ATAR Notes: Forum
General Discussion => Sport => General Discussion Boards => Cricket => Topic started by: chemboy on December 21, 2008, 06:33:33 pm
-
YAY!! GO south africa!! I so want to see a visiting side beat australia at home!
-
YAY CRICKET THREAD \o/
I like games where australia doesnt dominate :P
-
Yeh so do i!!! I just hate games where australia wins in 3 days. Hopefully south africa play like this the whole summer and we can have a cracking season of cricket.
-
they'll get owned in melbourne next test match. it was a lucky win, the bowlers didn't do the job second innings.
btw, has anybody noticed that amla dudes beard? fuck he's like worse than bin ladin man, it's huge.
-
Good on South Africa for getting the second highest 4th innings total of all time to win. However, our bowling was very weak which made it easier for them. Looks like the Aussies are just another ordinary side now, which is good from a spectator's point of view.
-
they'll get owned in melbourne next test match. it was a lucky win, the bowlers didn't do the job second innings.
btw, has anybody noticed that amla dudes beard? fuck he's like worse than bin ladin man, it's huge.
its pretty big, but it looks alright.
-
they'll get owned in melbourne next test match. it was a lucky win, the bowlers didn't do the job second innings.
btw, has anybody noticed that amla dudes beard? fuck he's like worse than bin ladin man, it's huge.
its pretty big, but it looks alright.
nuh, it doesn't go with the bald head man
-
Good on South Africa for getting the second highest 4th innings total of all time to win. However, our bowling was very weak which made it easier for them. Looks like the Aussies are just another ordinary side now, which is good from a spectator's point of view.
Are you kidding me? Did you see Lee and Johnsons spell last night and early today? Yet south africa still managed to weather that and score like 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in that time.
Overall, i say well done south africa. 'australia not bowling well' is a crap excuse, give some credit to south african batting.
-
Good on South Africa for getting the second highest 4th innings total of all time to win. However, our bowling was very weak which made it easier for them. Looks like the Aussies are just another ordinary side now, which is good from a spectator's point of view.
Are you kidding me? Did you see Lee and Johnsons spell last night and early today? Yet south africa still managed to weather that and score like 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in that time.
Overall, i say well done south africa. 'australia not bowling well' is a crap excuse, give some credit to south african batting.
How about Siddle and Krezja? You wont get anywhere if you have only two decent bowlers in your side. Thats not taking anything away from South Africa though, they put in a great performance.
-
Good on South Africa for getting the second highest 4th innings total of all time to win. However, our bowling was very weak which made it easier for them. Looks like the Aussies are just another ordinary side now, which is good from a spectator's point of view.
Are you kidding me? Did you see Lee and Johnsons spell last night and early today? Yet south africa still managed to weather that and score like 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in that time.
Overall, i say well done south africa. 'australia not bowling well' is a crap excuse, give some credit to south african batting.
How about Siddle and Krezja? You wont get anywhere if you have only two decent bowlers in your side. Thats not taking anything away from South Africa though, they put in a great performance.
Oi Siddle is victoria, we cant lay the blame on a fellow victorian. :)
Yeh bloody Krezja cost us the game.
-
Good on South Africa for getting the second highest 4th innings total of all time to win. However, our bowling was very weak which made it easier for them. Looks like the Aussies are just another ordinary side now, which is good from a spectator's point of view.
Are you kidding me? Did you see Lee and Johnsons spell last night and early today? Yet south africa still managed to weather that and score like 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in that time.
Overall, i say well done south africa. 'australia not bowling well' is a crap excuse, give some credit to south african batting.
smith had an elbow injury, it clearly shows a lack in bowling for not being able to get him out
p.s. here an image of my favourite south african, the hashim man
(http://i41.tinypic.com/29wsfw6.jpg)
-
wow I come home from work to this result :(
-
FUCK YES I LOVE ANY TEAM THAT CANES AUSTRALIA IN CRICKET, GO PROTEAS !!!!
-
why is everyone so happy that Australian lost?
-
why is everyone so happy that Australian lost?
cuz they are a bunch of arrogant pricks.
-
why is everyone so happy that Australian lost?
cuz they are a bunch of arrogant pricks.
ahaha agreed.
-
oh wow we're talking cricket in here
(http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/97300/97391.1.jpg)
owned.
ABDV = legendary
-
oh wow we're talking cricket in here
(http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/97300/97391.1.jpg)
owned.
ABDV = legendary
everytime the camera is on ponting he seems to be spitting on his hands, and in that picture... his rubbing all that saliva on his face
-
a little bit off topic, but since where talking cricket i guess its kind of relevant
here is a video of a great incident in the cricket world, between australia and new zealand
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=muys7U5_QSs
-
a little bit off topic, but since where talking cricket i guess its kind of relevant
here is a video of a great incident in the cricket world, between australia and new zealand
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=muys7U5_QSs
What a dog thing to do.
-
its a shame australia lost, but i spose we cant dominate forever
yay for ab devilliers <33333333
-
Good on South Africa for getting the second highest 4th innings total of all time to win. However, our bowling was very weak which made it easier for them. Looks like the Aussies are just another ordinary side now, which is good from a spectator's point of view.
Are you kidding me? Did you see Lee and Johnsons spell last night and early today? Yet south africa still managed to weather that and score like 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in that time.
Overall, i say well done south africa. 'australia not bowling well' is a crap excuse, give some credit to south african batting.
smith had an elbow injury, it clearly shows a lack in bowling for not being able to get him out
p.s. here an image of my favourite south african, the hashim man
(http://i41.tinypic.com/29wsfw6.jpg)
AMLA FTWWW
he's a legend
speaking of arrogant...what about andre nel! cannot stand that guy no matter how good a bowler is!
-
LOL, andre nel pisses me off because he doesnt jump when he bowls. He looks so unco lol
-
LOL, andre nel pisses me off because he doesnt jump when he bowls. He looks so unco lol
yeh you would think he'd get tired of taking a run up, bowling, then continuing to run right up to the batsman, after a few overs..such an antagoniser
-
LOL, andre nel pisses me off because he doesnt jump when he bowls. He looks so unco lol
yeh you would think he'd get tired of taking a run up, bowling, then continuing to run right up to the batsman, after a few overs..such an antagoniser
apparently off the field he is a nice guy.
But yeh, he will never be a superstar, maybe one of those guys who peaks here and there, but never consistently throughout his career.
-
Well done South Africa, well deserved win. AB Devillier's is all class no doubt...
-
I never cared for cricket until a cool friend of mine introduced this sport to me.
Devastated that Australia lost.
-
I never cared for cricket until a cool friend of mine introduced this sport to me.
Devastated that Australia lost.
You're welcome
-
I never cared for cricket until a cool friend of mine introduced this sport to me.
Devastated that Australia lost.
what made you like it?
-
I never cared for cricket until a cool friend of mine introduced this sport to me.
Devastated that Australia lost.
what made you like it?
M. Hussey
-
so they bring in hauritz for krejza...there goes test #2
-
so they bring in hauritz for krejza...there goes test #2
yeh hauritz has taken about 14 wickets in 3 years, krejza 13 in two tests...hmmm
but krejza is a very costly bowler..1/200odd...thats shocking figures
-
so they bring in hauritz for krejza...there goes test #2
yeh hauritz has taken about 14 wickets in 3 years, krejza 13 in two tests...hmmm
but krejza is a very costly bowler..1/200odd...thats shocking figures
They're both shit, australia don't have any good spin bowlers left. The only thing they can do is bring warne out of retirement.
