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With the substitute fielder, Jackson Bird taking the last catch(his 3rd for the match) I decided to look up substitute fielder records. The most taken by a substitute fielder in a test match is 4.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283623.html

EDIT : Bird took the last catch and holds the record jointly with Gursharan Singh(India), Younis Khan(Pakistan) and Virender Sehwag(India).
 
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Greasyrhys said:
Absolutely laughable, will never happen

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket...utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=FoxSportsAus
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“I think Sydney is the biggest city in Australia, 25 per cent of Australians live in Sydney so giving them 25 per cent of the content makes sense mathematically,” Jones said on ABC Grandstand.
Canberra has been promised a Test match in the 2018-19 summer, and despite Sydney’s wishes, it would seem that in six-Test summers it will be the ACT and Hobart that are fighting for the sixth Test.

No, what makes sense mathematically is giving them 1 and a half tests. As you can't do that then playing them all round the nation makes much better sense. If Australia had only 5 cities vying for tests it may be logical that Sydney get the extra one due to their population although then you'd get the argument from Melbourne that the mcg has a larger capacity than both the scg and stadium australia.
 

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No hot spot and the smallest spike possible as the ball was passing the bat, exactly the same as the Steve Smith dismissal in the second innings. And neither batsmen seemed to think they were out either. There is a big error with the DRS protocol if a not-out catch can be changed on that little proof but it has to be at least hitting half a stump to change a not-out LBW.
 
People go on about how pretty a cricket ground and setting Adelaide Oval and Newlands in Cape Town is but the relatively new cricket ground in Dharamsala, built in 2003 is where Australia will play the 4th test against India has a magnificent setting at the foot of the Himalayas.

I think cricket commentators will soon be raving about the ground It has hosted ODI's since 2013 (3 played) and in 2015 hosted international T20's, (8 played inc Aus v NZ March 2016) but will host its first test v Oz. It is at an altitude of 1,457 m or 4,780 ft 2 above sea level. The Wanderers in Jo'burg is at 1640m above sea level. http://sivastats.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/stat-on-altitudes-of-international.html

Dharamsala is in the state of Himachal Pradesh which is the state just south of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the disputed Kashmir area. The state of Himachal Pradesh only joined the Ranji trophy competition in 1985-86. There are 29 Indian states but only 21 have teams in the 28 team Ranji trophy as some cities have teams eg Mumbai and you have old historical teams like Railways and Delhi has a team which is like our ACT.

So if you are bored with this test, dread us being smashed on the bunsen burners in India, you should look out for the 4th test and this new test cricket ground in such a breathtaking setting.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1030197.html?template=fixtures
  • Thu Feb 23 - Mon Feb 27 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    1st Test - India v AustraliaMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, PuneLIVE
  • Sat Mar 4 - Wed Mar 8 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    2nd Test - India v AustraliaM Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreLIVE
  • Thu Mar 16 - Mon Mar 20 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    3rd Test - India v AustraliaJSCA International Stadium Complex, RanchiLIVE
  • Sat Mar 25 - Wed Mar 29 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    4th Test - India v AustraliaHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, DharmasalaLIVE

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RussellEbertHandball said:
People go on about how pretty a cricket ground and setting Adelaide Oval and Newlands in Cape Town is but the relatively new cricket ground in Dharamsala, built in 2003 is where Australia will play the 4th test against India has a magnificent setting at the foot of the Himalayas.

I think cricket commentators will soon be raving about the ground It has hosted ODI's since 2013 (3 played) and in 2015 hosted international T20's, (8 played inc Aus v NZ March 2016) but will host its first test v Oz. It is at an altitude of 1,457 m or 4,780 ft 2 above sea level. The Wanderers in Jo'burg is at 1640m above sea level. http://sivastats.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/stat-on-altitudes-of-international.html

Dharamsala is in the state of Himachal Pradesh which is the state just south of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the disputed Kashmir area. The state of Himachal Pradesh only joined the Ranji trophy competition in 1985-86. There are 29 Indian states but only 21 have teams in the 28 team Ranji trophy as some cities have teams eg Mumbai and you have old historical teams like Railways and Delhi has a team which is like our ACT.

