Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan (except India)

[AlwaysGreen]

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Captain Cummins, Hazlewood ruled out of Champions Trophy | cricket.com.au

More upheaval for reigning 50-over world champions, who already need to replace Marsh and Stoinis

www.cricket.com.au

Cummins and Hazelwood officially ruled out, as is Marsh
Big rig retired.

 

[Twizzle]

They'll probably take Konstas over there, won't play him, then send him home.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Smith set to keep captaincy for Champions Trophy

Steve Smith is poised to remain Australia captain in the absence of Pat Cummins, while India's Champions Trophy hopes take a hit as star quick Jasprit Bumrah is ruled out.

www.abc.net.au

 

[King hit]

What are our chances are without Cummins and Hazelwood? Smith in awesome batting form but he can’t carry it without our strike bowlers in limited overs imo.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

What are our chances are without Cummins and Hazelwood? Smith in awesome batting form but he can’t carry it without our strike bowlers in limited overs imo.

Lower for sure. Even lower now:

Starc withdraws from Champions Trophy, Smith to captain Australia

The ODI World Cup champions have been forced into a host of changes to their squad with all their first-choice quicks now missing

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[Twizzle]

we have some decent bowling stocks to back them up atm, the only thing that worries me is what we loosely refer to as "selectors"

 

[Fangs]

Will go in as underdogs now.

Nothing wrong with that. Gives some of our younger quicks a chance to prove themselves.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Ooh! Starc now gone too.
That's the trio of topline quicks all out

Who'd be the next trio? Johnson, Dwashius, Abbott?

 

[TheParraboy]

Ooh! Starc now gone too.
That's the trio of topline quicks all out

Who'd be the next trio? Johnson, Dwashius, Abbott?

Ellis is there as well, T

We may get away with it somewhat if conditions favour spinners
Could play both Zampa and Tanveer, plus Maxy is there already + Head/Connolly
All of a sudden the attack is looking ok and we use pace bowling less

 

[simmo1]

With all these Champions Trophy withdrawals, Davey will be waiting patiently beside the phone for a call up.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Be nice to win it but gee it sounds like we generally don't give a toss.

I guess its good experience for some ahead of the 2027 ODI WC.

ODI world cups are really what your judged on.

 

[Bazal]

Not very worried about our bowling tbh, especially in modern ODI cricket with roads all day anyway. Ellis is a gun, Johnson and Sabba are very good with a white ball, Dwarshit is an interesting pick over a few others and Hardie is handy.

The batting though is looking very skinny.

 

[Fangs]

Be nice to win it but gee it sounds like we generally don't give a toss.

I guess its good experience for some ahead of the 2027 ODI WC.

ODI world cups are really what your judged on.

I like the Champions Trophy though.

Brings a bit more relevance to the ODI format than just a WC every 4 years.

 

[Fangs]

SOS Marcus Stoinis?

Stiffens up the bowling and batting (And myself of course).

 

[King-Gutho94]

I like the Champions Trophy though.

Brings a bit more relevance to the ODI format than just a WC every 4 years.

Yeah I am happy they brought it back as you say it's bring some relevance to ODI cricket.

Its a good tournament in the middle of a WC cycle.

Just in terms of legacies and what not I remember all our World Cup wins. And players get judged on WCs more then CT

We won the CT in 2006 and 2009 but they don't trigger the memories that world cups have brought.

 

[simmo1]

Champions Trophy is just an excuse to try and get another India v Pakistan game for $$. It's a complete nothing tournament that will be forgotten about 2 days after it finishes.

 

[Bazal]

Champions Trophy is just an excuse to try and get another India v Pakistan game for $$. It's a complete nothing tournament that will be forgotten about 2 days after it finishes.

It's an excuse to find a tournament India might be able to win because only the subcontinent teams give much of a f**k about it

 

[TheParraboy]

Champions Trophy is just an excuse to try and get another India v Pakistan game for $$. It's a complete nothing tournament that will be forgotten about 2 days after it finishes.

Not sure


you could have any stand alone match or any series between the two nations and just the revenue from tv would be insane , even if in a neutral venue

Still reckon they do a MCG test between them (maybe not on Boxing Day)

 

[bazza]

you could have any stand alone match or any series between the two nations and just the revenue from tv would be insane , even if in a neutral venue

Still reckon they do a MCG test between them (maybe not on Boxing Day)

could play it on India Republic Day just for the outrage of the culture warriors