Australia v Sri Lanka; 2nd Test @ Manuka Oval Feb 1-5.

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It's home ground advantage, we could prepare pitches that favour our side too but CA prefer five day Tests.
Actually don't mind this manuka oval pitch goughy. People complained it was too flat to start with but there's just a wee bit here for the fast men. Plenty for the batters too. Gotta give credit to the groundsman it's a result wicket
 

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To continue the Starc bashing despite him finding his feet, it's incredible how different his body language is when he's taking wickets compared to when he's struggling. If he was a chess player he'd resign as soon as he lost a piece.
Your best movie was the one with gene wilder. One bloke was blind the other one deaf from memory. So funny when Pryor started shadow boxing whenever he got his back up!!!
 

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Your best movie was the one with gene wilder. One bloke was blind the other one deaf from memory. So funny when Pryor started shadow boxing whenever he got his back up!!!
See NoEvil Hear No Evil, Pryor and Wilder were genius. Stir Crazy is good too.
 

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To continue the Starc bashing despite him finding his feet, it's incredible how different his body language is when he's taking wickets compared to when he's struggling. If he was a chess player he'd resign as soon as he lost a piece.
To be fair, the same can be said for most bowlers. Jimmy Anderson is a classic sook when things aren't going his way. There's nothing like a wicket to lift a fast bowler's spirits.
 
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To continue the Starc bashing despite him finding his feet, it's incredible how different his body language is when he's taking wickets compared to when he's struggling. If he was a chess player he'd resign as soon as he lost a piece.
Or we could just get behind him and acknowledge that players run in and out of form? And no doubt when things are not going your way you get flat.
 

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Are you a bit simple?

It was a new paragraph, not necessarily linked to the first paragraph. He is a disgrace to the country for a large number of reasons, least of all as he is just a blatant cheat who can give out the sledges, but can't take it back.
No, I'm not a bit simple, so why the need to be abusive? Welcome to my ignore list.
 

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Or we could just get behind him and acknowledge that players run in and out of form? And no doubt when things are not going your way you get flat.
Was being tongue in cheek, it's probably not his fault but there's something about his face which makes him seem more resigned than most when things aren't going his way.
 
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Was being tongue in cheek, it's probably not his fault but there's something about his face which makes him seem more resigned than most when things aren't going his way.
Yeah i think you find that with most people, it's tough running in and bowling like that and getting zero reward, it's physically exhaustive and you know you need to get it right somehow. I think he is a pretty passionate type.
 
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Actually don't mind this banter from Paine and the bowlers.its fairly on the mark. no problem with dickwella talking it up yesterday too. Difference is the lack of nasty personal abuse we handed out for decades. Keep it clean and talk it up boys I'm loving it. Would much much rather listen to that all day than 99%of the commentators
 
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Foxtel should charge less, sack the commentary team and let us listen to the players all game. I really loved that little passage. Felt very real and intimate. Do we really need to hear Howie slide his nose in and out of his colleagues arses? Or hear AB give burnsy shit about his big nose? Am I really paying for that nonsense? Do I need to hear warnie orgasm when Stoinis is on screen?
 

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Foxtel should charge less, sack the commentary team and let us listen to the players all game. I really loved that little passage. Felt very real and intimate. Do we really need to hear Howie slide his nose in and out of his colleagues arses? Or hear AB give burnsy shit about his big nose? Am I really paying for that nonsense? Do I need to hear warnie orgasm when Stoinis is on screen?
What did they have for dinner last night?
 
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