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Saw the last session after work last night and fully expected Rafael Nadal to appear, why are they playing cricket at Roland Garros? Edit: Also as much as I hate those cheating Indian fucks I actually have no problem with whatever type of pitches they want, both teams have to play on it - good for them for tailoring it to their strengths. Cricket Australia is just too pussy to have circa 1989 WACA pitch be prepared and lose money on a 3 day test. EMC fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Feb 26, 2013 |
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Feb 26, 2013 01:08
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Cricket Thread 2013: Why you chirpin' now, mate? Not getting runs?
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Feb 26, 2013 03:06
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notaspy posted:My god, that's the worst pitch I've ever seen. It's a loving disgrace of a pitch. There isn't even the pretence of ever having grass in it.
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Feb 26, 2013 03:45
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 And Nathan Lyon
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Feb 26, 2013 04:03
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It looks like they just backed up a truck full of cow poo poo and clay, dumped it there and let the monsoon wash it into something slightly resembling a level surface.
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Feb 26, 2013 04:04
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Okay Tendulkar, I admit that was cool. Also, in the 1st Test of the England series, India won by 9 wickets, so suck on that Englailures.
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Feb 26, 2013 06:20
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I think Australia still have a chance of winning, or at least drawing the next three matches if they can get some decent batting performances from people other than Clarke and Henriques. The lack of a second spinner is going to be a problem though, bringing Doherty (averaging 80 this summer in FC with the ball) in to replace Starc or Siddle isn't really going to help anything, and Smith or Maxwell shouldn't even be considered serious options. Maybe Australia will get lucky and the next pitch will be nice and green.
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Feb 26, 2013 06:35
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I reckon they should give this Ager bloke a shot, or bring over that Pakistani refugee. Both are surely better than X and Lyon.
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Feb 26, 2013 07:01
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4liters posted:I reckon they should give this Ager bloke a shot, or bring over that Pakistani refugee. Both are surely better than X and Lyon. Yeah, because that worked so well in the Ashes with Beer.
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Feb 26, 2013 09:06
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When Beer was selected out of the blue the alternative was probably better than Lyon.
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Feb 26, 2013 09:10
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I see drug testing in English cricket is very thorough and a resounding success: quote:Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard was a regular cocaine user in the months leading up to his death, Westminster Coroner's Court has heard. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21588586
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Feb 26, 2013 13:05
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Scylo posted:I think Australia still have a chance of winning, or at least drawing Can I just stop you there
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Feb 26, 2013 14:36
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SMH is claiming the selectors are "considering" resting Pattinson in order to manage his workload. Good plan. Maybe they should rest Clarke too. I mean, he got a century so was up there for a long time. And Henrieques had to exert himself too, he needs a rest. What a bunch of idiots. Oh, and LOL at Warnie "stepping up" to give the spinners a post match talk on how to bowl. I'm sure Arthur and Rixon appreciate the guy calling them muppets stepping in and telling the team what to do. What a classless attention whore.
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Feb 26, 2013 22:30
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You are my favourite new poster in this thread. Your username is so apt with your posts. What about how Pattinson's workload was "managed" on day 2? He bowled six overs out of 52, yet took all the wickets. He was bowling really well that day, Another few overs or so could have made a big difference.
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Feb 26, 2013 23:03
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Compton is playing. Boo to this. edit - That's it, gently caress off. goatface fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Feb 26, 2013 |
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Feb 26, 2013 23:07
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Doctor Cave posted:What about how Pattinson's workload was "managed" on day 2? He bowled six overs out of 52, yet took all the wickets. He was bowling really well that day, Another few overs or so could have made a big difference. We're so clearly using this as a warm-up for the Ashes. What a loving farce. With that said though, I don't really mind because gently caress the BCCI
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Feb 26, 2013 23:57
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At this point Warne is looking a pretty reasonable candidate for selection.
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Feb 27, 2013 00:11
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Unimpressed posted:SMH is claiming the selectors are "considering" resting Pattinson in order to manage his workload. Good plan. Maybe they should rest Clarke too. I mean, he got a century so was up there for a long time. And Henrieques had to exert himself too, he needs a rest. What a bunch of idiots. Pattinson has a history of getting injured, so I can understand why they would be considering it. I think I read that Mohali is typically a ground that's more favourable for the fast bowlers, so it's whether or not they're willing to risk Pattinson in Hyperabad and possibly end up not having him in Mohali. They should probably just drop Starc if they want a second spin bowler though.
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Feb 27, 2013 01:19
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Scylo posted:Pattinson has a history of getting injured, so I can understand why they would be considering it. I think I read that Mohali is typically a ground that's more favourable for the fast bowlers, so it's whether or not they're willing to risk Pattinson in Hyperabad and possibly end up not having him in Mohali. They should probably just drop Starc if they want a second spin bowler though. It's all well and good being concerned about his injury record. But, really, what is being considered is this: taking out the one bowler who bowled with real pace and menace and replacing him with a spin bowler who's less good than Lyon. There's really no way you can shine that turd. The Indians will be having a right laugh, drop the one guy who scared the bejesus out of them for some more throw-downs. As to dropping Starc, I reckon that would be a mistake too. He had an off game, but he's a good bowler and I reckon he'll come good in this series. On his day, he has more to offer than Doherty on his. Clarke's right, Australia isn't India and should play to it's strengths. The problem wasn't bad selection, it was underperformance. Bottom line, if Pattinson's fit he should play, otherwise he has no business being in the test squad. This is loving Australia, not some third-rate associate. It's loving depressing, and this is coming from an England supporter.
