Mega Thread 2022/23 Off-Season Sports Thread

[Demons09]

Seriously, not getting to a skied catch in crap weather is not a reflection on his keeping ability. If had dropped the catch fair enough.
I don't think anyone believes he is a first class keeper, but as back-up he does a good job and allows flexibility with team selections .

Not just his keeping his strike rate when batting 32 off 32 balls was worse than the dropped catch. our batting is where we lost the game.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Green just clean bowled Stokes at 140km/hr after Stokes left the ball and the bales didn’t come off!
Then Bizarrely they all appealed, Riefel gave it out and then reversed on a review. Probably the most random head scratcher I’ve seen for a while.

 

[Purple_Turtle]

 

[Purpletown]

Usman Khawaja with a century in each innings of a test. Well done.

 

[BStaff17]

Usman Khawaja with a century in each innings of a test. Well done.

Was there to watch both his innings what a pleasure it was.

Crowd chanting "uzzie uzzie uzzie oi oi oi" was just awesome.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Novax photographed at numerous public events including mingling with large groups of children while he supposedly had covid.
Starting to think he’s lied on his Visa application, either that or he has no regard for others and is happy to spread Covid to his fans and the public. Potentially both. What a spud.

 

[freodog]

Novax photographed at numerous public events including mingling with large groups of children while he supposedly had covid.
Starting to think he’s lied on his Visa application, either that or he has no regard for others and is happy to spread Covid to his fans and the public. Potentially both. What a spud.

I suspect he has paid off his Doctor falsely report he had Covid. Should have been either Vaxxed or not, Black or White. When you start adding in exemptions players were always going to search for loop holes.

 

[Dale147]

Mitch

 

[Dale147]

Scorchers

 

[BStaff17]

Mitch

I agree with his Bangladesh comments.

Australian cricket treatment of minnows is disgraceful. Unless your india or England wr don't give a s**t about the rest and growing the game.

 

[Van_Dyke]

This is too disturbingly similar to headingly with the way leach is sticking around

 

[estibador]

How’s the drama and tension in that last half hour! Gripping Test cricket.

 

[Dockeroo]

That was a great final days cricket in the test match. I didn’t mind seeing England squeeze out the draw even if they were hanging on. Listened to some of it on Triple M in the car and listening to James Brayshaw, Merv Hughes and a couple of other over confident boofheads have the air slowly sucked out of their tyres as those last few overs were played certainly made it a bit easier to stomach England getting the result.

 

[nurries]

That was a great final days cricket in the test match. I didn’t mind seeing England squeeze out the draw even if they were hanging on. Listened to some of it on Triple M in the car and listening to James Brayshaw, Merv Hughes and a couple of other over confident boofheads have the air slowly sucked out of their tyres as those last few overs were played certainly made it a bit easier to stomach England getting the result.

England got no result. It was a draw

 

[Taylor]

England were miles away from winning and barely hung on for a draw. Probably will lose three for the next test too.

Meanwhile the Scorchers get it done again

 

[SHill Shall]

England got no result. It was a draw

England got the result - avoiding a 5-0 whitewash was significant for them given how far off the pace they've been.

 

[holybishop]

 

[freo_leo29]

I don't understand how we could let Djoker in, knowing that he was active in a community while having Covid?

That flies against everything all the Australian Governments have fought for

 

[theGav56]

I don't understand how we could let Djoker in, knowing that he was active in a community while having Covid?

That flies against everything all the Australian Governments have fought for

They believe in balanced governance, so need a leader to champion the opposite of what they are asking the community to do.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

I just think they’re creating a heap of doubt and confusion so Novak can play and nobody can be solely culpable. It’s reeked of a staged act for days in my opinion. As if the sponsors are going to pay as much as they could if Novak doesn’t play for a chance at history. We’re being played for fools as usual. It’s all a big act.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

The series of events from Novak’s tweet onwards are just too incompetent and idiotic on all sides to not have been done on purpose.

 

[gaskin]

The series of events from Novak’s tweet onwards are just too incompetent and idiotic on all sides to not have been done on purpose.

You give the Government too much credit.

 

[Van_Dyke]

The series of events from Novak’s tweet onwards are just too incompetent and idiotic on all sides to not have been done on purpose.

You give the Government too much credit.

this, incompetency is always a more likely answer than conspiracy

 

[Purple_Turtle]

Hearts FC sign 22 year old Australian right-back Nathaniel Atkinson from Melbourne City.

News – Hearts

www.heartsfc.co.uk

Celtic about to land 23 year old midfielder Riley McGree, who just finished a loan with Birmingham FC in the Championship.

Report: Charlotte FC transferring midfielder Riley McGree to Celtic FC | MLSSoccer.com

TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Reports Riley McGree was Charlotte FC’s second-ever signing and the attacking midfielder could become the expansion side's first outbound transfer beyond MLS with the Australian set for a move to Celtic FC in the Scottish Premier League, according to numerous reports...

www.mlssoccer.com

 

[Spirit Level]

Anyone got text?

Mixed news for Scorchers as Ashes, COVID hits hard

Perth Scorchers coach Adam Voges has given an update on four of his most important players ahead of the business end of the tournament.

thewest.com.au