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Really surprised we won esp with the form coming in to the T20 world cup . .. Pretty happy we won 
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One of the PRE regulars back in the day ( now passed sadly ) would be pretty happy up in heaven as he used to coach Finchy as a Junior . He didn't have the best tournament as a batsman but captained the team well.
.One of the PRE regulars back in the day ( now passed sadly ) would be pretty happy up in heaven as he used to coach Finchy as a Junior . He didn't have the best tournament as a batsman but captained the team well.
He’s okay in T20’s, that suits him, but I wouldn’t let him anywhere near the Test team.
Yeah no way he plays ahead of Green ATM.
But - For the first time ever, wouldn't write him off in future. The confidence and sense of belonging it will give him will be massive.
Could well come back a different player.
But - For the first time ever, wouldn't write him off in future. The confidence and sense of belonging it will give him will be massive.
Could well come back a different player.
Sport's all about momentum, don't you know. We know this is true because authorities like Whately tell us it is true despite never having played competitive sport in their adult lives.
Momentum, Jazzy. It's more important than being able to get your front pad out of the way of Jimmy Anderson's in-ducker.
Funny how you don’t get many bowlers throwing down off cutters in 20/20. How many balls would he face in 20/20 with the bowler actually trying to get him out? Test bowlers spend overs on a plan to remove batsman. It’s the wonder of test cricket, that personal battle between bowler and batsman.
It’s why guys like Pollard and Braithwaite don’t bother trying to make a test cricket career. Cause it’s tough. Difficult. And not lucrative. Can’t blame them. But WI cricketers I’ll always remember fondly are the likes of Lloyd, Richards, Gomes, Greenidge, Richardson etc etc.
First test squad : Tim Paine, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner
Australia A Squad : Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Henry Hunt, Josh Inglis, Nic Maddinson, Mitchell Marsh, Matt Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Bryce Street
Australia A Squad : Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Henry Hunt, Josh Inglis, Nic Maddinson, Mitchell Marsh, Matt Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Bryce Street
Zampa misses out.............. He didn't even make the Australia A squad which will take part in a probably v possibles game next month. Is very unlucky for mine.
Yes, has improved a hell of a lot though. Hardly bowled a bad ball in the T20 World Cup.
Swepson has been doing ok and has made the 15 so that's good, got a hunch that a leggie might come in handy this summer, the Poms have always struggled against them.
‘It’s scary’: Azeem Rafiq says English cricket rife with racism
Former cricketer catalogues culture of widespread racism at Yorkshire Cricket club in testimony to British legislators.
Will be interesting to see what impact this has on the English team.
My initial thoughts were was it really that bad? But of course it was. And is for those players subjected to the "abuse". But its not really the other players fault, they are probably only repeating things they have heard from a junior level at various cricket clubs across all ages. Elephant washer is an expression I have heard to describe Indian or Pakistani players plenty of times, and not just in cricket clubs. I've laughed at that expression, not thinking there is really anything wrong with it. But in reality I would have known it was wrong but would have laughed to fit in. I wouldn't have had the courage to call it out lest I be on the outer. People try and justify it by saying it's just a joke. But its demeaning, It's not used as a compliment, it's used derogatively. Like naming your dog the name used for black players. Why? Its the sort of behaviour borne of immaturity. And fear of difference. If I was to place myself in the offended players shoes it would be devastating. It only changes by people like Rafiq keep calling it out, and then people acknowledging the impact and calling out future poor behaviour.
That's not what its about at all midsy. I think there's been a fair bit of discussion around some of those terms you use above on the racism threads and why some are considered racist.
Interesting you say ‘some’. Why some, and not others? Does it depend on who’s being offended?
I’m being a bit facetious, but lines are blurry in these areas. Context is everything.
I use some because I've never heard anyone complain about racism whilst being called a Pom. How do you think those terms have been traditionally used? Paki has been used as a racist slur in Britain for a long time.
Britain, racism and the ‘P-word’: a GQ special report
In the days following the Brexit vote, Ciaran Thapar’s partner was called a “f**king P*ki” multiple times in the street. Four years on, has anything changed? He spoke to four British Asians in public life about virulent racism in the UK, and the consensus is disheartening.
I wonder if the people that use the term Paki would use it in a muslim country when a little outnumbered?
There is another thread where posters weren't aware that ape or gorilla was an offensive term, and couldn't really understand why someone like Adam Goodes would be offended by it. This is similar. Probably best for the racism thread not the cricket thread.
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