hazsa19
International Regular
Seems logical...
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***Official*** New Zealand in Australia 2011
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Athlai
Not Terrible
Young can gagf (barring runs here)
Zinzan
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It's not all gloom & doom Flem, we do have some potentially good Test batsmen in this lot.
Positives - Ryder is still Test class, Williamson definitely will be & Brownlie looks like a proper Test batsman. In Vettori we still have the best 7-8 in the world.
Negatives - Taylor needs to come down the order, he's still too loose to bat in the top 4, Guptill hasn't got a good enough technique/temperament to open & McCullum isn't consistent enough to get away with playing like Sehwag as an opener,he's way too hit & miss especially considering the frailty of the rest of our batting lineup.
adub
International Captain
MJ is injured and will not be back for 5 months. I don't think he'll play tests again (fingers crossed).Thanks.
Next question, what sort of attack do the Australians feel will be selected for Boxing Day? Has MJ been dropped or rested?
Love watching cricket all night in the winter
If everyone is fit we'll probably play Cummins, Pattinson, Siddle, Lyon with Watson back in the top six. I'd be pretty happy with that.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Who knows? I wouldn't back Harris to play more than two Tests in a row in any case. He's only played 50% of the Tests Australia have played since his debut thanks to injury.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
I think it's an accurate statement. What would you have said instead?
My only concern with Harris and Cutting is that they are looking to take part in the Big Bash. I really don't want to see an injury prone quick getting injured in that sort of Cricket.
You'll drop Brownlie after this? If not, which one?
Zinzan
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Nooooooooooooooooooo
Ruckus
International Captain
I'm not so sure about it tbh. Harris is really getting on in age and has a degenerative knee condition, so I think we should probably just play him as much as we can while he his on his last legs. We have to move on from Harris though, and fortunately the emergence of these young bowlers will provide some good alternatives.
Flem274*
123/5
John Wright to wear a blindfold and throw a dart.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
He has bowled well, which I said right from the start. But they were poor shots. Guptill got a gud'un fair enough, but batsmen with better skills against the short ball than he (ie. everyone) might've faired better. As for the three nicks, in none of those cases was the ball in the corridor. They were all well wide of the off stump. And yes they were swinging, and yes it was good pace but good test batsmen shouldn't be lured into shots like that so early in their innings.
And I suppose I really hate the general tendency to write new players off after one bad performance (see the calls from earlier in this thread to drop Bracewell on the basis of his efforts on the second day). Which is why I find it equally aggravating when you have people going the opposite way.
Anyway, he certainly could by a top quick. Lets just leave it at that.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Filthy slog imo.