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  1. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    We have a definite advantage, with a 46 run lead on a wicket where runs are at an abolute premium. I get the feeling that batting 4th on this pitch will be a massive advantage, as it was in Perth. Day 3 will probably see the best conditions for batting, as the pitch browns off. We're...
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    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    They really should have. I still don't understand how he failed to read the memo about NOT taking the final English wicket before 5:50pm.
  3. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    If they were concerned about the runs, then they wouldn't have abandoned the bowling plan that took the first 9 wickets, and started bowling short garbage - indeed bowling anywhere other than at the stumps - as soon as Tongue walked out to the wicket. Have you ever seen Boland bowl consecutive...
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    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Boland opening the batting, on a Golden Pair. Has there EVER been a Test hat trick which involved the same batsman getting out twice? EDIT: Never mind, Tongue's not bowling the only over tonight anyway.
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    Opinion AUSTRALIAN Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    Must admit I wondered about that too. I would have said that it's been around for at least 3000 years, and probably more.
  6. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    How pissed off are the Australian Team with Green, right now? The likes of Neser, Boland & Starc have spent the last 5 overs bowling ANYWHERE other than at the stumps, in a bid to avoid getting the 10th wicket and having to bat again tonight. Then Green goes and breaks Rule A - hitting the...
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    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Well that's unfortunate... David Warner is back in the commentary booth for the Boxing Day Test. I thought he was out for the duration of the BBL. Unfortunately for the viewers' ears (and intelligence), it seems this is not the case.l
  8. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    So... Australia have named Neser at #8, ahead of Starc at #9. Given how well Starc has batted this series, and how poorly Green has batted, should Green be batting at #9?
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    Opinion AUSTRALIAN Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6

    How exactly were they supposed to stop it, given that the Israeli Govt have been hosing petrol onto the fire continuously for the last 2 years? The rise in anti-semitism over the last 2 years has NOTHING to do with Albanese's Govt, who have done more to combat it than the LNP did in the...
  10. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Murphy doesn't exactly fill me with excitement, but the omission of Webster means we really are down to just part-time spin options. Interesting selection choices.
  11. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Interesting selections in the Australian team for the Boxing Day Test tomorrow. No Beau Webster. No Todd Murphy, with Head & Labuschagne the only spin options. Green to bat at #7 (still 1 place too high). With Doggett, Neser and Richardson all named in the 12, one of them will be missing out...
  12. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Root has been pretty good too, most of the time. Archer has clearly been their most dangerous bowler, at least since Wood went home after Perth. Without Archer, it's hard to see how England can take 10 wickets - let alone the 20 required to win a Test match. Australia's bowling line up has...
  13. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Without Archer, how will the poms expect to take 10 Australian wickets - let alone the 20 required to win the Test Match? Their other bowlers are unmitigated rubbish.
  14. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    ... and yet, Murphy's on-field achievements for the Crows comfortably exceed Green's on-field achievements for Australia. What this tells us is that Green is wasting his talent & potential. Murphy was arguably one of the least talented players to ever represent the AFC, yet he made the most of...
  15. Vader

    Cricket Thread: Ashes 2025-26 Boxing Day Test

    Rocchiccioli the favourite to replace Lyon apparently, which renders the whole Kuhnemann vs Murphy discussion moot.
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