Never thought I would say this but what about Hodge? He scored a few runs in the latest edition of the IPL, didn't he?
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Alphabet said:Ponting hasn't got it anymore, regardless of his state level form. His reflexes have gone. One fast yorker and this'll happen:
movingtarget said:Good to hear Warnie on the commentary as an antidote to the barely disguised tones of English superiority but it's to be expected. Botham believes the Ashes will be 10-0 to England. At least Holding adds something extra with his astute observations.
Alphabet said:Ponting hasn't got it anymore, regardless of his state level form. His reflexes have gone. One fast yorker and this'll happen:
movingtarget said:What about the Marsh brothers. There's about 10 of them isn't there ?
movingtarget said:We need a South African with dual citizenship.
darwin553 said:So England has a better fast bowling attack than South Africa?
Alphabet said:That wasn't a skillful ball. That was just a half volley, bowled at ~130km by Kallis. Any younger batsman- even Cowan- would have hit that for 4. He has nothing left at international level. The worst fast bowler on the planet could have bowled that to Ponting and he'd have taken his wicket.
Now Australia have a job to do just to avoid the follow-on .
Waterloo Sunrise said:Wonder if the pundits will be writing retractions after the rubbish about Anderson carrying the team last week.
Anyhow, Australia need to find at least 1 batsman or 5-0 is coming in this weather.
Alphabet said:Meanwhile, Australia A were 8/150 not so long ago against Zimbabwe.
What the hell has happened to the batting? Surely it isn't just because of T20 cricket?
Alphabet said:Also, I don't care if Mark Cosgrove weighs 3,000 kg, he's the second best Australian batsman. Get him in the team. Who cares if he's unprofessional with his fitness? That never stopped other fat cricketers like Warne and Inzamam and Lehmann finding huge success. It's also immaterial that his fielding would be awful. Right now Australia need runs. A 50 from Cosgrove every innings would be worth his weight in gold at the moment.
Alphabet said:Cosgrove is better than the current tried-and-tested failures- Warner, Cowan, Hughes, Khawaja. And he scored heavily in the Shield last summer.
darwin553 said:So did Ponting. For all his faults George Bailey?