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Smorgasbord posted:

We'll be 3 down at lunch and end up with 300 or so
This shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the game.

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The pitch is a belter.

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Australia were good in the first two tests with a depleted side against South Africa. England would have lost 3-0 if they weren't saved by the weather in the second test. Yeah we got rolled in the third but our bowling line up was worse than third string.

I reckon it is going to be close in England and we will win at home.

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Clarke would walk in to every england side that has ever existed.

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Pig in the City posted:

On a side topic (and shut me up if this has been brought up recently), surely it can't be long now until a cricketer breaks the gender divide? At the very least at state level if not soon First Class.
It would be very interesting to see a top tier international men's team play its counterpart ladies team.

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Adam Gilchrist's book is very good.

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I want Ryan Harris back.

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That catch was not out the same way the Gibbs catch was not out in the 99 World Cup.

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Billy Martin

http://youtu.be/KV-GJ9iNX8g

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I actually know Laughlin irl so if everyone could be extra nice to him that would be good, okay?

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If only I could watch this live instead of refreshing the cricinfo page.

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ahem

http://youtu.be/hQB90K73pqM

how do you embed?

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MrL_JaKiri posted:

I don't know why they don't have the cricketers doing the oxygen mask bit though, surely they're really experienced at failing under pressure :confused:
So close to a really good funny here, except you only use the masks due to a lack of pressure.

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Holy flirking schnit what a depressing state of affairs the cricket is in.

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Shane Warne is my god but my god what a stupid thing to say.

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We can win this. Just need to make about 650.

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Yep :(

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Australia Are Bad At Cricket.

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England - worse than Australia?

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I see all this in a different way. The team is in crisis mode, they got embarrassed in the last test and these four players were given an extremely simple task to do by the team management. Now I am sure things in the Australian team work just like they do elsewhere. When you are asked by the management to do something you do it. While at face-value all they have done is not complete a piece of homework, it's the underlying attitude problem that caused the non-completion that they are being punished for. When a team is in strife like this one is everyone needs to come together and do what they're told by management and the captain to give themselves the best chance of getting through it.

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I would kill to have a bowler half as good as MacGill in the side right now. He would have got 400 wickets for sure if it wasn't for Warne. Truly the Pete Best of cricketers.

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Great knock by Starc. Was probably the best innings by an Australian so far in the series.

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Australian batting weak as piss as usual.

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Siddle to make 100 here.

edit: literally got out just as I was typing that.

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Jokes aside, that is a crazy level of hand-eye coordination for a three year old.

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I did, and there is no way any of the female bowlers could ever make it in the men's game. They are just too slow.

However surely the batsmen could. They obviously have the freakish hand-eye co-ordination required so all they'd need is a shitload of practice against 140km/h bowling. I bet they'd face bowling machines and men's club bowlers who bowl that pace all the time. Plus I believe they use a slightly lighter ball so they'd need to get used to a heavier ball as well.

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Brett Lee's figures were 59 matches, 231 wickets, @ 31.6 with a strike-rate of 53.1 during Warne and McGrath.

Brett Lee's figures were 17 matches, 79 wickets, @ 28.5 with a strike-rate of 53.8 after Warne and McGrath.

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Thank god Harris is in the side.

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So this 2.0 an over rabble is supposed to scare Australia into thinking an away Ashes win is impossible?

lol

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Yeah I don't think so.

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Because Chris Rogers is already there. He must be feeling pretty happy about all this.

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We need a coach that can out-oval office Clarke. The man for the job is Steve Waugh - make him coach.

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Quanta posted:

The Waugh family must be one of the thickest in the southern hemisphere. Steve thinks players should be forced to take lie detector tests before taking the field, and Mark was owned by James Ormond
^ that is so far from an owning it is not funny. There's no shame being second best to Steve Waugh. Especially from someone who I had to google to find out who they are.

edit: Mark Waugh made 120 in that test by the way.

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Looking forward to our tail getting us over the 400 mark.

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lolengland.

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There was a white mark on the bat right where the ball went past. He definitely hit it.

But he was sure he didn't. I guess you musn't be able to feel nicks with modern bats.

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Not that it matters, but what the gently caress? How was that out?

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There was no deflection.

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If there is some stuff they are using to fool hotspot it would be some sort of non-reactive solid coating similar to that extra-tec poo poo they used to put on bats.

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Did he have a few beers before writing this?

Jimmy Anderson posted:

"'Do it,' Martyn replied, completely straight-faced.

"Now while Martyn was notorious for being someone who did not mix particularly well with his own teammates, and was not close to anyone, preferring to be something of a lone wolf, his bullish attitude nevertheless took me aback.

"I looked at him again as if to ask: 'Are you sure?'

"'Do it!' he repeated.

"As I'd had a couple of beers, I didn't need a second invitation, so I picked this pad up and cuffed Clarke with it, making the biggest thud imaginable in the process, and causing everyone in the room to stop nattering. For a split second, there was complete silence.

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