*Official* Fourth Test at the MCG

[Howe_zat]

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Quite. They make ours look look, well, competent.

Persisting (as seems likely with no other specialist bats in the XII) with Smith @ #6 is Quixotic and then retention of Beer over Hauritz (playing on his own track, taking wickets, scoring runs, etc) defies logic. It compounds the error of selecting Beer initially because (presumably) they won't say mea culpa and admit they ****ed up.

New favourite word.

[four_or_six]

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Quite. They make ours look look, well, competent.

Persisting (as seems likely with no other specialist bats in the XII) with Smith @ #6 is Quixotic and then retention of Beer over Hauritz (playing on his own track, taking wickets, scoring runs, etc) defies logic. It compounds the error of selecting Beer initially because (presumably) they won't say mea culpa and admit they ****ed up.

It's not just the dubious selections that seem to have been going on a while. They also provided us with such a lol-worthy start to the series with the 17-man squad. It looked chaotic.

[andyc]

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Quite. They make ours look look, well, competent.

Persisting (as seems likely with no other specialist bats in the XII) with Smith @ #6 is Quixotic and then retention of Beer over Hauritz (playing on his own track, taking wickets, scoring runs, etc) defies logic. It compounds the error of selecting Beer initially because (presumably) they won't say mea culpa and admit they ****ed up.

Biggest difference in the selectors between the two teams for mine is that England were willing to drop Finn for this game, even though he'd been your highest wicket taker. If it were Hilditch and co., they'd be raving about how this young bowler has come along leaps and bounds and, despite being expensive, keeps taking those important wickets.

[pskov]

Originally Posted by andyc

Biggest difference in the selectors between the two teams for mine is that England were willing to drop Finn for this game, even though he'd been your highest wicket taker. If it were Hilditch and co., they'd be raving about how this young bowler has come along leaps and bounds and, despite being expensive, keeps taking those important wickets.

Tbf, on tours it is Strauss and Flower that pick the team. The selectors just pick the touring party.

[Rant0r]

Originally Posted by andyc

Biggest difference in the selectors between the two teams for mine is that England were willing to drop Finn for this game, even though he'd been your highest wicket taker. If it were Hilditch and co., they'd be raving about how this young bowler has come along leaps and bounds and, despite being expensive, keeps taking those important wickets.

*nods aggressively*

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by Athlai

Eh? He acknowledged the English in his post.

That's irrelevant.

Bemoaning the efforts of your cricket team has been frowned upon here since mid-2009.

Won't someone just give someone some credit for God's sake!?

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by four_or_six

They also provided us with such a lol-worthy start to the series with the 17-man squad. It looked chaotic.

Yeah, it was symbolic of the way the series was going from the beginning really. England calm and settled, and Australia headless and not sure what options to take.

[Rant0r]

Originally Posted by son of coco

that's irrelevant.

Bemoaning the efforts of your cricket team has been frowned upon here since mid-2009.

won't someone just give someone some credit for god's sake!?

thankyou!!!

[GingerFurball]

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