Prince EWS
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Oh don't worry, whoever gets rested in Adelaide (probably Cummins) will be "injured" officially. This has been happening for a while now.
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Road to the 2017-18 Ashes in Australia
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Cabinet96
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Did similar and ended up watching his 7fer at Centurion as well. Reconfirmed my stance that it was the best pure pace performance I'd ever seen.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
I wonder if that's how the England team are gearing up for the series.
Cow
Banned
They could be watching Mitchell Johnson single handedly lose the 2009 Ashes by costing them a win at Cardiff and gifting England a win at Lords.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
Look this is such bull****....can we please just stop this here ffs.
90 mph bowlers are not all that's needed, otherwise Shaun Tait and Brett Lee would have had stella Ashes careers. In my life time Glen McGrath is the greatest Ashes bowler........was he sending down 95 mph bombs???
2013/14 was a perfect storm, and Mitch Johnson did what I've seen no bowler do since Lillee, Thomson and the Four Horses. All this talk is gonna make the Aussies look stupid when these ****s break down in the second session tomorrow.
Cow
Banned
I hope so. Seeing Steve Smith happy is one of the worst things a person can endure.
S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
To expect either Starc, Cummins or Hazlewood is going to reproduce Johnson in 2013-14 is to expect a lot. Johnson averaged 13.97 on that tour. His career average is around 28 - similar to Starc's. To expect another Johnson is to expect another series performance of twenty plus wickets at under half your ordinary average!!
stephen
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Yeah I'd settle for another Harris or two.
Honestly even if we won 5-0 I would hope that Steve Smith comes out and says in the media how he expected that and that now we need to really prove ourselves by winning the Ashes in England, but before then we had to exact revenge on South Africa.
Honestly even if we won 5-0 I would hope that Steve Smith comes out and says in the media how he expected that and that now we need to really prove ourselves by winning the Ashes in England, but before then we had to exact revenge on South Africa.
Starfighter
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...s/news-story/f1f6f3ac2487776d0393f131b1fb864a
More clap-trap, this time from Warne.
Now I hope one of Starc or Cummins (preferably Starc) takes 0/124.
More clap-trap, this time from Warne.
Now I hope one of Starc or Cummins (preferably Starc) takes 0/124.
Woodster
International Captain
I don't think Warne is suggesting applying an identical theory to the Bodyline series, and personally I think he has a point when he says that certain England players in the mid-lower order have shown a certain susceptibilty to the short ball. Soon as Moeen comes out I would bounce the s**t out of him, would also try a similar theory with Bairstow, who has admittedly improved his short-ball game, and certainly with Broad and the rest of the tail.
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tbh, I can see where the ex-players are coming from to a degree but don't think it's the pace thing necessarily. More like chinks in the team armour, England struggled at times to really put away a pretty weak WI team. In theory, a Nathan Lyon, who's bowling really well right now, could wreck them too.
That said, the Aussie selectors have conspired to make a game of the 'Gabba Test so who the **** knows if it'll matter. Get the feeling all it'll take is one bloke, for either side, blowing away the bats and that'll give their team enough momentum to run away with the series. Doesn't not have the makings of a close series, for mine. Probably why the selectors went for experience over youth but it'll make a point if Marsh ends up crocked prior to the toss.
That said, the Aussie selectors have conspired to make a game of the 'Gabba Test so who the **** knows if it'll matter. Get the feeling all it'll take is one bloke, for either side, blowing away the bats and that'll give their team enough momentum to run away with the series. Doesn't not have the makings of a close series, for mine. Probably why the selectors went for experience over youth but it'll make a point if Marsh ends up crocked prior to the toss.
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