2nd Test

 Oh dear, what has gone wrong?

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 Well we're trying to fight

Sat, 2016-11-12 13:55

 Well we're trying to fight back.....too much reliance on the 1 bowler though

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Starc takes wickets but needs

Sat, 2016-11-12 18:23

Starc takes wickets but needs to work on his line if we are to continue with him as a front line bowler. Releases the pressure too much when we start getting on top especially when he goes around the wicket and especially when he goes around the wicket to left handers. Liking Hazelwood more and more.

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Sun, 2016-11-13 09:07

 I love reading what Geoff Lemon has to say, and he has summed it up well once again

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-12/australia-south-africa-day-one-hobart-geoff-lemon/8020616

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 I would rather watch the

Mon, 2016-11-14 10:38

 I would rather watch the poms and India at least there teams try it's ok though they still get some stupid amount of money to play like a under 15 club side 

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Their no 11 got a higher

Mon, 2016-11-14 11:14

Their no 11 got a higher score than 9 of our players.

Great bowling from Hazelwood, looks like he's starting to hit the seam more consistantly and getting a bit of that McGrath niggle off the pitch

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 Australia have to be number

Tue, 2016-11-15 08:38

 Australia have to be number 1 in the world.....at batting collapses 

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Bring on

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:18

 the BBL I say.

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The following players must

Tue, 2016-11-15 11:05

The following players must come into consideration for a test berth...Maddinson, Bancroft, Hanscombe, Lehmann, Wade, Agar

 

Out with Voges, Marsh(both) Siddle  anyone else over 30 except Warner. Go young, build again. Talk to the state sides and get them to do something similar. Put a restriction on how many older players can play.

 

Get the fixture sorted out so that at least 2 shield games are played before the first test. None of this swapping players into or out of the side either. Starc and Siddle both had a limited build up, it cannot have helped. Batsman are woefully out of form. We cant catch either. Australia was once the leader in fielding...not anymore. Too much emphasis on T20. However, that is where the $ are for the game and the players.

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Right on

Thu, 2016-11-17 19:02

To much concentration on T20 style of play, if you want to make this style of cricket your future, and it can't be denied there is were the money is.
Then play that style of game, but I don't believe that you can play test cricket and T20 they are so different and require quite a different mind set.

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We need to build a time

Tue, 2016-11-15 11:09

We need to build a time machine and go back to the 90s and grab Martin Love, Jamie Siddons, Darren Berry, Michael Di Venuto, Jamie Cox and Matthew Elliot.

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Wed, 2016-11-16 15:03

 Rod Marsh has fallen on his sword, effective immediately 

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 Hopefully that's good news.

Wed, 2016-11-16 16:42

 Hopefully that's good news. Can't say I'm in favour of a lot of their selections of late

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Mennie over Bird because of

Wed, 2016-11-16 20:40

Mennie over Bird because of their batting ability was the final straw. 

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 Voges out for the count 

Thu, 2016-11-17 16:49

 Voges out for the count 

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 I think age is catching up

Thu, 2016-11-17 17:35

 I think age is catching up with voges. When you start getting badged like that its time to give it up. 

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 Had no idea did he. We did

Thu, 2016-11-17 17:46

 Had no idea did he. We did well to make 262 thanks to Turner and Whitman. Bancroft obviously doesn't want a baggy green...

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 Hanscomb does. Where is

Thu, 2016-11-17 18:45

 Hanscomb does. Where is Agar? How close to fitness is S Marsh?

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See what Head does in SA's

Thu, 2016-11-17 19:33

See what Head does in SA's dig. He's my prefered replacement for Voges based on his Shield season last year but Handscomb looks handy. Can't he keep as well? I seem to remember another keeper/batter that couldn't crack his home state and ended making a bit of an impact on international cricket. He can't be a worse keeper than Wade and is a better batter than Wade and Neville.

Smarsh had surgery so you'd think he's out for a while and Agar has a calf.

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Sat, 2016-11-19 18:45

 Sam Whiteman to keep stumps?

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Sadly hasn't shown enough

Sat, 2016-11-19 18:57

Sadly hasn't shown enough since his breakout season when he was touted as Haddin's replacement. Give the gloves to Handscom!

The opener is the position that is going to cause the most angst. Do you go with an underperforming Burns, an underperforming Bancroft or give someone else a crack?

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