Cricket Thread 2013: Why you chirpin' now, mate? Not getting wickets?

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Hyperriker: Nov 1, 2008; ur fukt m8

EMC posted:

Steve Waugh is clearly the best batsmen in the side, why is he not at 3?

Matthew Hayden should have come in at 3 he was scoring the most runs for a couple of years back there

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Divorced And Curious: Jan 23, 2009; democracy depends on sausage sizzles

I loving love last wicket stands. Bat Starc at 6.

# ? Jan 20, 2013 10:11

Centusin: Aug 5, 2009

The crowd broke the record for the longest beer snake apparently. Rain delay worth it

# ? Jan 20, 2013 10:24

EMC: Aug 17, 2004

International cricket, any excuse not to play

# ? Jan 20, 2013 11:01

Hyperriker: Nov 1, 2008; ur fukt m8

Scylo posted:

The crowd broke the record for the longest beer snake apparently. Rain delay worth it

Here's a shot of it via Grandstand

# ? Jan 20, 2013 11:05

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

What the hell was wrong with the outfield? Not like it was that much rain and only two days ago the ground was being blasted by a blowtorch.

poo poo umpiring all round today.

# ? Jan 20, 2013 11:21

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

Hyperriker posted:

Matthew Hayden should have come in at 3 he was scoring the most runs for a couple of years back there

And it's us who get called the trolls. smh.

# ? Jan 20, 2013 12:04

Hyperriker: Nov 1, 2008; ur fukt m8

Lionel RichTea posted:

And it's us who get called the trolls. smh.

Ian Bell at 3 for England

# ? Jan 20, 2013 12:17

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

Australia captain nearly as good as Ian Bell, yhihf

# ? Jan 20, 2013 12:23

baked: Apr 1, 2005; i took a little nap where the roots all twist; squished a rotten peach in my fist.

Hyperriker posted:

Here's a shot of it via Grandstand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nOloDiePc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

# ? Jan 20, 2013 23:41

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

That's awesome. Genuinely amazed that the SCG's idiotic security people didn't kick them out for it!

# ? Jan 21, 2013 00:02

NPR Journalizard: Feb 14, 2008

quote:

caught up with my mate (brother in law of mike hussey) and got some pretty interesting info ok, there has been alot of talk around the attitude of michael clarke for years, he is a selfish wnker. Mike apparantly was promised at a minimum two one dayers in the ODI series, in Perth, he was promised this on the back of "best available" talk. It is probably worth mentioning that alot of the players are a bit scared of clarke in terms of the fact that he is a selector now, so they avoid trying to pss him off. Anyways at some point clarke called mike over (after the end of play) and asked if he could have a word. In this discussion he told mike that he wouldnt be playing because they were "looking to the future" mike asked about best available side and all that sht and clarke said "you can have a lap of honor before we play the ODI in Perth" to whihc mike told him to shove his lap up his as. Cricket Australia didnt want to announce the axing but certain members of the hussey camp "accidentally" dropped the hint to journos around the country clarkey wasnt happy about this and i guess it set the tone for the following couple of days (this was after play day 3 from memory). So then the day before the game finished mike was asked by clarke what he wanted to do for his last game, and he said that he wanted to just sit in the changerooms and get pssed with the team and the entire support staff. Michael Clarke then proceeded the following day to organise to go on James Packers massive boat (which they could do any time for the next 3 days) but he wanted to go that evening the test ended.

as a side note they all get pretty expensive retirement gifts from the team, and mike (being in charge of the song) will change the ipod to John Williamsons "true blue" this is when the team knows to get in a huddle to sing the team song. anyways someone turns the music off, and mike started complaining that someone had fcked the ipod up... nek minut John Williamson walks in singing "true blue"... thought that was pretty cool.

So anyways, clarke tried to turn it and say "I did this for you mike" (the boat) when he already knew what mike wanted to do, didnt want to go to the boat he wanted to get pssed int he changerooms. So at the end of the day everyone is in the changeroom drinking, clarke had left early because he wanted to go on the boat, some players (including warner) left as well. When it was time to leave for the boat a couple of players asked mike if he was coming, and mike was like "nah go have fun, i will stay and celebrate with my family and the support staff". Nathon Lyon (Mikes best friend in the team) said "fck that if huss isnt going im not going" then watto said the same. As Vice captain that meant that alot because the players came back to the room and were gonna bail on the boat, because they weren't worried as much about clarke losing it.

So the next minute they get word that Clarke has made the boat an "official Cricket Australia function" which means the players get in trouble for not attending. This forced alot of the players to leave,
Siddle and Lyon and the support staff were the only ones left from what I understand, absolutely petty and sht form from clarke considering that they could have gone on the boat the following night.

