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serious gaylord posted:At this point New Zealand losing is the far likely result. In our hearts, we all knew it would come down to this. A contest to see which team could throw the match down the toilet harder.
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Redeye Flight posted:In our hearts, we all knew it would come down to this. A contest to see which team could throw the match down the toilet harder. England started with a pretty big ante, but it looks like NZ has called and is about to raise.
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Mar 9, 2013 11:38
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Vagabundo posted:Typical loving Black Caps. And what did you expect? England to struggle on the very same pitch we just scored 460 on with ease? The Black Caps bowling has not really been bad and they could have played far, far worse in this match.
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Mar 9, 2013 12:08
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haha compton will get a ton and he'll be 1st xi for ashes
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Mar 9, 2013 13:33
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Wandle Cax posted:And what did you expect? England to struggle on the very same pitch we just scored 460 on with ease? The Black Caps bowling has not really been bad and they could have played far, far worse in this match. To be fair, you did well to stop Cook-O-Tron before he set off in pursuit of 150+.
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Mar 9, 2013 13:51
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Tony Jowns posted:haha compton will get a ton and he'll be 1st xi for ashes So? He's a comfortably better batsman than 10/11 of the Australian team. In fact, Luke Wright is a better batsman than 10/11 of the Australian team.
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Mar 9, 2013 15:47
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Finn isn't a nightwatchman. His careful, considered 20 in the first innings got him moved up to first drop.
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Mar 9, 2013 16:41
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As much as I want to remind New Zealand that they're the inbred step brother of world cricket, I just remembered that KP is on a King Pair and i'd quite like to see that happen.
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Mar 9, 2013 21:52
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I'm hoping Finn has a Jason Gillespie moment.
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Mar 9, 2013 22:15
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Im hoping he has an embolism.
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Mar 9, 2013 22:18
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if i was a captain of a cricket team and a batsmen said he wanted a nightwatchmen i'd make him swap positions with the bowler in the order. such a beta bitch boy move.
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thehappyprince posted:if i was a captain of a cricket team and a batsmen said he wanted a nightwatchmen i'd make him swap positions with the bowler in the order. such a beta bitch boy move. Which is why you always have a nightwatchmen.
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Mar 9, 2013 22:47
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Signs it may not be the most exciting morning's cricket: Trott comes in and the scoring rate doubles.
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Mar 9, 2013 23:36
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goatface posted:Finn isn't a nightwatchman. His careful, considered 20 in the first innings got him moved up to first drop. I wasn't joking.
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Mar 9, 2013 23:36
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I think this perfect cricket has made the cricinfo guy nod off.
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Mar 9, 2013 23:38
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Test Match Sofa is making this more interesting. Talking about eating battered fish poo right now. Surely more interesting than the cricket.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:02
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The groundsman should be fired. Dunedin likewise.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:03
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The NZ bowlers really cant stick to line and length can they? Fired in everywhere. Its a team full of medium pace harmissons.
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serious gaylord posted:The NZ bowlers really cant stick to line and length can they? Fired in everywhere. Its a team full of medium pace harmissons. I'm sorta half watching - are there one or two left arm seamers? There's this left arm guy who produces a loving perfect ball, but only once an over or so, the rest is being sprayed like a hose
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Mar 10, 2013 00:09
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Shane Warne's squad for the 3rd India test: 1 Warner 2 Watson 3 Maxwell 4 Clarke 5 Khwaja 6 Wade 7 Henriques 8 Smith 9 Johnson 10 Pattinson 11 Lyon Lol. His Ashes squad: 1 Watson 2 Warner 3 Marsh S 4 Clarke 5 Wade 6 Henriques 7 Faulkner 8 Maxwell 9 Coulter-Nile 10 Pattinson 11 Lyon / Siddle Depending on Conditions.... Ferguson & Khwaja as the spare batsmen... Bird & Starc as the 2 spare fast bowlers Hauritz as the spare spinner...
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Mar 10, 2013 00:17
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Finn's gonna get a 50 and a reputation as an all rounder and we'll never get rid of him.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:18
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This is his highest score in first class cricket.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:19
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'The ball is almost deaccelerating when it hits the pitch' - Botham
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Mar 10, 2013 00:21
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Get rid of Compton, play Finn as an opener and bring back Ravi.
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Gorn Myson posted:bring back Ravi. Who?
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Mar 10, 2013 00:32
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Auditore posted:Shane Warne's squad for the 3rd India test: I would love Australia to put out that ashes squad against us. Warne is a fuckwit. I don't even know where to begin. Watson as opener was never particularly good. Marsh is a drunk idiot with no patience. Faulkner, same thing, but not even as good. And dropping Starc, one of the few seriously good seamers Australia have, would leave us all giggling in anticipation like Japanese teenage girls about to meet Justin Bieber. And what's with his infatuation with Nile-Coulter? He sounds like that friend everyone has sperging about a band no one has heard of telling you how they are really the best band in the world because their lead guitarist bends the strings this way. The beautiful thing about his team is that half of them haven't played more than 1-2 matches for Australia if at all, so no one can call him out on how poo poo they are. And since they'll never get picked he can keep spouting his poo poo sounding smart. I almost prefer his profound tweets on life, courtesy of the cricinfo tweet feed.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:43
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Ratios and Tendency posted:The groundsman should be fired. Dunedin likewise. The match referees should be allowed to call off a match being played on these kinds of pitches, on the grounds they are pointless, boring, and wasting the lives of cricket addicts. I could have been fishing drat it.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:46
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England TRIED to make it interesting. It's not our fault New Zealand can't follow the script.
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Mar 10, 2013 00:48
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That Warne Ashes team...  So many bits and pieces all-rounders, Shaun Marsh, Coulter-Nile who is not test quality yet. At least he didn't put Smith in it.The problem is the cupboard is so bare. Ponting is the leading run scorer in the Shield which sums up Australian cricket atm. Chris Rogers could be a smoky selection, even though he is old, he has a mature head.
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Mar 10, 2013 01:06
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Before this game, Finn had scored a total of 51 test runs.
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goatface posted:Before this game, Finn had scored a total of 51 test runs. Getting out a nightwatchman is beyond the capability of the NZ bowling "attack". (picture less stars and a kiwi on this flag:) 
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Mar 10, 2013 01:31
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Trott is out. Could there still be some life in this match? With 52 overs remaining, if NZ gets some quick wickets, they could still win this.
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Unimpressed posted:Trott is out. Could there still be some life in this match? With 52 overs remaining, if NZ gets some quick wickets, they could still win this. No.
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Mar 10, 2013 01:59
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thehappyprince posted:Finn's gonna get a 50 and a reputation as an all rounder and we'll never get rid of him. I like Finn so tar for the reverse spoonboy
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Oh the irony. Matthew Wade(1.70m) has injured his ankle, playing, of all things, basketball. http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/second-freak-injury-for-wade-20130310-2ftpy.html Not to compare him to McGrath, but the Aussies really don't have good luck with extracurricular ball games. Still it might turn sweet for them with Haddin likely to be flown in to replace his useless arse.
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