Recent content by dr nick

When I last posted here there were easily 10-15 threads a day. It's finals footy guys!

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/did-nine-bid-include-sacrificing-the-nrl/news-story/590c7a2324b53256629d77f28748531d Nine’s audacious 11th-hour bid to wrest the AFL broadcast rights from Foxtel and Seven was ultimately too little, too late. But according to sources close to the...

Quite honestly most of these spirit of the game decisions are enforced because the lawmakers are about 50 years behind the sport. Underarm being another example. If it was sporting not to appeal for a mankad then they shouldn't be appealing when the ball flicks the bowlers fingers off a...

pfft sportsmanship. It's unsporting trying to gain advantage by backing up too far when it is expected that the fielding side will not appeal if you are caught out doing so. Good on the non-striker for trying to gain an advantage, but there should be some inherent risk associated with giving...

There are 3 players you could have easily told to * off based on performance. Watson, Khawaja and Johnson. Pattinson should have been put on notice. The coach, captain and selectors then should have convened a private meeting to tell the guys they are dropped, and that a) they need better...

ebay, play it for 2 months, then re-sell it. You'll lose $10 max

With only 377 ODI caps between this team, surely that's the lowest since about 1982

I know exactly what shot you'd be talking about here. The Hughes back foot cover drive.

at first I thought he was some guy who recorded every ball of international cricket (he has a video of every Ponting run out.. ever.. which is mind boggling enough. But he has heaps of shield matches, australian domestic and english domestic cricket... as well as internationals not involving...

I just think 5 or so years in the relative wilderness Warney feels the need to pump his ego and lap up the delusions of those who think he can just rock up match fit and steamroll England. (like he did before the last Ashes and I think before the India series too),

surprised to see Watson get picked in every lineup. That's the impression I get from the selectors too, that his fitness is absolutely crucial for the wellbeing of the team. His position really needs to be under the microscope at the moment. I think for 2012 he is averaging in the 20's with...

There's a theory that all this bullshit bowling restrictions (on our u16 and u18 cricketers etc) and the 4 over spells in T20 cause more injuries than they prevent. Its a theory I agree with. The way to have a long career as a bowler is to get your body used to bowling long spells.

I think Perth has been the only city in Australia in the past week capable of producing a green pitch. Plenty of rain should make for a lively first 2 days.

Nah I call bullshit on that. He was only saying as recently as earlier this week (during the 2nd test) that he wanted to contest the next Ashes series.

I don't think you'll need to worry about it Reaper. He's no Steve Smith.