The Cricket Thread

[Spanish Sahara]

I guess we've been spoilt over the last 25 years with exciting test matches but today does hark back to the dark old days of test cricket.

The emphasis is on the word "test".

* me these Pakistanis are pretty boring

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Johnson strikes!!
Bowled superbly today

 

[Bedi]

Johnson strikes!!
Bowled superbly today

absolutely he has. 3/22 from 19 overs (incl 12 maidens) is a fair day's work

 

[Bedi]

absolutely dismal crowd. seriously looks like there's only 500 people there

 

[Bedi]

'ave a go ya mug

 

[grumbleguts]

Pakistan must have shares in the T20 market. They are trying to make rival forms of cricket look like crap.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Another solid partnership by Rogers and Warner at the top.

0/100 currently

Warner looking in top form

 

[djboonie]

Well didn't the test transform from the first day... Sarfraz a highlight. sweeping the quicks!

 

[moginie]

Well done David Warner. Ninth test century.

1/151. Rogers out for 38.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Australia has another patented middle order collapse. 4/207 at lunch. Warner standing between Australia and a sizable loss.

 

[Garf]

If Mitch Marsh was a Kiwi, he'd be Mutch Mersh.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Good effort by the openers and well done Dave Warner, you are a star.

Story of this Test will be the middle order batting.

Pakistan batsmen 3-7 scored 426 runs.
Australian batsmen 3-7 managed only 78. That's just not good enough.

 

[James Colorado]

If Mitch Marsh was a Kiwi, he'd be Mutch Mersh.

Lol'd for about 5 minutes at that!

 

[Bedi]

we're so f****d!

 

[Spanish Sahara]

we're so f****d!

Unless Clarke makes 150

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Unless Clarke makes 150

Yeah we are ****ed.
Johnson and Warner the only positives from this match so far

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Very disappointing effort by Australia. After the Ashes in Australia last summer, I would have expected a little more fight than this.

We need to find a couple of quality batsmen, and fast.

 

[grumbleguts]

Steve smith is in good form as is warner. The rest of the batting lineup are just that - a rest.

 

[moginie]

That Pakistani second innings doesn't make for pleasant reading. Neither does Lyon's match figures of 2/220.

We have genuine weaknesses against spin bowling on less than pristine pitches. I don't know how this can be rectified. How will our spinners get that sort of experience?

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Never really rated Lyon. He seems to be particularly poor against players from India and Pakistan.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Never really rated Lyon. He seems to be particularly poor against players from India and Pakistan.

His bowling relies heavily on getting bounce. That's ok for Australia but against sub continent players over there he struggles

 

[moginie]

This is true, but it's not like any of our spinners have the wealth of experience on those types of pitches. SCG in the 80's was possibly the closest.

I don't think we value spinners that highly at the lower levels because they are often expensive & off spin is very unrewarding on matting or turf unless you have the variation (& the backing of your captain) to carry it off. Generally you don't last long & all you become is a part timer, given a couple of overs to give the pacemen a spell.

It's an old problem & I can't see it being sorted soon in this country. It's in the too difficult basket.

 

[moginie]

Well, that's pretty embarassing.

Dismissed by a virtual novice attack.

Disappointing start to the summer season.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Second test has started. We are bowling first.

Two changes - maxwell and starc for Doolan and okeefe.

We will either make 400 really quickly or get bundled out for 120

 

[grizzlym]

Second test has started. We are bowling first.

Two changes - maxwell and starc for Doolan and okeefe.

We will either make 400 really quickly or get bundled out for 120

I'm really not a fan of stacking a side with allrounders. You get a bit of this and a bit of that. Never enough of one or the other.