thought last years game was a beauty, with Smith making that crazy score to chase down 318, but gosh chasing 350 is nuts, with overs top spare! When i woke up yesterday and saw that Nth sydney was the venue, AND Finch was playing, i got aroused. Seeing Finch launch those insane sixes at the Gabba last month, it was a mouth watering prospect to imagine what he could do at Nth Sydney, and how glorious it was, farcical conditions or not, he doesnt wait for bad balls, just launches anything miles back, Gayle style. He has shown this summer that he is too good for domestic odi's, time to find out what he can do internationally. World Cup 2015 could be a finch sixes carnival.
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Two of the most overrated players in Australia are Paine and Faulkner. Paine's keeping is average at best and his batting is piss poor. He has a horrid strike rate which puts so much pressure on everybody else in the team. Even in 4 day cricket his average is only a tick over 30 and has only ever scored 1 FC century. That's less than Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Hauritz and the same at Ben Cutting and Nathan Rimmington.
Faulkner is an average bowler at best. Consistently gets hit around the park and doesn't take that many wickets either. When he actually does take a wicket it's usually due to batsman error instead of bowler skill. His average of 35 and economy rate of 5.5 speak for themselves.
Paine is overrated for sure. Never scored a FC ton as a keeper. Only one ton (playing as a batsman) and that was 6 years ago (?). Crazy. One day batting is awful, just gets bogged down, did the same for Australia too, but we had gun firepower lower down to compensate. Really pleased that the dynamic Wade is getting a good shot at international cricket, he is special, and needs time to find his inner Gilchrist!