-
so they bring in hauritz for krejza...there goes test #2
yeh hauritz has taken about 14 wickets in 3 years, krejza 13 in two tests...hmmm
but krejza is a very costly bowler..1/200odd...thats shocking figures
They're both shit, australia don't have any good spin bowlers left. The only thing they can do is bring warne out of retirement.
WARNEYYYYYYY
that guy was pro
But i really think australia was heavily dependant on the Warne,McGrath and Gilchrist trio.
Since those guys have gone the team has really been struggling for form
-
think we're in trouble for the second test?
can't believe hussey! two ducks in a row, not like him at all...
-
think we're in trouble for the second test?
can't believe hussey! two ducks in a row, not like him at all...
Wasnt a pretty last 10 minutes for Australia, losing Haddin so cheaply
But thats a solid day of batting from the Aussies, about 220 odd, be interesting to see what the end up with for their first innings.
-
yeh i know, couldnt afford to lose haddin
hopefully pup will add a few more runs, get binga and johnson to bash a few sixes and we can get 330-350
-
yeh i know, couldnt afford to lose haddin
hopefully pup will add a few more runs, get binga and johnson to bash a few sixes and we can get 330-350
Another 11 wicket haul by Johnson in this test???
I really want to see Lee take a bunch of wickets, he's been under so much pressure as of late (N)
-
ooh dunno bout that! itd be great to see but 11 wickets, not ur daily average lol
agreed about lee, itd be nice to see him finish off the year on a high. fingers crossed
-
about 220 odd
220? the match ended 6/280
-
about 220 odd
220? the match ended 6/280
what? my dad said it was 220ish lol, i didnt see much of the last hours play, i know haddin fell really late in the days play, but yeah..definitely shaping up to be a good test :)
-
what? my dad said it was 220ish lol, i didnt see much of the last hours play, i know haddin fell really late in the days play, but yeah..definitely shaping up to be a good test :)
true, but tbh i don't like it much. i prefered it when austraia were making first innings totals of around 500-600. they need some new batters in there
-
yeh but u couldnt expect the australian domination to last forever, i think its better when theres an actual challenge from other countries. makes a win worth more
-
yeh but u couldnt expect the australian domination to last forever, i think its better when theres an actual challenge from other countries. makes a win worth more
nuh, i definately liked their dominating era much better. stuff competition, we were the kings
-
what? my dad said it was 220ish lol, i didnt see much of the last hours play, i know haddin fell really late in the days play, but yeah..definitely shaping up to be a good test :)
true, but tbh i don't like it much. i prefered it when austraia were making first innings totals of around 500-600. they need some new batters in there
MCG test matches arent that high scoring.
LOL at how you guys just posted the current match discussion in 'australia lose' thread again. Thats tells us something.
Overall i dont think both the sides played that great (batting wasnt too great, bowling was too defensive at times, fielding-mckenzie grrrrrrr) nah its still tight so it shud be good.
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
-
MCG test matches arent that high scoring.
LOL at how you guys just posted the current match discussion in 'australia lose' thread again. Thats tells us something.
Overall i dont think both the sides played that great (batting wasnt too great, bowling was too defensive at times, fielding-mckenzie grrrrrrr) nah its still tight so it shud be good.
we oughta start a new thread, but cbf. your comments regarding the posts location is uncalled for, but i do agree with the mackenzie statement. it was a lollypop and the dud dropped it. made my day.
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
wanted to, but too many drunk hoons around.
-
this is true
thankfully the members section exists
-
what? my dad said it was 220ish lol, i didnt see much of the last hours play, i know haddin fell really late in the days play, but yeah..definitely shaping up to be a good test :)
true, but tbh i don't like it much. i prefered it when austraia were making first innings totals of around 500-600. they need some new batters in there
MCG test matches arent that high scoring.
LOL at how you guys just posted the current match discussion in 'australia lose' thread again. Thats tells us something.
Overall i dont think both the sides played that great (batting wasnt too great, bowling was too defensive at times, fielding-mckenzie grrrrrrr) nah its still tight so it shud be good.
oh yeah i remember that drop catch, mckenzie dropped ponting didnt he??
that has to hurt, drop the guy and he goes on too make a century
-
MCG test matches arent that high scoring.
LOL at how you guys just posted the current match discussion in 'australia lose' thread again. Thats tells us something.
Overall i dont think both the sides played that great (batting wasnt too great, bowling was too defensive at times, fielding-mckenzie grrrrrrr) nah its still tight so it shud be good.
we oughta start a new thread, but cbf. your comments regarding the posts location is uncalled for, but i do agree with the mackenzie statement. it was a lollypop and the dud dropped it. made my day.
Jst to clear things up i wasnt having a go, i was pointing out how this discusiion is still under 'australia lose' because thats presuming australia is going 2 lose again, highly likely given their recent misfortunes.
But mckenzie drop was heart breaking given that its ponting, and he went onto make 100.
Anyways go S'affers!!!
-
MCG test matches arent that high scoring.
LOL at how you guys just posted the current match discussion in 'australia lose' thread again. Thats tells us something.
Overall i dont think both the sides played that great (batting wasnt too great, bowling was too defensive at times, fielding-mckenzie grrrrrrr) nah its still tight so it shud be good.
we oughta start a new thread, but cbf. your comments regarding the posts location is uncalled for, but i do agree with the mackenzie statement. it was a lollypop and the dud dropped it. made my day.
Jst to clear things up i wasnt having a go, i was pointing out how this discusiion is still under 'australia lose' because thats presuming australia is going 2 lose again, highly likely given their recent misfortunes.
But mckenzie drop was heart breaking given that its ponting, and he went onto make 100.
Anyways go S'affers!!!
Just couldnt be bothered making a new thread :P
I was hoping someone would begin the discussion before me..thanks scumel :) :P
-
Anyways go S'affers!!!
you deserve to be shot
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
wanted to, but too many drunk hoons around.
Thats just bay 13 mostly, its alright every other place. If you want real peace just go and sit in the MCC.
-
Just couldnt be bothered making a new thread :P
I was hoping someone would begin the discussion before me..thanks scumel :) :P
haha no problem
-
Anyways go S'affers!!!
you deserve to be shot
::)
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
wanted to, but too many drunk hoons around.
Thats just bay 13 mostly, its alright every other place. If you want real peace just go and sit in the MCC.
I was sitting right near bay 13 today. There were quite a few people thrown out and the majority of people are idiots, but it also provides some entertainment during the game, in times when there isn't much action.
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
wanted to, but too many drunk hoons around.
Thats just bay 13 mostly, its alright every other place. If you want real peace just go and sit in the MCC.
I was sitting right near bay 13 today. There were quite a few people thrown out and the majority of people are idiots, but it also provides some entertainment during the game, in times when there isn't much action.
LOL. WHich player got picked on the most?
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
wanted to, but too many drunk hoons around.
Thats just bay 13 mostly, its alright every other place. If you want real peace just go and sit in the MCC.
I was sitting right near bay 13 today. There were quite a few people thrown out and the majority of people are idiots, but it also provides some entertainment during the game, in times when there isn't much action.
LOL. WHich player got picked on the most?
There wasn't too much picking on players, although McKenzie did get ripped into quite a bit, especially after the dropped catch. The bay 13 crowd were more focussed on making towers out of beer cups, and asking for flashes from girls that stood up in the section.
-
anyone going to the test?
i shall be there tomorrow so here's hoping its an entertaining day :)
wanted to, but too many drunk hoons around.
Thats just bay 13 mostly, its alright every other place. If you want real peace just go and sit in the MCC.
I was sitting right near bay 13 today. There were quite a few people thrown out and the majority of people are idiots, but it also provides some entertainment during the game, in times when there isn't much action.
