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Cricket Thread
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bluwes
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See ball, hit ball…I like it
trueblue1972
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Each dayDid anybody spot the lad in a City shirt sat on a roof next to the ground.
?Each day
trueblue1972
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Saw him there each day
Khawaja, Labuschagne (his stats do seem inflated though), Hazelwood and Green are all quality players.We've got them now and we'll go on to win the series. The Aussies aren't a team they just have a few good individual players, absolutely nothing special at all. Warner, Labuschagne, Boland, Murphy must all be sweating on their place for the 4th test. Infact the only ones I rate are Head, Cummins, and Starc
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How does Smith not fit in this ?Khawaja, Labuschagne (his stats do seem inflated though), Hazelwood and Green are all quality players.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Khawaja, Labuschagne (his stats do seem inflated though), Hazelwood and Green are all quality players.
They're a good team. I never put that in question. I stand by my judgement that — as a whole unit — they are not fit to hold a candle to the great Australian teams of the past, and I'm specifically referring to the period approximately ’95 to 2005. I'm not even sure that they're better than — or as good as — the Australian team of Bill Lawry, the Chappell brothers and the like, if we want to go back that far. Mitchell Starc's a fine quick bowler. Cummins can bowl, and then some. Nathan Lyon's a wily fox. Smith when he's on song is one of the top two or three batsmen in the world (he's not on song at present). Excuse me, but Lillee and Thommo at their height were a force of nature. A tornado in human form. I don't think I've ever seen such a fearsome pairing, in any team. The England team that played against them was shellshocked, blown to smithereens.
Others will have other opinions, of course.
I well know that they're classed number one by the ICC, and (for what it's worth) they've just beaten India in a one-off. That's more of a reflection on the competition. Nobody is outstanding at present. England should and could have done better against them on our own turf. It's been close, even today. I don't expect England to win the Ashes, but it would be a better reflection of the real forces of the two teams if it were levelled.