******Cricket Thread******

[Dr Jacoby]

They are good bowlers, I wouldn’t say excellent.

Roach is a bit past it and rightly ranked 14th in the world and Trent Boult is really medium-fast, 85mph not blistering pace.

It’s not comparable to facing Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood, nor Shami and Bumrah.

Boult averages the same as Starc (27) and he’s closing in on 300 wickets. Roach also has over 200 test wickets at 27 apiece. I disagree that he’s past it as it’s quite apparent that he’s improved a lot since losing a yard of pace. His returns show this.

 

[liamctid]

Wouldn't say there's a lot in it between Starc and Cummins v Boult and Southee tbh

 

[domalino]

Wouldn't say there's a lot in it between Starc and Cummins v Boult and Southee tbh

Well Rory Burns averages 60 against NZ and 30 vs Aus.

 

[liamctid]

Well Rory Burns averages 60 against NZ and 30 vs Aus.

Ah, so that's how the ICC work out the rankings!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Shane Warne has said England’s selections this series are the worst he’s ever known.

 

[waspish]

Shane Warne has said England’s selections this series are the worst he’s ever known.

I agree first test they should of started these as our bowlers.


Stokes
Anderson
Broad
Wood
Robinson

 

[bavarian blue]

I see both Curran brothers are now injured, what is the point of Surrey employing them.?

 

[Corky]

Got to give him a fair crack at it. He's had 10 tests, all against India and Australia, the majority away from home over 5 years. Inbetween his game has fell off a cliff and has had to rebuild his career at a new county ... and he only turns 25 on Saturday!

I think not awarding him a central contract puts more pressure on him.

 

[tasblue]

Hobart weather forecast

Friday 14 January​

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Saturday 15 January​

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Humid. Cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to north easterly 15 to 20 km/h shifting southerly during the afternoon.
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Sunday 16 January​

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Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming south easterly 15 to 20 km/h for a time in the afternoon.
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Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower, most likely during the morning. Light winds becoming westerly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Tuesday 18 January​

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Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h turning south to south westerly 15 to 25 km/h in the afternoon.

Also a possibility of a bit of Aurora Activity late Saturday/Sunday.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Weird watching the SA vs IND test match being competitive on day 3,

 

[neel]

Big controversy about drs decision…looked rigged

 

[Don Karleone]

Good start

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

First game of the series I’ve watched, not a bad start for England. Aus 12-3. Might restrict them to sub 300 if lucky.

 

[andyhinch]

First game of the series I’ve watched, not a bad start for England. Aus 12-3. Might restrict them to sub 300 if lucky.

Should be 4 down tbh, glad I got up for this.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Should be 4 down tbh, glad I got up for this.

Sadly yes, a bad drop.

 

[KS55]

Silly question. Why on earth is Jimmy not playing?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Normal service resumed.

 

[andyhinch]

Normal service resumed.

Going to pay for that dropped catch.
Edit, wtf do I know :-)

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Going to pay for that dropped catch.

Labuschagne is one lucky fella, they showed a stat that out of the last 29 catching chances he has given he got caught only 50% of the time. Like the commentators said, the slip fielders are a bit too narrow. They’re low in confidence and have bunched up to stop those chances that slip through gaps and theoretically make for easier chances BUT having just taken a good catch Crawley had the confidence to dive across Root and messed it up. Root’s late movement may also have contributed. It happens though and you just have to accept it.

 

[andyhinch]

Labuschagne is one lucky fella, they showed a stat that out of the last 29 catching chances he has given he got caught only 50% of the time. Like the commentators said, the slip fielders are a bit too narrow. They’re low in confidence and have bunched up to stop those chances that slip through gaps and theoretically make for easier chances BUT having just taken a good catch Crawley had the confidence to dive across Root and messed it up. Root’s late movement may also have contributed. It happens though and you just have to accept it.

I’ve edited my post, suicidal shot selection.