A cheat is a cheat

[Starfighter]

Which shows that India is maturing as a cricketing nation. In another couple of decades they'll start picking the best team for each match regardless of what the captain thinks.

Perhaps in a couple of decade Australia will also mature as a cricketing nation and select the best team for each match regardless of what the coach thinks.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Perhaps in a couple of decade Australia will also mature as a cricketing nation and select the best team for each match regardless of what the coach thinks.

If Cricket Australia keeps doing what it does cricket will be dead in Australia in a decade

 

[stephen]

Perhaps in a couple of decade Australia will also mature as a cricketing nation and select the best team for each match regardless of what the coach thinks.

Nah we've grown old as a cricketing nation. We're now blindly listening to the coach and administrative staff about who can and should play.

We're the cricketing equivalent of American democracy.

 

[Aritro]

People dislike Kohli because they are beta males triggered by his alpha-ness

Nah, I reckon it's cos he acts like a massive, massive dick

 

[Arachnodouche]

Does anyone other than an Aussie fan really "remember" any of Smith's standout knocks? Not meant as a dig, probably a tribute to Smith's run making prowess despite looking so awkward at the crease.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nah, I reckon it's cos he acts like a massive, massive dick

tomato, tomahto

 

[Spark]

Does anyone other than an Aussie fan really "remember" any of Smith's standout knocks? Not meant as a dig, probably a tribute to Smith's run making prowess despite looking so awkward at the crease.

if you don't remember any of pune, dharamshala or even centurion then idk what to say tbh

 

[OverratedSanity]

if you don't remember any of pune, dharamshala or even centurion then idk what to say tbh

The hundred at Brisbane in the Ashes was incredible as well.

 

[Spark]

The hundred at Brisbane in the Ashes was incredible as well.

it was, but in a way that i can sort of understand people not remembering. it wasn't necessarily the most fun innings to watch, more to be admired than enjoyed for a lot of people i suspect.

the dharamshala hundred though i definitely can't accept people not remembering. that was, both in terms of the quality of the batsmanship and the context of the match/series, a ludicrous innings. if just one other batsman had stuck around then he could have effectively won that series on the first day.

 

[srbhkshk]

it was, but in a way that i can sort of understand people not remembering. it wasn't necessarily the most fun innings to watch, more to be admired than enjoyed for a lot of people i suspect.

the dharamshala hundred though i definitely can't accept people not remembering. that was, both in terms of the quality of the batsmanship and the context of the match/series, a ludicrous innings. if just one other batsman had stuck around then he could have effectively won that series on the first day.

Indeed, he was looking brilliant in the second dig as well before getting too ambitious, was two levels above every other batsman in the match.

 

[Spark]

yeah that second innings dismissal was crushing, because if anything he was batting even better than he was in the first innings, iirc he'd hit three fours off an over just before. maybe he was batting too well though, and pushed his luck too much on a pitch

 

[Burgey]

Batting is all Smith is strong at. He's basically a 7 year old in all other aspects of life. Giving an international captaincy/man-management job to a 7 year old doesn't sound like a great idea.

Currently working for India.

And tbf, America voted for it in 2016.

 

[vcs]

I liked his double century at Perth a lot. Very fluent.

 

[Starfighter]

Does anyone other than an Aussie fan really "remember" any of Smith's standout knocks? Not meant as a dig, probably a tribute to Smith's run making prowess despite looking so awkward at the crease.

Could just as easily read:

Does anyone other than an Indian fan really "remember" any of Kohli's standout knocks? Not meant as a dig, probably a tribute to Kohli's run making prowess despite looking like such a douchebag at the crease.

I think people tend to remember the knocks they saw a lot of more than anything. Except tons on roads which I at least never remember even if I watched every ball.

 

[stephen]

Yeah, I don't just remember Smith's hundreds. His 48* sits pretty crisply in my mind as well.

 

[vcs]

For a bloke who's made that many runs, I actually haven't watched him bat much. I've watched much more of all the other "Big 4" members.

 

[Coronis]

For a bloke who's made that many runs, I actually haven't watched him bat much. I've watched much more of all the other "Big 4" members.

You’re missing out mate.

 

[OverratedSanity]

it was, but in a way that i can sort of understand people not remembering. it wasn't necessarily the most fun innings to watch, more to be admired than enjoyed for a lot of people i suspect.

the dharamshala hundred though i definitely can't accept people not remembering. that was, both in terms of the quality of the batsmanship and the context of the match/series, a ludicrous innings. if just one other batsman had stuck around then he could have effectively won that series on the first day.

There were two boundaries he hit off Umesh early in that dharamshala ton that have still stuck in my mind. Hardly half volleys but he just decimated the ball, went like one or two bounces to the fence. It was one of the most ominous first 30-40 runs of an innings I'd seen in ages. Looked like getting a ton from ball 1.

 

[stephen]

When Smith gets that look in his eye you just know he's not going to stop before the hundred mark. He just gets into the zone and stays there. It'd be quite frightening to face on a battlefield in the middle ages.

 

[Gnske]

Specialist captains ought to be more considered, or at least some kind of idea that bursts the bubble that your best bat has to be captain.

There's probably a **** load of pressure too externally if you succeed greatly as a bat to be captain in domestics and international cricket, even if you say you have no interest in captaincy, don't have the acumen or patience. Particularly if your side's batting is shaky with few regulars.