Passing Windies

[Persevering Saint]

Thoughts on the game?

Thought that over by Watson to take 2 was awesome. Mind you, I'm still not sold on the whole "video review" thing for these decisions. I would have given Chanderpaul the benefit of the doubt, even on the replay. No hotspot.

 

[StFly]

Windies will be lucky to win a test. Unity was an issue prior to touring and it does not get mended in an instant to be a cohesie enough unit to combat one of the worlds better test playing nations, let alone on home turf.

Video review, necessary.
Chanderpaul, can consider himself very very stiff the benefit of the doubt did not go his way.
Siddle is also rather unlucky, bowled good spells and "shoulda coulda wouldas" to get a wicket but ultimately was luckless.
Adelaide, need to learn how to make pitches or need to learn how to properly lay asphalt in serving up roads and play tippety run or something.

 

[HoldenMCaulfield]

I haven't seen a lot of it yesterday, but it appears that he Windies are doing well enough to possibly make this a five day event this time...

Noting that Hilfenhaus is out injured for this test, where is his biggest fan - TassieSaint ? I haven't seen him around for ages - since Grand Final week, actually. Come on, TS, we need you back here - it'll be okay 2010 !

 

[CHBench]

Watson, Watson, Watson. Tut-tut.

Amazing thread title.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Watson, Watson, Watson. Tut-tut.

Amazing thread title.

Easily my most hated Australian Cricketer of all time.

 

[CHBench]

Easily my most hated Australian team of all time.

Want the Windies to win this test, just to see how much shit Australia would get into. Plenty of lulz to be had.

 

[StFly]

Some very soft dismissals by a fair few supposed "batsmen" still, should be a draw at the worst all things considering.

 

[CHBench]

Draws need to be shit canned. So boring.
If tests were made to go on until there was a result, it would be a helluvalot more interesting and would help shirk the ugly red-headed step child tag.


I broked the bored.

 

[CHBench]

We are so going to get rolled by Pakistan.


Gayle goes alright. Soft dismissal though.

 

[StFly]

Quite a few of them have been. True pitch, quality shots straight stay hit and we instead see consistent lollypop catches or dumbarses like Haddin going "oh look, ball outside off stump at reasonable height!" *hang* "Darn. Knicked it. Oh well!"

Draw looks likely again, Windies should knock off the 300 tomorrow barring anything dramatic, would need more or declare to then try and get the Aussies out cheaply and it'll probably come down to the last day for anyone to get a result.

800+ runs over 2 days shows the pitch isn't deteriorating quickly to bother anyone too much.

 

[CHBench]

Easily my most hated Australian Cricketer of all time.

Did you see his celebration? Class. <3
Such a w***er.


What's the point of the refferal system if they keep making idiot decisions?
No spot on hot spot, ball didn't deviate, no noise. Why does the decision stand? Serious WTF. Windies robbed.

 

[StFly]

It's not 100% that there was no noise as snicko was not used nor was anything in the referral system indicative of a noise or to search for noise to then claim that there was "no noise". We simply do not know at this point.

 

[CHBench]

Actually they showed snicko again and there was a slight noise when the ball passed the bat. But hot spot showed nothing at all.

Not a good system to make referalls on when one of them is more accurate than the other. In this case the difference being huge.

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Did you see his celebration? Class. <3
Such a w***er.

Exactly the reason I hate him. He bowls balls at 135km/h which go dead straight 3 feet outside off stump and he it gives it the "oooooo" like he was stiff not to get a wicket.

A GRADE ********.