Which team would win?

6th test 1985 Ashes

G M Wood
A M J Hilditch
K C Wessels
A R Border*
D M Wellham
G M Ritchie
W B Phillips†
M J Bennett
G F Lawson
C J McDermott
D R Gilbert


2nd test 2013 India tour

D A Warner
E J M Cowan
P J Hughes
S R Watson
M J Clarke*
M S Wade†
M C Henriques
G J Maxwell
P M Siddle
J L Pattinson
X J Doherty

The first because they've got AB.

most depressing thread ever posted on FB....the 2nd option would win because it has fewer reps who currently play for the dubbers...

Hilditch, Ritchie, glawson, wellham, woodie. mcsoftie are more loathesome and inept than warner, fuse and schoolgirl

hilditch, Woodie and glawson have rained down the abject incompetence of that 80s team on the current state of Oz cricket...fatcat continues to be a useless lump of racist lard

I think Lawson and Mcdermott are better than anyone in the current team.

Border > Clarke

horace wrote:most depressing thread ever posted on FB....the 2nd option would win because it has fewer reps who currently play for the dubbers...

Hilditch, Ritchie, glawson, wellham, woodie. mcsoftie are more loathesome and inept than warner, fuse and schoolgirl

hilditch, Woodie and glawson have rained down the abject incompetence of that 80s team on the current state of Oz cricket...fatcat continues to be a useless lump of racist lard

Wrong. As was proved beyond doubt in the South Africa series, playing 4 Victorians in any test side is a sure fire route to humiliation.

The present lot. The other team's getting on a bit at this stage.




But it might be close.



I notice you omitted Kim Hughes' squad.

was not talking about victorians...just the schoolgirl infused boil on the backside of Oz cricket - over rated dubbers

This Australian team defeated IND 4 nil last year and also played well against SA(for 90% of the series) so they are a very good side at HOME.

JGK wrote:

6th test 1985 Ashes

G M Wood
A M J Hilditch
K C Wessels
A R Border*
D M Wellham
G M Ritchie
W B Phillips†
M J Bennett
G F Lawson
C J McDermott
D R Gilbert


2nd test 2013 India tour

D A Warner
E J M Cowan
P J Hughes
S R Watson
M J Clarke*
M S Wade†
M C Henriques
G J Maxwell
P M Siddle
J L Pattinson
X J Doherty

Thats like being asked if you would cut off your own arm to save your life.

Or vote for the ALP

The last Australian Test lineup before Pup's derboo appears to have been:

Langer
Hayden
Ponting *
Martyn
Lehmann
Katich
Gilchrist +
Warne
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
McGrath

2nd Test v Sri Lanka @ Cairns, July 2004
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64092.html

They were quite good, but couldn't force a win v Marvan's Marvals in that Great Barrier Reef Barracuda-Off.
(I see Sanga, Mahela, Sam Weera and Mr Scoop were all in that team.)

I think they would have enough to fall over the line v Pup's Pupils, though.

fleas was the weak link

PP makes a fair point- at home this Aus side is still very competitive. It's just that abroad (especially in the Sub Continent), they are as inept as India and Pakistan.

it is certainly not competitive at the moment in bannieville

Henry wrote:PP makes a fair point- at home this Aus side is still very competitive. It's just that abroad (especially in the Sub Continent), they are as inept as India and Pakistan.

Except the team that beat India 4-0 had over 800 runs contributed by Ponting and Hussey.

Clarke will make runs. Warner will reinvent his way to an average of around 40 at home, Twatto the same. Wade will average mid 30s, and of course the young fast bowlers are one if the few bright spots for Aus.

That could work agai st most teams in Aus and even South Africa and Englabd. But the SC will likely be a struggle.

JGK wrote:Or vote for the ALP

Steady on!!! Nobody's that silly.

Henry wrote:PP makes a fair point- at home this Aus side is still very competitive. It's just that abroad (especially in the Sub Continent), they are as inept as India and Pakistan.

Our pace bowling stocks are quite reasonable ATM, and given a reasonable surface to bowl on, Aus should always be competitive. It's just to be competitive in India you need very high calibre quicks e.g. Pidg and Diz when we won on the Final Frontier tour.

We knew what we were in for in India, it's just that our bowlers simply aren't good enough in Indian conditions.

skully wrote:

Henry wrote:PP makes a fair point- at home this Aus side is still very competitive. It's just that abroad (especially in the Sub Continent), they are as inept as India and Pakistan.

Our pace bowling stocks are quite reasonable ATM, and given a reasonable surface to bowl on, Aus should always be competitive. It's just to be competitive in India you need very high calibre quicks e.g. Pidg and Diz when we won on the Final Frontier tour.

We knew what we were in for in India, it's just that our bowlers simply aren't good enough in Indian conditions.

I would have like Bird to play the role of Pidge in the first test. Seems like he was injured anyway though.

And you know what? F*ck rotation also. Patrons on should play this whole series if he's fit. He needs to bowl. He needs to fully feel a permanent member Of the Aus side.

Frankly, I think Australia's selectors deserve nothing less than the axe. Thoughts that Inverarity would be a wise old sage of Australian cricket have been proven wrong- he seems as bad as Hilditch.

Henry wrote:And you know what? F*ck rotation also. Patrons on should play this whole series if he's fit. He needs to bowl. He needs to fully feel a permanent member Of the Aus side.

Frankly, I think Australia's selectors deserve nothing less than the axe. Thoughts that Inverarity would be a wise old sage of Australian cricket have been proven wrong- he seems as bad as Hilditch.

Sage. Invers should fall on his sword after this abomination of a series.

Patrons on- Pattinson.

On the train. I-phoning it.

hmm. patron

I think, India will be won this series.

Why?