The Cricket Thread

[Sine]

RIP smith, getting beaten for pace after calling Overton slow

[Joseph41]

RIP smith, getting beaten for pace after calling Overton slow

I missed this. What did Smith say?

[Sine]

I missed this. What did Smith say?

probably happened onfield I think but Overton revealed it during a press conference yesterday "he was saying I was slow" ahah.

[Yertle the Turtle]

With that ton from Shaun Marsh, and another <50 score for Handscomb, plus another Glenn Maxwell 50, I am sensing that for Maxi to come into the team, it will be Handscomb to give way  . I've wanted Handscomb in the side for ages, and then he got in and did well, but now his form seems to be falling off. Great batting though by S Marsh and Maxi too appears in form. Predictions for the remainder of this Test?

[Sine]

India probably shouldn't host tests in delhi if the visiting team is gonna get sick due to the pollution

[Yertle the Turtle]

I cannot believe that Australia have gone for Mitch Marsh over Glenn Maxwell. The numbers so obviously support Maxi's inclusion, and if Australia want and extra bowler, why would you pick up a guy who's only bowled in one match and has just come back from shoulder surgery? Maxi is coming off the back of 4 scores of >45 and a 278 this season. He's the highest runscorer for the season so far, with 590 runs @ 73.75. Why can't he get a game? Because he's Victorian...?

[Joseph41]

I cannot believe that Australia have gone for Mitch Marsh over Glenn Maxwell. The numbers so obviously support Maxi's inclusion, and if Australia want and extra bowler, why would you pick up a guy who's only bowled in one match and has just come back from shoulder surgery? Maxi is coming off the back of 4 scores of >45 and a 278 this season. He's the highest runscorer for the season so far, with 590 runs @ 73.75. Why can't he get a game? Because he's Victorian...?

I'd imagine they're concerned about the workload on Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins.

[Yertle the Turtle]

I'd imagine they're concerned about the workload on Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins.

I get that, but maybe it would be good to bring in Bird as a cover, the top Shield wicket-taker, with 25 wickets in 5 games! But in the batting department, Maxi should be the obvious choice!

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I'd imagine they're concerned about the workload on Starc/Hazlewood/Cummins.

Mitch marsh has a bad average with the ball and bat.

Why not chad sayers or bird then ? They are both gun bowlers

[Joseph41]

I don't agree with his inclusion, either, but can see the rationale.

5. S Marsh
6. T Paine +
7. M Marsh

On form, we don't lose that much with the bat (on the assumption it's Handscomb that makes way). Don't get me wrong - I hope that doesn't happen, and also don't want Handscomb dropped. But the above setup gives a genuine fourth seamer, which we just don't have presently.

[Yertle the Turtle]

Mitch Marsh Averages:
Batting (FC): 30.07       Bowling (FC): 28.92
Batting (Test): 21.74     Bowling (Test): 37.48

Glenn Maxwell Averages:
Batting (FC): 42.60       Bowling (FC): 43.53
Batting (Test): 26.07     Bowling (Test): 42.62

With the bat, Maxwell is the standout performer, with the ball it is Marsh. It just depends on what you really want, and I would look at current form, and suggest that Australia needs a boost with the bat. Don't forget also that Maxi is probably the best fielder in Australia at the moment also...

Besides which, I think that Aus will keep Handscomb, he's "only" got an average of 32 in the series!!! Seriously guys, he averages over 50 in Tests and 32 in the series, that's better than many of Australia's batsmen. We've got to keep him

[Rod]

Would be ridiculous if Mitch Marsh came in for Handscomb. Give the kid a go! He's the real future!!

I thought Shaun Marsh's 100 was so overrated. He was sooooo slow at the start and struggled. England were looking so flat back then, any decent bowling attack would have finished him off easily. Got lucky with the LBWs as well. Now Mitch Marsh is about to get the same opportunities? So frustrating!

[Joseph41]

I thought Shaun Marsh's 100 was so overrated. He was sooooo slow at the start and struggled. England were looking so flat back then, any decent bowling attack would have finished him off easily. Got lucky with the LBWs as well. Now Mitch Marsh is about to get the same opportunities? So frustrating!

We were 4-161 when Marsh came to the crease. He scored an unbeaten 126 in a game where the second highest score across all four innings was Root's 67, and in a game won by a total of 120 runs.

I didn't want him in the team at the start of the series, but I don't think this particular innings in isolation was overrated. I'd much rather 126* off 231 than an extremely elegant 50 off 40.

[Sine]

maxwell probably not getting picked due to his technique which may work in FC cricket but not against test level bowlers. He averages 23.9 in tests in 10 innings if you remove the series against bangladesh and even this includes a hundred so basically he did nothing in 9 innings. Even then that hundred came in a test where multiple others on both teams scored hundreds. You could argue this era is very weak in terms of bowling though apart from a select few.

When you seem him bowl you know he isn't a test level bowler, his test bowling average being 42 in spinner friendly countries (india, pakistan, UAE) means he will probably avearge closer to 50-60 in aus.

wouldn't get too hyped over s.marsh's innings, 1 hundred doesn't really change him as a cricketer.

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We were 4-161 when Marsh came to the crease. He scored an unbeaten 126 in a game where the second highest score across all four innings was Root's 67, and in a game won by a total of 120 runs.

I didn't want him in the team at the start of the series, but I don't think this particular innings in isolation was overrated. I'd much rather 126* off 231 than an extremely elegant 50 off 40.

In the context of the match, he did save our ass.. but he is no Chris Rogers (He started late, but his career was ended due to injuries.