BCs have a match against Canada coming up tonight.
Potential banana skin game ( as any 20/20 can be ) although I'm sure the SA result was a wake up call.
Canada ranked 19th, apparently played their first ever international match in 1844 ?!?!?
Players with surnames like Singh, Sharma and Dhaliwal indicate that maybe there isn't a hell of a a lot of homegrown talent.
Win and a spot in the Super 8 is guaranteed. Carn Caps !
@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup:
The Australians are paying the price for flat out ignoring form.
Of the best bats in the BBL which basically finished the day before they flew out, only Mitch Marsh played (and oh look he got runs). Finn Allen is obviously not a kiwi. Warner retired. For some dumb fucking reason they aren't playing Steve Smith. Sam Harper isn't there.
Cam Green is a complete myth. Tim David barely played. Inglis kicked his heels carrying drinks for the test team. Maxwell couldn't buy a run this summer. Stoinis did okay, especially given where they batted him, Connolly has failed at every single opportunity.
I am more surprised at their attack TBH, Ellis is a wizard, Zampa is usually very reliable. Bartlett is a proven performer in this format. Just a horrible tournament and perhaps a symptom that the Aussies don't care.
three runs off seven deliveries and didn't bowl.
He must have a hell of an agent.
@MN5 https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/cameron-green-1076713/matches
This list of recent matches pretty much dates back to him getting that "biggest ever" IPL contract.
Looks like it might be another case of the job/label being too big for the man.
Lockie and Satnav out - Satnav has food poisoning.
Jamieson and McConchie in (I think Mitch Jr said "Cole".
Surprised it's not Ish.
Neesh gets smoked - 18 off his first over.
Once again our opening bowlers have failed to make inroads in the power play.
We have the batting to challenge for the title, but our bowling is well short.
I never actually realised quite how bog standard Neeshes T20 stats actually are. I can’t believe he hasn’t even managed a half century in 96 matches. Only the 57 wickets at just under nine an over too…..
I've always assumed that the theory is we gain more runs from Neesham the batter than we lose from lose bowling. I think its worth it, especially when we have Ravindra and Phillips there too. Asking for 4 overs total between those guys doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
Injuries and illnesses mucking us around, but Santner, Ferguson, Henry, Duffy plus the all-sorts looks decent enough.
I don’t see much of a bowling plan fromJacob Oram and the bowlers.
We are playing in India hit the pitch hard use some variations and let the ball die so you have to make pace on the ball and not come on.
Our lengths are really poor just bowling along the pitch letting the ball come on nicely so you can hit through the line with ease.
We should know better than this .
