- Joined
- Oct 1, 2001
- Posts
- 8,603
- Reaction score
- 22
- Location
- Exile on Main St
- AFL Club
- Hawthorn
- Other Teams
- Liverpool
- Banned
- #1
Go Steve make a century
-
LIVE: Carlton v Richmond - Rd 1 - 7:30PM Thu
Squiggle tips Blues at 73% chance -- What's your tip? -- Injury Lists »
-
Weekly Prize - Join Any Time - Tip Round 1
The Golden Ticket - Corporate tickets, functions, Open Air Boxes at the Adelaide Oval, ENGIE, Gabba, MCG, Marvel, Optus & People First Stadiums. Corporate Suites at the Gabba, MCG and Marvel.
Steve Waugh
- Thread starter Mcchawk
- Start date
- Tagged users None
🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.
Originally posted by red+black
there was something wrong with the other thread, funnily enough, titled
Steve Waugh
pms???
anyway, Steve Waugh has just bought up his 50 with his 10th boundary and in just 61 balls. Playing like a champion.
Has he saved his career just yet though??
18 runs to the 10 000 to go now.
Log in to remove this Banner Ad
I think when you consider that 3 of his last four innings have been 50s, he should have booked a ticket to the West Indies. If he hasn't, a century will HAVE to be enough.
Charlie
Charlie
yep exactly what i said in the other thread. he's probably got himself a spot on the Windies tour, and a century now would put that beyond doubt.
What a legend!!! I really hope he gets to play until he thinks it is time to go (probably 2004) rather than getting dropped. What I don't understand though is why Hohns would consider dropping him? His recent scores of 103*, 7, 12, 34, 53, 77, 14 and 102* at an average of 67 is sensational. He has also lifted his strike rate recently. Who gives a **** if he is 37?
GO TUGGA!!!!
GO TUGGA!!!!
S
ScouseCat
Guest
I have to say that watching Steve Waugh get his century today was probably one of the best moments I can remember in Australian cricket. The hair stood up on the back of my neck watching Steve Waugh pass the hundred and what a time to score it, just when Australia needed it most!! 
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2001
- Posts
- 4,470
- Reaction score
- 83
- Location
- Melbourne
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Victory, Chelsea
Here Here.
And the thing is the low scores have been scored when the top order have laid a foundation where if he failed the side was still going to win. Either that or he had blurred vision.
The only reason why he should be dropped is to give another guy a go and his age.
The list of why he shouldnt be dropped is endless.
Why drop the greatest Australian Captain in history? Why drop a guy averaging 67 on recent form? Why drop a guy whos last innings was his best for a couple of years? Why drop the one guy who more often then not plays to his potential when his needed most? Why drop our most experienced player when our 2nd most experienced was only recently dropped (Mark Waugh)? And finally why would you unnecessarily touch a winning combination?
Anyone calling for his head is a goose in my book.
The Old Dark Navy's
Moderator
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2000
- Posts
- 97,759
- Reaction score
- 130,738
- Location
- Wherever I am
- AFL Club
- Carlton
- Other Teams
- Nottingham Forest
- Staff
- #18
Not to mention that Ponting seems to have played himself out of form with a degree of carelessness in the last couple of innings.
The day was almost scripted for Waugh, such was the way it seemed to unwind. Couldn't have done it any better. Credit to Gilchrist for beating the Poms into submission late in the day, thus taking the pressure of Steve a little.
The day was almost scripted for Waugh, such was the way it seemed to unwind. Couldn't have done it any better. Credit to Gilchrist for beating the Poms into submission late in the day, thus taking the pressure of Steve a little.
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2002
- Posts
- 630
- Reaction score
- 2
- Other Teams
- port adel
Australia has a great test team, but when the pressures on we usually only have 1 player who digs us out of pressure situations.
He has done it continously over the past ten years, when we were three down yesterday only one man in Australia has the credentials of getting us back on track, his name is Steve Waugh, in one of his best pressure innings he turned a would of been a sour two days of cricket for Australia into a more even contest with a situation of powering ahead.
His knock was aggressive but experienced, he put the pressure back on England and proved yet again why he is worthy for another season of cricket, his captaincy and leadership is second to none, his knowledge and tactics in the field are a standard never seen before and he has built the greatest test side of any era over the past 5 years.
