Test Series V The West Indies

[frankrizzo]

Still might be tough work to get these last 2 wickets(as the windies will tell you)

Rampaul and roach can both bat and we seem to have given up on getting chanders out.

I would be happy with a 100-120 run lead.

 

[aussierulesrules]

What the hell was Ryan Harris doing at first slip?

Did he get lost there on the way down to 3rd man or something?

Nearly dropped a bit of a sitter there for our first wicket of the innings!

 

[Ducky Tie]

What the hell was Ryan Harris doing at first slip?

Did he get lost there on the way down to 3rd man or something?

Nearly dropped a bit of a sitter there for our first wicket of the innings!

Punter was off the field and Harris fields at 1st slip for Queensland(shield final). Cowan has fielded there as well so he could have done it I guess. A bit surprising Watto didn't go to 1st and Harro the third though.

 

[red+black]

Shiv is 34 off 10,000 career runs. Needs to get to 82.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/223646.html

Average over 50 yet will have the worst average for those in the 10k club. Also has the least centuries.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

Rampaul out 9/186

 

[Kram]

Come on fellas wind this up ffs.

 

[Phone]

tbf since hilf and starc have come on we actually look like doing it. Roach keeps on swinging and missing to hilf and starc has had a couple of close lbw's.

 

[Kram]

And on cue there goes Chanderpaul, nice delivery.

 

[Phone]

tbf since hilf and starc have come on we actually look like doing it. Roach keeps on swinging and missing to hilf and starc has had a couple of close lbw's.

yep. nice little spell from starc there. bar that horrible ball the ball before the wicket

wonderful innings from shiv

 

[frankrizzo]

220 should make the game safe, hopefully the top 6 actually does their job and we don't have squeeze the runs from the tail again.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

FFS. Right before the lunch break? Top order is full of brainless nuffies.

 

[Kram]

Geez Cowan.

 

[frankrizzo]

marshmallow top order...

 

[dajesmac]

Pretty shaky innings from Cowan. Needs a fifty to his name from here though, or his careers in real trouble.

 

[Borisdog]

Having a bit of a closer look at old mate Shillingford - he's another one of these "slightly dodgy, bowl with the back of my hand facing the batsman type bowler" .

Jeez there's a few of these blokes about - and it's not their fault, the rules say it's all OK.

I'll be a little sad the day one of these types gets a gig with the Australian XI. Even the POMS have resisted this so far and I really think it's a problem. A lot of these blokes wouldn't have got through U16's here without being called, but Shillingford's far from the worst.

What do you lot think?

 

[MisterMarcus]

Imploding a bit at the end once again, 6/196 now.

Wade given for 4 so expect the Usual Suspects who were very quiet yesterday to be all over here in 3...2....1.....

 

[djrossie16]

Can't believe anyone's action is suspect after Murali to be honest.

 

[frankrizzo]

What do you lot think?

I think that what many of us feared has come to pass, murali was cleared for political reasons and now the floodgates are open.

We don't have any real power in the cricket world anymore so all we can do is accept that chucking is now part of the game and teach our offies to throw the ball, it's either that or we get left behind while fighting a cause nobody with any real power gives two shits about.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Horrid wickets all round. Only batsman to consistently do any good this series is Chanderpaul.

Heard Peter Siddle interviewed yesterday. He was looking forward to bowling at Barbados as he heard it was the home of fast bowling. We he got there he saw something entirely different.

 

[Torz]

Having a bit of a closer look at old mate Shillingford - he's another one of these "slightly dodgy, bowl with the back of my hand facing the batsman type bowler" .

Jeez there's a few of these blokes about - and it's not their fault, the rules say it's all OK.

I'll be a little sad the day one of these types gets a gig with the Australian XI. Even the POMS have resisted this so far and I really think it's a problem. A lot of these blokes wouldn't have got through U16's here without being called, but Shillingford's far from the worst.

What do you lot think?

When you bowl with such a scrambled seam, you're doing something different to legitimate off-spin bowling to turn it that much. If you see how Lyon presents the seam, it's obvious why he's getting it to turn.

Try bowling a normal action with a scrambled seam, it won't do as much as a perfect seam. Then again - the pitch could just be a raging turner that doesn't really care how you get the ball down there. Any spin will turn. Which might be the case, seeing as even Hilfy's slower ball 'off-cutter' was gripping.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Spritely start this morning

 

[Ducky Tie]

Don't need any more but hopefully we can get 50 odd. Get our bowlers tails up.

Ian Healy on sen in about 30 mins, should be good listening to how Wade is a good future player but Haddin is still the number 1 man for the job(I'm aware how much that sounds like what Clarke said).

Edit. Yes Starc!

 

[The Falcon Strike]

this ball is leaping off the pitch - wouldn't be surprised to see lyon open with hilf

 

[The Falcon Strike]

"Starc" difference in bounec there - Starc doing the right thing throwing the bat

You aint going to last long on this pitch

 

[The Falcon Strike]

FFS - that's a howler - not within a foot of the bat