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Jessie Ryder’s not in the enlarged World Cup squad of 30, so they’re not allowed to take him to the Windies.
Anyway, apparently he doesn’t meet (meat?) the fitness criteria, so that’s why he’s on the outer. In other words, he’s too fat.
One thing that I posted on at the Sportsfreak forum, is why Vettori never bowls during the Power Play overs. OK, it’d put a dent in his figures, but he’s our best ODI bowler, and it was like lambs to the slaughter watching Oram, Mills and co getting carted to all quarters last night.
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Pretty sure Styris isn't over there yet, and Adams has come home, AND FULTON IS NOT AN OPENER.
When will we learn that until people have had a few years in that position they won't cut it????
Anyway, with that hobby-horse out of the way, I'll challenge you on the Fleming captaincy issue. While his batting is obviously well short of where it needs to be, I think his handling of the bowlers in this tournament has been as good as ever.
Although it was ultimately unsuccessful, his handling of the bowlers in the loss v Aus last week was top stuff, and if the catches and run-outs had come off we'd have won that.
The problem is he's never had enough runs to play with.
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And so what are the Astle theories then?
1. He just totally lost patience with Comical.
2. He's been told that on current form he was not in the frame for the WC; Sneddon came over to organise the graceful exit.
3. He just lost passion in the game (the official version)
I can't decide which of the top 2 is the real situation.
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DC; Fleming’s captaincy (and batting for that matter) has been at its best when he’s had more control over things than he is at the moment (the 3-4 years before Comical B took over).
I thought he handled things OK yesterday (bringing on Patel early for example) especially given he was a bowler down.
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I agree re Gillespie, Taylor and Fulton Weston, but the big issue as far as I can see is that the team, the batting order, and the tactics just seem to be so dysfunctional.
Compare that to the days where Fleming was basically running the shw, when the total effort exceeded the sum of the parts.
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Gilly's one cunning little man, isn't he?
He's made such a song and dance about being honest and a walker, that he can get away with anything now, and umpires don't go the 3rd umpire for anything when he's involved. Talk about using a brand to good effet.
Meanwhile, Comical Braces shows us that he is, after all, a genius.
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This fable, originally published over 2 months ago, is starting to look more likely by the minute.
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Luaki goes missing too much for my liking.
But I agree that Meesam should’ve been tried. If nothing else he’d be a good alternative to Yellow Card Masoe on the bench.
Things would’ve been very different if Flavell hadn’t broken.
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Was Fox’s kicking percentage over his career really that high? Without wanting to sound mean-spirited he rarely attempted anything getting towards the end of his range.
Henry has shown true balls with his rotation except for the loose trio and #10. In all 4 positions we have built no depth at all, except for the odd cameo by Masoe until he gets binned. You can’t count Thorne because he had the experience anyway.
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Well said Kyle.
However, I think he’s a significantly superior goal-kicker to Fox.
1. He has at least 10 metres extra distance, and that has a big psychological influence on the behaviour of the opposition.
2. He is also better from his “wrong side” than Fox was; effectively mastering the art of rugby’s equivalent of reverse swing.