Love suggesting my desired playing XI & injury replacement players.
Love the strategical side of cricket in terms of playing XI selection, squad build-up etc.
My Desired Playing XI of Australia v Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI, Harare #ZIMvAUS
1 M Marsh (C)
2 Head
3 Connolly
4 Renshaw
5 Green (If fit) / Inglis
6 Carey (WK)
7 Peake
8 Bartlett
9 Ellis
10 Hazlewood
11 Zampa
@CricketAus@cricketcomau
A bit different to your usual pie and chips in the stands in Australia, this vendor in Harare would have had plenty of mouths watering with his BBQ chicken.
#ZIMvAUS
My Desired Playing XI of Australia v Zimbabwe, 1st ODI, Harare #ZIMvAUS
1 M Marsh (C)
2 Head
3 Connolly
4 Renshaw
5 Green
6 Carey
7 Inglis (WK)
8 Bartlett
9 Ellis
10 Hazlewood
11 Zampa
@CricketAus@cricketcomau
Virat Kohli averaged 95.62 in the 2023 World Cup with a strike rate of 90.
Rohit Sharma averaged 81 in the 2019 World Cup with a strike rate of 98.
Brendon McCullum struck at 188 in the 2015 World Cup but averaged just 36.
Now imagine a batter with an average of 96 and a strike rate of 144.
That’s how absurd AB de Villiers’ 2015 World Cup campaign was—one of the greatest ODI World Cup batting performances ever. 🐐
🔴 ENGLAND IS A COMPLETE CIRCUS – FINCH BRUTAL STATEMENT 🤯
Aaron Finch🎙️: You never want to see players being forced out or coaches getting sacked, but the way everything has unfolded, it has looked like a circus.
- England skipped a warm-up game before the Ashes, acted like they had all the answers, but everything fell apart.
New Zealand then outplayed them with traditional, disciplined Test cricket and deservedly won."
@Mar0ney Open with Ben Curran and Bennett . Maru can play in place of Clive lower down the order where some crazy senseless hitting is required. He might actually come off
I honestly do not get the hype behind "Lord" Marumani. He's simply not good enough to open the batting. His technique is fatally flawed. Reminds me of Cephas Zhuwao. Rather give him a go in Musekiwa's role where a 20 off 9 balls is useful. Not at the top of the order
Beauty of Odi cricket is you can be 60/0 and then you end up 100/6 and yet you can recover and be at 228/7 with 6 overs to go.
This is why ODIs should be a 50 over game not shorter