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Pakistan vs Australia (in the UAE)
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We are terrible at batting 2nd. Bat 1st and I bet we look 100x better here. It's really weird.
Shane Watson has sat back in his bean bag and cracked a Scotch.
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Mental issue I guess.
I actually don't think it would matter. Our bowling attack was impotent. Our spinners haven't done the trick on this pitch.
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Haha how did he miss???
Watson hit a button to his left, which produced a shining screen on the wall to their right. “The average cricketer may spend 10 years on the International circuit...if he is lucky. When you factor in injuries and the like...well, you are significantly restricting your potential earnings. What I have strived to achieve is the promotion of growth in the area of player remunerations...does that not sound like a noble cause?”
Watson nodded towards Perry and Khawaja. To Hughes’ horror, he found Usman nodding in agreement. “What the hell does that have to do with killing people, Shane?”
Watson stood, an obvious limp showing. “It is simple...think of the names that you have found dead...or seen killed...what is the link?”
“North...Silk...Doolan...they’ve all slept with Lara Bingle?”
“No! They are long-form crabs! Who in their right mind will pay to go to a T20 match and watch their ilk run around!”
It hit Hughes harder than a Matt Hayden straight drive. “So you kill off the long form specialists...in the hope that the appeal will die off...and T20 will reign supreme?”
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Hmmm to me that looks fairly marginal.
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Rogers isn't a fan of putting away the loose ball.
maybe if he gets drunk the night before the **** will actually play a decent innings for NSW
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Can see what you're saying, but with a genuinely strong 1st innings total it would've been a draw rather than a loss (OK it's not over yet but it's as good as).
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DW guys. This seems to be good news to me because it shows just how much control curators have towards accustoming a pitch to give the home team the biggest advantage possible these days.
We will probably not only have another 4-0 whitewash against India, but also have the biggest advantage towards winning the World Cup next year. I really hope my $300 dollar gamble at buying World Cup final tickets pays off.
We will probably not only have another 4-0 whitewash against India, but also have the biggest advantage towards winning the World Cup next year. I really hope my $300 dollar gamble at buying World Cup final tickets pays off.
This isn't even a turner
Dr Mephesto
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But they're still killing us with LBWs though. The spin isn't deviating hugely as some of the hawk-eye replays suggest. However it is being trajected into our batsmen's legs at speeds and turn which is making it hard for our batsmen to second guess.
so good bowling is the issue not the pitch
So our batsmen can't play s**t and there is nothing wrong with the pitch?
Dr Mephesto
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Both IMO.
Don't get me wrong we have put on an absolute Melbourne-like performance in this test and should be ashamed. But the pitch seems to be causing the ball to come in at unpredictable trajectories/speeds to the batsmen that are consistently getting them tripped up at the legs (even though there isn't that much turn).
If the game was all of a moved into New Zealand (or a neutral pitch) mid-way through the test, I think Pakistan would still win, but not by the same magnitude.
Well yeah but it's hardly because of the curators
Dr Mephesto
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Maybe. But in recent years there seems to have been a noticeable trend where teams playing games in their home environment seem to dominate, but fall to tatters when they play on pitches they're unaccustomed to. It seems to me that this is more the case now than say 10-15 years ago.
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Stop blaming the pitch, we could tell 100 miles away it would turn...so what do we do we pick Doolan who can't play spin, a 20% fit Clarke (and I'm generous here)...and we leave one of the best players of spin carrying the drinks. I'm not Maxwell's biggest fan, but horse for courses he plays on these pitches. This pitch isn't that bad, it is turning but it is the batsmen getting themselves out...lets look at them
Warner- plays a wild heave ho to a pie from the left armer, stays in his crease he isn't out. I know it is the way he plays though so we have to accept the good with the bad
Doolan- misses a straight one that didn't turn an inch
Clarke- barely looked fit, missed a straight one
Lyon- why is he batting for! Missed a straight one, number 11.
So of all dismissals we have just softly given the wickets away. It isn't even funny.
Changes:
Out: Doolan, Lyon, Siddle
In: Maxwell, Starc, Hilfenhaus.
2 spinners in Maxwell and O'Keefe. 3 quicks in MJ, Hilfy and Starc.
Warner- plays a wild heave ho to a pie from the left armer, stays in his crease he isn't out. I know it is the way he plays though so we have to accept the good with the bad
Doolan- misses a straight one that didn't turn an inch
Clarke- barely looked fit, missed a straight one
Lyon- why is he batting for! Missed a straight one, number 11.
So of all dismissals we have just softly given the wickets away. It isn't even funny.
Changes:
Out: Doolan, Lyon, Siddle
In: Maxwell, Starc, Hilfenhaus.
2 spinners in Maxwell and O'Keefe. 3 quicks in MJ, Hilfy and Starc.
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