He's an okay player of spin and a very handy off spinner. I'd have him in the team.
He looked very good in the Indian tour.
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He looked very good in the Indian tour.
8 of the players selected right now is playing in India against an Indian A team which has rested its best players. They're on the verge of losing heavily.
Marnus out on a duck and Doggett had figures of 15 overs and 101 runs and one wicket.
Marnus out on a duck and Doggett had figures of 15 overs and 101 runs and one wicket.
Well a lot of those that have been picked are new names. Maxwell has been beyond average since that IPL that took place in the UAE. I can't remember a single innings of note from him since around 2014/15 - and it's no surprise that he averages in the mid 20s in ODIs since 2015. As for his test performances, think he scored a hundred in India; other than that, he has scored 230 odd runs in 13 innings - the epitome of shit.
He's played 7 tests, and was the scorer of Australia's last ton in conditions which will resemble this series who is available for selection. He also has a first class average considerably better than either Labuschanage (whose name I am not learning to spell if that's wrong) or Head, and is probably Australia's second best player of spin after Marsh.
He might not be a world beater, but he's still a better player than most of those they've taken.
Had a look on Cricinfo at the players I haven’t heard before
Marnus is a middle order batsman who scored 60 vs India A the other day, has a 35 avg in FC ctricket
Doggett is a fast bowler who has only played 8 FC matches
Glad we have decided to call him Marnus instead of referring to his surname.
So Asia Cup starts on Saturday. Don't have much hope with India. Kohli isn't playing so there goes our batting lineup. Our first 3 with Dhawan, Rohit and Rahul is great but after that Karthik, Pandey, Jadhav and Dhoni absolutely suck. If the pitches are spinning then I expect Kuldeep and Chahal to win us matches but I think it'll be more flat than spinning. Pakistan look the favorites to me but you never know with them too.
Is Dhoni captain in absence of Kohli?
Rohit Sharma is the captain and Dhawan the vice-captain.
Pant should've been in the squad. Ridiculous hitter and will be our wicketkeeper for years to come. Even if you don't want to replace Dhoni as WK just yet, he's good enough to be in the team as batsman.
Could be any one of the Australian players really but I would guess it's Warner or Haddin.
Those two seemed to be the biggest cnuts in a team filled with cnuts.
Those two seemed to be the biggest cnuts in a team filled with cnuts.
Once cnuts, always cnuts. Hope we rip those feckers apart at the end of the year.
No one says that about my Moeen 
You'll be hard pressed to find a team more universally disliked than the Australian cricket team. As much as I respect the ability and talents of the players they've produced over the years I have never understood why they have played the game like they have. I don't believe them for a single second about this change in culture they are trying to incorporate either.
Hope India smash them 4-0 and Kohli scores a 1000 runs.
Hope India smash them 4-0 and Kohli scores a 1000 runs.
Shit like that is the reason they deserve no sympathy for the difficulties that they are going through now. Absolute cnuts.
Should have gone to T20 day
Bad start for my Lancs, Ali going like a train
Bad start for my Lancs, Ali going like a train
Aussies being cnuts shocker.
Well it's unacceptable to any Muslim unless your name is Osama which is just unfortunate in that case.No one says that about my Moeen
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Sri Lanka are awful.
Going From Hussain, Atherton etc to Athar Ali Khan, "Rambo" and Laxman sivaramakrishan is like going from Fergie to Moyes.
No Manjerekar? Or are you missing him too?
Incredible to think that 7 or 8 players aside, they'd be no better than Bangladesh. They really hit the jackpot with some absolute quality in the early to late 90s and almost all at once. I can't think of a single WC player produced in the last 10-15 years - Matthews, Malinga and Herath are all good players though.
Anybody signed up to hotstar in the UK? Is it easy to stream it onto your tele?
Casually screwing this up.
Its hong kong ffs
Look at the score.Its hong kong ffs
WTF! How did that happen.Anupam Ajmani: "@Dez - I would not agree. India has the best top three in ODI cricket currently including the best batsman of the world. India also has a very good bowling attack in Bhuvi, Bumrah, Chahal and Kuldeep as well a promising all rounder in Dhoni. Thei ronly issue is middle order which they will sort out with continuity in selections, their are too many batsman waiting in the wings. I agree on Dhoni though, his time is up."
Cricinfo comment. Dhoni the allrounder
Looking at the RRR, India should still win this one easily.
Losing against Hong Kong
God, let's hope Dhoni fecks off soon. Our whole Middle order sucks ass.
Rohit Sharma captain Kick the fecker out
Kick the fecker outI think he should’ve retired last year. But it seems he’ll will keep playing until the WC.
Watch him score 100 v Pakistan now
Easy win.
You guys dont deserve a team as good as India, so negative
We beat Hong Kong ffs. Just.You guys dont deserve a team as good as India, so negative
It was an easy victory imo, the RRR was always too high for them.
What negative? I was being called negative before India England test series. What was the final result. I told you before hand that our middle order suck. They scored 48 runs in the last ten overs.You guys dont deserve a team as good as India, so negative
Why Pant isn't in the one day side is beyond me