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***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

Chubb

International Regular
Anyway if Smith finishes not out in this innings his opening was an official success
Nah the Smith experiment has failed.

Hope Khawaja is okay, but if not, assume Renshaw opens the next match?

Well at least it was more entertaining for all of us than last year....
Yes much more fun than last year's funeral procession, even though the result was never really in doubt.
 

Skipper Pup

U19 Vice-Captain
CA must feel pretty dumb right now. Test is over before any weekend crowd attendance. Probably should have just played Australia A or actually thought about the scheduling.

No doubt they'll pick the same side (aside from maybe Khawaja) for the next test despite the obvious opportunity to take a look at the next generation.

Lyon is also a bit of a passenger right now.
 

Daemon

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CA must feel pretty dumb right now. Test is over before any weekend crowd attendance. Probably should have just played Australia A or actually thought about the scheduling.

No doubt they'll pick the same side (aside from maybe Khawaja) for the next test despite the obvious opportunity to take a look at the next generation.

Lyon is also a bit of a passenger right now.
Tbf even a thursday start wouldn’t have meant much weekend action
 

Skipper Pup

U19 Vice-Captain
Tbf even a thursday start wouldn’t have meant much weekend action
Start it on a Friday then. Most general punters only care about day 1, you'd have people knocking off early to go catch the arvo session too. Then you could roll into day 2 and day 3 with a proper crowd.

If the game gets to day 4/5 you'd have the committed fans finding a way to get there. Casuals aren't buying tickets to those days anyway unless they're cheap or there's jeopardy in the result.

This is almost the worst outcome for all involved.
 

Qlder

International Debutant
Langer you idiot. Just said if Khawaja has concussion it opens up the opener debate again. Clearly not as Renshaw is in the squad and Bancroft and Harris are not
 

Spikey

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this west indies team deserves to face the best australian team possible. send the warner signal
 

IcarianStyles

Cricket Spectator
Yeah no way Steve Smith becomes fastest to 10,000 Test runs now. His test ATG legacy will be FINISHED in 3 more tests (2nd WI test, NZ tests) as his average will drop below 57.

Kohli/Root will score big runs in upcoming IND-ENG series. Steve Smith is not even certain to end up as the best test batter from the Fab 4 at this rate either, let alone best test batter ever.
 

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