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By coincidence or whatever the team that wins the toss has tended to win Ashes tests so get your poo poo together Michael Clark
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Jul 16, 2015 03:40
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Scylo posted:I didn't realise Cummins has only played 6 first class games in his life, with 4 of those being in 2011 Well we pick out batsmen based on how they are smashing them in the nets, so we may as well pick our bowlers the same way
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Jul 16, 2015 03:52
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Apparently on averages Watto/Katich were our second-best ever opening pair behind Lawry/Simpson and ahead of Langer/Hayden. Watto was actually legit good as an opener and pretty okay batting above 4.
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Jul 16, 2015 03:54
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Negligent posted:Apparently on averages Watto/Katich were our second-best ever opening pair behind Lawry/Simpson and ahead of Langer/Hayden. Watto was actually legit good as an opener and pretty okay batting above 4. I'd be interested to see who their opponents were in that time and on what pitch. I get that statistically they're good, but I feel Warner and Rogers is a better pair.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:32
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Negligent posted:Apparently on averages Watto/Katich were our second-best ever opening pair behind Lawry/Simpson and ahead of Langer/Hayden. Watto was actually legit good as an opener and pretty okay batting above 4. No one's going to argue that at the time as that co-coincided with the 18 months Watson was not being poo poo. Outside of that...... nope.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:37
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Negligent posted:Apparently on averages Watto/Katich were our second-best ever opening pair behind Lawry/Simpson and ahead of Langer/Hayden. Watto was actually legit good as an opener and pretty okay batting above 4. Lies, drat Lies, and Statistics. Watson is poo poo, has
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Jul 16, 2015 04:40
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Negligent posted:Apparently on averages Watto/Katich were our second-best ever opening pair behind Lawry/Simpson and ahead of Langer/Hayden. Watto was actually legit good as an opener and pretty okay batting above 4.  Good as an opener, just about passable at no. 3, bad anywhere else. But I think him being an opener just happened to coincide with his best form, not that he was especially suited for the position. He only scored one fifty in his last 18 innings opening the batting.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:51
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Honest question - how did/do you Aussies actually find time to watch the Ashes when they are in England since the play occurs basically during the middle of the night? At least if you are in Perth the day's play begins at 6pm. Do you just watch a few hours before bed? I guess you can see most of the first half of the day pretty easily before bed. Was it aired tape delayed at some point? MaoistBanker fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Jul 16, 2015 05:20
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MaoistBanker posted:Honest question - how did/do you Aussies actually find time to watch the Ashes when they are in England since the play occurs basically during the middle of the night? I am in Perth so for once AWST wins, I usually watch the first two sessions before going to bed about 10.30 Guess the guys over east could do the same and turn in around midnight
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Jul 16, 2015 05:22
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it's worse to watch the Australian ashes in England. That's always midnight to 8am
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Jul 16, 2015 05:29
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RideTheSpiral posted:it's worse to watch the Australian ashes in England. That's always midnight to 8am It's a lot of fun here in Los Angeles - 3pm-11pm. Aus/NZ events are timed nearly perfectly.
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Jul 16, 2015 05:32
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MaoistBanker posted:Honest question - how did/do you Aussies actually find time to watch the Ashes when they are in England since the play occurs basically during the middle of the night? Play starts for the eastern seaboard (Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane) at 8pm which isn't too bad, you can watch the first session live quite comfortably and if you're a bit of a night owl the afternoon session finishes at about 12:40am which again is pretty doable assuming you don't have to get up for work before 7am. I pretty much never watch the evening session. Tests in the West Indies are way worse since they start at midnight and finish at 8am, I don't think I've ever even bothered staying up for one of those. Then again I'm used to following the English Premier League football so watching sport in the middle of the night isn't that unusual for me 
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Jul 16, 2015 05:33
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RideTheSpiral posted:What the heck is a side strain anyway and why do so many cricketers get it? webmeister posted:The Aussie side has been strained pretty much since Steve Waugh stepped down Nice
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Jul 16, 2015 05:33
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EMC posted:I am in Perth so for once AWST wins, I usually watch the first two sessions before going to bed about 10.30 Yeah I usually watch the first two sessions, but hang around if something interesting is happening. It's actually ideal for me, I watch more of the Ashes in England/Wales than I do in Australia, because I'm at work. It's probably part of the reason I prefer northern Ashes. The other international league I follow is the NFL and that's on in our morning when I'm at work, and I have to avoid results to watch it at night.
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Jul 16, 2015 05:35
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MaoistBanker posted:Honest question - how did/do you Aussies actually find time to watch the Ashes when they are in England since the play occurs basically during the middle of the night? I don't like sleeping much so I just watch it all then wake up at 6am anyway
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Jul 16, 2015 05:41
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I watch the English Ashes in New Zealand. Play starts at 10pm and I normally get through one and a half to two sessions before bed.
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Jul 16, 2015 06:07
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Auditore posted:I watch the English Ashes in New Zealand. Play starts at 10pm and I normally get through one and a half to two sessions before bed. Same here.
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Jul 16, 2015 07:15
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 Presumably these five things are something like: 1. Bat 2. Bowl 3. Field 4. Keep 5. Coach 6. oval office
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Jul 16, 2015 07:36
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Pretty sure they've got #6 covered.
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Jul 16, 2015 07:52
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Not seeing sledging on that list, doesn't bode well
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Jul 16, 2015 07:55
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the nature of my work means that as long as I am hitting deadlines my hours don't matter, so I watch while I work
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Jul 16, 2015 08:40
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19:30 kick off is easy; double park with Master Chef and fall asleep sometime in the 2nd session or during the Tour De France
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Jul 16, 2015 10:06
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Australia to win by a lot Marsh to fail
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Jul 16, 2015 10:20
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Australia batting first on a cloudy morning seems like it won't go very well
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Jul 16, 2015 10:33
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I've got a big £5 riding on Australia to win and £2 on Smith to score a century
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Jul 16, 2015 10:34
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Scylo posted:Australia batting first on a cloudy morning seems like it won't go very well Of course not but its the right move. The pitch looks pretty good.
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Jul 16, 2015 10:47
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So Warner is going to knick out in the first over or two playing like a spaz right.
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Jul 16, 2015 10:53
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You have to bat first at Lords. England will have about 2 hours to make some inroads before the batting will become easier.
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Jul 16, 2015 10:53
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I'm having 4/40 at lunch nightmares here lads
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Jul 16, 2015 10:55
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Ugh where did Brett Lee come from
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Jul 16, 2015 10:55
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It's cricket time lads
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Jul 16, 2015 10:57
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I wonder how much time we'll spend looking at all the old pricks in the fancy rooms at Lords today
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Jul 16, 2015 10:57
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Burn Down Canberra posted:So Warner is going to knick out in the first over or two playing like a spaz right. Rogers will play out a maiden first up, it'll be second over.
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Jul 16, 2015 10:59
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Warnes back 
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Jul 16, 2015 10:59
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I like Michael holding but he says "THEY WILL WANT TO TAKE URRRAL-AY WICKUTS" every time. No poo poo.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:00
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Burn Down Canberra posted:So Warner is going to knick out in the first over or two playing like a spaz right. Or rogers will
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Jul 16, 2015 11:01
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Oh my God
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Jul 16, 2015 11:01
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Burn Down Canberra posted:Warnes back For fucks sake I'm sure they said he'd be gone until the third test.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:01
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Burn Down Canberra posted:Warnes back At least Healy can have a breather this time.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:02
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If trends continue we will be 0/720 at stumps.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:04
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