They are trying to cut short the bans for the three cheats so they can come back..... https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...r-suspensions-lifted-aca-20181030-p50csw.html They were terrible in the Pakistan series and have nothing coming through for the future. They should keep getting used to losing. Root is already on the Ashes wind up..... https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...crowds-root-tells-warner-20181030-p50crz.html Warner can't cope with one guy sledging him last weekend, so the Ashes crowds are going to be brilliant.
They should get used to it. They don't have the players coming through that we do. Think they realise their own summer home games could be an embarassment so trying to do all they can. It would be a disgrace if the three cheats are allowed back.
I hope India batter them in their own back yard and I think they've got a decent chance of doing it. Kohli will score a bagful of runs and they've got possibly the best bowling attack in the world, just need the rest of the batting lineup to hold up.
It all seems to be centred on Smith & Warner, there's very little on Bancroft. I think they will all come back into the squad, in time for the ashes & they are going to get some right stick. I was in Australia at Christmas for the tests in Melbourne & Sydney & have to say, they were better than us, Smith never looked like getting out in any inns. Form like that cannot be sustained, but as a bloke with a point to prove, i feel he will be a difficult opponent, they are really struggling at the moment & are struggling to get sides out & runs on the board, lets hope they have a poor winter & the pressure mounts even more, they are feeling it, for Warner to leave the field, that just shows it. Love the ashes & can't wait for them next year, Promotion in May & ashes in August, bring it on.......
Warner walked off the field last week during a grade game after being 'sledged' by the late Phil Hughes' brother: would love to know what that was about. (He returned to the wicket 2 minutes later)
He called him a disgrace and said he shouldn't be playing cricket again, or something along those lines.
I'd imagine it properly stung Warner coming from Hughes's brother and so it should. Warner et al made a big deal about playing in Hughes's legacy but we all know he's a nasty piece of work and a cheat.
