I’m confused with the rotation strategy, seems players play a game and then get rested…
I think we will struggle to get passed the group stages
BH, what would be your team for the ODI WC then? Actually what be most folks starting 11 fot this WC…Besides Warner none of the top 6 are in any decent form…and the bowling attack just as rusty…Inglis and Carey are both hit n miss…
Keeping in mind that final squads are due on Thursday so changes could still be made.
Assuming Marnus replaces Head in the squad I reckon they will go with
Warner
Marsh
Smith
Labusagne
Stoinis
Maxwell or Green
Carey
Starc
Cummins
Hazlewood
Zampa
If Marsh can bowl this gives the team 7 options
even though the Cup is held on the subcontinent - might have seen one of the finalists last night against Ireland
England were on track to easily set a big world record score
at one stage they were 0-70 off 5 overs and got to 100 off just 8 overs (48 balls)
washed out result though and got to 280 off just 30 overs
some huge scoring coming up very soon it looks like
Have to temper that a bit with the knowledge that the Ireland bowling was absolute rubbish, 4 and 6 balls served up every over. The English will be tested more on the turning Indian surfaces by better attacks.
mikeh, I reckon majority of that side you put forward, similar to my thoughts, all fit under BH’s criteria of living far too comfortably on and off the park with little or no Aust management heat. Super interested to hear what BH thinks is Aust best WC ODI side.
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their two opening bowlers aren’t all that rotten mate - there was a 100% predetermined attack plan for sure
but yes there will be other challenges in India
had a very good opportunity to get momentum in an innings practice
left Maxwell in the shed too long
now it’ll be a battle to not get bowled out
[quote=“Freezin post=231312 userid=945”]mikeh, I reckon majority of that side you put forward, similar to my thoughts, all fit under BH’s criteria of living far too comfortably on and off the park with little or no Aust management heat. Super interested to hear what BH thinks is Aust best WC ODI side.
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Would you like my side from those chosen in the squad and or personal choice?
By the way a few questions for you Freeze…
How is your wonder boy coach going?
What is his overall win/loss record across all formats?
And what young talent has been developed and flourished under his tutelage???
Mate …I am pretty sure I have never said Peanut was/is the wonder boy…just interested how all his detractors seem to know Peanut sings Kumbyah ballads and gives cuddles to the players in the changeroom. Do you have a back stage pass mate?.
Peanut in my eyes, is no better or no worse then JL coaching wise.One is an angry ant, the other a Gospel singer…wouldn’t surprise if both their win/losses were similar TBH.
Personal ODI 11 thanks BH…because obviously you dont want to select any of those over rated, soft as players Peanut sings Kumbyah too.
Confused why we only have 1 specialist spinner in a squad playing a one-day tournament on the sub-continent. With the number of qualifying games in the tournament a lot of wickets will get tired and dusty y the end of the tournament.
Australian cricket is really in a shit spot if we don’t have a decent second spinner, there is no way Maxwell will get 4 for 40 every game. He got lucky the other night
I’ve got 2 hopes
1 - that Tanveer Sangha gets serious game time no matter what pastings might be dished out
2 - that Australia doesn’t just fall back on part-time spin to do everything in all games
unfortunately I am going to see those hopes pissed against an Indian wall
Ashton Agar is a massive loss in these conditions Southerner. I think his bowling style would have been perfect for most of the wickets over there.
mate it looks like they’ve come to the stunning conclusion that Labuschane will be doing the spin work - have good look at that warm up game just gone
just mind boggling really when there are actually other real bowlers in Austalia
not that McDonald has any clue about the game besides the comic book accreditations
Well NZ start the WC with a bang, easily putting reigning champs Eng to the sword, and gaining some redemption from the previous ODI final.
Only early days, but interesting to see NZ batsman / part time spinner in Glenn Phillips roll his off breaks securing 2/17 off 3 overs. Good to see some creativity by another teams brains trust…element of surprise I guess. Probably won’t bowl again, but job done by Phillips me thinks.
Ravindra and Conway made the England bowling attack look pretty toothless although batting looked a lot easier in the evening session.
Big hit on run rate for England which may come back to bite them later in the tournament. I thought even before the tournament that the defending champs have a bit of a dads army look about them with only a couple of them under 30. Also they have Stokes, Wood, Ali and others who are vulnerable to injury niggles. Brook could be a key man for them I reckon because he can score at the rate that could get them up to the 350- 400 mark.
I also think Morgan in 2019 was a much more inspiring captain that Buttler who looks like a bit of a sad sack when the game starts turning against them.
I think we are really going to struggle in this World Cup
looking at a really low total unless Maxwell can belt the Indian attack
there goes that theory
199 never enough, 3/2 gave Aust a pulse, only for Marsh to complete a mare of a game by getting in a tangle with Carey and missing Kohli…4/20 and who knows. 13 wickets for 201 runs then 1/199…strange ole game is cricket…especially when Aust plays.
Only positive to come out of this I guess, is if Aust keep losing, surely means a step closer to Captain Calamity losing his crown…though I do hate seeing Aust lose in any sporting format.
I was gob smacked that Australia chose to bat given the history of the pitches in India skidding on and becoming easier to bat in the evening. Like on so many occasions in India, the batting was clueless against spin. You would think with so many of these guys having played IPL they would have worked something out by now. If they had bowled first, they may have been able to use Zampa and Maxwell in a more attacking mode.
Its only one game but with a rampant South Africa next on the schedule they will be probably be playing catch up cricket early in the tournament