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I don't care that he commentates. But I care that he continually tries to insert himself into the narrative and administration of said sports.
I haven't listened to him in any form of broadcast since the AFL season ended.
Watch the Fox coverage of cricket, whilst Howie is annoying and Gilly is pretty boring in general it is an enjoyable experience. Mark Waugh and Michael Vaughn the standouts. Like Harsha and Wasim as well.
Avoiding kermit is very good for my mental health, hard to do in AFL season
Agree, they are a very likeable bunch. And talented. This has been a very good match. The pitch has helped greatly, perhaps the best Test wicket of the year for mine. Kudos to the curator.
Hoping they can make a good fist of the chase.
Inclined to agree Sin. Leysy gone a bit over the top, I assumed Smith must have been a tasaweigan!!
Smith should have been caught behind early in his innings. He was lucky with a review in the first innings. Is getting hit on the pads a stack more often. In reality Is a shadow of the great player he was. It's almost like he has too many thoughts in his head. He was purely instinctive but now looks like he is thinking too much. That dismissal looked like a tail ender scared of the short ball. If I was bowling to him it would be relentless chin music, he clearly has lost his edge to the short stuff.
He is averaging 42 in 2023. 6 x 50's in his last 24 innings. He's back to being human. Doubt he ever get's near his previous form.
With what they’re paying him, yes. He was doing the same when he was at the ABC, though.
Agree. Not saying he isn't worth his spot in the test team (I wouldn't pick him for any white ball cricket) but he is definitely not the player he was and to me he looks like someone who can't understand why he isn't.
That's the more appropriate. To the eye he doesn't look like the impenetrable force he was. He is getting hit on the pads in front of the stumps a hell of a lot more. And he is visibly more frustrated.
Tend to agree, not the dominant force he was for a long time, does look frustrated, and can't get off strike.
Was good support for Marsh, but other than that ordinary.
The comment "I don't know what is wrong with Smith" is what Leysy thinks what was a bit ridiculous. It is like he isn't pulling his weight and has no idea what he's doing.
He second top scored in a tough situation where every run counted.
It was tough batting against good bowling. Smith isn't the player he was as his eye just isn't the same.
Like a lot of great players, when that starts going they make up for it in other ways.
He is comfortably our best player when the going is tough. Why - he reads the conditions and adapts his game better than anyone else.
Take yesterday. The match situation and conditions meant he never drove on the up, no extravavent cuts/pulls. Leave everything possible, play with a short backlift, value your wicket and work the ball. Test match batting.
On another day, he would play completely different. His teammates could learn a lot.
Champion who has averaged 53, 58 and 42 in the past 3 years. Still the most prized wicket for anyone playing Australia.
