2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

[halba]

Close contest between Roy and Harris imo

any reason harris was persisted despite him being obviously bad? this is his last test innings - 2nd innings will be. khawaja to move into opener i'd say?

 

[Starfighter]

I've just seen Harris' dismiss and holy moly. Good catch from Buttler though.

any reason harris was persisted despite him being obviously bad? this is his last test innings - 2nd innings will be. khawaja to move into opener i'd say?

He's been the most successful non-Pucovski opener domestically.

 

[halba]

extremely slow going here. slower than watching paint dry. atleast they not giving the wicket away is ok.

 

[halba]

I've just seen Harris' dismiss and holy moly. Good catch from Buttler though.
He's been the most successful non-Pucovski opener domestically.

goes to show - attacks at test level are on a different level than domestic.

 

[andruid]

So even though Hazelwood was a scratch, Star still got dropped from the team?
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[Starfighter]

Anderson still darting them around a bit. Certainly can't tell me he wouldn't have been a handful at Brisbane.

 

[Xix2565]

any reason harris was persisted despite him being obviously bad? this is his last test innings - 2nd innings will be. khawaja to move into opener i'd say?

No real other options. The rest are either too new, concussed or now middle order bats and I don't think repeating the Wade opener experiment is worth the time. And like Starfighter said, Harris has some runs in the bank.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Root will probably bowl himself a fair bit as the main spin option.

To make my point again, if it didn't feel very unorthodox having a specialist batsman at 8(or Joss) I could totally have justified playing one over Woakes here

Could've picked Lawrence instead of Woakes and got him to share the spin duties with Root

 

[Burgey]

So even though Hazelwood was a scratch, Star still got dropped from the team?
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Sorry wut

 

[Xix2565]

So even though Hazelwood was a scratch, Star still got dropped from the team?
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? Starc is in the side though.

 

[Burgey]

Harris has some runs in the bank

It must be a very small bank

 

[halba]

this england attack is much better than 1st test. basically unplayable. i cant see aussies getting any runs but england batting isnt that flash especially against in form neser and jhye - probably our two most in form pacers in domestic cricket past half decade, will be a handful.

 

[Spark]

It must be a very small bank

more Lehmann Brothers than Credit Suisse

 

[Fuller Pilch]

A kid's piggy bank

 

[Starfighter]

goes to show - attacks at test level are on a different level than domestic.

The lifeless Melbourne pitches would help. They've helped Pucovski as well, but he's scored a lot more when fit.

 

[Nintendo]

I'm honestly surprised that Harris had struggled at test level opening in Aus. County returns are Roy esque unless he's in the middle order but he's been a level above in the shield for the past few seasons.

 

[thierry henry]

Can these ****s nick one

 

[andruid]

Misread

Sorry wut

Misread the scorecard. Saw that both Jhye and Neser were in so I assumed it was at his expense

 

[Gob]

Can these ****s nick one

Smith will nick it first up. Its almost as if Marnus has been using all of Smith's luck over the past two years

 

[Shri]

Apparently so, or something.

I must say, speaking of Anderson, not exactly hustling them down here. That last one was 128.9. Does make you wonder about the concerns about his fitness, not being a spring chicken. He was regularly bowling mid-high 130s in the home season.

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that spark post works as an answer to your question. no cloud in sight