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I disagree, they had us in trouble every first innings. We had Haddin to thank for bailing us out most innings
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Yeah this was a very complete victory but this team would have been smashed by our 06/07 team. It really shows just how bad England really has been here. Heads must roll and questions will be asked. For example, why was Taylor not in the squad? Would Onions have made a difference? Why was Carberry persisted with and not Root? Why wasn't Compton at least in the squad? Why did England choose all of Rankin, Finn and Tremlett who were either unfit, out of form or a pure punt?
Moving ahead, they still have the basis of a good batch of young uns to build around:
1. Cook, 2. ??, 3. Taylor, 4. Ballance, 5. Root, 6. Stokes, 7. ??, 8. Broad, 9. Borthwick, 10. ??, 11. Finn
Moving ahead, they still have the basis of a good batch of young uns to build around:
1. Cook, 2. ??, 3. Taylor, 4. Ballance, 5. Root, 6. Stokes, 7. ??, 8. Broad, 9. Borthwick, 10. ??, 11. Finn
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As for us, we still have problems ahead. Looking to the future, at least ourbowling looks strong.
1. Warner, 2. Hughes, 3. ??, 4. Lynn, 5. Smith, 6. ??, 7. ??, 8. Starc, 9. Pattinson, 10. Siddle (Cummins/Hazlewood), 11. Lyon/Zampa
Then around this squad we have: Burns, Head, Patterson, Handscomb, Sandhu, Maddinson, McDermott, etc.
Where do we go with this current group and future players post-SA lads?
1. Warner, 2. Hughes, 3. ??, 4. Lynn, 5. Smith, 6. ??, 7. ??, 8. Starc, 9. Pattinson, 10. Siddle (Cummins/Hazlewood), 11. Lyon/Zampa
Then around this squad we have: Burns, Head, Patterson, Handscomb, Sandhu, Maddinson, McDermott, etc.
Where do we go with this current group and future players post-SA lads?
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Any team would've been flogged by that team. That Australian team at it's peak was a super team
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Imagine that side v the WIndies of the 80s!
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In 06/07 we won by 277 runs, 6 wickets, 206 runs, an innings and 99 runs and 10 wickets.
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Except England 12 months earlier!
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Same way players can be good Qld Cup players but not NRL players.
Hughes has huge technical flaws which he has tried to correct and at times can but largely can't.
His back foot still moves away from the line of the ball towards leg stump. He still can't help trying to make room to drive.
I've watched him live once this summer for Shield and he still does it. I am convinced people wanting him in the Test side are either ignoring the flaws or just going by scores.
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I think that 05' series in England might have been a bit different if Glen McGrath didn't tread on a cricket ball before the 2nd test and miss the rest of the series ...
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Very interesting decisions to be made regarding the South Africa tour. Will Bailey get another chance?
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He only missed the 2nd and 4th test and wasn't at full strength in the 3rd and 5th test after destroying England at Lords in the 1st.
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Hughes has technical flaws and so do most batsmen. Technique is not the be all and end all as far as I'm concerned. Look at Chanderpaul, Smith, Sehwag, Katich, G.Smith just to name a few in recent years. The fact of the matter is if Hughes is given an extended run, he WILL be a star. If he got half the sustained chances Watson has been given, he'd be a player along with Smith we'd be building a side around. People who say he needs to have a perfect technique are mistaken.
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Hughes has done a lot of work on his technique but he continues to revert back to his old ways when the going gets tough. If he was a better fielder and runner between wickets he may have been given more of a run in the test team.
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You mean if he was blonde and marketable he might have been given an extended run?
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He did say that team at its PEAK was a super team.
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Hughes is marketable. A decent media performer as well. I am sure he had blonde streaks and an ear ring like Clarkey at some stage.
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He looks like Ian Thorpe oddly enough.
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26 Tests is an extended chance. How many more do you want? Are you prepared to give Bailey another 21 Tests?
How can you claim he's been treated harshly when he was given an armchair ride into the Test team after 18 months of Shield cricket?
None of those players have basic batting flaws, they have different techniques.