U name it, Steve has led from the front, his centuries in the Windies tours, his country saving knocks in the 99 world cup, his leadership in Sth Africa and making us unbeatable on home turf. At first I disagreed with the 30 man squad with him not being named but thought he wasn't in our best 12 but now when I think about it, he should be in that 12 ahead of Watson, Symonds or whoever the chosen all-rounder is as it's not just his skill but his presence and aggression he lays off on the field. When Steve first lost the one day role after leading a side who won 50 out of about there last 65 odd one dayers Ponting took over this unbeatable side and lost the series last year against NZ and Sth Africa, he redeemed himself on the Sth African tour but surely anyone could of led this great Australian one day side to victory at the time. I am sure Australia under pressure in the World Cup would prefer a Bevan- S Waugh combination than a Watson-Symonds combination digging Australia out of trouble.
The Queensland gauntlet of Border and Hohns has got to go, Symonds selection was poor, Maher's was warranted but since these clowns have rna things we seem to see Queenslanders popping up left right and centre, the excuses have been youth but when they select Bichel over a young pace bowler it is labelled as experience but when it's Ponting over Steve it is youth, If I was a New South Welshman Id be very bitter.
I heard Allan Border a couple of years ago about his record and they asked him about it being overtaken and he replied something along the lines that No-one wants there record to be overtaken and it sounded as if he interpreted it like the way Taylor retired on 334* equal with the Don is the same way his record should be. Steve Waugh is greater than Allan Border and always will be.
That ton off the last ball yesterday nearly brought a tear to my eye, in front of his home crowd, family and friends, in another pressure situation leading from the front summed up his great career, a fighter. It brought Australia to a stand still, I think the whole world barracked for Steve yesterday, he gave it back by producing an innings people couldn't of imagined happening.
P.S I think it shall make the KFC special moment today and also the Solo thirstcrusher flashback.
He has done it continously over the past ten years, when we were three down yesterday only one man in Australia has the credentials of getting us back on track, his name is Steve Waugh, in one of his best pressure innings he turned a would of been a sour two days of cricket for Australia into a more even contest with a situation of powering ahead.
His knock was aggressive but experienced, he put the pressure back on England and proved yet again why he is worthy for another season of cricket, his captaincy and leadership is second to none, his knowledge and tactics in the field are a standard never seen before and he has built the greatest test side of any era over the past 5 years.
U name it, Steve has led from the front, his centuries in the Windies tours, his country saving knocks in the 99 world cup, his leadership in Sth Africa and making us unbeatable on home turf. At first I disagreed with the 30 man squad with him not being named but thought he wasn't in our best 12 but now when I think about it, he should be in that 12 ahead of Watson, Symonds or whoever the chosen all-rounder is as it's not just his skill but his presence and aggression he lays off on the field. When Steve first lost the one day role after leading a side who won 50 out of about there last 65 odd one dayers Ponting took over this unbeatable side and lost the series last year against NZ and Sth Africa, he redeemed himself on the Sth African tour but surely anyone could of led this great Australian one day side to victory at the time. I am sure Australia under pressure in the World Cup would prefer a Bevan- S Waugh combination than a Watson-Symonds combination digging Australia out of trouble.
The Queensland gauntlet of Border and Hohns has got to go, Symonds selection was poor, Maher's was warranted but since these clowns have rna things we seem to see Queenslanders popping up left right and centre, the excuses have been youth but when they select Bichel over a young pace bowler it is labelled as experience but when it's Ponting over Steve it is youth, If I was a New South Welshman Id be very bitter.
I heard Allan Border a couple of years ago about his record and they asked him about it being overtaken and he replied something along the lines that No-one wants there record to be overtaken and it sounded as if he interpreted it like the way Taylor retired on 334* equal with the Don is the same way his record should be. Steve Waugh is greater than Allan Border and always will be.
That ton off the last ball yesterday nearly brought a tear to my eye, in front of his home crowd, family and friends, in another pressure situation leading from the front summed up his great career, a fighter. It brought Australia to a stand still, I think the whole world barracked for Steve yesterday, he gave it back by producing an innings people couldn't of imagined happening.
P.S I think it shall make the KFC special moment today and also the Solo thirstcrusher flashback.
🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2002
- Posts
- 588
- Reaction score
- 109
- Location
- Sydney
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Green Bay Packers
Originally posted by Frosties_Flank
Not enough.
Trevor Hohns was heard to say in the members stand that Waugh has to make at least a double century to even have any consideration for the windies tour.
Sounds like BS to me. I doubt Hohns would be so stupid to say that outloud in the members stand! He'd get lynched!
i must say it is great to see all the steve waugh fans voicing themselves in recent posts. where have you guys been?
to be frank, this is the back to the wall, gritty fighter we will be missing when the heat is turned right up in the world cup.
