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The boys are off to Zimbabwe today and begin a hectic schedule of cricket in all forms which will last 12 months.

Series against India, South Africa, Pakistan and the West Indies will be followed by the all important Ashes series in England from July 2015.

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      On 26/08/2014 at 13:37, Whispering_Jack said:

    Zimbabwe's cricket team seems to be travelling no better than its economy. If the Aussies keep this up (ie big hitting in the first ODI) it won't do their confidence any harm.

    They kept up the big scoring against the Proteas Jack only to be outdone by an even bigger effort from SA.

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    Funny game, beaten by Zimbabwe of all sides and we respond by giving the Proteas an arzz kicking.

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      On 09/10/2014 at 05:41, Whispering_Jack said:

    Anyone know what's happened to James Muirhead, the promising leg spinner who played well in a couple of International T20s last year but is now back playing district cricket only?

    My understanding is that Jimmy will feature in the longer format Jack.

    A very very good prospect.

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      On 11/10/2014 at 00:17, Django said:

    Bit of a fizzer this series. Watched a bit of the first two ODI's and I can say it wasn't very exciting at all.

    Little wonder the excitment level has subsided when we play so much cricket these days.

    Reckon we should dispense with some of the shorter form.

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      On 11/10/2014 at 05:37, gsmith12 said:

    Little wonder the excitment level has subsided when we play so much cricket these days.

    Reckon we should dispense with some of the shorter form.

    Definitely. ODI's are obsolete now.

    We should be sticking to tests and T20I's, which they rely on to bring in those who don't usually support cricket. I'm not a big fan of it myself but it's something different.

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    Extraordinary over from Maxwell even allowing for inept batting from the tail.

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    Anyone have info on the fitness of Pattinson and Siddle ?

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    No but Pat Cummings is back.

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      On 14/10/2014 at 22:49, jazza said:

    No but Pat Cummings is back.

    I see that Pattinson is currently playing for Victoria two's as a batsman and making runs too.

    Nice to Cummins back and taking wickets after such a long stint on the sidelines.

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    So we've kicked off the Pakistan series with a loss to Pakistan A. Our two old foes again, spin and reverse swing, ruined us in the second innings. Rogers and Clarke have no form to speak of either, which doesn't help.

    Looks like a team of Rogers, Warner, Doolan, Clarke, Smith, Marsh, Haddin, Johnson, Siddle, O'Keefe, Lyon is how we're shaping up. Marsh at 6 to provide the third bowler support whilst we run with two spinners in the UAE.

    No Harris, Pattinson or Watson from our most recent Test side (the one that beat South Africa in South Africa). Marsh has Watson's spot and if he can make the number 6 spot his own with the bat, Watson's going to find it super hard to get back in IMO. Harris was the superstar in South Africa so his loss is huge, but Siddle's a good type of bowler to have in UAE conditions.

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      On 19/10/2014 at 01:03, titan_uranus said:

    So we've kicked off the Pakistan series with a loss to Pakistan A. Our two old foes again, spin and reverse swing, ruined us in the second innings. Rogers and Clarke have no form to speak of either, which doesn't help.

    Looks like a team of Rogers, Warner, Doolan, Clarke, Smith, Marsh, Haddin, Johnson, Siddle, O'Keefe, Lyon is how we're shaping up. Marsh at 6 to provide the third bowler support whilst we run with two spinners in the UAE.

    No Harris, Pattinson or Watson from our most recent Test side (the one that beat South Africa in South Africa). Marsh has Watson's spot and if he can make the number 6 spot his own with the bat, Watson's going to find it super hard to get back in IMO. Harris was the superstar in South Africa so his loss is huge, but Siddle's a good type of bowler to have in UAE conditions.

    I think this series has serious upset written all over it. They'll have to fight hard to win this.

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      On 19/10/2014 at 01:03, titan_uranus said:

    So we've kicked off the Pakistan series with a loss to Pakistan A. Our two old foes again, spin and reverse swing, ruined us in the second innings. Rogers and Clarke have no form to speak of either, which doesn't help.

    Looks like a team of Rogers, Warner, Doolan, Clarke, Smith, Marsh, Haddin, Johnson, Siddle, O'Keefe, Lyon is how we're shaping up. Marsh at 6 to provide the third bowler support whilst we run with two spinners in the UAE.

    No Harris, Pattinson or Watson from our most recent Test side (the one that beat South Africa in South Africa). Marsh has Watson's spot and if he can make the number 6 spot his own with the bat, Watson's going to find it super hard to get back in IMO. Harris was the superstar in South Africa so his loss is huge, but Siddle's a good type of bowler to have in UAE conditions.

    Not sure the Aussies took the warm up game too seriously, after all Doolan and Smith both retired undefeated in the first dig and didn't bat at all in the second, neither did Haddin.

    Can't see the Pakies winning a test.

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      On 19/10/2014 at 08:37, gsmith12 said:

    Can't see the Pakies winning a test.

    More money in losing.

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      On 19/10/2014 at 09:11, Biffen said:

    More money in losing.

    That too.

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    Pakistan win the toss and bat 1st Test in the UAE.

    O'Keefe and Marsh debut.

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    Great first session for our boys, Pakistan 2/50 with Johnson and Siddle at their economical best.

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    Johnson new ball. Bang!

    198-4

    Younis knocks up a ton then falls lbw to Johnson. Run rate a tick under 2.50; crowd: 17

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    4/219 at stumps, exciting stuff in front of an abysmal crowd.

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