So in the end Mike, his family and the support staff stayed in the rooms. Mike then woke up with a voicemail from clarke which abused the sht out of him for leaking to the media and about how he didnt go on the boat with the players. Then clarke put david warner on the phone, who abused the sht out of him as well. Mike just took it in his stride and didnt respond, and the next morning in the lobby of the hotel clarke wouldnt even look at him. Mike apparantly said "hey clarkey, one day you'll know" and that was the last words they had exchanged. Mike was refferring to the fact that clarke is a selfish ct, and cant understand why mike is retiring (young family etc).

Dunno how much I trust it, but yeah, more info.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:08

Auditore: Nov 4, 2010

Sounds like Clarke couldn't get over the fact Hussey took away his control by retiring on his own terms so made a big deal out of it.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:18

Captain Matchbox: Sep 22, 2008; BOP THE STOATS

Where's the quote from? Sounds like what I heard at the pub on friday.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:27

cmndstab: May 20, 2006; Huge Internet Celebrity!

Sounds like bullshit to me.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:28

thehappyprince: Apr 4, 2006; Alastair Cock

Sounds like the australian dressing room is like Mean Girls.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:30

NPR Journalizard: Feb 14, 2008

Captain Matchbox posted:

Where's the quote from? Sounds like what I heard at the pub on friday.

I would say its from some dude who knows the brother in law of Mike Hussey, but some random on the internet posted it so I dont know how much I trust it.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:30

gabensraum: Sep 16, 2003; LOAD "NICE!",8,1

Whole lot of manchildren.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:35

NPR Journalizard: Feb 14, 2008

deep square leg posted:

Whole lot of manchildren.

Who else, other than Clarke, was being a manchild?

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:38

Captain Matchbox: Sep 22, 2008; BOP THE STOATS

Sounds like they're just a bunch of standard bogans and Clarke is a prima donna like that blonde Bingle.

e: Just got the Clarke & Hussey email forwarded to me now

Captain Matchbox fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jan 21, 2013

# ? Jan 21, 2013 01:40

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

It sounds like bullshit to me. It really depends if Watson is out of touch with reality enough to piss off tyrant Clarke.

Watson is out of form with the bat to the point where he honestly should be dropped. Why would he be going around making obvious power plays towards the captain and safest player in the side if Clarke is some kind of insane Nazi.

Watson is basically a dues ex machina in the story. He flies down from heaven to allow the players to not go on the party boat.

Could be true but I'm suspect of stories that follow an obvious narrative. Especially when Watson acts like ten times the clown Clarke does on the field.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 02:20

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

Everything that Dave Warner does in that story also seems really suspect.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 02:31

thehappyprince: Apr 4, 2006; Alastair Cock

The absence of kangaroos sets off many alarm bells for me.

myth busted

# ? Jan 21, 2013 02:35

gabensraum: Sep 16, 2003; LOAD "NICE!",8,1

Frogmanv2 posted:

Who else, other than Clarke, was being a manchild?

Pretty much any professional athlete.

edit: and forums posters including me

# ? Jan 21, 2013 03:01

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

poo poo, I just remembered that I was given Michael Clarke when we were assigned players in the last thread.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 03:16

thehappyprince: Apr 4, 2006; Alastair Cock

I knew what I was doing.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 03:19

Centusin: Aug 5, 2009

Brad Hodge will never go away

quote:

"Would I like to play for Australia? Of course, everyone would," Hodge said in Dhaka. "I probably deserved to play a little bit more when I had the opportunity. It seems that there seems to be a lot more rotating players then when I was in my prime.

"I am still playing good enough to represent Australia I think. But I do believe that my opportunity is passed. Having said that I am considering after this tournament, to go back to four-day cricket and have a quick shot at trying to make the Ashes team."

# ? Jan 21, 2013 05:35

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Those all seems like things Clarke would do, especially in light of the whole Katich thing. Hodge owns but he's the type who wouldn't put up with Clarke's nonsense so he has no chance. He quite clearly should be in the T20 side at least if it was picked on form.

edit: Good on Siddle and Lyon if that story is true.

Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Jan 21, 2013

# ? Jan 21, 2013 06:18

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

Isn't Hodge a massive oval office too?

# ? Jan 21, 2013 06:57

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Mister Chief posted:

Isn't Hodge a massive oval office too?

Hodge is more of an aspbergers style oval office as opposed to Clarke who is a spoilt teenage girl style oval office.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 07:18

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

A poisonous dressing room and a terrible bunch of players. Are you England in the 90's?

# ? Jan 21, 2013 07:20

Cocksmith: Dec 28, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

Mister Chief posted:

Isn't Hodge a massive oval office too?

Every good cricketer is a massive oval office.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 08:01

gabensraum: Sep 16, 2003; LOAD "NICE!",8,1

Cocksmith posted:

Every good cricketer is a massive oval office.

And this increases on a scale according to the skill of the cricketer. Exhibit A: Don Bradman.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 08:12

Coq au Nandos: Nov 7, 2006; I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.

Frogmanv2 posted:

Dunno how much I trust it, but yeah, more info.

Sounds plausible, but gently caress whoever wrote that for using the retarded nek minit meme.

# ? Jan 21, 2013 08:16

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.