Aussie Cricket
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You hear the death knell of test cricket every now and again but then you get an awesome spectacle or an amazing performance ( Trent Boult ) and the talk ceases. I don't reckon it's in any danger.
Also @NTA didn't realise you'd gone to the game, radio said Mitch Marsh got abused by the Aussie crowd when he lined up to bowl.
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@Damo said in Aussie Cricket:
This is a pretty ordinary excuse for a test match so far. Dead pitch, uninspiring batting and impenetrative bowling.
This has draw written all over it.
Further to my previous comment.
I still believe that a players test record ultimately decides where he ( sorry SJWs I don't follow women's cricket ) sits in the echelon of greats of the game going back to all the classic old names like Bradman, WG Grace, Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond etc. Any fluffybunny can have his day in the sun top edging a bunch of sixes or alternatively getting a bunch of wickets when those edges become catches in the shorter forms......
But dominating the test arena decides where they sit in the pantheon of greats.
I hope that never, EVER changes and test cricket lives forever.
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I'll just leave this here. Some good points about some of the claims, that fuels my Warner like screaming hatred for the Aussie Cricket Team Elite Arrogance
Australia were far and away the funniest cricket team in 2018 – but who was their MVP?
The story of international cricket in 2018 is really just all the stuff that happened with Australia. This seems a bit narrow and exclusive for an end-of-year retrospective, so we thought we'd instead focus on all the funny things that happened in 2018 to try and broaden it out a bit. Having taken...
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@nzzp said in Aussie Cricket:
I'll just leave this here. Some good points about some of the claims, that fuels my Warner like screaming hatred for the Aussie Cricket Team Elite Arrogance
Australia were far and away the funniest cricket team in 2018 – but who was their MVP?
The story of international cricket in 2018 is really just all the stuff that happened with Australia. This seems a bit narrow and exclusive for an end-of-year retrospective, so we thought we'd instead focus on all the funny things that happened in 2018 to try and broaden it out a bit. Having taken...
Nice @nzzp
Went down some rabbit holes following some of their links. Quite entertaining.
(They do seem to have forgotten/neglected the SBW stuff, which reflected more poorly on SA, but was a contributing factor in the ridiculousness of DW.)
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
@Damo only way we can win it is run down India before lunch on day 4 then push into a leaf and try to rip them out on a wearing deck
Test cricket?
Just on my point here.
Think some of the pitch whinging has been a bit OTT.
Yeah the pitch is a bit dodgy but surely grinding out a decent first innings in a test is what test cricket actually is? Just coz it's not 360 for 8 on day one doesn't mean it's not good cricket.
I'll admit the Rahane lbw to Lyon was next to unplayable. But it's test cricket.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
India dawdle to 7 declared for just shy of 450. Kohli wasn't going to expose his bowlers to more short stuff, and fair enough IMHO. Tricky 7 overs negotiated down to 6 after young bloke got rapped on the helm.
Aussie start again tomorrow at
0/88/0Fixed it for you. In future can you try and remember you're on a New Zealand forum. Cheers.
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