Mitch Marsh named Australia's T20 captain

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-...ndia/102697756

Awesome news. 4 Perth players in the squad

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Originally Posted by WFDom

4 Perth players in the squad

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and Eastern States punters in meltdown I'd imagine... :D

Hold on to your levers, the Summer of Bison is here.

Just catching up on last weeks cricket

Mitch Marsh hit 92 off 49 balls in the first T20 against South Africa. Aus won by a hatful. Great start to his captaincy



Also came across the NZ black clash rugby v cricket charity game on Stan. Very entertaining. The Badge was playing

Team Cricket: Daniel Vettori (coach and captain), Chris Martin, Adam Parore, Hamish Marshall, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Anton Devcich, Andrew McDonald, Todd Astle, Peter Fulton, Nick Cummins (wildcard).

Team Rugby: Kieran Read (captain), Jordie Barrett, Richie McCaw, Will Jordan, Israel Dagg, Ofisa Tonu’u, Kaylum Boshier, Jock McKenzie, Jono Hickey, Joe Wheeler (Injury replacement for Ruben Love), Andrew Ellis (Injury Replacement for Jason Spice), Neil Broom (wildcard). Sir Graham Henry (coach), Scott Robertson (manager).

How'd Badger go? Jaysus he knows how to stay in the spotlight.

One of the ARU's biggest f@ckups. And they made shitloads. Should have been a walking, talking Rugby PR Department. I still get pissed off thinking of the missed opportunity. :mad:

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How'd Badger go? Jaysus he knows how to stay in the spotlight.

One of the ARU's biggest f@ckups. And they made shitloads. Should have been a walking, talking Rugby PR Department. I still get pissed off thinking of the missed opportunity. :mad:

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Was back in summer, as I recall it, cavalier (surprised?), entertaining but ultimately inconsequential!
Memory may not be doing the Badge justice though...

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Originally Posted by WFDom

Just catching up on last weeks cricket

Mitch Marsh hit 92 off 49 balls in the first T20 against South Africa. Aus won by a hatful. Great start to his captaincy.

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And in the 2nd T20 Marsh hit 79 of 39 (strike rate of 202!) to help Australia to a win by 8 wickets with 31 balls remaining. 8 fours and 6 sixes, which means he only actually ran 11 runs off 25 non-boundary balls. Lazy b*gg*r! :D

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Originally Posted by Sheikh

And in the 2nd T20 Marsh hit 79 of 39 (strike rate of 202!) to help Australia to a win by 8 wickets with 31 balls remaining. 8 fours and 6 sixes, which means he only actually ran 11 runs off 25 non-boundary balls. Lazy b*gg*r! :D

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A little confused how Abbott gets MoM with 3/22 compared to Bisons' batting?
All the bowlers were pretty tight to limit to that score.

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Originally Posted by shasta

How'd Badger go? Jaysus he knows how to stay in the spotlight.

One of the ARU's biggest f@ckups. And they made shitloads. Should have been a walking, talking Rugby PR Department. I still get pissed off thinking of the missed opportunity. :mad:

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Agree and from memory they let Cummins walk away at the same time they were throwing money at Karmichael Hunt. What a great decision

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Agree and from memory they let Cummins walk away at the same time they were throwing money at Karmichael Hunt. What a great decision

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An ex-NRL, ex-AFL (proving loyalty) umm... profiteer. Who then went and umm... "celebrated". I didn't grow up in Sydney, don't support the Shute shield or go to a private school. So I spose I'll never be smart enough to understand the decision the benefit to Rugby over Honey Badger

VERY well deserved!

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3873...ounder-odi-t20

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Great speech from Mitch. "the comeback kid" ..... love it!

One of WA's best!

https://youtu.be/JXvTZiahgLU?si=HrDFywj5W0phAzJZ