LOL. WHich player got picked on the most?
There wasn't too much picking on players, although McKenzie did get ripped into quite a bit, especially after the dropped catch. The bay 13 crowd were more focussed on making towers out of beer cups, and asking for flashes from and girls that stood up in the section.
sounds about right lol
-
LOL. WHich player got picked on the most?
i went to a one day last year at the g, it was against the kiwis. we were right up at the fence and just giving it to this kiwi. i think his name was vincent or something. anyhow, we spent the whole day just sledging the guy. it was just so funny; he was like right up against the boundary. good times
-
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST:
I predict that Phil Hughes (NSW Opener) will become the youngest test debutant since Ricky Ponting, when he replaces Haydos for either the Sydney test or sometime in South Africa in the next series.
-
what happened to haydos? couldnt even perform at the MCG
-
Haydos is finished.
-
Cricket is finished. In 100 years cricket will be some game spoken in the past tense.
-
Why do you have to say that
-
anyone going tomz?
-
anyone seen those massive beer cup chains? saw one when i was at an ODI last year, think they showed it on tv too, pretty cool
bay 13 = meh, just a bit of fun. as long as it doesn't get too rowdy.
and fuck me ponting is lucky sometimes. gets dropped so often.
-
you think hayden is going to retire?
-
To anyone that went today. Is the Mexican wave still alive?? They reckoned it was dead and buried. Couldn't pick anything up from the t.v.
-
anyone seen those massive beer cup chains? saw one when i was at an ODI last year, think they showed it on tv too, pretty cool
bay 13 = meh, just a bit of fun. as long as it doesn't get too rowdy.
and fuck me ponting is lucky sometimes. gets dropped so often.
Haha yeah, they kept on making them all afternoon.
To anyone that went today. Is the Mexican wave still alive?? They reckoned it was dead and buried. Couldn't pick anything up from the t.v.
They tried starting some, but to no avail. It only worked one time, where it just went around once.
-
C'mon Aussie, c'mon. Great catch by Roy. SA now 2/39.
-
C'mon Aussie, c'mon. Great catch by Roy. SA now 2/39.
What an awesome catch by Symonds!!
-
What an awesome catch by Symonds!!
a beautty, went like a rocket. it's tea break atm and the score is 3/102. smith unbeaten at 46 and the new batsmen will face his first ball after tea.
-
5/136, Peter Siddle is bowling out of his skin.
-
7/187. Oh how sweet it'd be to bowl them out tonight!
-
7/187. Oh how sweet it'd be to bowl them out tonight!
Has S.A avoided the follow-on?
-
7/187. Oh how sweet it'd be to bowl them out tonight!
Has S.A avoided the follow-on?
No they need to get to 194.
-
its 7/198 at stumps today
-
siddle was going nuts in front of his home crowd, that appeal for the bowled was hilarious. anyone who thought hauritz was a bad replacement for krezja is out of their mind. more economical by a mile. overall great day for the aussies, and the proteas better hope for a wagging tail omorrow.
-
All I can say from today's play is... WHAT THE FUCK!?!. Seriously, this is a disgrace.
-
All I can say from today's play is... WHAT THE FUCK!?!. Seriously, this is a disgrace.
i agree, we had them cold at the end of last night. todays was just shocking. we couldn't clean them up and they're back in the game.
-
And Lee out of the rest of this and almost certain to miss Sydney. Just keeps getting better and better.
-
how the hell did australia go from that big of a lead to being behind?!
:(
-
lol ouch. looks like they'll have to draw the game now.
-
how the hell did australia go from that big of a lead to being behind?!
:(
bowlers didn't do the job the second day, the proteas must have slipped something into their dinner
-
it was a fantastic performance by duminy
australia really needs to stand up now, a draw is the best case scenario i think
-
siddle was going nuts in front of his home crowd, that appeal for the bowled was hilarious. anyone who thought hauritz was a bad replacement for krezja is out of their mind. more economical by a mile. overall great day for the aussies, and the proteas better hope for a wagging tail omorrow.
it's harder to be a spinner in perth than it is at the 'G though.
-
it's harder to be a spinner in perth than it is at the 'G though.
true, but he was giving big runs away even in india, which is like the scg; a big spinning wicket.
-
Wowwww what a shit day haha.
Fucking Steyn made 76... Harris 39... Morkel 21...
What the hell is going on? It is now almost impossible for Australia to win, I guess they'll have to assure themselves atleast a draw by batting late into tommorow and hopefully performing better in Sydney.
-
Looks like a draw is the most likely option now. A very disappointing effort by the Aussies.
-
atleast siddle was a positive on his home ground
-
atleast siddle was a positive on his home ground
i would expect nothing less from a fellow victorian
-
We're fucked. Well and truly, grade A fucked. If we lose another one anytime soon, bye bye series.
-
We're fucked. Well and truly, grade A fucked. If we lose another one anytime soon, bye bye series.
LOOOL my brother turned to playstation cricket instead of watching the cricket on TV
whats the current status now?
-
4/145. Bugger. Clarke gone. We've just lost the paddle and we're on a certain creek.
-
there goes another one
-
We're pretty much stuffed now.
-
i don't get a thing a about cricket, it's so confusing!
-
Oh seriously. Roy for a duck.
-
We're pretty much stuffed now.
more like we ARE stuffed now
-
BAHAHAHAHAHA
Ponting out on 99
-
Shit. Ponting gone on 99. If he'd brought up the ton, he'd have been the first player to ever score hundreds in both innings four times.
Aus 8/212. 147 ahead
-
ponting chokes
-
oh jeez, we are absolutly fried ^^
-
i can't watch this match anymore, it's far too painful
-
Well turns out there was no need to change the title
-
Well turns out there was no need to change the title
probably be the same for next test aswell
-
YES SOUTH AFRICA WINS!!!!!!!, end of an era for the shithouse australian team ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
hopefully those dickhead,biased,dumbshit,fag commentators go too..... except for tony greig
-
aussies were in a position to win, but it didnt eventuate
-
Indeed, can't wait til India tours again.
-
if we lost the third test, we will also lose the #1 ranking as a test team
most definitely the end of an era
south africa deserved to win though, so congrats to them for making history
-
South Africa have played pretty well, but I think there's been a bit of an overreaction to everything, because neither have Australia been steamrolled and nor have South Africa dominated. In the 1st test Australia was all good until South Africa started batting in that 4th innings. 2nd test Australia would probably have won if Dale Steyn hadn't gone and scored that 70-odd.
3rd test: looks evenly poised as of now, courtesy of the Australian tail. But Smith probably won't take the field and that makes a difference, as well as being forced to open the next innings with a new combination.
-
i think australia are still better overall at cricket than south africa. it's just that they're struggling to find the right combination for their team. when they retire some older players and find the right players to replace them, they will be a very formidable team.
firstly, they definately need a better spin bowler than hauritz or krejza. they both suck tbh. an off spinner who can't bowl the doosra is not much of an off spin bowler. i think a new leg spinner in the attack would be a better choice, and besides australia have several batsmen who can bowl part time off spin anyway. i'm not sure how many leggies are out there though and i don't think mcgain is a good choice (too old for one thing).
a couple of good quality batsmen also need to join the team. personally i think david hussey and brad hodge should do the trick, but there are other potential candidates out there.
-
The fact is that there are no good leggies in the domestic circuit...otherwise they would be in instead of the expensive Krejza. His figures on debut were 12 wickets but the runs he gave away were double the margin by which India won.
