Stoinis was trash today. Wasn't interested at all in taking singles and got out to an innocuous ball that he could easily have come forward to and got on the half volley, as handscomb would have. They need a proper coach tbh.
Yeah I know. He looks comfortable chasing these totals. But I truly doubt he has that fourth gear when he needs to go at 8 an over, which will happen a lot in England
in short, a much better cricket team
i've been kind of meh whatever wrt selections all summer but picking siddle in ODIs is just ridiculous. truly, truly absurd.
This Indian team actually needed hacks like him /Hardik/Raina/Jaddu etc. in the lower middle order. One too many proper batsmen there already.
at least he can get it off the square
Yeah i was trying to pinpoint the key aspects though. I was still a bit disappointed in India, have a lot of work to do to match the better teams at the WC from what I saw tonight. Aus have more to do though, but a few key players back should help somewhat. Still need to do the basics better though. Can't win games if you don't take your catches.
Not exactly undefeated but still a solid tour
2 of those are important because they make the team on bowling merit and add balance when selected. Raina was a far superior player to jadhav to even merit a comparison. He only gets into the team because of a vacuum in that lower middle order and to fill that finisher shaped hole after yuvi and raina got phased out and dhoni declined.
Nah. Of these guys only Siddle and Khawaja are clearly not up to it. The rest have the potential to compete with some proper preparation and coaching. I back Finch to regain some form.
He's ran through the Perth top order tonight
Hmm. Missed that. I mean if he actually shows a return to a decent death bowler then i wouldn't hate it but i haven't seen him do it.
