Opinion Cricket thread

[Roosurgence]

Lyon is so predictable that Pujara just keeps padding him away.

If he had the ability to rip one the other way he wouldn’t be padding up.

 

[Roosurgence]

Kohli gets out through sheer boredom.

Even the best batsman in the world committed batting suicide from extreme boredom.

 

[kangaspurs]

I hate watching Nathan Lyon, the guy bowls the same ball over and over again, with hardly any variation.

Batsmen once they have seen a little bit of him know pretty much where it is going to pitch and how much it will turn.

Every top line spinner in the world except Lyon has the batsman guessing. As a spinner this guy is so overrated. We need a wicket taker not someone to contain.

Yeah, a wicket taker like the guy who is Australia's all-time 4th highest Test cricket wicket taker and the second highest wicket taking spin bowler Australia has ever produced behind Shane Warne.

Oh ... wait ...

 

[Roosurgence]

Yeah, a wicket taker like the guy who is Australia's all-time 4th highest Test cricket wicket taker and the second highest wicket taking spin bowler Australia has ever produced by Shane Warne.

Oh ... wait ...

And he is still shit.

He has those records based on he is our only spin bowler in this team and has been for a long time. Says a lot about Australian spin bowling.

Stuart MacGill was 10 times the bowler Lyon is and couldn’t get a game.

This guy has two balls in his kit bag, one that spins and one that spins slightly less. Absolutely hardly any variation at all and relies on batsman making a mistake, not him beating them.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

And he is still shit.

He has those records based on he is our only spin bowler in this team and has been for a long time. Says a lot about Australian spin bowling.

Stuart MacGill was 10 times the bowler Lyon is and couldn’t get a game.

This guy has two balls in his kit bag, one that spins and one that spins slightly less. Absolutely hardly any variation at all and relies on batsman making a mistake, not him beating them.

Lyon is so predictable that Pujara just keeps padding him away.

If he had the ability to rip one the other way he wouldn’t be padding up.

Kohli gets out through sheer boredom.

Even the best batsman in the world committed batting suicide from extreme boredom.

You really don't understand off spin bowling at all, do you?

 

[gokangas]

Have the Indians set a record for the most number of reviews in their favour?

 

[The Brady Bunch]

Have the Indians set a record for the most number of reviews in their favour?

Imagine if the BCCI hadn't been so indebted to Sachin Tendulkar for all those years in refusing to allow DRS when India played test cricket - they might have actually won a series in Australia long before now.

 

[Dirty_11]

Usman is dead to me be after that shot. What a **** up that was.

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[SpiderBurton22]

I hate watching Nathan Lyon, the guy bowls the same ball over and over again, with hardly any variation.

Batsmen once they have seen a little bit of him know pretty much where it is going to pitch and how much it will turn.

Every top line spinner in the world except Lyon has the batsman guessing. As a spinner this guy is so overrated. We need a wicket taker not someone to contain.

Do you even cricket?

 

[Hootini]

Usman is dead to me be after that shot. What a **** up that was.

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****ing numpty. Wastes the opportunity he built in the first innings and actively throws everything away in the second. Get him out.

 

[gokangas]

Finch is just dumb. No review and he would have been not out. Wow. Any chance we had walked with his stupidity. Maybe Marsh will hit 150 plus and win us the game. If so I will formally withdraw my 'NO MARSHS EVER IN AUST TEAM" decree. I think I am safe.

 

[RobZombie]

Finch is just dumb. No review and he would have been not out. Wow. Any chance we had walked with his stupidity. Maybe Marsh will hit 150 plus and win us the game. If so I will formally withdraw my 'NO MARSHS EVER IN AUST TEAM" decree. I think I am safe.

Not as dumb as Khawaja or Handscombe.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

This innings is set up perfectly for a gritty Shaun Marsh 69 that sees him entrench himself in the team for the rest of the series.

 

[Le Grille]

This innings is set up perfectly for a gritty Shaun Marsh 69 that sees him entrench himself in the team for the rest of the series.

And rightfully so! [emoji6]


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[KiwiRoo]

Pakistan has just pulled their second dodgy loss in this 3 test series with New Zealand
NZ 270
Pak about 4/300 before all out 350
Then had NZ 4/40 before they make 7/350 declared
Pak all out 150

NZ traded at $50 on Betfair and Pak traded at $1.10. Not as good as the first test they lost when they were traded for several million at $1.01

Look I get that there is some suspicion with Pakistan, but your evidence is pretty flimsy on having the whole series as rigged
For a start Pakistan went a decade without losing a home series in the middle east. So they cant be that good at fixing matches

and as for the other stuff listed above

So what that Pakistan had a batting collapse !. NZ had 3 similar ones in the series, and hell if we look at batting collapses as a sign of match fixing well the Aussie Cricketers will be under a fair bit of observation ! Also none of the tails scored runs in the series. Tail enders don't last long if the ball is turning and bouncing.

