Aussie Cricket
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
Kane did that in an ODI against Bangladesh. It was a nothing game and a nothing innings that meant nothing.
Warner's innings was truly historic. He did something that has never been done in a test match in Australia. If he tried to slog sweep a ball on middle stump on the last ball before lunch I'd agree with you, but what he did was pretty reasonable IMO.
Just because Aussie weren't playing doesn't make it a nothing innings & a nothing game
Kane's conversion rate in ODIs could do with some improving so I was very keen for him to hit the ton.But, fair enough, I wasn't watching so don't have a feel for the atmosphere at the time. But it's pretty obvious some players focus more on themselves than the team, I don't think Kane or your own Smith would be concerned enough about "scoring a ton in a session" (which is impressive but hardly out of this world) that they would farm the strike on the first morning of a test with anyone other then a tail ender at the other end.
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I see your point, but I think what he did was OK. He only did it once, wasn't like he was doing it for overs in advance.
It's not too uncommon to see a batsmen try and reach their ton in the last over of a session, so as not to have it hanging over them for ages.
Warner was just doing that. Opting for an easy 2 instead of a hard 3 is not ideal, but hardly unforgiveable in that context. Much better than pushing for a very hard 2 to get back on strike, putting his wicket in danger.
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
"scoring a ton in a session" (which is impressive but hardly out of this world)
Doing it in the first session of a test match is rare
5th Batsmen to score century before lunch on the first day of a Test. David Warner became the latest to join Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan to achieve this feat. The last such instance was more than 40 years ago when Majid did it against New Zealand in Karachi in October 1976. The first three were all before World War II. -
@Duluth I'm surprised Sehwag isn't on that list given the way he played and the lifeless pitches he often batted on.
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@Duluth said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
"scoring a ton in a session" (which is impressive but hardly out of this world)
Doing it in the first session of a test match is rare
5th Batsmen to score century before lunch on the first day of a Test.And I think the first to do it in Australia?
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
Kane did that in an ODI against Bangladesh. It was a nothing game and a nothing innings that meant nothing.
Warner's innings was truly historic. He did something that has never been done in a test match in Australia. If he tried to slog sweep a ball on middle stump on the last ball before lunch I'd agree with you, but what he did was pretty reasonable IMO.
Yep, giving up one run against a crappy Pakistani team is hardly going to make a difference. What annoys me more is when declarations are delayed by a few overs just to allow a batsman to achieve a milestone.
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That was awesome. Thunder need 5 from he last ball and Morgan slaps it for 6. Epic.
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Lynn and Baz just tore Perth a new one. Baz 50 from 31 balls and playing 2nd fiddle to Lynn who belted 11 sixes to finish 98 from 49. Awesome hitting.
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
Lynn and Baz just tore Perth a new one. Baz 50 from 31 balls and playing 2nd fiddle to Lynn who belted 11 sixes to finish 98 from 49. Awesome hitting.
Bloody foreign imports, denying our man a century
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Shane Watson may be a tool, and an ordinary test player, but shit he's a handy T20 player. Great bowling last night backed up with some huge hitting to keep his side "alive".
