Cricket Discussion - Part 3

[Ford Fairlane]

So is this Bazball?

 

[philreich]

Head doing what he did in the last World Cup final.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The umpire letting Wood get away with some real rubbish here. Should be calling wides.

 

[Rising Power]

Selection seems pretty clear now. Piss old man Ussie off, open with Head and bring Webster back so we have 6 genuine bowling options. Depending on Weathers form rotate Sheffield Shield openers til one sticks.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Two port supporters batting together?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Jake and Travis Blues

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Marnus isn’t lasting long here.

 

[soafraid]

travis head has single handedly won more games off his own bat than anyone in the last 3 years

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

You gotta wonder how many 6's at Oz Test grounds, would be caught out if Oz cricket didn't introduce the boundary rope around 2002/03 season. Especially given players could lean on the fence to balance themselves to take catches.

The grounds that run east-west for footy, Perth Stadium/WACA, MCG and Gabba have long square boundaries of 85m or so from the middle pitch to the fence are the most obvious examples from squarish hook and pull shots, but all angles at these 3 grounds and the other Test grounds have had plenty of examples of 6s inside the fence but would have been caught if there were no ropes.

Test averages for a lot of batsmen who have played 10+ tests in Oz, might have been reduced by 4 to 6 runs.

 

[Powerade 08]

The bowling has to be really poor if Marnus is playing shots

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

119 to win

 

[tribey]

You gotta wonder how many 6's at Oz Test grounds, would be caught out if Oz cricket didn't introduce the boundary rope around 2002/03 season. Especially given players could lean on the fence to balance themselves to take catches.

The grounds that run east-west for footy, Perth Stadium/WACA, MCG and Gabba have long square boundaries of 85m or so from the middle pitch to the fence are the most obvious examples from squarish hook and pull shots, but all angles at these 3 grounds and the other Test grounds have had plenty of examples of 6s inside the fence but would have been caught if there were no ropes.

Test averages for a lot of batsmen who have played 10+ tests in Oz, might have been reduced by 4 to 6 runs.

As a lifelong Dean Jones fanboy, I can only imagine what his ODI record would’ve looked like in this era

 

[afl2004]

 

[tribey]

Sidebar: given his record and left-arm, is Starc in the all-time Australian Test XI?

 

[philreich]

Sidebar: given his record and left-arm, is Starc in the all-time Australian Test XI?

He wouldn't be in front of Lillee or McGrath, but he's right up there.

 

[Rising Power]

I'm positive that at stumps last night England thought they'd just pile on 400 and bowl us out for f all.

 

[Rising Power]

Dare I say McCullum is the Hinkely of cricket?

Edit: *Test cricket. They did "win" the ODI cup, but due to a stupid rule

 

[glitch01]

Selection seems pretty clear now. Piss old man Ussie off, open with Head and bring Webster back so we have 6 genuine bowling options. Depending on Weathers form rotate Sheffield Shield openers til one sticks.

Just logged on and was about to say the same.
Give Weatherald a decent go and see how we go.
Sadly I think Khawaja is cooked.

 

[tribey]

I'm positive that at stumps last night England thought they'd just pile on 400 and bowl us out for f all.

I thought the same lol. Thought it’d flatten out and they’d bat forever.

This will psychologically crush them — the English media will have an absolute field day

 

[Grave Danger]

Dare I say McCullum is the Hinkely of cricket?

Edit: *Test cricket. They did "win" the ODI cup, but due to a stupid rule

England is the Tottenham Hotspur of cricket.. They won a trophy too, but it was only against an even flakier Man U.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

This is like Rocky 3 where Rocky was beaten up in the first bout then rediscovered his mojo and flogged Mr T in the re-match.

You ain't so bad, you ain't so bad

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Is there anything better than good head?

 

[Greasyrhys]

Head you ripper!!!

 

[tribey]

Haven’t seen Michael Vaughan in this much trouble since he got chopped in half in the opening minutes of Kingsman: The Secret Service…

 

[Doctor Feel]

Lol devastation for the poms. Head just annihilated them.