As for batsmen, Hussey and Hodge won't get in, I would be surprised if they do. The focus is on youth for a new era, but Hussey and Hodge would be quick-fix measures. Most of the top Aussie domestic players are 28+, and Australia don't need more of those. If you want a long-term solution you need to get low-20-year-olds into the test arena.
-
i was showing a bit of victorian pride there, i don't belive they will either
-
pfffft stop trying to revive an already dead team.
-
pfffft stop trying to revive an already dead team.
we'll see the next time we play sri lanka, we'll see.
-
pfffft stop trying to revive an already dead team.
we'll see the next time we play sri lanka, we'll see.
Don't be too hopeful
There's this guy Ajantha Mendis that, combined with Muralitharan, forms easily the most potent spin duo in the world. Sri Lanka's batting and pace bowling are still relatively weak, but the spinners come in after about 10 overs in Sri Lanka so...
-
muralis gone, hes too old. yes, i also have plenty of respect for mendis, he's one of the players i really look up to. however, he's just one man and the rest of the team aren't really that good.
-
australia lead by 118 runs at the end of the first innings. also, our fellow victorian peter "the man" siddle takes a 5'er and puts stuart clarkes position in this team in serious jeopardy.
-
muralis gone, hes too old. yes, i also have plenty of respect for mendis, he's one of the players i really look up to. however, he's just one man and the rest of the team aren't really that good.
hahaha thats the most pathetic reason I've ever heard, maybe you should show evidence as to why "the rest of the team are'nt really that good"
-
muralis gone, hes too old. yes, i also have plenty of respect for mendis, he's one of the players i really look up to. however, he's just one man and the rest of the team aren't really that good.
hahaha thats the most pathetic reason I've ever heard, maybe you should show evidence as to why "the rest of the team are'nt really that good"
ok. this comes courtesy of wikipedia :
"the Sri Lankan team has played 170 Test matches, winning 29.41%, losing 37.05% and drawing 33.52% of its games"
sri lanka = not good, australia = owns
-
muralis gone, hes too old. yes, i also have plenty of respect for mendis, he's one of the players i really look up to. however, he's just one man and the rest of the team aren't really that good.
hahaha thats the most pathetic reason I've ever heard, maybe you should show evidence as to why "the rest of the team are'nt really that good"
ok. this comes courtesy of wikipedia :
"the Sri Lankan team has played 170 Test matches, winning 29.41%, losing 37.05% and drawing 33.52% of its games"
sri lanka = not good, australia = owns
And yet, Sri Lanka is ranked 4th in the world for tests. Also six of our players are consistently ranked in the top ten for batting and bowling. You cannot judge how good the team is based on those statistics, Sri Lanka just started playing tests in the last 30 years or so, compared to teams like Australia who have been playing for more than 100 years.
-
muralis gone, hes too old. yes, i also have plenty of respect for mendis, he's one of the players i really look up to. however, he's just one man and the rest of the team aren't really that good.
hahaha thats the most pathetic reason I've ever heard, maybe you should show evidence as to why "the rest of the team are'nt really that good"
ok. this comes courtesy of wikipedia :
"the Sri Lankan team has played 170 Test matches, winning 29.41%, losing 37.05% and drawing 33.52% of its games"
sri lanka = not good, australia = owns
And yet, Sri Lanka is ranked 4th in the world for tests. Also six of our players are consistently ranked in the top ten for batting and bowling. You cannot judge how good the team is based on those statistics, Sri Lanka just started playing tests in the last 30 years or so, compared to teams like Australia who have been playing for more than 100 years.
Didn't Sri Lanka just concede 400+ to Bangladesh on a crumbling 5th day pitch :P :P
Sri Lanka's got a few star players and a lot of (as Punter would call them) passengers. Sangakkara and Jayawardene are good, Murali and Mendis with the bowlers are very good. Rest of the team hasn't done enough against quality opposition (especially away from home)
-
SRI LANKA OWNS!
-
SRI LANKA OWNS!
+1
muralis gone, hes too old. yes, i also have plenty of respect for mendis, he's one of the players i really look up to. however, he's just one man and the rest of the team aren't really that good.
hahaha thats the most pathetic reason I've ever heard, maybe you should show evidence as to why "the rest of the team are'nt really that good"
ok. this comes courtesy of wikipedia :
"the Sri Lankan team has played 170 Test matches, winning 29.41%, losing 37.05% and drawing 33.52% of its games"
sri lanka = not good, australia = owns
And yet, Sri Lanka is ranked 4th in the world for tests. Also six of our players are consistently ranked in the top ten for batting and bowling. You cannot judge how good the team is based on those statistics, Sri Lanka just started playing tests in the last 30 years or so, compared to teams like Australia who have been playing for more than 100 years.
Didn't Sri Lanka just concede 400+ to Bangladesh on a crumbling 5th day pitch :P :P
Sri Lanka's got a few star players and a lot of (as Punter would call them) passengers. Sangakkara and Jayawardene are good, Murali and Mendis with the bowlers are very good. Rest of the team hasn't done enough against quality opposition (especially away from home)
man get your facts right, we're winning. plus, Punter is the dumbest, most arrogant, low life bastard to ever set a foot on a cricket field. Its a shame he'll never be compared to batsmen such as lara, Botham or Bradman, purely because he cant hack losing a match, let alone a series. hahaha did you see him when they lost the first test, 'oh no, the pitch was crap', what a load of bullshit.
-
Not disputing that you're 'winning' against the lowest ranked test team in the world. But I am 100% sure that Bangladesh scored 413 or so in the 4th innings of the last test match between SL and Bangla. Sri Lanka are a really good team, but at the moment I think that the 4th place on the test rankings is where they should sit.
But anyway, that's going off topic, should go back to Australia vs. South Africa. I think Australia can win this one if they don't implode again. Without Graeme Smith South Africa probably wouldn't be able to manage another 400+ chase, and Australia's tail should probably wag long enough to get that 400 up :)
-
Punter is the dumbest, most arrogant, low life bastard to ever set a foot on a cricket field. Its a shame he'll never be compared to batsmen such as lara, Botham or Bradman, purely because he cant hack losing a match, let alone a series. hahaha did you see him when they lost the first test, 'oh no, the pitch was crap', what a load of bullshit.
Why Botham?
-
kurrymuncher, at the end of the day, which sri lankan batsmen can you compare to punter? they havent got any consistantly good ones and the team lacks because of it. but yes, they do have some great players. mendis is currently my most favourite.
-
sangakarra is as good as punter.
-
OMG kurrymuncher stop trying to challenge aussies in cricket. The fact of the matter is, australia has shitted over sri lanka in all departments of cricket.
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
In batting, yous have sangkarra, but after that you guys lack the talent. Sure, theres a few guys who can bat a bit like jayawardene, but as i have seen from your recent tour down under where you guys have been rolled over very cheaply. you guys suck!! (oh and you lost the last series here 2-0) btw.
You calling australia a 'dead' team is a prepostorous call. Espescially given the fact that despite enduring a mass exodus of star players, we have managed to remain extremely competetive with one of the best 2nd ranked sides we have seen in years.
Kurrymuncher, stop trying to diss the aussies while trying to degend your almighty lanka. You are just wrecking urself. Admit it, compared to us, you are nothing.
-
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
murali's got more test wickets. he wins.
-
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
murali's got more test wickets. he wins.
Murali is a very good spinner. But quality is more important then quantity. Warne is simply a phenomena, he can turn a game around single handedly by trashing the best batting lineups in the world, whenever he wants.
-
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
murali's got more test wickets. he wins.
yeah, how many did he take against bangladesh and zimbabwe as opposed to england, south africa and india?
-
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
murali's got more test wickets. he wins.
