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I liked what Nasser had to say in his post day 5 comments on Sky Sports YouTube.
He liked that they ripped everything up a few years ago and said they were trying something new and it was going to be different next time we toured Australia. He's disappointed that, despite all that intent, it ended up basically the exact same lame performance as the last two tours.1 -
Only if the Aussies take their foot off the throat which I'm not sure they will. Hazlewood has missed all three, Cummins was injured for the first two, Lyon was left out of the second Test and Khawaja was injured too for that one and Smith was ill for the third, The only person we've had missing is Wood who hasn't taken a Test wicket for 16 months.Lincsaddick said:We've got chance in Melbourne, Lyon and probably Cummins won't be playing
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We definitely have a chance of winning a game, as after 3 Tests, some of our players are finally looking like they understand the local conditions, and how to play Test cricket in Australia. The last 2 days in Adelaide, we were genuinely competitive.Addick Addict said:
Only if the Aussies take their foot off the throat which I'm not sure they will. Hazlewood has missed all three, Cummins was injured for the first two, Lyon was left out of the second Test and Khawaja was injured too for that one and Smith was ill for the third, The only person we've had missing is Wood who hasn't taken a Test wicket for 16 months.Lincsaddick said:We've got chance in Melbourne, Lyon and probably Cummins won't be playing
Hazlewood wasn't a big miss for the Aussies, as Boland is so good. Not having Cummins and Lyon at Melbourne will be a big loss for them, as someone like Neser, who's a bit of a pink ball specialist, is unlikely to be anywhere near as effective.
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All of that is very true on paper except for the fact that at crucial times in the game our batting is likely to implode and it also assumes that our bowling attack will out perform theirs. Australia might opt to bring in Jhye Richardson who took 5-42 in the second innings of the Adelaide Ashes Test in 2021.killerandflash said:
We definitely have a chance of winning a game, as after 3 Tests, some of our players are finally looking like they understand the local conditions, and how to play Test cricket in Australia. The last 2 days in Adelaide, we were genuinely competitive.Addick Addict said:
Only if the Aussies take their foot off the throat which I'm not sure they will. Hazlewood has missed all three, Cummins was injured for the first two, Lyon was left out of the second Test and Khawaja was injured too for that one and Smith was ill for the third, The only person we've had missing is Wood who hasn't taken a Test wicket for 16 months.Lincsaddick said:We've got chance in Melbourne, Lyon and probably Cummins won't be playing
Hazlewood wasn't a big miss for the Aussies, as Boland is so good. Not having Cummins and Lyon at Melbourne will be a big loss for them, as someone like Neser, who's a bit of a pink ball specialist, is unlikely to be anywhere near as effective.
On the subject of selection, our management have the issue as to whether they opt to play "our number one spinner", Bashir and drop Jacks or promote him up the order in place of Pope. Jacks had a gritty innings lasting 137 balls in the second innings but it is clear that he is not going to offer any respite for our quicks with the ball (4 wickets at 61.50 and an economy rate of 4.87).
Archer hasn't played four cricket matches so close together for six years but he will have to be risked if we are to have a chance of winning and then it will be Stokes and probably Tongue plus one from Carse, Atkinson and Potts.
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