Prince EWS
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If they aren't part of the best eleven currently they shouldn't be playing. Simple as. Don't care if they're eight or eighty.
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***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12
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hazsa19
International Regular
Barely noticed Ponting, and he's 31*.
Burgey
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I dunno mate, been quite a number of plays and misses plus a couple of close shouts.
I do enjoy the radio commentary, though it always intrigues me that when there are days like this when there's 10+ wickets falling from both sides, the likes of Maxwell, Lawson et al invariably, and I mean without fail, say "there's nothing wrong with the pitch".
Well Geoff, there was nothing wrong with the pitch in Perth when Ambrose broke your fat mouth either, ****.
Vroomfondel
U19 12th Man
can ashwin bowl a maiden to these two?
(not to this field)
(not to this field)
Spikey
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playing **** iirc
Kylez
State Vice-Captain
How can you comfortably say that they're better though? Marsh has certainly outperformed Khawaja in test cricket and arguably looks better technically as well. Even Cowan beat Khawaja's highest score in test cricket and it's only his first test. You can make the same argument against Hughes as well. Hughes has looked technically pathetic at times while Marsh has shown more and Cowan probably will to. Give them a chance first, you shouldn't just make your judgement from First class stats and experience.
Hughes and Khawaja haven't really dominated in FC cricket in recent times, whereas Cowan and Marsh have been superb in their last few FC seasons. Marsh and Cowan have to deal with tricky home pitches as well.
Ruckus
International Captain
Yeah such dire batting before. Completely froze with fear. If they just left the ball for a few more overs, it would have got a lot easier. Suprising isn't it? It's harder to bat against the new ball...ground breaking stuff.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Ya, this partnership has screwed us over. We need to break it asap, or they'll quickly take the game away from us. Don't see India chasing more than 225-230.
Spark
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To be fair, leaving did Cowan no good and Clarke had a well-known technical flaw exploited by a really good ball, but yeah...
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Ed Cowan wants me to let you know he's taken your advice on board and will leave the ball more in the second Test.
pup11
International Coach
..And who is to say that Hughes for example isn't in the best eleven, his test record is only as good or bad as any other underachieving test batman in the current eleven and since he is an opener his job is only that much harder.
benchmark00
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Does anyone read CW threads on anything other than linear mode??
Spark
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Genuine question, have you watched that much Australian cricket in the last year?
Prince EWS
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Well if you want to argue that, argue that. I don't agree at the moment but it's not a view I'd see as ridiculous. Harping on about his age and acting as if lack of experience is a virtue is a completely different thing though.