Murali is a very good spinner. But quality is more important then quantity. Warne is simply a phenomena, he can turn a game around single handedly by trashing the best batting lineups in the world, whenever he wants.
warne consistently failed against india - and they're regarded as the best players of spin in the world. the teams warne had dominated were south africa and england and they fail against spin bowling.
but i do agree australia is better than sri lanka, even now.
-
Look, i dont wanna sound like an arrogant wanker, i still have a lot of respect for sri lanka given the fact that the country faces a lot of adversity and still manage to produce very talented players. Its just that kurrmuncher's tone was pissing me off.
I think this murali v warne debate is just childish. I shouldnt have gotten into that. I am sorry.
They are both top players who both are both valuable to their countries.
-
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
murali's got more test wickets. he wins.
yeah, how many did he take against bangladesh and zimbabwe as opposed to england, south africa and india?
only about 170 out of the 766 he's got. he's probably going to beat warne even if you take out both of their wickets against zimbabwe and bangladesh.
-
Even your main spinner, murali is outshined by the greatest spinner of all time, shane warne.
murali's got more test wickets. he wins.
yeah, how many did he take against bangladesh and zimbabwe as opposed to england, south africa and india?
only about 170 out of the 766 he's got. he's probably going to beat warne even if you take out both of their wickets against zimbabwe and bangladesh.
i do disagree with you on this point, but i undertsand where your coming from. on a personal note, i reckon i could take a wicket against bangladesh and zimbabwe.
-
Look, i dont wanna sound like an arrogant wanker, i still have a lot of respect for sri lanka given the fact that the country faces a lot of adversity and still manage to produce very talented players. Its just that kurrmuncher's tone was pissing me off.
I think this murali v warne debate is just childish. I shouldnt have gotten into that. I am sorry.
They are both top players who both are both valuable to their countries.
Ok, I'm sorry my tone pissed you off. Its just players like Ponting ( and I know you will disagree) really piss me off, especially his excuses for losing a match. Its probably only ponting that really makes me hate the Australian team. Other than that the other players are all fine.
EDIT: @ Osmoister: Bangaladesh are improving rapidly, if you saw the world cup last year, you'll see that they made the final eight. I reckon in 20- 25 years they should be high ranked team.
-
Look, i dont wanna sound like an arrogant wanker, i still have a lot of respect for sri lanka given the fact that the country faces a lot of adversity and still manage to produce very talented players. Its just that kurrmuncher's tone was pissing me off.
I think this murali v warne debate is just childish. I shouldnt have gotten into that. I am sorry.
They are both top players who both are both valuable to their countries.
Ok, I'm sorry my tone pissed you off. Its just players like Ponting ( and I know you will disagree) really piss me off, especially his excuses for losing a match. Its probably only ponting that really makes me hate the Australian team. Other than that the other players are all fine.
EDIT: @ Osmoister: Bangaladesh are improving rapidly, if you saw the world cup last year, you'll see that they made the final eight. I reckon in 20- 25 years they should be high ranked team.
Oh yep spot on. Ponting is a wanker in terms of his attitude and behaviour, definitely. However he is still an excellent batsman in terms of his skills.
-
Look, i dont wanna sound like an arrogant wanker, i still have a lot of respect for sri lanka given the fact that the country faces a lot of adversity and still manage to produce very talented players. Its just that kurrmuncher's tone was pissing me off.
I think this murali v warne debate is just childish. I shouldnt have gotten into that. I am sorry.
They are both top players who both are both valuable to their countries.
Ok, I'm sorry my tone pissed you off. Its just players like Ponting ( and I know you will disagree) really piss me off, especially his excuses for losing a match. Its probably only ponting that really makes me hate the Australian team. Other than that the other players are all fine.
EDIT: @ Osmoister: Bangaladesh are improving rapidly, if you saw the world cup last year, you'll see that they made the final eight. I reckon in 20- 25 years they should be high ranked team.
20-25 years......
You should know yourself that that's too long for a minnow to be a minnow. Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 and that wasn't too long after they had come into test cricket, and when they had come in I think they had started winning tests straight away. Fact remains Bangla have only won one test in their entire history and that's against Zimbabwe anyway. But that's opening a whole new issue.
On the Murali vs. Warne, Murali has taken those wickets against the minnow sides, but then Warne had some things going on his side too. He had McGrath, the room to work with large totals in most cases, and he had the English batsmen playing 4-5 tests against him every couple of years. His average against India remains above 40 I think, and as we saw last summer, India's an important test for a spin bowler (I remember Hoggy vs. Tendulkar, wasn't much of a contest).
Finally, on the Sri Lankan batsmen, Sangakkara is awesome to watch and Jayawardene is pro as well. What's better is that they are both good sportsmen. Punter's batting has come into question against quality spin (he still has an average of 20-odd in India), but yea he's still an amazing batsman even if he needs to work on captaincy.
-
south africa are deadset gone.
but i'd like to be proven wrong.
-
Only takes 8 balls this afternoon + tomorrow for South Africa to lose, and with those cracks just outside off...
-
Did anyone notice Doug Bollingers hair. Is that a wig??
-
Did anyone notice Doug Bollingers hair. Is that a wig??
he used to be bald...he's done that advanced hair thing.
-
anyone going on sunday?
-
I'm going. Should be good.
-
Yeah, hope South Africa have learnt from their tour of England where they won the first two tests, lost the dead rubber, then lost the ODIs 4-0 pretty comprehensively: and that's against the same England ODI team that lost 5-0 against India just a few months later. If they have then should be more competitive cricket for the rest of the summer (NZ ODI team is okay actually and might give a new-look Australia a couple of decent challenges)
-
HOLY SHIT this is so intense, put the tv on now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
W00T IM GOING ON SUNDAY
-
NOOOOOOOOOO Australia wins, with only 10 balls remaining. oh well, how about Smith, what a champion.
-
smith is a deadset legend
-
omg that was so hardcore right at the end, when Australia celeberated and Smith just walks down, calm as you like, down onto the field. Couldn't help but smile and silently applaud that guy, he's a legend just for that.
-
what happened?
-
Well, Ntini and Steyn batted for over an hour and a half, and there was only 10 overs remaining in the day for Aus to win. Then Steyn gets out and everyone thinks its over because SA had lost Smith to an injury, meaning that they would have been all out. But then all of a sudden, Smith comes out to play with a broken hand and dodgy elbow, keeping SA's chances of a draw alive. They then bat it out for a few overs, until the second last over, and then Smith gets bowled. SO Australian won the match with only five minutes remaining in the match. It was so awesome, you should have seen the atmosphere in the ground, it was like a world cup final. You could even sense the commentators sitting on the edge of their seats. All in all, Australia did a good job, even though SA won the series. But the real highlight of the day was to see Graham Smith coming onto the field with a broken hand, trying to keep his team alive.
-
I didn't watch all that much of this game, but it looked like it definitely went down to the wire, and that the Aussies made very hard work of dismissing South Africa's tail. Graeme Smith's decision to come out and bat at the end has to be applauded. To try and save the game despite being injured demonstrated great courage and leadership by him, I've gained a big appreciation and respect for him because of that act.
-
i agree, smith's effort was simply heroic. reminded me of luke hodge against st.kilda when he continued playing throughout the match after he broke his ribs in the first quarter. it takes balls to stand there when you got fast bowlers steaming in
-
i agree, smith's effort was simply heroic. reminded me of luke hodge against st.kilda when he continued playing throughout the match after he broke his ribs in the first quarter. it takes balls to stand there when you got fast bowlers steaming in
Heroism is given out like candy these days.
