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After batting on roads all summer, the Aussies must have been totally shell shocked when confronted with a pitch with a bit for the bowlers. Nobody would have imagined them folding to 6 - 41 and being bowled out in less than 25 overs. When are Cricket Australia going to intervene and direct groundsman in Australia to produce pitches that are more bowler friendly so that Australian batsman can cope better with conditions overseas. Or are they just going to continue to be embarrassed like they were today?

mikeh wrote: After batting on roads all summer, the Aussies must have been totally shell shocked when confronted with a pitch with a bit for the bowlers. Nobody would have imagined them folding to 6 - 41 and being bowled out in less than 25 overs. When are Cricket Australia going to intervene and direct groundsman in Australia to produce pitches that are more bowler friendly so that Australian batsman can cope better with conditions overseas. Or are they just going to continue to be embarrassed like they were today?

No guessing who will be the first player dropped

And they keep starting favourites with the bookies!

How Kwagia wasn't playing ahead of Shaun Marsh in the first place is an utter joke!! Get rid of Bailey too and Wade is the worst keeper we have had since Wayne Phillips shouldn't be playing at all I don't care what runs he gets, Rod Marsh should give it away really, had his time as a selector, his decisions are baffling he should sit back now and drink piss and let a young mind in touch with the modern game do his job

The Aussies deserved what they got.....Marsh (Rod) is way past his sell by date....sooner he moves on the better.... hopefully the kick up the arse the team needs.....as for batting on roads mikeh, pretty sure NZ were batting on one when they were 3 for 220 odd in the 35th over......the Aussies looked arrogant and cocky and paid the price for it

Nothing wrong with that pitch at all Mike it is just the AUS batsmen cannot handle swing bowling whatsoever. It is evident when we play in England & now NZ. That was the 2nd time in a row at Eden Park we have been bowled out in under 25 overs in an LOI!

Maxwell never seems to do much with either bat or ball.
How Khawaja missed selection, i guess only Rod Marsh knows.

demons2013 wrote: Maxwell never seems to do much with either bat or ball.
How Khawaja missed selection, i guess only Rod Marsh knows.

Yeh Maxwell is hit or miss

Swandog: I agree on the wicket-keeper front: Bairstow dropping two catches behind the stumps cost England dearly in the fourth test over in South Africa.

Its all Gillys fault