1st Ashes Test: Australia v England @ Gabba Dec 8-12, 2021

[AdelaideSharky]

Matt renshaw was a pom.

Marnus was a south african

Dont think it really matters as much these days. If they moved over with there parents when they were kids they cant help it.

I feel as long as they attended high school or did some schooling as a child here in Australia that's good enough for me for them to represent the country.

Inglis was 14 when he emigrated over here tbf. Plus he has played for Leicestershire too. Think it'd be more logical for him to play for England.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Warnie hates Starc. We get it.
Although I kinda agree with him.
Starc is pollywollycrappy. I think Lee and Harris believe Starc might have a Mitch Johnson and tear England apart. I think he's more likely to go all Mitch Moses.

‘Horrible’: Warne doubles down on Ashes call

Shane Warne has doubled down on his call for Mitchell Starc to be dropped for the Ashes, despite two former Australian fast bowling greats backing the paceman in for a big series.

www.news.com.au

 

[hineyrulz]

Starc has bowled rubbish since the Adelaide test last year, Warne is a narcissistic plastic faced POS but he’s on the money with the Pockfaced Pie thrower.

 

[Twizzle]

Warnie like to see his name in the paper, or on social media

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Pockfaced Pie thrower.

harsh but fair

 

[TheParraboy]

Starc has bowled rubbish since the Adelaide test last year, Warne is a narcissistic plastic faced POS but he’s on the money with the Pockfaced Pie thrower.

Since his old man passed away start of last summer, really out of touch in all formats. Just cant get his rhythm going consistently

I think he gets this Gabba and Adelaide D/N test. If he cant do anything in these tests, then the hard call may need to be made

 

[AlwaysGreen]

The miracle here is that Warne wants Jyhyeihhhhye and not Riley Meredith.

 

[Eelectrica]

Only two bowlers who could be feeling safe are Haze and Cummins even without the C beside his name.

Starc and Lyon need to perform or else we try someone else instead.
I expect Swepson to get game. Although he's been on tour forever without any game time, so who knows. Hope he's bowling well in the nets.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Hopefully the mother ship comes back and takes the BOAT back to his home planet.

 

[hineyrulz]

It's hilarious from all the chat from the BOAT(LOL gold AG by the way)

He really does believe all the hype about himself, delusion of the highest order.

He's the worst ever bowler to get 300 wickets and he will be the worst ever bowler to get 400. Only that toad Harbijan comes close.

 

[Bazal]

Starc hasn't been his best but that doesn't mean Warnie is right.

Thing is, Warnie only says this shit cos it's on his own agenda. Starc could be bowling fine and Warnie would still spit shit.

At his best he's lethal and I reckon Starc can find it again this summer. La Nina, cooler damper conditions forecast, set up nicely for a big fast swing bowler. And if not, there's some quality in the backlog waiting for a chance

 

[King-Gutho94]

Starc has bowled rubbish since the Adelaide test last year, Warne is a narcissistic plastic faced POS but he’s on the money with the Pockfaced Pie thrower.

I reckon starc has been shit since sandpaper gate. He was garbage in the summer that smith and warner were suspended.

2019 ODI WC he was solid.

Only played one test in 2019 ashes selectors didnt trust him.

And last summer was crap

 

[hineyrulz]

Starc hasn't been his best but that doesn't mean Warnie is right.

Thing is, Warnie only says this shit cos it's on his own agenda. Starc could be bowling fine and Warnie would still spit shit.

At his best he's lethal and I reckon Starc can find it again this summer. La Nina, cooler damper conditions forecast, set up nicely for a big fast swing bowler. And if not, there's some quality in the backlog waiting for a chance

Warne is never right even when he has a point, but yes it’s as humid AF up here with all the rain we have he might finally get some conditions to suit. Plus with his record with the pink ball he’ll probably get Adelaide but if he can’t show much in those first 2 tests it’s time to move on from him. His record in Melbourne and Sydney is very poor.

 

[Bazal]

Warne is never right even when he has a point, but yes it’s as humid AF up here with all the rain we have he might finally get some conditions to suit. Plus with his record with the pink ball he’ll probably get Adelaide but if he can’t show much in those first 2 tests it’s time to move on from him. His record in Melbourne and Sydney is very poor.

I do wish we had another lefty waiting in the wings somewhere. It's a nice weapon to have, the lefty swinging it back

 

[AdelaideSharky]

I do wish we had another lefty waiting in the wings somewhere. It's a nice weapon to have, the lefty swinging it back

There was Chadd Sayers a few years ago but the selectors ignored him in favour of Wacko Jacko Bird. Only Test the bloke got was the one in South Africa after Sandpapergate.

 

[Bazal]

There was Chadd Sayers a few years ago but the selectors ignored him in favour of Wacko Jacko Bird. Only Test the bloke got was the one in South Africa after Sandpapergate.

Look Double D did swing it, but defs not a lefty.

Also probably too slow for anything but the most suitable conditions. Would have done well in England. Bird was the better Test option and got similarly rorted after being bowled into the ground on a classic MCG tarmac drop in

 

[hineyrulz]

Sayers might of been an option if he bowled as fast as Nathan Lyon.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

With the selectors sexual fetish for speed thank goodness Glenn McGrath was born in the generation he was.

A McGrath type wouldn't get a game these days.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Look Double D did swing it, but defs not a lefty.

Also probably too slow for anything but the most suitable conditions. Would have done well in England. Bird was the better Test option and got similarly rorted after being bowled into the ground on a classic MCG tarmac drop in

There was a school of thought at the time that Sayers could've been another Terry Alderman minus the injuries.

 

[Bazal]

I don't get the McGrath chat every time some bowler is too slow. McGrath was quick enough. I don't think Sayers was.

There's a big difference between low 130s and 125s. And yeah the game was very different back then too. But by the time McGrath dropped to Sayers pace he had hundreds of Test wickets.

They're also massively different bowlers. Pidge is almost 2m tall with the wingspan of a mutant albatross. He banged it in hard and rarely swung it much, but his height caused the ball to do things and gave him wicked bounce, which is intimidating. He could get you out loads of ways and also hurt you. Plus he was military accurate.

Sayers is 180cm tall, bowled sub 130 as a rule his whole career, swung the ball miles but had no other weapons and bowled much fuller, as a swing bowler. Waaaaay easier to negotiate. Like I said, probably would have carves in England though. I don't think we use enough specialist condition bowlers