Australia tour of England 2018

[Jalen]

Example?

E.g. of his bad decisions at toss. 3rd odi had an absolute road mate, he sends his relatively weaker attack knowing that England has a very strong batting line up and will go hard. Another example of bad captaincy is playing an aggressive field with 2 slips almost 10 overs in when England got off to an absolute cracker of a start. When he could have set fields to dampen the run scoring and try to prevent boundaries. Which would put them under pressure. Besides the 3rd odi, the other 2 games he also picked the wrong decision in both games.
He is supposed to be our finisher as he bats at 6-7-8. His SR is 70. If you watched the Gilette ODI series over here last summer. We needed over a run a ball 30-40 I think and Paine, not new at the crease could not find the boundary. He put too much pressure on Stoinis and the run rate kept going up and up. Stoinis went after one when the run rate was too high and he got out. Paine still couldn't find the boundary. In the end we lost. Someone batting 7-8 who is supposed to be a keeper batsman should have a SR of 83-90. Also in this series where his team needed him and the top order failed in the 1st and 3rd odi, he reserve sweeps one to the fielder with no power behind it when his team was struggling and needed a captain's knock. 3rd odi he plays a long hop straight to a fielder with also no power behind it and gets caught no where near the boundary.

 

[Jalen]

E.g. of his bad decisions at toss. 3rd odi had an absolute road mate, he sends his relatively weaker attack knowing that England has a very strong batting line up and will go hard. Another example of bad captaincy is playing an aggressive field with 2 slips almost 10 overs in when England got off to an absolute cracker of a start. When he could have set fields to dampen the run scoring and try to prevent boundaries. Which would put them under pressure. Besides the 3rd odi, the other 2 games he also picked the wrong decision in both games.
He is supposed to be our finisher as he bats at 6-7-8. His SR is 70. If you watched the Gilette ODI series over here last summer. We needed over a run a ball 30-40 I think and Paine, not new at the crease could not find the boundary. He put too much pressure on Stoinis and the run rate kept going up and up. Stoinis went after one when the run rate was too high and he got out. Paine still couldn't find the boundary. In the end we lost. Someone batting 7-8 who is supposed to be a keeper batsman should have a SR of 83-90. Also in this series where his team needed him and the top order failed in the 1st and 3rd odi, he reserve sweeps one to the fielder with no power behind it when his team was struggling and needed a captain's knock. 3rd odi he plays a long hop straight to a fielder with also no power behind it and gets caught no where near the boundary.

Yup just watched the highlights. 5th ODI. They needed 24 for 22 balls and Paine is 23 off of 38. What a player!

 

[Jalen]

Really steady start from Head and Finch. Head looking really good

 

[Deleted member 46200]

Looks a good solid display by Oz hope we can crack on a few more runs and make it a challenge... Hop Shaun gets his 50

 

[Velocity]

There we go Finchy gets his hundred after previously being misused. He needs to remain opener no matter what.

 

[Jalen]

There we go Finchy gets his hundred after previously being misused. He needs to remain opener no matter what.

90 games Opening with a fantastic record and JL and Paine want him to bat in the middle because the middle order isn't good enough to handle Rashid and a spin bowling batting allrounder.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Yet another 300+ total

Even subcontinent pitches aren't this consistent

 

[Deleted member 46200]

90 games Opening with a fantastic record and JL and Paine want him to bat in the middle because the middle order isn't good enough to handle Rashid and a spin bowling batting allrounder.

If the top order bats well then who cares about the middle order.

 

[Gamer Pradosh]

If the top order bats well then who cares about the middle order.

Yeah Finch is best as opener.. Was misused in IPL too..

 

[Perfect Square]

Yet another 300+ total

Even subcontinent pitches aren't this consistent

Pitches in England have changed the most in the past 2-3 years (Especially in LO cricket)

 

[Jalen]

If the top order bats well then who cares about the middle order.

Exactly, top 3 gave us a brilliantly start, all Stoinis had to do was get a quick fire 50 and we would've been in a perfect position and Carey could come in and work an innings around him but wickets felt too quickly. Agar also came in too early. I have no idea why JL keeps on shifting everyone in the line up, no one is going to feel comfortable with their number in the line up if they are always being switched around

 

[Jalen]

If we lose these next 2 games we are 2 wins from 20 games. 5-0 SA 4-1 IND 4-1 ENG and at the moment looks like it will be 5-0 DNG

 

[Perfect Square]

5 bowlers already tried in first 10 overs. Someone else should be given a go in the next game for Captaincy.

 

[Jalen]

5 bowlers already tried in first 10 overs. Someone else should be given a go in the next game for Captaincy.

If it was my choice he wouldn't be anywhere near the team. Sadly we have to deal with this garbage until we either get Bailey back in, give Mitch Marsh a go when he recovers because he lead WA to the JLT One Day Cup trophy and was a brilliant captain or we wait til Smith is given the captaincy back which is sadly not going to happen in time for the CWC.

 

[Velocity]

I long for a greentop in an ODI rather than a flat pitch .... oh how boring this game is with England able to smash it to all parts effortlessly.