tigertim said:
I reckon a forty over format would be better than the current fifty, but not split innings like the domestic game.
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I reckon a forty over format would be better than the current fifty, but not split innings like the domestic game.
I didn't even realise the game was on until I watched the 6.00 news and saw the score.
Now that the ashes have been lost, my interest has waned somewhat.
I will still watch, but not overly concerned with who wins and loses in ODI games, unless it is the World Cup.
Regardless, Watson must have batted very well. He is in good form in all forms of the game.
Now that the ashes have been lost, my interest has waned somewhat.
I will still watch, but not overly concerned with who wins and loses in ODI games, unless it is the World Cup.
Regardless, Watson must have batted very well. He is in good form in all forms of the game.
Navy Days said:
Couldn't disagree more Navy. Possibly your worst call on PRE. The crowd was spot on to give him the bronx cheers. Clarke is woefully out of form, couldn't get bat on anything on his pads, placed all the scoring pressure on his partner, could not hit a boundary when required. And then, after wasting 20 odd balls he goes out to a soft dismissal. Personalyy this was the point I thought we would win the game. When you have plenty of batting left you don't score at a strike rate of 60 odd (he got 3 extra lucky runs in his innings also!!).
Hussey could be at 3, he has the ability to rotate the strike and hit the boundary. Clarke should be sent back to state cricket to find the middle of his bat again.
Smith - meh.
Navy stands by last nights innings being fine for the circumstances of who he was batting with & the stage of the game. Aus still needed near 200 runs when he came to the wicket. The last thing we needed was another quick wicket with so many still required.
Batting is all about building a score in partnerships. He role was to support Watson which he did. They put on 100 in 18 overs against mainly Swan & Yardy. This was done without risk that made the chase home comfortable.
The test for Clarke in his current form will be when he is required to score at a quicker pace than last night. You would have to have serious question marks on his summers performance that he could.
On Hussey, he is one of the best finishers in one day cricket. Taking someone as cool as him from that spot would be extremely risky with some no-doubt high pressure world cup games on the horizon.
Batting is all about building a score in partnerships. He role was to support Watson which he did. They put on 100 in 18 overs against mainly Swan & Yardy. This was done without risk that made the chase home comfortable.
The test for Clarke in his current form will be when he is required to score at a quicker pace than last night. You would have to have serious question marks on his summers performance that he could.
On Hussey, he is one of the best finishers in one day cricket. Taking someone as cool as him from that spot would be extremely risky with some no-doubt high pressure world cup games on the horizon.
In watching Smith come in early, I got the impression that the team is experimenting with the World Cup in mind.
I am convinced it was premeditated, and that Smith's batting must have been preordained based on the circumstances of the game. I hope so anyway, because rhere is no other way to describe it other than a massive head implosion on the part of both Smith (as batsman) and White (as skipper).
I expect that we will see White come up the order in one of the next games.
I am convinced it was premeditated, and that Smith's batting must have been preordained based on the circumstances of the game. I hope so anyway, because rhere is no other way to describe it other than a massive head implosion on the part of both Smith (as batsman) and White (as skipper).
I expect that we will see White come up the order in one of the next games.
Navy Days said:
Isn't that why Hussey came in, to slog during the power play where Smith failed. If you don't think he slogged then didn't they simply bat D Hussey or White.
Streak said:
Agree with that post streaker though I think you mean Clarke as skipper and not White. The promoting of Smith made no sense, not even in the context of the game unless Clarke felt he needed someone to make up for his plodding.
jb03 said:
No. Hussey didnt slog one ball. He hit one four which was a text book cover drive & one six wher he got lucky with a top edged pull shot. Even the ball that got him he just tried to turn around the corner for a single but got a leading edge to a slower ball. No slogging at all in that. Hussey scores quickly because he places the ball well & he's so good between the wickets, not from slogging.
Smith was put up the order to have a dash from ball one during a power play. If no power play he doesnt. If it came off all good if not no harm done as the better batsman were still to come. You mentioned Johnson before, that would have been the same theory & probably worked better as he's a cleaner striker.
On your last point JB, Hussey came in because there were just 10 overs to go in the match & his team needed a very workable 7 an over. He is a better bet than his brother & White in that situation.
If people want to point the finger the bowling, fielding & keeping are a better start INO.
Navy Days said:
Spot on. Besides, the bowling was extremely good at that stage - and the ball was (a) reversing, and (b) getting softer.
Navy Days said:
Agree again, Navy. M Hussey was outstanding; Smith was an experiment with an eye on the future.
As for the bowling, we have a LOT to do in the next couple of months. Some very ordinary performances, no ability to reverse, too many no balls, mediocre spinners...
He was very poor. He probably owed us the 100 he and Watson put on.
Incidentally Michael Bolton, I understand that your mate was mediocre in the recent T20 in Canberra. Did you catch up with that performance?
Incidentally Michael Bolton, I understand that your mate was mediocre in the recent T20 in Canberra. Did you catch up with that performance?
Well, one of us was mature enough to let reports of Paine's keeping go through to the keeper...