Been good with the ball the past 2 games. Batting is still woefully under equipped to deal with spin
Perhaps this is the reason for the difference in attacks I've mentioned. Apart from Adil Rashid (10 overs) Liam Livingstone (4 overs), we are almost exclusively bowling our quicks because we know that the Indian batsmen aren't as confident facing them whereas the Indians are playing five spinners because ours are so poor against spin. Overall there is no difference in terms of wickets taken.
The experiment with Konstas didn't last too long with, for the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. Travis Head moved to the top of the order and Josh Inglis brought in for his Test debut. Australia are currently 269-2 (66) - Khawaja 123* (173), Head 57 (40), Labuschagne 20 (50), Smith 68* (134)
The Aussies, unsurprisingly, are playing just the one out and out seamer (Starc) with three front line spinners in Lyon, Kuhnemann and Murphy plus part-timers in the shape of Head, Labuschagne and Smith. Labuschagne does a "party piece" of bowling seam up too but the all rounder, in the truest sense, is Beau Webster. As well as being a 6' 7'' hard hitting middle order batter, he was probably, at the start of his career, the tallest professional off spinner. He then converted to bowl medium pace and is in this side as the second seamer to Starc or an extra spinner if required.
The experiment with Konstas didn't last too long with, for the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. Travis Head moved to the top of the order and Josh Inglis brought in for his Test debut. Australia are currently 269-2 (66) - Khawaja 123* (173), Head 57 (40), Labuschagne 20 (50), Smith 68* (134)
The Aussies, unsurprisingly, are playing just the one out and out seamer (Starc) with three front line spinners in Lyon, Kuhnemann and Murphy plus part-timers in the shape of Head, Labuschagne and Smith. Labuschagne does a "party piece" of bowling seam up too but the all rounder, in the truest sense, is Beau Webster. As well as being a 6' 7'' hard hitting middle order batter, he was probably, at the start of his career, the tallest professional off spinner. He then converted to bowl medium pace and is in this side as the second seamer to Starc or an extra spinner if required.
Khawaja is 38, so they'll need to find 2 openers soon.
Think Konstas will be straight back in opening once they leave Asia. They’ve said since they toured India that Head would open next time they toured in Asia so hard to row back from that. He wouldn’t be a natural opener in England/Aus/SA
The experiment with Konstas didn't last too long with, for the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. Travis Head moved to the top of the order and Josh Inglis brought in for his Test debut. Australia are currently 269-2 (66) - Khawaja 123* (173), Head 57 (40), Labuschagne 20 (50), Smith 68* (134)
The Aussies, unsurprisingly, are playing just the one out and out seamer (Starc) with three front line spinners in Lyon, Kuhnemann and Murphy plus part-timers in the shape of Head, Labuschagne and Smith. Labuschagne does a "party piece" of bowling seam up too but the all rounder, in the truest sense, is Beau Webster. As well as being a 6' 7'' hard hitting middle order batter, he was probably, at the start of his career, the tallest professional off spinner. He then converted to bowl medium pace and is in this side as the second seamer to Starc or an extra spinner if required.
Khawaja is 38, so they'll need to find 2 openers soon.
Konstas and Mitchell Owen opening would be interesting.
Days 1-4 of the WTC Final sold out in under 90 minutes today, which feels dodgy. Am I right in thinking that's fishy (bots/touts) or have I underestimated its popularity? England-India wasn't that popular. I didn't even get to see ticket prices.
Day 5 wasn't for sale so I'll see about that nearer the time.
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Balls-Wickets-Runs
Seamers:
316-22-439
Spinners:
318-22-381
The Aussies, unsurprisingly, are playing just the one out and out seamer (Starc) with three front line spinners in Lyon, Kuhnemann and Murphy plus part-timers in the shape of Head, Labuschagne and Smith. Labuschagne does a "party piece" of bowling seam up too but the all rounder, in the truest sense, is Beau Webster. As well as being a 6' 7'' hard hitting middle order batter, he was probably, at the start of his career, the tallest professional off spinner. He then converted to bowl medium pace and is in this side as the second seamer to Starc or an extra spinner if required.
I went to one day of the final 2 years ago, and had no trouble buying tickets.