Indeed. We used to play at the old Balcatta centre. Most of our team were the same. Good athletes who dropped out of serious organised sport but could just tolerate the discipline required to turn up once a week, get toasted and play hard for an hour. I remember going body surfing at night down at City Beach most weeks after the game.Bruce Reid has a better Test batting average than all of us.
That's what I loved about indoor cricket. It was a night out with your mates, on the piss, with a bit of cricket thrown in.We used to punch down a heap of cones before we played. Helped us get in the " zone ".
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I've only ever played one game of indoor a few years back filling in and liked it, but I only had skate shoes on us, sore as hell for over a week after..
The common folk hate your type, just quietly.
Remember a former AFL and WAFL ruckman proving immovable at the net in beach volleyball a few years ago, would literally have had more success against a wall.
Don't worry, we punish ourselves enough wondering what might have been if we'd kept it up. I have a good friend who is very similar to me in a lot of ways (we met at one of those meetings where people go to talk about how they don't do drugs anymore). He's a really talented musician but prioritised sport and played in a WAFL Grand Final winning team. He's jealous of me because I spent those years playing in Rock & Roll bands while I wonder what would have happened if I'd gone with sport.The common folk hate your type, just quietly.
Remember a former AFL and WAFL ruckman proving immovable at the net in beach volleyball a few years ago, would literally have had more success against a wall.
But we only get to live it once.
There was one guy in my indoor cricket team who could do everything. He bowled brilliant leggies but could go back a few steps and bowl medium swingers and occasionally a few more steps and bowl genuine quicks. He was the best wicket keeper I've ever played with and took scorching one handers in slip. Then he would smash it around with the bat. Bastard was one of the best drummers I've ever worked with too. He could have been anything but likes living down south, surfing, building, smoking a bit of weed.
And buggar me if that isn't Rick Ponting front and centre at the protest march in Melbourne.
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other...following-paris-terrorist-shooting/vi-AA7UCGC
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other...following-paris-terrorist-shooting/vi-AA7UCGC
Scorchers do it again. So damn good at defending small totals. Just need to get some batting form.
Nice work Scorchers! We (the Stars) needed you guys to win that game for our finals hopes. Though now that we're finally on a roll, we've lost 2 of our best players to the ODI squad
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Forgot it was a bloody day game over there and missed the whole thing. At least we won anyway.
Same... only saw the last 8 overs of the game. The scorchers death bowling is ridiculously better than all the other teams + still having the best T20 spinner @ age 43 or whatever Hogg is
Making 150 is like any other team making 180-190
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When we get Shaun Marsh back into the team we will be hard to beat.
Wouldn't mind making the trip up for the home semi if we make it and I can get a ticket.
Wouldn't mind making the trip up for the home semi if we make it and I can get a ticket.
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Dorf is unlucky (or lucky for us ) to have been overlooked for Sandhu in the ODI squad.
) to have been overlooked for Sandhu in the ODI squad.
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Harris is ave 22 and Turner 16 for the tournament, out of those 2 I guess. Arafat has been ordinary but was good last game, gee we have a strong team.
Agar will be one you'd think, don't really need two spinners especially with Turner in the team. Then again as Kram points out Turner hasn't been flash with the bat.
Dorf is unlucky (or lucky for us
What do you mean? Sandhu isn't in the world cup squad unless there's another one you're referring to? Sandhu is poo.
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Not the WC but he's in the tri series squad.
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Not sure about that he averages 41 with a sr of 130... Usually bats sensibly at the start and then picks a mark in the bowling to really hammer when his eye is in, one of the best in the business.
Ah yep forgot about the tri-series, what a strange decision.
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That's T20 batsman in a nutshell though. Even your Finchs and your Warners fail more often than they come off. Marsh's T20 record and performances are unparalleled among Australian batsmen. The format suits him to a tee (whereas first class and test cricket does not IMO).
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Maybe not if they were both opening together, but Carberry is down at now 4 iirc.
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