*Official* Second ODI in Brisbane

[Spark]

That's quite good

 

[theegyptian]

Righteo.

If you think that isn't a massive further kick to Cook's confidence as captain simply because it's only an ODI then I think you're delusional. That **** hurts.

I was referring to stuff highlighted specifically but you seem to have gleamed over that to make some other salient point. How would it be better if England were 200 all out and outclassed again? They may have lost but they were competitive against the favourites of the CWC with a team decimated by form and injury/rest issues. In your thinking Australia would have been better off getting thrashed in the tests back in England rather than most of the games being competitive- because it would have hurt less for the players.

And the English fans were talking about themselves when they said they weren't devastated and it was just an ODI. Of course to the ODI team to get so close and then lose would be a bitter pill to swallow - but no-one afaik was suggesting otherwise. They were talking about their own feelings of indifference rather than the players.

 

[benchmark00]

Pretty sure two or three months ago you were going on about how England are clearly a much better ODI team than Australia and now you're saying Australia are the favourites for the World Cup.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Pretty sure two or three months ago you were going on about how England are clearly a much better ODI team than Australia and now you're saying Australia are the favourites for the World Cup.

Would you prefer people not to revise their views given how history and results have panned out?

In other news, that Kaiser Wilhelm - he seems like a decent chap. I heard so on the wireless.

 

[benchmark00]

Yeah that'd be a real swell post of yours if you had actually read the original discussion we had.

But alas...

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Can you provide the missing context then? How many pages do I need to go back to read the original discussion to which you refer?

 

[benchmark00]

One day series after the test series in England.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Well. My memory is pretty shot these days, so I'm not surprised I don't remember some debate made 6 months ago tbf.

 

[benchmark00]

With that in mind you should probably not enter into a discussion with no knowledge of the particulars.

Hopefully your memory isn't so bad that you forget that next time you do it.

 

[theegyptian]

Pretty sure two or three months ago you were going on about how England are clearly a much better ODI team than Australia and now you're saying Australia are the favourites for the World Cup.

Bookmakers favourites and yes Australia were bad in the champions trophy. England were pretty good. Not hard to see how you could claim to say England were better at that point. Since then Australia have performed very well in india and in England whilst England have had various retirements/ form loss of key players.

 

[Prince EWS]

Bookmakers favourites and yes Australia were bad in the champions trophy.

Well England were definitely the better ODI side for English conditions but that's not quite the same thing.

 

[benchmark00]

Bookmakers favourites and yes Australia were bad in the champions trophy. England were pretty good. Not hard to see how you could claim to say England were better at that point. Since then Australia have performed very well in india and in England whilst England have had various retirements/ form loss of key players.

Australia at that point were, and still are, convincingly a better one day cricket team overall and have been for a long time. As I said at the time, Australia didn't take the champions trophy seriously and you were foolish to base your opinion on that.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

With that in mind you should probably not enter into a discussion with no knowledge of the particulars.

Hopefully your memory isn't so bad that you forget that next time you do it.

Well, if you treat this like a chat room when anyone as well as your interlocutor can read your posts, and you provide your posts with no context, don't be surprised when people misconstrue them.

 

[benchmark00]

I'll keep that in mind, cheers.

 

[social]

Australia at that point were, and still are, convincingly a better one day cricket team overall and have been for a long time. As I said at the time, Australia didn't take the champions trophy seriously and you were foolish to base your opinion on that.

Wont hold my breath for evidence to back this claim

 

[benchmark00]

Wont hold my breath for evidence to back this claim

I would say resting the worlds best one day pace bowler in key matches so he'd be fit for a test series is a pretty good indication pal.

 

[social]

I would say resting the worlds best one day pace bowler in key matches so he'd be fit for a test series is a pretty good indication pal.

And who would that be?

 

[benchmark00]

Pretty sure if you actually watched one day cricket over the course of the last 18 months you'd be able to figure it out champ.

 

[social]

Pretty sure if you actually watched one day cricket over the course of the last 18 months you'd be able to figure it out champ.

Australia's best bowlers played all 3 matches champ

Case closed pal

 

[Spikey]

Starc didn't play in all 3 matches bud. and obviously clarke.