1. Matt Renshaw eeks out a ton v Pakistan and he is next in line for an Australian opener's spot? I suspect Mitchell Marsh will come in and Cameron Green will come back post Warner. Renshaw is too inconsistent and has a lazy front foot. LBW special.
A big test this week. Lance Morris keeps on being spoken about, but I suspect that there is no fast bowler keen to entertain not bowling in Perth!
2. Big Bash. Enjoyable to an extent, but generally pretty similar every year. This revolving door of players going from one world T20 league to another makes a complete mockery of the competition. Money making and eventually they will all fall over.
3. NZ v Bangladesh. The NZ team bounced back for a 1-1 series outcome. Tight, but again their lower order did the business. They are like the Yarra River...the best is at the bottom.
4. Ange Postocoglou. Is now under fire, but the team is scoring goals. Weak defence on the back of many injuries. He needs a bit more steel from them all. No shortage of Pommy critics. That is the problem with that mob, they swap and change all the time and can't pick and stick. Their journos try to unsettle and big note themselves constantly. Newcastle, Notts, Everton and Brighton are the next four games. He would need three out of four here to restore his footing on the EPL table.
Full marks to Everton on their ascension on the table after being docked 10 points for salary cap and financial breaches.
5. Mitchell Johnson. He has become the new 'rent a quote'. An intriguing bloke who never seemed to like criticism when he bowled - but who provided many avenues for it. Now he wants to throw mud at everyone else. He is not a heavyweight ex-player really, despite his 313 Test wickets.
Interesting that Mitchell Starc (333) has sailed on by him and is getting wickets at a better average than McDermott, Johnson and Brett Lee. (How great was Shane Warne? We are all lucky to have seen him play).
6. LIV-USPGA. When was the truce all set to be activated? Sounds like a Claytons unification! Jon Rahme is a big scalp and a big pay check. Rory seems to think this one is fine now... all very murky.
7. Roosters Recruit. The hardest man's name to spell and pronounce is surely Mark Nawaqanitawase. Signed at the Roosters, bolstering their strength and range of speedsters. They deserve salary cap relief for being astute and progressive in their planning and thinking.
8. Shohei Ohtani has finally secured his future, signing the biggest contract in MLB history with the LA Dodgers. A superb player who hits and pitches at the elite level in both. Over $1 billion!
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