*Official* Road to 2013 Ashes - Page 50

benchmark00 · 12-01-2013, 04:14 AM

Pick the bloke who doesn't follow domestic cricket at all.

Johnners · 12-01-2013, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by benchmark00

Pick the bloke who doesn't follow domestic cricket at all.

tbf to social, he probably missed it as he was out having dinner with the selection panel at the time

benchmark00 · 12-01-2013, 04:25 AM

Soooo good.

BoyBrumby · 12-01-2013, 04:26 AM

I don't much rate Haddin's keeping, but it's patently a cut above Wade's which is just woeful.

Wade looks like he actually has good reflexes, but his basic technique suggests someone who took up the gauntlets relatively late. He's wrong footed when the ball deviates after passing the stumps pretty much everytime. Doesn't clang them all, but has to work a lot harder to make what should be straightforward takes.

Think his batting definitely has potential tho. It was ultimately in a losing cause, but his 60-odd at the WACA was the only reason Oz were even in the third test versus the Yarps after the first innings.

Hideous end to it tho, but.

Spikey · 12-01-2013, 04:30 AM

tassie attempted to get wade to give up the gloves from memory (#notbetterthanpaine)

GIMH · 12-01-2013, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnners

tbf to social, he probably missed it as he was out having dinner with the selection panel at the time

Burgey · 12-01-2013, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

I don't much rate Haddin's keeping, but it's patently a cut above Wade's which is just woeful.

Wade looks like he actually has good reflexes, but his basic technique suggests someone who took up the gauntlets relatively late. He's wrong footed when the ball deviates after passing the stumps pretty much everytime. Doesn't clang them all, but has to work a lot harder to make what should be straightforward takes.

Think his batting definitely has potential tho. It was ultimately in a losing cause, but his 60-odd at the WACA was the only reason Oz were even in the third test versus the Yarps after the first innings.

Hideous end to it tho, but.

Good footwork beats good hands as a keeper every day of the week and twice in Sundays.

morgieb · 12-01-2013, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnners

tbf to social, he probably missed it as he was out having dinner with the selection panel at the time

Maximas · 21-01-2013, 07:23 AM

It would be a damning indictment to the baggy green in Maxwell found one sitting backwards on his undeserving head. he is a pedestrian bowler hardly capable of holding up an end and is batting is only suited to cashing in heavily on good starts by using his hard hitting ability. I can't see him ever being able to dig Australia out of trouble with either bat or ball. Khawaja has surely done enough for a place given he has made lot of shield runs in mainly difficult conditions, unlike Hughes who has been on the Adelaide pitch half the time. Haddin is past it, and there are better alternatives. However the Aussie selectors are pigeon holing every cricketer in Australia as either last resort (Khawaja, Quiney, Burns) or having great potential (Smith, Hughes, Maxwell), I hate this.

And have people heard that Brad Hodge suddenly wants to make a comeback? Shaun Marsh is having his name tossed around as well, I can;t stand this trash.

Spikey · 21-01-2013, 07:32 AM

brad hodge is still good enough. just ask him

Maximas · 21-01-2013, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Spikey

brad hodge is still good enough. just ask him

I think it's fair to say that BBL form is even better than SS form, what do you think?

Spikey · 21-01-2013, 08:07 AM

it seems to me that if we're gonna pick a guy who sucks against the short ball, is prone to nicking off and is a dick, we should just pick dussey

Howe_zat · 21-01-2013, 08:46 AM

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It would be a damning indictment to the baggy green in Maxwell found one sitting backwards on his undeserving head.

it is a hat

Pothas · 21-01-2013, 10:56 AM

Not even a nice hat.

Top_Cat · 21-01-2013, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnners

tbf to social, he probably missed it as he was out having dinner with the selection panel at the time

haha, I like Social but that's fantastic. Burns in so many directions.

On Wade, I'm not a fan of his keeping either but Jack's right that he's been in the mix for tough situations for Vic. As a 'keeper, I reckon he's a stayer but, as Bench said, at 7. Don't agree at all that he should make way for Haddin at this point.

12-01-2013, 04:26 AM	#739 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,629	I don't much rate Haddin's keeping, but it's patently a cut above Wade's which is just woeful. Wade looks like he actually has good reflexes, but his basic technique suggests someone who took up the gauntlets relatively late. He's wrong footed when the ball deviates after passing the stumps pretty much everytime. Doesn't clang them all, but has to work a lot harder to make what should be straightforward takes. Think his batting definitely has potential tho. It was ultimately in a losing cause, but his 60-odd at the WACA was the only reason Oz were even in the third test versus the Yarps after the first innings. Hideous end to it tho, but. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

12-01-2013, 04:30 AM	#740 (permalink)
Spikey Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: All Glory To The Nev Posts: 24,055	tassie attempted to get wade to give up the gloves from memory (#notbetterthanpaine) __________________ Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ? With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left

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benchmark00 Request Your Custom Title Now! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vote 1 Tangy Posts: 30,097	Soooo good.

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Maximas U19 12th Man Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Junaid Khan Posts: 209	It would be a damning indictment to the baggy green in Maxwell found one sitting backwards on his undeserving head. he is a pedestrian bowler hardly capable of holding up an end and is batting is only suited to cashing in heavily on good starts by using his hard hitting ability. I can't see him ever being able to dig Australia out of trouble with either bat or ball. Khawaja has surely done enough for a place given he has made lot of shield runs in mainly difficult conditions, unlike Hughes who has been on the Adelaide pitch half the time. Haddin is past it, and there are better alternatives. However the Aussie selectors are pigeon holing every cricketer in Australia as either last resort (Khawaja, Quiney, Burns) or having great potential (Smith, Hughes, Maxwell), I hate this. And have people heard that Brad Hodge suddenly wants to make a comeback? Shaun Marsh is having his name tossed around as well, I can;t stand this trash.

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Spikey Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: All Glory To The Nev Posts: 24,055	brad hodge is still good enough. just ask him

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Spikey Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: All Glory To The Nev Posts: 24,055	it seems to me that if we're gonna pick a guy who sucks against the short ball, is prone to nicking off and is a dick, we should just pick dussey

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Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,471	Not even a nice hat.

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