You also mention that NZ were 4/40 and got 350/7 and that was dodgy ? But if you looked a little closer you would have noticed that one of the 4 wickets was the night watchman and that Williamson and Nicholls were our most consistent batsmen of the series and they batted superbly. Seriously Williamson was sublime

and lastly if you look at the last inning scores in Abu Dhabi.. .well chasing 180 is a big ask, and Pakistan have won a number of those, yet if they get bowled cheaply then its dodgy? Go look at the wickets NZ took in the 2nd dig. There were some jaffas. The first 5 wickets were got out, they didn't give it away.


sorry but these sort of comments undermines what was a really gritty series win for NZ . They took 2 spinners who hadn't played a test, and they bowled brilliantly. Plus Williamson was excellent.
They won and deservedly so

 

[King Corey]

Look I get that there is some suspicion with Pakistan, but your evidence is pretty flimsy on having the whole series as rigged
For a start Pakistan went a decade without losing a home series in the middle east. So they cant be that good at fixing matches

and as for the other stuff listed above

So what that Pakistan had a batting collapse !. NZ had 3 similar ones in the series, and hell if we look at batting collapses as a sign of match fixing well the Aussie Cricketers will be under a fair bit of observation ! Also none of the tails scored runs in the series. Tail enders don't last long if the ball is turning and bouncing.

You also mention that NZ were 4/40 and got 350/7 and that was dodgy ? But if you looked a little closer you would have noticed that one of the 4 wickets was the night watchman and that Williamson and Nicholls were our most consistent batsmen of the series and they batted superbly. Seriously Williamson was sublime

and lastly if you look at the last inning scores in Abu Dhabi.. .well chasing 180 is a big ask, and Pakistan have won a number of those, yet if they get bowled cheaply then its dodgy? Go look at the wickets NZ took in the 2nd dig. There were some jaffas. The first 5 wickets were got out, they didn't give it away.


sorry but these sort of comments undermines what was a really gritty series win for NZ . They took 2 spinners who hadn't played a test, and they bowled brilliantly. Plus Williamson was excellent.
They won and deservedly so

Or it was rigged.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Or it was rigged.

you moderators are so cynical ............

 

[Hojuman]

Most hated man by the end of summer will not be Marsh !.......lt'll be the guy who wrote and more than likely sings " l'll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun...." for the Comm. Bank sponsorship of womens cricket.





p.s. by the way anyone know his address ?

 

[big_e]

Most hated man by the end of summer will not be Marsh !.......lt'll be the guy who wrote and more than likely sings " l'll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun...." for the Comm. Bank sponsorship of womens cricket.





p.s. by the way anyone know his address ?

George Ezra.

Think you can find him in Budapest.

 

[Star]

And he is still shit.

He has those records based on he is our only spin bowler in this team and has been for a long time. Says a lot about Australian spin bowling.

Stuart MacGill was 10 times the bowler Lyon is and couldn’t get a game.

This guy has two balls in his kit bag, one that spins and one that spins slightly less. Absolutely hardly any variation at all and relies on batsman making a mistake, not him beating them.

It is hard to dislike Nathan Lyon and I admire what he has achieved, I love his grit, he is an outstanding fielder (especially off his own bowling) and underrated bat.

Sometimes I think (despite his high wicket tally) that they have cost him more than they should (32.50) or that he probably should have won Australia's more matches - especially in Asia. But then I remember that he is one of few Off Spinners that doesn't actually chuck the thing. Ditto Ravi Ashwin who is a star.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

This innings is set up perfectly for a gritty Shaun Marsh 69 that sees him entrench himself in the team for the rest of the series.

Well, call me flogstradamus.

 

[Wels Eicke]

Most hated man by the end of summer will not be Marsh !.......lt'll be the guy who wrote and more than likely sings " l'll be riding shotgun, underneath the hot sun...." for the Comm. Bank sponsorship of womens cricket.





p.s. by the way anyone know his address ?

This is my daughter's favourite song at the moment. It's actually got her watching some cricket with me just so she can hear that song at the end of every over. So, as annoying as it is, it has a positive too.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

The fact that Australia might get half-decently close to this target just makes some of the shot selection of the top order batsmen so much worse.... Especially Khawaja & Handscomb late yesterday arvo.

Practically every batsmen has had a start in this innings thus far.

EDIT: Paine and his love for the pull shot. Ugh. Oh well, come on Vics; bowl those sandgropers out!

 

[Kanga Glory]

Listened to both channel 7 and Foxtel commentary, reckon I’ll put up with the commercials and stay with channel 7. Foxtel going down the channel 9 routine either talking about themselves or talking crap

 

[Star]

97 to go. 3 in hand.

Any sphincter tightening?