Oh, at some point, someone will take a shot at a "Combined Finalists XI", and then watch the sparks fly over Labuschagne vs. Pujara, Starc vs. Bumrah, Ashwin vs. Lyon etc. Bank on it.
Combined Finalist XI (India vs Aus) -Oh, at some point, someone will take a shot at a "Combined Finalists XI", and then watch the sparks fly over Labuschagne vs. Pujara, Starc vs. Bumrah, Ashwin vs. Lyon etc. Bank on it.
Bring back Arun
What an egg
haha, that must have been posted during melbourne.
what the hell was this? was this literally the 11 playing the Sydney test at the time of the post?
Yeah, he was in the squad, but NOBODY thought he would set the world on fire in the way he has. Was rated at the time as a moderately effective medium pacer who’d make a decent back-up for Southee. The idea that he might be in the conversation for NZ’s best bowler since Hadlee was never even entertained, even by his supporters.
In hindsight, it may have been good that he did not debut there and lose some confidence maybe.
Yeah they’re every two years … seems too quick for me as well. But I guess on the other side of things, if they’re every four years then the teams have so much turnover, and the finalists could potentially also be all but decided two years out from the final. Maybe three years is a good compromise, with a year off for the ODI World Cup?
