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why not ? surely they couldve played as fielding subs if the coach and selector and brad hodge can. apparently stoinis was there too but wasn't allowed to play because his kit was still in florida ? why couldnt he play, mcdonald, bailey, hodge and borovec surely don't have kits.

where were our travelling reserves in JFM and short ?

yeah not sure age is relevant in 20/20. its either stand and deliver if you're a batsman and in any case are batting for a maximum 85 minutes or you bowl a 'maximum' of 4 overs (and in many cases less than 4 as 6-7 bowlers can be used or rain affected matches). you can be a dhoni, brad hogg...

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interesting to note we keep coming back to the same players, even though many are tried in between world cups. we've now only selected 19 players in the last 3 20/20 world cups - the current 15 + finch, smith, swepson and kane richo.

Most pundits saying 14 names locked in with JFM and Green perhaps fighting it out for the last spot. No doubt there may be some travelling reserves.

looks like 1 more needs to be trimmed as the HeraldSun have named 16. that being said and with nz naming their squad - it won't be far away until the squad is finalised.

when is the squad being announced ? it's gonna be difficult fitting in the above mentioned with other contenders such as inglis, wade, david, stoinis, smith, short.

amazing numbers and amazing win rate. goes to show the uneveness in the fixturing. no doubt geelong and hawthorn have plated each other twice a year on a number of occasions since the renewed rivalry after 2008. they would've also met in finals a few times as well, whereas carlton haven't...

i highly doubt that. we are however drawn in the same pool in the upcoming 20/20 world cup , alongside namibia, oman and england.

So, all of a sudden Ireland tell us, they don't have a grounds that can host international cricket. Haven't they been a test nation for 7 years now ? Either way Australia no doubt would've found an excuse to cancel. Be nice if Ireland could tour Australia next year for a test, making it...

and he won't get an easy run if he eventually makes it back. half of our tests that we play are against england and india. end of the day we are either making room for harris to squeeze back in - which is unlikely. or waiting for an injury or a khawaja retirement. if he's the best we...

yeah thats fine, same principal applies for me in t20 cricket. ya can't tell me dre russ 22/164 (186) is better than warner 34/143 (177) or that tim david 39/163 (202) is better than kohli 52/138 (190)

for me i'll take a batsman averaging 35 and s/r 140 (175) any day of the week, over a batsman who averages 25 and striking at 155 (180). never liked the ave + s/r rubbish. ian chappell used to bang on about it back in the 90's for odi cricket. ya cant tell me faulkner 34 @ 104 (138) or...

WOW ! @ alderman (his highest FC score as well.

you'd be elite to maintain a 150+ s/r over a career and maintain an average of 30. average is important as batters are not limited to facing a number of balls (unless the 20 overs expires). most guys striking at 150+ average in the 20's. no use averaging 3 with a s/r of 150 eg 3 off 2 -...

yeah i thought the recently concluded nz series would be as far as he goes. if he plays the india series, he may want to tour sri lanka and finish up in the WTC final shortly after. blooding a new player in the west indies in a new WTC cycle and a warm up to a home ashes series could also be...

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-zimbabwe-1996-97-61741/zimbabwe-vs-england-1st-test-63734/full-scorecard 3 runs were needed off the final ball, but only 2 were scored. After the match was completed, the official scorers reversed the run out on the final ball for NV Knight...

it's not as if we have much cricket in the next 8 months. 7 tests over the aussie summer (with 2 of them in sri lanka) should see a stable top 6 (pending injuries). can usman get through the 7 tests and providing we qualify for the WTC final, go one more test and finish up there ? could...

first mens game of the summer at the MCG v pakistan (effectively a long weekend - the day before melbourne cup day). will be interesting to see the crowd numbers considering the only other mens game is the test match.

whats happened to Zimbabwe ? as one of the 12 test nations, i would've thought they'd be able to qualify for a 20 team competition with relative ease. how did they not qualify ahead of one of namibia/uganda? kenya is another nation thats gone backwards in the last 20 years or so. i get it...

teams , say umm outside the top 20 having T20I status eg. gibraltar v italy and then series not having test status such as: WSC - Aust/WI/ROW (77/78 - 78/79) ROW v Eng (70) ROW v Aust (71/72) SA Rebel tours (81/82 - 89/90)

i wouldn't write them off just yet - this WTC cycle they have played australia and india in 2 x 5 test series and lost championship points for slow over rates. lets see how they go against west indies and sri lanka at home and then pakistan and new zealand away.

what's even more interesting is that if he can make it to the ashes, he will notch up 100 tests (mcgrath being the only aussie quick to achieve this feat).

The odds suggest Starc & Hazlewood (Boland, Neser) have one more home summer (india) , a sri lanka tour, a possible WTC final , a west indies tour and maybe, just maybe another home summer (ashes) before calling it a day in the test arena (that's 15 tests). smith and khawaja may well have the...

providing every fit and firing on all cylinders - same XI. wouldn't be surprised if khawaja retired at some point between now and the first test - but chances are slim. the batting is somewhat of a concern with only warner, head and green tonning up. smith, khawaja, labs, marsh and green...

tom morris doesn't know his cricket, or he is speaking in the moment on the back of lyon's efforts today. no way is lyon a better player than border, everyone knows that. 37 wickets will see lyon become australia's 2nd greatest wicket taker which is an awesome effort - longevity in the game...

5 10fa's 527 - toot toot !

he'll be dropped before that happens.

normally their first class average is a good indicator their real worth (there's a few that buck the trend like michael bevan) in saying that not too many test players , play many 1st class games once they've debuted. marnus' test average is now mirroring his 1st class ave.