The Cricket Thread

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I'd imagine something like:

1 Renshaw
2 Burns
3 Khawaja
4 Handscomb
5 S Marsh
6 M Marsh
7 Paine*
8 Cummins
9 Starc
10 Lyon
11 Hazlewood

12 Maxwell

Good list.

I'm not so sure about Burns tho. He is old and doesn't have the best technique. He is like 28 now. 

Marsh and Shaun have been pulling their weight.  Happy with the runs from Paine.

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bans look pretty appropriate and are in the ball park I was expecting. Warner could've been given 2 year but that's a moot point since he won't play again anyway.

As for Smith RIP his legacy and he should never be allowed to captain again.

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Bancrofts gonna have a hard time coming back from this and if Warner and Smith do come back to play on a national level, I wouldn't expect them to play for any longer than 1 or 2 years

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Bancroft's interview and Smith's interview. Almost impossible to watch.

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Bancroft's interview and Smith's interview. Almost impossible to watch.

What about warner tho? Appealing the cheating consequences?

[Joseph41]

What about warner tho? Appealing the cheating consequences?

No idea, but those pressers were just awful.

I hope they can get some time away from media coverage and get all the help they need.

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Just watched it

thought it was a fair line of questioning I don't think you should be expecting easy questions regardless if you've cheaten or not and for the most part It covered what the majority of people in the public would want to ask. Although now I feel the general public is sympathising with them which is of stark contrast to a couple days ago where everyone was asking for their heads.

Also it is the 2nd time Bancroft has "panicked" and admitted it - if he is saying the truth (where most probably wouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt) I wonder whether they do psychology tests when picking new players (the nba teams do this for anyone they may draft/trade for). I still really feel for Bancroft, having players in positions of power who aren't comfortable doing something themselves allowing him to do it.

I guess the fact that they will always be remembered for this despite any of their past or future achievements there is no reason for the public to actively condemn them through and after the ban.

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thought's on warner's press conference?

I guess from it we can deduce that: the coach and other players we involved and it has happened before.

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From Warner's response, more people were involved and this is not the first time

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thought's on warner's press conference?

I guess from it we can deduce that: the coach and other players we involved and it has happened before.

I say it's him trying to deflect the blame from himself. I'm calling BS.

it's easy to say oh.. it was everyone that did it, but I wasn't the only one.  It's a common thing in psychology.  Deflection of responsibility

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I felt Smith and Bancroft had quite sincere statements and I could really feel the remorse but just couldn't feel it from Warner tbh

His PR team has not done well at all to leave him out there only with the lines: "(As I said before) I'm here to take full responsibility for what happend and I apologise for my actions"

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Australia are sooo stuffed..... no way we will make that chase.

ALso bowlers look dead. REALLY DEAD.

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Cummins has really been amazing this and last year =)

GAME CHANGING PERFORMANCE FROM CUMMINS  - 5/83

Poor performance from lyon
0/182

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tbh haven't given aus too much of a chance in this test given the external factors. Lyon got destroyed  - conceded 180+

bad luck for Bavuma to get stranded on 95*

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tbh haven't given aus too much of a chance in this test given the external factors. Lyon got destroyed  - conceded 180+

bad luck for Bavuma to get stranded on 95*

Tbh, I think that Marsh would have gone for more runs if they let him on.

Paine probably didn't want to destroy the quicks.