-
i agree, smith's effort was simply heroic. reminded me of luke hodge against st.kilda when he continued playing throughout the match after he broke his ribs in the first quarter. it takes balls to stand there when you got fast bowlers steaming in
Heroism is given out like candy these days.
i don't think this would be an example of your statement. he was injured in the early days, had scans to confirm his broken finger on top of the injured elbow he had and took no part in the match till that time. his team were gone and he came out to play in the hope of salvaging a draw. almost everytime he hit the ball, his injured hand let go of the bat. btw, i don't like the south african team much at all and i found his actions just inspirational. you had to watch the match to understand.
-
I thought that one of the bowlers would bowl some bouncers at Smith. But yeah good effort to come out.
-
I thought that one of the bowlers would bowl some bouncers at Smith. But yeah good effort to come out.
nuh aussie bowlers have too much respect for him, they wouldn't do that.
-
I thought that one of the bowlers would bowl some bouncers at Smith. But yeah good effort to come out.
nuh aussie bowlers have too much respect for him, they wouldn't do that.
I think they would if the game was coming into the last over, not to hit him or anything but just to shake him up...as Andrew Symonds said last year, a cricket field isn't a place to be friendly. But yeah Australia, although they lost the series, probably dominated more sessions than South Africa did, and could have come up 2-1 or even 3-0 if they had a bowling attack that works. Unfortunately it appears Australia needs to wait a long time till they get a bowling attack as potent as modern-day South Africa or India, and that puts them behind those two teams.
And as for heroism, he had a broken hand, plus he was receiving injections in his top elbow. Then you've got Mitchell Johnson bowling a yorker at 140 kph and I would imagine digging that out hurts.
Next series (tour to South Africa) should be interesting too.
-
News: Matthew Hayden dropped from ODI and T20 squads, Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson also rested due to heavy workload...haven't seen Ponting captain a T20 game for a while (I don't think he's captained T20 since the loss to India in the T20 World Cup?), but we'll see how it goes.
David Warner is Haydos's replacement for the T20s
22-years-old
batsman
Never played a first-class game
Averages 25.44 with the bat in T20s
Probably won't get a game
Other new guy is Ryan Harris
29-years-old
all-rounder
Batting average in first-class is 18, in T20 is 11
Bowling average in first-class is 33, in T20 is 18 (all rounded to 2 sig figs)
looks like he might be useful with the ball
Twenty20 squad Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin (wk), Shaun Marsh, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Ryan Harris, Cameron White, Nathan Hauritz
Based on that I see Marsh, Hopes, Ponting, Hussey, Hussey, White, Haddin, Bracken, Tait, Hilfenhaus, Hauritz playing the game, that is in my opinion I don't think there's enough space for Warner or Harris but anyway we'll see how it goes...
-
I thought that one of the bowlers would bowl some bouncers at Smith. But yeah good effort to come out.
nuh aussie bowlers have too much respect for him, they wouldn't do that.
We couldn't waste any balls. Everything needed to be wicket taking balls.
On the subject of Hayden getting dropped from twenty20's, it's the perfect opportunity to find some form. Nobody gives a shit about 20/20's and it would be good to smash the bowling round for a bit. Hope he goes on.
-
Warner's definitely opening, Punter's said as much.
Picking Harris is a joke. That guy cannot play for shit. If they wanted a decent bowling allrounder they should've gone with Noffke or well, anyone else.
And I think it's a bit silly to be picking Warner. The guy can hit the ball something fierce (look up the one-dayer century he hit for NSW earlier this season) but there are plenty of tried and true batsmen in the domestic scene who ought to make the cut above him. Brad Hodge alone would probably feel hard done by.
-
Did anyone notice that Umar Gul is playing for western australia these days. How random !!!!!!
-
Did anyone notice that Umar Gul is playing for western australia these days. How random !!!!!!
tanvir is playing for sa also, the pakistanis are taking over this joint. i dont mind their bowlers though, they're guns.
-
man, tanvir is a freak, his bowling action looks really hard to play
-
man, tanvir is a freak, his bowling action looks really hard to play
yeah, the 6/13 in the t20 ipl was mad. he's a gun, left hander who bowls with the unconventional foot action. i remember commentators once saying about tanvir "arms, legs, you fon't know what to watch"
-
And I think it's a bit silly to be picking Warner. The guy can hit the ball something fierce (look up the one-dayer century he hit for NSW earlier this season) but there are plenty of tried and true batsmen in the domestic scene who ought to make the cut above him. Brad Hodge alone would probably feel hard done by.
Brad Hodge will always for his entire life feel hard done by I feel, he was unlucky enough to prove himself time and time again and still miss out on a place. I think Australia's trying to get any young gun to inject some life into the dressing room, only problem is he'll be facing Steyn and Ntini/Morkel first up and I that's pretty high quality bowling to be opening against. If he double fails in the T20s then his career will sort of be put on standby I would imagine and that would be bad for his morale.
Pakistanis have come around to Australia coz they aren't getting any games in Pakistan these days. Umar Gul and Tanvir are almost perfect for T20 matches. Tanvir's random action and Gul's variation keeps the batsman guessing enough to limit the damage during the first six overs and then they're under pressure anyway. Quite a bit of T20 coming up this year, there's the IPL (I've heard the trade window for the IPL is going on now but haven't heard of any trades other than Kolkata Knight Riders wanna get rid of Shoaib Akhtar and that all the franchises are fighting for Kevin Pietersen), then there's the World Twenty20 Cup (last time that was awesome, the semi-final and final were pro as) and finally the Champions League T20 nestled nicely right before VCE exams...
-
i hate it when they're on before exams, i always get sucked into watching it no matter what time of the day it is
-
Jesse Fink on Ricky Ponting
http://www.sbs.com.au/sport/blogarticle/108918/Captain-Pout-and-a-true-Christmas-miracle/blog/Jesse-Fink-The-Finktank
-
i hate it when they're on before exams, i always get sucked into watching it no matter what time of the day it is
yeh, i remember giving preference to the india vs australia series on last october and november even tho vce exams were on. knew id get sucked in...worth it though :P
-
i hate it when they're on before exams, i always get sucked into watching it no matter what time of the day it is
yeh, i remember giving preference to the india vs australia series on last october and november even tho vce exams were on. knew id get sucked in...worth it though :P
Yeah they should have IPL in July and Champions League in December to accomodate for the large audience of VCE students in Australia :)
-
Is the IPL on in July this year?
And does anyone agree that the days of the 50 over game are numbered?
-
Nah IPL is during April again.
And I reckon ODIs still have a place in the game. 20/20 cricket is still, for me anyway, simply an entertainment format and not a reflection of how good a team is necessarily. I'm not sure if cricket can survive on just having one format that decides which team is the best.
Also, a lot of people still turn out to ODI games so there's no problem there. I reckon the # of ODIs/year will decrease but that's about it.
-
Aussies are ripping... South Africa are 2/7 chasing 183 to win in the Twenty20.
-
if only i understand this weird sport of cricket.
-
WE LOVE DAVE CAUSE HE'S A VICTORIAN!
WARNER FOR PM!
-
Pretty awesome match. Anyone else go to it? Rietie and I were right at the top of the Olympic stand.
-
did you buy your tix at the gate? i couldnt go cuz ticketmaster couldn't find any tickets for me a couple of days ago so i assumed it was sold out <_<
most likely going to the odi on friday though
-
Yeah tickets at the gate. It was all reserved seating though (no gen admin). Crowd was 62,000 or so.
I want to go to the ODI on Friday but I think I'll be at a friend's party then... sigh.
