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*Official* First Test at the Gabba
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FBU
International Debutant
I think Broad has a heel injury and Anderson a sore back.
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Number of batsmen who get caught nicking down the offside >>> number of batsmen who get caught down the legside.
Much, much more margin for error flicking to fine-leg. It's pretty much guaranteed runs for top batsmen. So getting caught on the offside can be put down as getting out to a wicket-taking ball, or succumbing to a bowler's plan, but nicking down the leg-side is pretty much a gift to the fielding team.
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Because barely any leg-side nicks get caught. They nearly always go to fine leg, or hit the batsman's body, or bounce before they reach the keeper. No slips!
Jarquis
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Give over man.
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
Is that Strauss the other guy there?
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Is that Strauss the other guy there?
social
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Haddin is a very fine player who doesnt score nearly enough runs despite averaging around 40 in test cricket BUT Prior is his equal and arguably one of the 4 best bats in the English team
Reckon they cancel each other out tbh
tooextracool
International Coach
Think Dean Jones, like David Gower and Michael Bevan, wasn't exactly dropped on the basis of form. They were all generally just considered misfits in the side.
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Shaun Marsh returned today with a brilliant century and despite havinng no fc pedigree to speak of, he's another young guy that the selectors seem "desperate" to pick so North beware
Unfortunately, rather than picking Hodge (surely the best player in Oz atm) or Dussey (another infinitely superior short-term band-aid in a like for like choice), we're likely to be stuck with the same ole, same ole until the trophy cabinet is not only bare but collapses through old age
Unfortunately, rather than picking Hodge (surely the best player in Oz atm) or Dussey (another infinitely superior short-term band-aid in a like for like choice), we're likely to be stuck with the same ole, same ole until the trophy cabinet is not only bare but collapses through old age
Woodster
International Captain
It's great that we have young talent like Hildreth and Taylor in the Performance squad, but Morgan is clearly very highly rated by the management and is the next man in line. Yes his first-class figures are not staggering but Morgan's potential, attitude, and mental strength singles him out as a man that will score runs in tough situations, this has been demonstrated in the ODI's. While I understand that good performances in a different format should not influence selection in Tests, it is the way he is scoring them in pressure situations that convinces the selectors he's made of the right stuff.