2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

[Starfighter]

Did Brayshaw just refer to Stokes as a 'young man'? Piss off.

 

[Spark]

Green is batting 6 ffs. His technique isn't perfect but he's still young and he'll adapt. Not enough credit was given to the bowler there.

i mean it's a good ball but you have to get at least something behind it. you can't get bowled to that, you just can't.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

People have hyped up Green so much despite of him not doing much so far even in familiar conditions. Has everyone jinxed him on purpose or something?

 

[Burgey]

obviously has an issue with balls there

Straight ones on the stumps?

That's pretty ****ing problematic for a test player.

Last year he couldn't take a wicket. This year he can barely make a run. A No Rounder of the highest order.

 

[Nintendo]

Would be absolutely hysterical if Harris rocked up for boxing day and green was dropped for uzzie.

 

[Spark]

People have hyped up Green so much despite of him not doing much so far even in familiar conditions. Has everyone jinxed him on purpose or something?

only phil hughes in semi-recent memory has had a better start to their FC career

 

[Croadymeister]

I worry that big second wicket partnership is already going to negate the loss of Hazlewood & Cummins

 

[Starfighter]

yeah that trigger movement, hmm, that doesn't look right to me.

His starting open and stepping across reminds me of the way I used to get bowled all the time. While with his height I reckon he'll always be vulnerable to the full delivery, I don't recall his setup looking that bad before.

 

[Spark]

His starting open and stepping across reminds me of the way I used to get bowled all the time. While with his height I reckon he'll always be vulnerable to the full delivery, I don't recall his setup looking that bad before.

yeah it was absolutely not like that last summer, when it genuinely looked quite good and it was more his mental approach to the game that was holding him back, rather than anything technical. but that there is absolutely technical, he's not lining up the ball correctly for whatever reason.

 

[Starfighter]

I can imagine this talking about how Green's being open is bad is pissing off that idiot batting coach I see often being retweeted by Ian Pont on Twitter, who insists that batsmen should stand open and states things that are blatantly not true, like Pont does with bowling.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Did Brayshaw just refer to Stokes as a 'young man'? Piss off.

'Young thug' tbh

 

[TimAngas]

To be honest it's refreshing to see a young Australian batsman get out leaving and playing inside the line rather than trying to get bat on ball and nicking off for fun. I think Green will be fine. Hard to average 55+ in the shield without knowing where your off stump is. He's clearly just out of form.

 

[halba]

we need to bring in the man : mitch marsh. hes worth a punt max we could do no worse?

hes in great form. what more can u do.

 

[Spark]

To be honest it's refreshing to see a young Australian batsman get out leaving and playing inside the line rather than trying to get bat on ball and nicking off for fun. I think Green will be fine. Hard to average 55+ in the shield without knowing where your off stump is. He's clearly just out of form.

Starfighter might be onto something by suspecting it's a coaching issue tbh. Ponting is saying that he's clearly so worried about the LBW that he's not bringing his body into alignment with the ball, and that sounds like a coaching intervention gone awry.

 

[Nintendo]

Just hope Langer gives green the time he needs to develop instead of randomly dropping him for MMarsh or something. We've invested in the kid and he's clearly too good for shield, have to stick with him for a bit now.

 

[Starfighter]

yeah it was absolutely not like that last summer, when it genuinely looked quite good and it was more his mental approach to the game that was holding him back, rather than anything technical. but that there is absolutely technical, he's not lining up the ball correctly for whatever reason.

Looking at footage from his 84 last summer, I slightly modify my statement. He was starting very open, but his back foot was staying quite still and his front foot was moving to cover the line. This time his back foot's moved across a lot and his front not as much.

 

[Shri]

i wanted to photoshop a meme about anderson endorsing some shower gel. but he actually has done it already:

 

[ashley bach]

Australia to declare after Alex gets a hometown hundred?

 

[Burgey]

we need to bring in the man : mitchell marsh.

This fella's hilarious. If Aus piled on 2/600 he wouldn't front til the third bloke got out slogging for a declaration so he could call him ****.

 

[trundler]

Australia to declare after Alex gets a hometown hundred?

Don't get Careyd away