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Harsh reality is our test performance is shithouse. Best attack in the world and he couldn’t marshal them properly against India at home.

An attacking batsman-keeper will do us wonders.
 
Some cherry picking there Carter - He was our first captain in 18 years to come back from England with the Ashes. That achievement alone supercedes all others.
 
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Leysy Days said:
Some cherry picking there Carter - He was our first captain in 18 years to come back from England with the Ashes. That achievement alone supercedes all others.
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True Leysy but we should’ve won that series.
 
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Just out of interest why can't Smudge be Captain again?
Has his Captaincy papers been stamped?
Love Pat but don't like bowlers as Captains.
 
There will be something very ironic about this whole instance.

Paine leaves role due to texts about "finishing him off".
Replaced by a guy called Cummins.

You couldn't write this stuff :rotfl2 :rotfl2
 
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Just read that the recipient of Paines texts, a former employee of Cricket Tasmania, only released the texts after she was charged with theft from CT. If so she’s thrown Paine under the bus.
 
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I'm a big test cricket fan but the Australian test team make themselves hard to like.

I thought Paine was supposed to be a statesmen brought in to help restore the teams image after they embarassed the nation, yet now Paine looks like a flog too.

Alex Carey for keeper.
 
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BT Tiger said:
I'm a big test cricket fan but the Australian test team make themselves hard to like.

I thought Paine was supposed to be a statesmen brought in to help restore the teams image after they embarassed the nation, yet now Paine looks like a flog too.

Alex Carey for keeper.
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This happened before sandpaper-gate and the powers-that-be must have known about it then. Whoever thought he was the man to lead us out of that has to go, too!
But kudos to whoever was responsible for keeping it quiet for four years.
 
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At 37 next month Id move him on now. Good keeper still but average bat and in the side largely for his leadership. Now that that has been compromised its time for some new blood….yes even with an ashes series on the line
 
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Jewell said:
At 37 next month Id move him on now. Good keeper still but average bat and in the side largely for his leadership. Now that that has been compromised its time for some new blood….yes even with an ashes series on the line
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Given his age and the fact that he’s a good keeper and an average bat, being captain was really the only thing that kept him in the side. Time to blood a new one.
 
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The way I read it he’s a bit stiff. :LOL:

Seriously we should stop painting sportspersons as role models. They’re just people & imperfect. I reckon the ACB should have stood by him. Would have blown over in a week but outrage is the age we live in.
 
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