Morning all, I have just gate crashed last nights Aussie pre tour team meeting. It went like this:
Team walks into the meeting room, Smithy and Boof open up in hysterics: Hey Clarky we all hate you, but we know you are a pretty good player and a quality skipper - have you seen this?
Clarke: Hahaha no kp. That's pretty funny.
Boof: Right let's talk bowling plans: Rhino - you start, what do you think to the bowling?
Ryan Harris: This is pretty tough, but lets have a go:
Cook. awe look, we've seen him before - would full on 4th stump work? he might nick off or play on.
Lyth. Hold on they haven't picked Hales - ha, what muppets. New, OK let's keep it simple top of off with the odd short one, Mitch 1 - you soften him up, Mitch 2 - you soften him up some more, I will clean him up.
Ballance. Humm, he lets the short ones go, but sits on the back foot - how about I go around the wicket or perhaps we can let Mitch 2 have a go with some left arm over, full at off and middle to hit that phat front pad - yup that will work.
Bell, Root and Ali, Hahahah - they are all cra p at the short ball - set the trap and see you later.
Stokes, arh - we had trouble with him before - but let's try full at his front pad. His back foot moves to square leg at delivery so he plants his front foot.
Buttler. He is good watch out for him, but will run out of partners, we can just keep him off strike.
Jorden Put a few guys back, bowl top of off and he will nick off going for it, Mitch 1 and 2 - yours again, I will be resting after my first spell of 8 overs 3 maidens, 12 for 3
Broad. Hahahahahaha. Mitch 1 - all yours - bowl a full and straight one, if that doesn't work, bowl a bouncer. We better put Davo at deep square leg to keep pushing him back to the stumps.
Anderson. Mitch 2 your turn - bowl at the stumps.
Does that work for you Boof?
Sounds ideal, thanks Rhino - right them Davo and Buck you guys can have a bat, the rest of us can head off to the pub, but will be back in 2 days to knock the pomms off in the second innings.
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