-
Bought tickets today at a Ticketmaster outlet. Top of the Ponsford stand.
-
went to the game, it was completely crazy. first ten overs everyone was going nuts, but that shit singer drained it.
-
went to the game, it was completely crazy. first ten overs everyone was going nuts, but that shit singer drained it.
haha it was funny how no one clapped when she finished her songs. Did you see Devilliers getting out, omg, so unlucky.
-
went to the game, it was completely crazy. first ten overs everyone was going nuts, but that shit singer drained it.
haha it was funny how no one clapped when she finished her songs. Did you see Devilliers getting out, omg, so unlucky.
More like so painful. Ouch.
-
Yeah.. Tait was an agry man in his first over. Haha he bowled like consistently 150+ km/hr for that over.
De Villiers got completely mauled.
-
im going to the ODI on friday yay. MCC members stand!!! looking forward to it
-
went to the game, it was completely crazy. first ten overs everyone was going nuts, but that shit singer drained it.
haha it was funny how no one clapped when she finished her songs. Did you see Devilliers getting out, omg, so unlucky.
More like so painful. Ouch.
Pretty tight to be on the ground hit by a 155 kph delivery and have knocked your bails off and have the opposition in delight as you struggle to get up...The Australian player that eventually came to him couldn't help keep the smile off his face as he handed him his bat. But yeah Tait was bowling really really quick...pity he can't produce in tests.
Interesting how all 22 players got to bat in a Twenty20 game and yet only two actually batted well, and they batted so well they dominated the scorecard. Actually, apart from Duminy and Warner I think only Ponting got past 20.
-
It was a great game to watch last night, even though I only watched it at home. For Warner, what a great way to make his international debut.
-
Yeah, Warner's already got an IPL contract with the Delhi Daredevils: team with McGrath, Sehwag, Gambhir, AB de Villiers, semi-finalists last year.
Although bit disappointed that Australia has never seen a close international Twenty20 game at home.
Margins of victory in T20 games in Australia:
52 runs, 9 wickets, 77 runs, 54 runs, 95 runs. Australia having won 5 out of 5 T20 internationals at home. While I believe strongly that test cricket is the true measure of a batsman's capability, I think that T20 is also being taken too lightly; considering it has its own World Cup and attracts huge crowds, and I think part of the reason for that is that every match seems to be an easy Aussie victory, so would hope for some competition which would make the players and commentators take it more seriously...and most people didn't stay up to see the World Twenty20 which actually had some real close matches.
By the way, I am really really tired of hearing 'rock-and-roll' cricket...every T20 game...and I'll probably hear it again on Tuesday
-
Haha, you could almost make a drinking game involving how many times they mentioned 'rock and roll' when describing 20/20.
-
"Maybe I'll play for Australia in lawn bowls in the future, maybe tennis, maybe rowing." - Brad Hodge
Have to feel sorry for the guy:
Test match average: 55.88
FC average: 47.79
T20 average: 41.24
But now 34 years-old and fearing that he will play no more than 6 test matches in his career
-
Yeah.. a real pity.
You get the feeling Hodge would've played like 100+ tests for almost any other nation.
-
"Maybe I'll play for Australia in lawn bowls in the future, maybe tennis, maybe rowing." - Brad Hodge
Have to feel sorry for the guy:
Test match average: 55.88
FC average: 47.79
T20 average: 41.24
But now 34 years-old and fearing that he will play no more than 6 test matches in his career
He had his chance, but he failed. Stats dont mean anything if you dont have the termperament.
-
He had his chance, but he failed. Stats dont mean anything if you dont have the termperament.
exactly!!!! right on the mark there. He may be able to perform well at state level but he struggles at International level. Therefore this is why he is continually looked over by the selectors
-
He did make a double century in Perth...
-
He did make a double century in Perth...
Yeh, after that- all downhill..........................
You have to play consistently to do well. His failure to do that at the critical no.4 or no.5 spot cost australia big time.
-
Bought tickets today at a Ticketmaster outlet. Top of the Ponsford stand.
That's why before the game you run around the whole ground looking for either bays without ticket inspectors or inspectors who are talking to someone... Stroll in confidently..and Bob's ya uncle...
Was a bit tough with 9 of us, but we found perfect seats in the end, bay 11 I think it was..
Also, when a douche-bag looking MCG/MCC employee says 'give me the ball, well, give it...my mate got evicted for hitting it on...what an absolute joke.
Also to the dude talking about MCC..
Have fun:
1. In the shade, freezing all day
2. With a bunch war veterans
But I must say we do pull some good sorts in there.
Solution: Walk in, walk out, goto bay 13 ish.
-
Bought tickets today at a Ticketmaster outlet. Top of the Ponsford stand.
That's why before the game you run around the whole ground looking for either bays without ticket inspectors or inspectors who are talking to someone... Stroll in confidently..and Bob's ya uncle...
Was a bit tough with 9 of us, but we found perfect seats in the end, bay 11 I think it was..
Also, when a douche-bag looking MCG/MCC employee says 'give me the ball, well, give it...my mate got evicted for hitting it on...what an absolute joke.
Also to the dude talking about MCC..
Have fun:
1. In the shade, freezing all day
2. With a bunch war veterans
But I must say we do pull some good sorts in there.
Solution: Walk in, walk out, goto bay 13 ish.
I wouldnt just travel to the MCG on the sole hope i get in for free. I would have money as a back up option.
-
He did make a double century in Perth...
Yeh, after that- all downhill..........................
You have to play consistently to do well. His failure to do that at the critical no.4 or no.5 spot cost australia big time.
Come on you can't judge a guy's career on 6 tests, it does take a great deal of temperament to get a double hundred. I guess the only problem he had was that he played in an era when Australia had a winning formula and didn't want to change it or carry someone who was struggling a bit...I mean England carried Mark Ramprakash for ages even though he couldn't perform because he was just such a classy batsman for Surrey, but that was because England didn't have the winning formula...
Basically, you have to give a guy more than 6 tests to perform before dropping him forever.
Matthew Hayden's first six tests had scores reading:
15, 5, 5, 0, 125, 0, 47, 40, 0, 14
But he still got more chances and when he continued to blow it he got dropped for two years and then returned and still didn't score but then he toured India in 2001 and all of a sudden he was fixed in the team...but yeah Hodge is probably too old now the emphasis for the selectors is on young guys Klinger, Hughes, Henriques, Warner etc.
-
the great haydos is gone, announced his retirement today.
-
Its about time
-
Its about time
Yeh, he had his time in the sun. Time for fresh, exciting talent such as hughes, warner (not quite ready for the longer form), jacques and rogers (who are not quite as new anymore) to fight for that opening spot.
Should be exciting.
And cant wait for tonight's game at the gabba should be great to see warner in action.
-
Bought tickets today at a Ticketmaster outlet. Top of the Ponsford stand.
That's why before the game you run around the whole ground looking for either bays without ticket inspectors or inspectors who are talking to someone... Stroll in confidently..and Bob's ya uncle...
Was a bit tough with 9 of us, but we found perfect seats in the end, bay 11 I think it was..
Also, when a douche-bag looking MCG/MCC employee says 'give me the ball, well, give it...my mate got evicted for hitting it on...what an absolute joke.
Also to the dude talking about MCC..
Have fun:
1. In the shade, freezing all day
2. With a bunch war veterans
But I must say we do pull some good sorts in there.
Solution: Walk in, walk out, goto bay 13 ish.
I wouldnt just travel to the MCG on the sole hope i get in for free. I would have money as a back up option.
Bottom deck was booked out, money couldn't buy you a thing, so we bought top deck tix and sneaked in downstairs.
