Opinion Cricket thread

[Nate7]

That Pommy bloke Gleeson is my new whipping boy. It's all his fault.

The comments on bookface about him the last few games mirror autopsy and game day threads here, it's hilarious!

I do agree, he isn't going well.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Stayed up and watched the Saffers rip through the Poms last night on what appeared to be a fairly flat wicket. Usual stuff with Stokes & Buttler (amongst others) throwing away their wickets when they were set. It will be interesting to see what SA make, as both these teams seems to be just going right now.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Must be frustrating having Shaun Marsh as your best player!

Not frustrating at all, he's a gun.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

And there's 200 for Marnus!

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Kiwis out for 251 (203 behind). Garry the Goat with a 5 for.

Paine does NOT enforce the follow-on, so Aussies have an hour or so to bat tonight. Wasn't sure what he'd do due to the forecast of some showers tomorrow.

 

[King Corey]

Kiwis out for 251 (203 behind). Garry the Goat with a 5 for.

Paine does NOT enforce the follow-on, so Aussies have an hour or so to bat tonight. Wasn't sure what he'd do due to the forecast of some showers tomorrow.

Does anyone ever follow on anymore?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Does anyone ever follow on anymore?

Not the Aussies after what the Indians did to us.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Not the Aussies after what the Indians did to us.

We did it in the second test against Pakistan.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

We did it in the second test against Pakistan.

Yeah, well apart from that 1 time.

 

[King Corey]

Not the Aussies after what the Indians did to us.

That Indian 2nd innings should be watched will all original audio muted and Mozart's Requiem in D Minor used as an accompanying soundtrack.

Very disturbing viewing.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

That Indian 2nd innings should be watched will all original audio muted and Mozart's Requiem in D Minor used as an accompanying soundtrack.

Very disturbing viewing.

It’s used in the SAS ‘Resistance to Interrogation’ testing.

 

[Hojuman]

Warner ton, Kiwis 2/7 trail by 400 +

 

[King Corey]

Cue 3 pages of discussion about Warner being a flat track bully.

 

[Hojuman]

3 fa'

( edit )

4 fa'

 

[Nate7]

Cue 3 pages of discussion about Warner being a flat track bully.

Hasn't happened yet! Are those posters thread banned?

 

[DaveyBoy123]

And that's all she wrote. Another test done & dusted inside 4 days!

 

[Nate7]

Just goes to show the test rankings are not a great indication, especially when NZ play bottom teams twice a year every year and continue to pick geriatrics that are beyond it!

 

[Firestarter]

Hasn't happened yet! Are those posters thread banned?

I'm not banned yet.

 

[muttley45]

Very nice catch by Patto, removed a fair divot on landing too.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Isa is wonderful.

 

[spurs]

Isa is wonderful.

Her voice is porn

 

[King Corey]

Isa is wonderful.

Had to check who that was, the whole commentary teams have been sound enough (Channel 7 and Fox) this year.

I'm sure there's been a dud in there somewhere but nobody springs to mind.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

This Sth. Africa vs England series is fascinating. 2 very even teams.

 

[KiwiRoo]

well that was crap

Aussie played smart hard cricket..and we just didn't get near to competing.


Lots of hostile reaction back here to coaches and players due to selections (no spinner. Santner has had years to perfect his craft and just nowhere near good enough ) plus Raval has been out of form for a year and they expect him to find it in Aussie ?
They also had the perfect time to try Fergusson, Astle and Sommerville against the poms and didn't. Then they expect them to perform when all they've played for the last month is 20/20 or 50 over cricket.
Plus the complete lack of balls from some players hasn't gone down well here either. Some of the mindless dismissals were just so hard to watch.

 

[Hojuman]

well that was crap

Aussie played smart hard cricket..and we just didn't get near to competing.


Lots of hostile reaction back here to coaches and players due to selections (no spinner. Santner has had years to perfect his craft and just nowhere near good enough ) plus Raval has been out of form for a year and they expect him to find it in Aussie ?
They also had the perfect time to try Fergusson, Astle and Sommerville against the poms and didn't. Then they expect them to perform when all they've played for the last month is 20/20 or 50 over cricket.
Plus the complete lack of balls from some players hasn't gone down well here either. Some of the mindless dismissals were just so hard to watch.

Didn't think our batting would stand up so well K.R. but our bowling line up is very hard to beat.