Nah, I don't hate McAndrew. He put in an honest shift (31 wickets in 7 matches at 24), but he just never struck me as Test quality. Fully aware he's better than our normal quicks, that's why he was signed. I hate Head though, absolute ****.
Pitch has a lot to do with this tbhAustralia's top 4 spare batsmen in the country (with a combined 62 Tests) are scoring at only 2.48 runs per over against an average FC attack
Well Abrar was their highest wicket taker in two of the three series he's played. Nauman had a better performance in Sri Lanka and might get selected on that, but not a certain thing. As for the fast bowlers, Hasan's got expeirnace but is crap, and the only other option is Wasim Jr. who's as inexperienced as anyone playing.
I guess I have to learn both names of bowlers as I don't understand any of that. It was a legitimate question I asked as 2 Pak PM XI bowlers never played tests. Was wondering how many they held back other than Shaheen Afridi?
Abrar ahmed is the leg spinner they played here. He's taken a few wickets in the test's he's played on some flat decks. Nauman ali is another spinner who use to be there first choice guy but fell off when AUS toured a few years ago. Hasan is hasan ali, he's a skiddy ~135 right arm pacer who reverses the ball a bit. Mohammad wasim JR is a t20 pacer who's played next to no FC cricket but is in the squad for some reason. None of them are set up for success in australia and I don't think they have the experience/adapatability to find a way around that vs a good batting lineup like we have.
He was one of the uncles wasn't he?
I think Green will come good, just seems like a mindset thing with him. Needs to play a little less cricket imo
They also need to stop trying to make him bat and bowl in a style that doesn't suit him.
What evidence is there of this?
I can't believe you can even hope that with a straight face.
Like most people I wish to see a strong PK. It's a flair side, a glamour team like the WI. But yes, 0-3 looks likely as ever.
I actually think "consistently dominated at domestic level" overstates Harris a bit too, especially once you look at his record outside Junction Oval.
That green dominates domestic level and goes back to being mediocre at international level? He smashed the ball everywhere in the IPL, couldnt buy a run in the ashes/wtc and the games around the world cup, then went back to shield cricket and made 97 for WA straight away, and looks set for a fairly big score here. I really like green but his batting returns haven't lived up to the level of talent he's shown. He's still very young, so maybe hey'll figure it out and put some consistency together.
We all agreed he was doing absolutely fine until the Ashes. It's one bad series, that's not enough to write off his career.
Yeah I agree. Even during that bad patch around the wc/ashes he didn't look out of form to me, I honestly thought he looked pretty good, particularly in that 1st ashes test. Just kept on having brain fades after getting in.
