Opinion Cricket thread

[spurs]

Strange but fine!

What I mean is he’s the AFLW coach in footy season, which is why he’s wearing an Eagles jumper. He was not in an Eagles jumper at the cricket.

 

[Marstermind]

Will Pucovski

Will Pucovski is Australian Test player No.460
Player 10 – Billy Midwinter (1877-87) 10 Tests
Player 60 – Sydney Callaway (1892-95) 3 Tests
Player 110 – Jack Ryder (1920-29) 20 Tests
Player 160 – Ben Barnett (1938) 4 Tests
Player 210 – Ron Gaunt (1958-64) 3 Tests
Player 260 – Bob Massie (1972-73) 6 Tests
Player 310 – Terry Alderman (1981-91) 41 Tests
Player 360 – Michael Bevan (1994-98) 18 Tests
Player 410 – Bryce McGain (2009) 1 Test

Alphabetically he comes between
Roland Pope (1885) 1 Test
Rob Quiney (2012) 2 Tests

Last 10 Wills/Williams/Bills/Billys to play for Australia
Bill Lawry (1961-71) 67 Tests
Bill Watson (1955) 4 Tests
Bill Johnston (1947-55) 40 Tests
Bill Brown (1934-48) 22 Tests
Bill O’Reilly (1932-46) 27 Tests
Bill Hunt (1932) 1 Test
Bill Woodfull (1926-34) 35 Tests
Bill Ponsford (1924-34) 29 Tests
Bill Whitty (1909-12) 14 Tests
Bill Howell (1898-1904) 18 Tests

All W.P. initials to play for Australia
Wayne Phillips (1983-86) 27 Tests
Wayne Phillips (1992) 1 Test

Last 10 players to play for Australia to be born in Victoria

Aaron Finch (2018) 5 Tests
Peter Handscomb (2016-19) 16 Tests
John Holland (2016-18) 4 Tests
Peter Nevill (2015-16) 18 Tests
Ashton Agar (2013-17) 4 Tests
Glenn Maxwell (2013-17) 7 Tests
Rob Quiney (2012) 2 Tests
James Pattinson (2011-20) 21 Tests
Michael Beer (2011-12) 2 Tests
Clint McKay (2009) 1 Test

 

[Hojuman]

Win the toss and bowl Tim

 

[Sillygit]

Turning over the strike, how i missed thee.

 

[7577969923]

Win the toss and bowl Tim

Don't want to bat fourth against Ashwin and Jadeja.

 

[Hojuman]

Don't want to bat fourth against Ashwin and Jadeja.

We have a debutant and an injured player opening. Virtually every other batsmen outta form. Arguably we have the worlds best attack as witnessed in Adelaide ( 36 )

Would bowl first.

 

[Hojuman]

1/6 Ball swinging around.

" our father, who art in heaven... "

 

[Marstermind]

Yuck.

 

[Sillygit]

David ****ing Warner...

 

[Marstermind]

We have a debutant and an injured player opening. Virtually every other batsmen outta form. Arguably we have the worlds best attack as witnessed in Adelaide ( 36 )

Would bowl first.

Can't hide an entire batting line up. If they look rubbish now, and they do, then watch them bat last at the SCG against Jadeja and Ashwin. Batting was a no-brainer.

 

[7577969923]

We have a debutant and an injured player opening. Virtually every other batsmen outta form. Arguably we have the worlds best attack as witnessed in Adelaide ( 36 )

Would bowl first.

Sorry Hoju. Can't agree with that. The bit about the batsmen might be right but batting last on this pitch against those two spinners would be a nightmare. No moisture in the pitch. I can see it turning.

 

[Gasometer]

1/6 Ball swinging around.

" our father, who art in heaven... "

Idk this has been the case for Sydney for years on the first morning...fair dinkum

 

[Hojuman]

Bowl first. Skittle them. We get days 2, 3 to set a target for them to reach and pass. and skittle them again. More faith in our bowlers knocking them over twice than our batsmen setting a big 1st innings total.

 

[Sillygit]

Lovely shot Puc

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Watching Pucovski got that 4 with the pull shot gave me a lot of confidence.

Short ball right at his chin and his watched the ball all the way on to the bat like a hawk. A few concussions could've rattled his nerves about the short ball, but it obviously hasn't impacted his focus at all.

 

[7577969923]

Will doing a great job of keeping the strike at the moment. Looking good so far.

 

[Sillygit]

****ing Sydney

 

[7577969923]

Bloody Sydney weather!

 

[Samsquanch]

Bloody Sydney weather!

Rain will contribute more to saving Australian arses than playing an injured Davey Warner.

Only thing worse in recent memory was NMFC playing Ben Cunnington who needed a Zimmer frame to get onto the ground.

The result of that game was no surprise.

 

[7577969923]

Rain will contribute more to saving Australian arses than playing an injured Davey Warner.

Only thing worse in recent memory was NMFC playing Ben Cunnington who needed a simmer frame to get onto the ground.

The result of that game was no surprise.

Will is on his way to a double on debut!

 

[Marstermind]

Rain will contribute more to saving Australian arses than playing an injured Davey Warner.

Only thing worse in recent memory was NMFC playing Ben Cunnington who needed a simmer frame to get onto the ground.

The result of that game was no surprise.

Marcus Harris must be scratching his head. Has huge form in the Shield, got in the squad, but without getting a shot at doing anything fell behind a formless crab and a makeshift keeper/middle order bat for two Tests, and when that predictably failed, got stepped over by a worthy debutant and a cripple.

 

[Hojuman]

Marcus Harris must be scratching his head. Has huge form in the Shield, got in the squad, but without getting a shot at doing anything fell behind a formless crab and a makeshift keeper/middle order bat for two Tests, and when that predictably failed, got stepped over by a worthy debutant and a cripple.

" WHAT ? YOU WANT 2 VICTORIANS OPENING THE BATTING FOR AUSTRALIA " ?

 

[Hojuman]

Bloody Sydney weather!

- 16 in Seoul. Feels like - 23. Took my mate 4 hours to do a 30 minute trip last night. Huge snowfall.

 

[7577969923]

- 16 in Seoul. Feels like - 23. Took my mate 4 hours to do a 30 minute trip last night. Huge snowfall.

My colleagues in Shanghai have been complaining. - 4 there today and -18 in Beijing.

I was in New York, Boston and New Hampshire for the polar vortex about six or seven years back and that was -20ish. F*ck me it was cold. We visited a wine and spirit distributor about an hour out of Boston on the coldest day and as we got there the shift in the warehouse finished. A bloke came out wearing shorts. Seriously.

As a side note that particular distributor listed their establishment date as the day after the Volstead Act was passed. Allowed them to go legit.

 

[7577969923]

Marcus Harris must be scratching his head. Has huge form in the Shield, got in the squad, but without getting a shot at doing anything fell behind a formless crab and a makeshift keeper/middle order bat for two Tests, and when that predictably failed, got stepped over by a worthy debutant and a cripple.

I suspect the selectors were happy with makeshift because they wanted this pair together.