AndyRM
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You've found an Australian sportsman with humility?!
What's going on with the cricket?
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You've found an Australian sportsman with humility?!
John the Monkey
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I was thinking that!
It's worth saying, perhaps, that the times KP's score was "needed" were generally times when the rest of the order had been skittled out ignominiously.
At this point, it seems a bit academic though, as the test team is starting to look quite exciting as a prospect for the future, imo.
AndyRM
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Agreed on both your points.
Particularly on the second. After a dark 18 months or so, positives are starting to show again, and it's a bit of a shame they're being over shadowed by book promoting interviews.
It's funny that the successes of England over the last decade and a bit seem almost forgotten by the media and some fans, who seem to want to focus more on KP than anything else. Does nobody remember the 90s? I'm fortunate in that I'm young enough not to remember the 80s. Or half the 70s.
Shut Up Legs
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My closest connection to cricket is riding past the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) every day on my commutes.
Dayvo
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I rode up the Yarra river to Eltham a few years ago from the centre of Melbourne (or, more accurately, from Sydney). Great ride.
Spent a long day at the 'G' in the sports/cricket museum - loved it.
There is potential in the team. It will never be realised with a captain who is as tactically naive as cook is. Last decent captain we had was Vaughan, both tactically and as a man manager.
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swee'pea99
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It's not just that he's tactically naive, he can't seem to stay in. As an opening batsman, it's his job to stick around for a bit, get a few on the board, soak up some bowling till they start to flag, put the rest of the team in a positive frame of mind. But he keeps getting out for 17, putting our batting on the back foot almost from the start.
hoopdriver
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A long ride in from Ringwood
Shut Up Legs
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Yes, my current round-trip commute is about 26.5km to work and 28km to home.
hoopdriver
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Many years ago - geez, early 1990s - I used to ride in from Elsternwick. I don't know what it's like now, but back then Melbourne was a surprisingly nice city to cycle in. I really enjoyed it. I'd love to have a time machine and go back...
There ain't been many successful opening bat captains. He should be relieved of the captaincy so he can concentrate on what he does best.
John the Monkey
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Who captains instead? I remember pondering this after the Sri Lanka series, no one really stood out as a great option.
Root, Morgan? Or bring in someone from outside the set up like SA did with Smith.
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swee'pea99
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Root's 14, Morgan's unreliable. I'd go radical - Ali's the man!
John the Monkey
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I can see Morgan for the ODI - less so for the tests.
I'm not convinced by the idea of Root as captain, personally - maybe in a few years.
