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*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval
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Ausage
Cricketer Of The Year
Injured.
Athlai
Not Terrible
So ghey, sounded like he was in good batting form.
vicleggie
State Vice-Captain
aussies need to stop following the past protocol. yes 10 years ago it wouldve been ridiculous, but these players have no similarities to those 10 years ago. look at safrica with graeme smith when he came in- theyre reaping the rewards.
white imo would go better than anyone else- cant see how in the long run there is a better option? clarke seems just as clueless and bereft of tactics/creativity as ponting- they wont make a world class side with him
haddin/katich/hussey are the only other options i see- and white would be a better captain than them
Ausage
Cricketer Of The Year
What makes you say that? I remember him making some particularly clever field changes in a T20 match last year.
vicleggie
State Vice-Captain
melbourne run chase against lanka- his body language looked exactly like pontings when theyre losing- just gets the s____ and doesnt think on his feet. are u referring to the t20 game where he bowled himslef and got a couple of wickets? coz that type of hit and giggle stuff wont win test matches. i cant remember him being creative in odi matches
oh sorry didnt see you said 'field changes'- well i dunno, im not sure if he has the attacking flare to be successful in testcricket
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JBH001
International Regular
Not sure how valid those examples are, tbh. IIRC, both Hayden and Martyn had tough introductions into test cricket and only flowered after more seasons in Sheffield Shield cricket. Frankly, making big changes now would be counter-productive. I don't see the need to make any changes other than dropping Doherty (for Smith or another quick - Johnson?) and possibly North (if he has a viable replacement) with Hughes in for Kattich.
Stick to what you have and make the best of it by playing better, IMO.
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Spark
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That's the game I'm talking about as well though. In that game what I saw was a different field almost every ball. It was just bizarre - although to be fair, he was probably ball-following to some extent, and since every ball landed in a completely different place...
Most of the time he's pretty good. But when he panics - boy, does he panic.
Ausage
Cricketer Of The Year
Reckon I'd prefer Clarke's problem over Pontings though. Given time the guy with too many ideas will work out which ones work and which ones don't. The guy with no ideas won't suddenly conjure some out of thin air.
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