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Feb 27, 2013 03:55
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The thing is if the selectors are so terrified of Pattinson breaking down why play him at all in India. Possibly the worst place in the world for him to return.
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Feb 27, 2013 05:16
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Id say just play 11 batters, open the bowling with Warner and Clarke and play for draws but I dont think we have 11 batters.
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Feb 27, 2013 05:31
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Apparently Bird is being flown home for scans on his back.
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Feb 27, 2013 07:40
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-27/fawad-hopes-for-ashes-call-up/4542698?section=vic Hopefully those racist shitheads in government/the dept. of immigration let this happen.
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Unimpressed posted:SMH is claiming the selectors are "considering" resting Pattinson in order to manage his workload. Good plan. Maybe they should rest Clarke too. I mean, he got a century so was up there for a long time. And Henrieques had to exert himself too, he needs a rest. What a bunch of idiots. At this point you can only laugh. gently caress this team. Cocksmith fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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4liters posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-27/fawad-hopes-for-ashes-call-up/4542698?section=vic If it happens I can just imagine Scott Morrison talking about how the government is letting Asylum Seekers jump forward in the citizenship queue edit: proof that some of Tendulkar's records were obviously made up http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/cricketnews/Tendulkar-Kambli-record-664-run-partnership-score-sheet-lost-forever/Article1-1017938.aspx Centusin fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 09:07
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Quanta posted:I see drug testing in English cricket is very thorough and a resounding success: quote:England fast bowler Jade Dernbach and former Surrey captain Rory Hamilton-Brown, who were with Mr Maynard on the evening before his death, said they were unaware he had taken drugs. Yeah right.
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I dunno, my personal expectations of Dernbach are so low I'd believe he wasn't aware somebody was on drugs if they were shooting up in front of him.
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Feb 27, 2013 12:28
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Shame they didn't drug test the lying little poo poo the day after.
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walked past the tv when the sky ashes advert was on and it's the commentators picking their 3 seamers as 'anderson, finn and broad coming back into form' if i heard correctly. it would say it all, though.
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Feb 27, 2013 19:28
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Finn's a pretty good bowler really, it's Broad who's the problem. Been going downhill for a while, and was never that good in the first place anyway. It'd probably be best to prepare a load of slow and lowers and go with two spinners. They won't though.
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Lionel RichTea posted:Finn's a pretty good bowler really, it's Broad who's the problem. Been going downhill for a while, and was never that good in the first place anyway. It'd probably be best to prepare a load of slow and lowers and go with two spinners. They won't though. This. Broad has been awful for some time, I'd rather have Tremlett (if he's fixed) or Onions instead of Broad.
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Yeah it was the 'Broad back into form' bit that I took issue with. As if it doesn't matter about what players are actually doing in matches because the favourites are just going to get picked anyway on the basis of what might happen if the stars align for them. It's the kind of nonsense that kept Harmison around for so long when he was obviously The World's Blubberingest Vagina and got Giles picked for potential runs down the order. It's loving stupid and I want to go on record as saying it's stupid and I don't like it.
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Feb 27, 2013 20:08
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Let's not jump to conclusions based on Sky commentators. The England management has so far shown very good judgement and has gotten us results (the curious selection of Dernbach is the exception that proves the rule). I'd say Broad will be given this test series to prove himself. But yes, last time around, it seemed we had a huge stable of quicks just champing at the bit. This time it doesn't feel that way. I'm pretty sure we'll do well in England, I'm more worried about the Australia Ashes.
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It's still really weird that England's best approach to a home Ashes series is to try and prepare a series of spinning tracks. When the hell did we become a side which has spin as a strength? It keeps freaking me out every time I realise it.
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Feb 27, 2013 21:00
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England have a long tradition of spin bowling - Rhodes, Wardle, Verity, Lock, Laker, Underwood, Titmus, Illingworth etc. It was only really the 80s and 90s that England didn't have at least one quality spin bowler.
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tanglewood1420 posted:England have a long tradition of spin bowling - Rhodes, Wardle, Verity, Lock, Laker, Underwood, Titmus, Illingworth etc. It was only really the 80s and 90s that England didn't have at least one quality spin bowler. You misspelled Yorkshire. Well, sort of. Your list contains five Yorkshiremen (Rhodes, Wardle, Verity, Laker*, and Illingworth), one chucker (Lock) and two southern nancies. More relevantly, though, your list also contains lots of people who retired before I was born in 1984. *Yes, OK, Laker never played for Yorkshire. But he was born, and until WWII lived, just outside Bradford.
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Ilanin posted:It's still really weird that England's best approach to a home Ashes series is to try and prepare a series of spinning tracks. When the hell did we become a side which has spin as a strength? It keeps freaking me out every time I realise it.
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