So if you are bored with this test, dread us being smashed on the bunsen burners in India, you should look out for the 4th test and this new test cricket ground in such a breathtaking setting.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1030197.html?template=fixtures
  • Thu Feb 23 - Mon Feb 27 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    1st Test - India v AustraliaMaharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, PuneLIVE
  • Sat Mar 4 - Wed Mar 8 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    2nd Test - India v AustraliaM Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreLIVE
  • Thu Mar 16 - Mon Mar 20 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    3rd Test - India v AustraliaJSCA International Stadium Complex, RanchiLIVE
  • Sat Mar 25 - Wed Mar 29 09:30 local (04:00 GMT | 15:00 AEDT | 14:30 ACDT | 12:00 AWST)
    4th Test - India v AustraliaHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, DharmasalaLIVE

Dharamshala-stadium1.jpg


Dharamshala_stadium,himachal_pradesh.jpg


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amazing backdrop.

Warner will be trying to smack them into Everest.
 
Great article from The Guardian about the T20I World Cup match played in mid March 2016 between Oz and NZ which the kiwis won. Look at the view the players have. hard not to get distracted.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...the-remote-world-twenty20-venue-of-dharamsala
There was no way known, between the broadest fields of God’s green earth and the seventh circle of hell, that India was ever going to host a World Cup match against Pakistan in Dharamsala.

At first we simply accepted the impossible as plausible. So many people, like Perseus multiplied into the thousands, planned their epic journeys around tracking down this Pegasus. Wow, we said. The biggest game at the smallest venue. This meeting of the substantial and the picturesque. Such a moment in such a different setting, high in the Himalayas rather than an urban cauldron. It was visionary. Then we acted surprised to be informed that horses don’t have wings.......
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...the-remote-world-twenty20-venue-of-dharamsala


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Bugger me Watson is bashing the ball for 6's including over cover gets a wide one swings hits the ground missed the ball. Wiki Paine gives a very soft half hearted appeal, bowler doesn't appeal,Watson takes couple of steps down the wicket looking down at the pitch, the umpire thinks he is walking and the umpires gives him out. Need a DRS in the BBL for absolute shockers like that not the bloody marginal ones like in Tests.
 
Peter Handscomb has created history, by becoming the first batsman in history to complete 7 Test innings without being dismissed for less than 50. Given the fact that we're about to go to India, that record may not last much longer. But this young bloke is giving every indication of being one of our great number 5's. Go Pete!!!
 
Greasyrhys said:
Pakistan have gone ultra-defensive, before the single just then how many consecutive maidens were bowled?
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and that is the way Pakistan have approached the game over the years. They always appear to go out there not to lose rather than take a few risks and force a win.
It is almost as if they have a complex born out of the British Raj and do not want to be suppressed by anyone with an Anglo Saxon gene pool. That is probably a far fetched hypothesis but one cannot help but wonder. :rolleyes:
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
Bugger me Watson is bashing the ball for 6's including over cover gets a wide one swings hits the ground missed the ball. Wiki Paine gives a very soft half hearted appeal, bowler doesn't appeal,Watson takes couple of steps down the wicket looking down at the pitch, the umpire thinks he is walking and the umpires gives him out. Need a DRS in the BBL for absolute shockers like that not the bloody marginal ones like in Tests.
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You have a point but the nature of T20 is a fast game and the ethos of the game is such that there really isn't time for video review. Once you introduce DRS it will become overused and the game will slow down. The problem with DRS is not just the players as the Umpires use it as a fall back and call for reviews in ridiculously obvious situations. More than once I have seen an Umpire call for a video review when a batsman's grounded bat was just short of the popping crease !!!
 
