Whats that? The walking wicket known as Marcus Harris got out early and cheaply? Well colour me shocked.
Seriously who thought it was a good idea to bring him back???
Lasted 16 more balls than Rory though
The only 2 high quality batsman that could generally speaking be relied upon to perform most of the time we have had for the last few years now is the sandpaper cheat and the south african. The rest have been middling & or inconsistent
I hope Green and Keary can go well and show us something at this level though
our teams back in the day used to be absolutely stacked with batting talent the likes of
Langer, Hayden, Ponting, Clarke, Waughs (x2), Gilly, Martin, Katich, Symonds, Slater, Hussey ect.
it was actually quite ridiculous. most if not all had battings averages 40+ and some would destroy a team in a session if the top order had not already put the aussies into an unlosable position
now we struggle to even find a decent opening pair to throw out there. Warner's only decent in Aus it seems and his batting partner is a lucky dip
Our main chance of victory stems from our quality bowling line up and hoping they roll the opposition for a cheap score so our average batting line up can manage it. We have also relied too heavily in the Smith/Paine era of our tail end putting on runs.
The bowlers have carried this aussie team for a while now.
but when a big score is put on the aussies the batting line up is rarely up to the task. Getting to 300 runs feels like an achievement for them
Pretty happy with only being 1 down right now though and almost level with the poms first innings score!