to control his shots a bit better and stay on top of them. Still not particularly convinced about him against spin, ITBT, but I still think that the selectors will persevere with him. If only because there's few whacking the door down for a game at the top of the order.
Spark
Global Moderator
Let's forget about him being squared up to basically everything on off stump, he needs to get some legside shots. It frustrates so much to see what would ordinarily be poor balls and rank long-hops being blocked or fended away uncomfortably.
Ruckus
International Captain
Yeh don't see much point in trying to salvage a draw. Would much prefer if the guys play their shots and try and give the crowd something to cheer about.
Spark
Global Moderator
Reverse swing and the pitch is turning, I wouldn't be so confident.
hazsa19
International Regular
That's a very 'English' thing to do. I would have thought the Aussie public would much rather see a couple of days of old-school Aussie grit and determination, and a bit of skill, which has been lacking.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
You're joking right? What's the point of hitting a few flashy fours when we could suffer our third innings loss in a series. This is a seriously bad mentality and characterises Australia's batting in the last three years. All flashy with no grit or determination.