Daniel Hughes very lucky for the Sixers. After some laughable running when either of them could have been run out the bails came off with Hughes short. He was saved because the bails were knocked off by Nevill. I found it a bit odd that Nevill joined in the wicket celebrations although he must have known Hughes would be given not out.
 

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raptalia said:
You have a point but the nature of T20 is a fast game and the ethos of the game is such that there really isn't time for video review. Once you introduce DRS it will become overused and the game will slow down. The problem with DRS is not just the players as the Umpires use it as a fall back and call for reviews in ridiculously obvious situations. More than once I have seen an Umpire call for a video review when a batsman's grounded bat was just short of the popping crease !!!
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Especially given the level of umpiring seen at the BBL. There would be 3 or 4 reviews per innings in every match.
 
Even though I don't really care much about the Stinkers, I noticed that in all the games they've been involved in, the team that's won the toss has bowled first, very strange. Also there's only been two games in this BBBL where a captain has won the toss & batted first, mighty odd...
 
Greasyrhys said:
Even though I don't really care much about the Stinkers, I noticed that in all the games they've been involved in, the team that's won the toss has bowled first, very strange. Also there's only been two games in this BBBL where a captain has won the toss & batted first, mighty odd...
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Makes a lot of sense to me. The wicket won't vary much so it doesn't matter if you bowl first or last, the twilight doesn't effect batting, there is no pink ball type effective. Each side has 2 or 3 blokes that can rack up 3 consecutive overs 15 to 18 run per overs so it's hard to stop sides. As a captain it's easier to set a strategy to pace yourself to a target than set one when you bat first. Most sides batting 2nd have won the close games this year. Plus with those big bats these days when you are pumped and chasing and have to go the bash late in the game so many thick edges go for 4 and 6.
 
Andrew Tye has managed to score the BBL's second hat trick.

Even though he got the tail out, still a mighty fine effort.
 
Greasyrhys said:
Even though I don't really care much about the Stinkers, I noticed that in all the games they've been involved in, the team that's won the toss has bowled first, very strange. Also there's only been two games in this BBBL where a captain has won the toss & batted first, mighty odd...
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Were either of those the Scorchers? They seem happy to post a score first and then defend it.
 
LukeSA said:
Andrew Tye has managed to score the BBL's second hat trick.

Even though he got the tail out, still a mighty fine effort.
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Pretty tough for the Heat, when the guy who has smashed more 6's on his own than most teams have collectively, was sitting in the stands. Hopefully Lynn can do to the Pakis what he's done in the Big Bash - he's a helluva talent.
 
philreich said:
Pretty tough for the Heat, when the guy who has smashed more 6's on his own than most teams have collectively, was sitting in the stands. Hopefully Lynn can do to the Pakis what he's done in the Big Bash - he's a helluva talent.
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They seemed like a completely different team without him, McCullum who is just as talented as Lynn didn't fire.
 
Grave Danger said:
Were either of those the Scorchers? They seem happy to post a score first and then defend it.
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The Scorchers have had the best bowling attack for most of the BBL seasons. Good late and last over bowlers.
 
LukeSA said:
They seemed like a completely different team without him, McCullum who is just as talented as Lynn didn't fire.
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But don't forget Badree as well. When they beat us at AO Lynn failed. McCullum got them off to a great start but we were on course to win but gave it up in the late overs. Dropping Ross twice and then bowling to where he likes it didn't help.
 
Lynn and Stanlake to debut in 1st ODI tomorrow at the Gabba

Australia XI (In likely batting order) :

David Warner, Travis Head, Steve Smith ©, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Billy Stanlake
 
Quadzilla said:
Lynn and Stanlake to debut in 1st ODI tomorrow at the Gabba
Australia XI (In likely batting order) :
David Warner, Travis Head, Steve Smith ©, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Billy Stanlake
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If Travis is opener it will be the first time in ODI's. He has played in positions 4-7 with his highest score and strike rate at 4.

http://howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerPositions_ODI.asp?PlayerID=4386
 
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