Aussie Cricket

[MN5]

@gollum said in Aussie Cricket:

ICC have named their teams of the year too...

ICC Test Team of the Year 2016 1 David Warner, 2 Alastair Cook (capt), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Joe Root, 5 Adam Voges, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Ben Stokes, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Rangana Herath, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Dale Steyn, 12 Steven Smith

ICC ODI Team of the Year 2016 1 David Warner, 2 Quinton de Kock, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Mitchell Marsh, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Sunil Narine, 12 Imran Tahir

Some slighty odd calls in the test side...tho the voting period was September 2015 to 2016, so Kohli missing out to Voges maybe makes sense, ditto Kane for Pujara, or Warner for .. anyone at all

Mitchell Marsh ??????

Way to ruin @NTAs Xmas.....

[NTA]

Way to fuck up using my handle, too.

I like a good laugh around Christmas. Marsh getting into team-of-anything is a good one.

[gollum]

@NTA

To be fair that period (sep - sep) is probably the best he will ever play -

All-round records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

[NTA]

Yep. That's the peak. Either side is a chasm

[gollum]

@NTA

You could build a great team out of Aussies who should have played a 100 tests in the 90's but all time greats were in the way & another of Aussies were hyped beyond all reason in the 20teens who got capped because no one at all was in the way.

Cough Ashton Agar. And every other spinner who wasn't Lyon.

[MN5]

@gollum said in Aussie Cricket:

@NTA

To be fair that period (sep - sep) is probably the best he will ever play -

All-round records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

He did plunder runs against a ferocious black caps attack.

Ferocious might be exaggerating a bit.

[booboo]

Lyon on inside the hour?

16 without loss

[Donsteppa]

Spin in the first hour and they fall for it after three deliveries.

[No Quarter]

Azhar Ali hits 205*, he's had a hell of a 2016, fashioning a very impressive record as a test opener for Pakistan. I don't think Pakistan were the complete walkover people made them out to be in NZ. We played some quality cricket to put them away so comfortably.

[NTA]

Change of wicket over here caught them on the hop, but they're gritty

[booboo]

Warner and Waj cruising

[booboo]

Davey Dumdum falls victim to evidence of a vaguely lukewarm spot (certainly not a hot spot) and a spi (not a spike) on snicko.

[NTA]

@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:

Davey Dumdum falls victim to evidence of a vaguely lukewarm spot (certainly not a hot spot) and a spi (not a spike) on snicko.

As far as compelling evidence to overturn a decision goes, it was puzzling.

[booboo]

@NTA yeah nah. Was in the end quite conclusive. Just neither in and of themselves massively obvious. Combined it was damning.

[mimic]

Pakistan collapsing again.. lol

[Donsteppa]

For the supposedly #2 ranked team in the world, on form this summer Pakistan have two opening batsmen and nine lemons.

Imagine scoring a double century & a 43 and your team losing by an innings...

[NTA]

Couple of old lions in that team need retiring. Some good young players though

[NTA]

Fucking hell. Chris Lynn just hit Shaun Tait onto the roof of the Gabba in BBL

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:

Fucking hell. Chris Lynn just hit Shaun Tait onto the roof of the Gabba in BBL

Just saw that. Has to be some kind of record?

[NTA]

Hard to estimate the distance when a building gets in the way, but they're saying 125m which is a record (previous best 117m)

Ball left the bat around 161km/h