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2002
- Posts
- 6,680
- Reaction score
- 1,117
- Location
- Perth
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Eagles
Originally posted by P0RT P0WER
Australia has a great test team, but when the pressures on we usually only have 1 player who digs us out of pressure situations.
He has done it continously over the past ten years, when we were three down yesterday only one man in Australia has the credentials of getting us back on track, his name is Steve Waugh, in one of his best pressure innings he turned a would of been a sour two days of cricket for Australia into a more even contest with a situation of powering ahead.
His knock was aggressive but experienced, he put the pressure back on England and proved yet again why he is worthy for another season of cricket, his captaincy and leadership is second to none, his knowledge and tactics in the field are a standard never seen before and he has built the greatest test side of any era over the past 5 years.
U name it, Steve has led from the front, his centuries in the Windies tours, his country saving knocks in the 99 world cup, his leadership in Sth Africa and making us unbeatable on home turf. At first I disagreed with the 30 man squad with him not being named but thought he wasn't in our best 12 but now when I think about it, he should be in that 12 ahead of Watson, Symonds or whoever the chosen all-rounder is as it's not just his skill but his presence and aggression he lays off on the field. When Steve first lost the one day role after leading a side who won 50 out of about there last 65 odd one dayers Ponting took over this unbeatable side and lost the series last year against NZ and Sth Africa, he redeemed himself on the Sth African tour but surely anyone could of led this great Australian one day side to victory at the time. I am sure Australia under pressure in the World Cup would prefer a Bevan- S Waugh combination than a Watson-Symonds combination digging Australia out of trouble.
The Queensland gauntlet of Border and Hohns has got to go, Symonds selection was poor, Maher's was warranted but since these clowns have rna things we seem to see Queenslanders popping up left right and centre, the excuses have been youth but when they select Bichel over a young pace bowler it is labelled as experience but when it's Ponting over Steve it is youth, If I was a New South Welshman Id be very bitter.
I heard Allan Border a couple of years ago about his record and they asked him about it being overtaken and he replied something along the lines that No-one wants there record to be overtaken and it sounded as if he interpreted it like the way Taylor retired on 334* equal with the Don is the same way his record should be. Steve Waugh is greater than Allan Border and always will be.
That ton off the last ball yesterday nearly brought a tear to my eye, in front of his home crowd, family and friends, in another pressure situation leading from the front summed up his great career, a fighter. It brought Australia to a stand still, I think the whole world barracked for Steve yesterday, he gave it back by producing an innings people couldn't of imagined happening.
P.S I think it shall make the KFC special moment today and also the Solo thirstcrusher flashback.
My thoughts almost exactly- agree about Symonds, but not Maher.
The thing is, it wasn't 'just' a century, forgetting everything else about it, the most important thing is that he hauled Australia's ass out of the fire convincingly and completely, against what was actually (shock horror gasp) some very good English bowling. Depending on what happens today, this could be one of the few times when a player could be said to have played a genuinely game turning innings- that alone must give selectors an awful lot to thing about.
But geez, a KFC special moment, *and* a Solo Thirstcrusher flashback? Thats a big call you know, since there can be few greater honors in cricket than taking out the vaunted "3 piece feed with a can'o'drink" award double... Spine tingling stuff.
Dare I suggest that he might even add a ridiculously overpriced piece of Ch 9 comemorative art to that honors list..
Originally posted by Mead
My thoughts almost exactly- agree about Symonds, but not Maher.
The thing is, it wasn't 'just' a century, forgetting everything else about it, the most important thing is that he hauled Australia's ass out of the fire convincingly and completely, against what was actually (shock horror gasp) some very good English bowling. Depending on what happens today, this could be one of the few times when a player could be said to have played a genuinely game turning innings- that alone must give selectors an awful lot to thing about.
But geez, a KFC special moment, *and* a Solo Thirstcrusher flashback? Thats a big call you know, since there can be few greater honors in cricket than taking out the vaunted "3 piece feed with a can'o'drink" award double... Spine tingling stuff.
Dare I suggest that he might even add a ridiculously overpriced piece of Ch 9 comemorative art to that honors list..
great post P0RT P0WER, well said and i agree with you 100%
also mead, very true, the english bowled very well. you only have to look at the top order scores, martyn's strike rate and Love's shaky stay to realise that.
the commerative limited edition of 10,000 "10,000 test runs" framed and signed photos will be available shortly, with the nice frame of course
the average joe having a casual glance at the cricket yesterday would surely be miffed if you told him that damian martyn is in the one day side yet steve waugh is not.