Not hard to sneak in anyway..look for the sales/retail entry's in the Olympic and Southern stands ;)
-
Bottom deck was booked out, money couldn't buy you a thing, so we bought top deck tix and sneaked in downstairs.
Not hard to sneak in anyway..look for the sales/retail entry's in the Olympic and Southern stands ;)
sneeking in to cricket games, that's a noble cause right there.
also, if you cbf spending full money, go to stores like whats new and get kids tickets. it works every time and it saves you some dosh.
-
LOL -Warner is a Won hit Wonder.
Steyn's level of awesomeness is unbeatable
-
how good was that. white (fellow proud victorian) 4444, huss half century. that game was crazy
-
LOL -Warner is a Won hit Wonder.
He's played two games it's a little early for that call.
Yeah, great game. Duminy's dropped catch probably ended up costing South Africa any chance at a win.
-
We were lucky with those couple of dropped catches. What a way to finish though!
-
Controversy: South Africans complain of people in the crowd shining a green laser into the eyes of fielders.
But I reckon Australia would've won regardless of the dropped catches, Ronchi and Hopes were still to come. As I said before, we haven't seen many close T20 games here, so relatively that was a close game: but otherwise winning with 6 wickets and 7 balls to spare is pretty comfortable...bit suprised at both teams in the first 10 overs, I'm not sure whether it was a plan or whether they just couldn't get it away. Both teams were bowled out/almost bowled out in the last T20 so maybe they wanted to avoid that.
-
ROFL LOL ROFL LOL
green lasers hahaha
-
Controversy: South Africans complain of people in the crowd shining a green laser into the eyes of fielders.
But I reckon Australia would've won regardless of the dropped catches, Ronchi and Hopes were still to come. As I said before, we haven't seen many close T20 games here, so relatively that was a close game: but otherwise winning with 6 wickets and 7 balls to spare is pretty comfortable...bit suprised at both teams in the first 10 overs, I'm not sure whether it was a plan or whether they just couldn't get it away. Both teams were bowled out/almost bowled out in the last T20 so maybe they wanted to avoid that.
Yeh it was a good pitch for bowling and batting. Which made it hard for the batters to get carried away. Hence the first 10 overs for both sides were pretty tight. Unfortunately for South africa, their poor bowling cost them, too many full tosses- easy runs. :(
-
And now we just wait for the one-day series...South Africa are probably more suited to ODIs than T20 given their lineup has no real big hitters till Boucher and Albie Morkel. ODIs requires a bit more innings building and Duminy and Amla will probably play well
-
OMG the 1st odi was so close, South Africa is too good. I thought it was over when SA lost 4 wickets for 8 runs.
-
i went to the game, it was very entertaining to watch!!!
-
i went to the game, it was very entertaining to watch!!!
yeah so did I, had a feeling morkel would kill it. my friend was like no he's shit - FAIL
-
bah Australia wins. SA had this in the bag, Morkel should have come on earlier.
-
........And South Africa win the series!!!!!!! (3-1) lead now by the way. Man Australia have some issues to resolve.
-
AUS won first test, 2 to go.
On other cricket news:
Four Sri Lanka cricketers wounded in Pakistan shooting
Gunmen killed at least four people in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus on Tuesday as it drove to a stadium in the Pakistani city of Lahore, according witnesses and cricket officials.
Sri Lankan media, quoting the sports minister, said four players received minor injuries in the attack -- Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavithana.
Pakistan television channels news channels said four people were killed.
A witness told Reuters he believed two police commandos were killed along with a regular policeman and a traffic warden. Shopkeeper Ahmed Ali said the two police commandos had been driving behind the team bus when they were hit.
"It was a very heavy firing and I heard at least two explosions at the time," said a Reuters witness who had been on his way to cover the test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan only invited the Sri Lanka team to tour after India's team pulled out with security concerns following the militant attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai in November.
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=759714
-
just read about this. absolutely fucking horrible!!!!! we were going well too :(
-
Update
Eight dead, six cricketers hurt in Pakistan attack
Masked gunman opened fire on the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding six players, officials said.
Lahore police chief Habib-ur Rehman said 12 gunmen attacked the convoy near Lahore's Gaddafi stadium with rockets, hand grenades and automatic weapons and were involved in a 25-minute shoot-out with the security forces.
"They appeared to be well-trained terrorists. They came on rickshaws," he told reporters.
A police official said two civilians and six police officers who were guarding the players were killed in the attack which happened as the team was heading for the third day's play in the second Test against Pakistan.
Television footage of several gunmen creeping through the trees, crouching to aim their kalashnikovs then running onto the next target were aired by Pakistan's private channel Geo.
Crystals of broken glass littered the road next to a gun cartridge and an empty rocket-propelled grenade launcher. A police motorbike was shown crashed sideways into the road at the Liberty Chowk (roundabout) in Lahore.
Bullet holes ripped through the windscreen of another vehicle and a white car was shown smashed headlong into the roundabout as nervous security officers guarded the site.
Sri Lankan authorities said six players were believed to have been wounded.
In Sri Lanka, Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge said Tharanga Paranavitana and Thilan Samaraweera had been taken to hospital in Lahore.
Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardena was also slightly wounded in the foot, his father told a Sri Lankan local television station after speaking with his son by telephone.
Samaraweera is one of Sri Lanka's leading players. He became only the seventh batsmen in Test cricket to notch a double hundred in consecutive matches on Monday, scoring 214 after a 231 in the drawn first Test.
Fears of attacks by Islamic militants linked to Al-Qaeda have caused many teams to postpone or cancel cricket tours to Pakistan in recent years.
Australia earlier this month forced Pakistan to change the venue of a one-day series to the neutral venues of Dubai and Abu Dhabi when the two sides meet in April-May this year over security fears.
Australia, who also played Pakistan in three Tests at the neutral venues of Colombo and Dubai in 2002, have not toured here since 1998.
India also refused to send its team across the border amid heightened tensions in the wake of attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, which New Delhi blamed on militants based in Pakistan.
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are due to jointly host the cricket World Cup in 2011.
Last month, Pakistan's cricket chief vowed to improve security arrangements for the 10th edition of the four-yearly event and denied there was a risk associated with staging some of the games in the troubled country.
Last month, security concerns raised by other teams forced the ICC to move the 2009 Champions Trophy out of Pakistan.
The elite eight-nation Trophy was to be held in September-October this year but the ICC was to announce a new venue in April.
The event was originally scheduled for last year but was put off after South Africa pulled out of the event and Australia, England and New Zealand showed reluctance to tour because of fears about players' safety.
The shooting also came as the Sri Lankan army pushed its final offensive against ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the country in a civil war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=759714
-
fucking terrorists.
-
People like South Africa because they're players are awesome and they've got character. The Australian side always win anyway, let another country win. Devilliers FTW
-
Day 2 of second test
- aus started the day at 4/303
- middle order collapse for 10/352
- South Africa 90/4
- Smith and Kallis retired hurt; if they don't come back, it's 6/90
-
great turnaround by Australia, considering the previous test series.
1000th
-
Phil Hughes: ownage
-
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST:
I predict that Phil Hughes (NSW Opener) will become the youngest test debutant since Ricky Ponting, when he replaces Haydos for either the Sydney test or sometime in South Africa in the next series.
*smug*
-
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST:
I predict that Phil Hughes (NSW Opener) will become the youngest test debutant since Ricky Ponting, when he replaces Haydos for either the Sydney test or sometime in South Africa in the next series.
*smug*
Nice call.
Great work by the Aussies, unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series and they retain the #1 ranking in test cricket. All we need now is a spinner...