Aussie Cricket
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@MajorRage said in Aussie Cricket:
@Chris-B you have to admire Aussie optimism.
When the opposition scores 622, there is no winning option. None whatsoever
Especially not given this batting lineup. They are poked, and their commentators are delusional
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@Chris-B said in Aussie Cricket:
Should've had The Waj for a duck, but Pant was a bit tired from his batting and grassed a pretty regulation caught behind - which might have put panic in the ranks.
Warnie is suggesting the only way Oz win is to declare 199 behind and hope Kohli will set them a target (or maybe they can bowl India out in two sessions).
I think the horse has bolted.
Winning 3-1 would be nice, but 2-1 will be fine.
You think they're capable of avoiding the follow on? ie, Can they score 423?
Do you reckon India would bother with setting a target?
My answers:
- probably not
- no way in hell
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
@Chris-B said in Aussie Cricket:
Should've had The Waj for a duck, but Pant was a bit tired from his batting and grassed a pretty regulation caught behind - which might have put panic in the ranks.
Warnie is suggesting the only way Oz win is to declare 199 behind and hope Kohli will set them a target (or maybe they can bowl India out in two sessions).
I think the horse has bolted.
Winning 3-1 would be nice, but 2-1 will be fine.
You think they're capable of avoiding the follow on? ie, Can they score 423?
Do you reckon India would bother with setting a target?
My answers:
- probably not
- no way in hell
2 shows. Shit and no.
When you are 2-1 up over the Aussies in a series, in Aussie ...
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Rare interview another step forward for Warner
Rare interview another step forward for Warner
David Warner's first public comments since Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft's controversial interviews barely raised a ripple – which is a good thing for him.
David Warner's first public comments since Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft's controversial interviews have reinforced how he is winning the PR battle of the Newlands trio.
Warner made a rare media appearance this week in Bangladesh, where he is playing in its national Twenty20 competition.
Though he would undoubtedly have been given a more thorough grilling in Australia, there was nothing sinister in the choice of location. Warner has spoken at every league he has played – from the NT Strike, to the Global T20 in Canada, Sydney grade cricket and now the Bangladesh Premier League.
The only news value from his unremarkable press conference was that he had spoken rather than what was said.
Selection for Australia was up to the selectors, he said. Being a father and husband was his priority, he said, and now that he is playing in Bangladesh his goal was to get his team to the top.
The interview barely raised a ripple at the SCG on Friday, in contrast to the hot reception given to Smith and Bancroft on Boxing Day and the days leading up to it.
That senior Cricket Australia figures are now noting how mature Warner has been is noteworthy in itself. There would hardly have been a tear shed at CA in April if Warner had tucked his bat under his arm and never come back.
Some are wondering if Warner, now under the management of James Erskine, who once had Greg Norman, Tiger Woods and Shane Warne on his books, is listening more to his advisors.
Warner's value to the national team grows with every day they take to the field as it becomes apparent how important he is to their chances of winning anything.
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@hydro11 said in Aussie Cricket:
Warner is getting credit for not making a dick of himself in an interview! That;s ridiculous. Hiring a PR person doesn't show maturity. It would show maturity if he didn't need one.
It all incrementally adds up to; he'll be back in Baggy Green.
CA is probably wishing that one of the banned three was a bowler that they'd be getting back...
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Marnus at 3.
Strange decision on the surface. Bring in a kid, who can help out with undeveloped leg spin, and bat him in a pivotal batting position in his 3rd test and first at home?
In a must win game?
No one else in all of Australia can bat 3? You give it to a project player?
Marnus is 0 from 6 balls at time of writing, so hopefully he scores big and exposes me to be a doubting thomas
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@Siam said in Aussie Cricket:
Marnus at 3.
Strange decision on the surface. Bring in a kid, who can help out with undeveloped leg spin, and bat him in a pivotal batting position in his 3rd test and first at home?
In a must win game?
No one else in all of Australia can bat 3? You give it to a project player?
Marnus is 0 from 6 balls at time of writing, so hopefully he scores big and exposes me to be a doubting thomas
At 236 for 6 and Labuschagne with the second highest score...it suddenly looks a good decision!
If I am India, I'm still not setting them less than 500 in three sessions!
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@Chris-B said in Aussie Cricket:
@Siam said in Aussie Cricket:
Marnus at 3.
Strange decision on the surface. Bring in a kid, who can help out with undeveloped leg spin, and bat him in a pivotal batting position in his 3rd test and first at home?
In a must win game?
No one else in all of Australia can bat 3? You give it to a project player?
Marnus is 0 from 6 balls at time of writing, so hopefully he scores big and exposes me to be a doubting thomas
At 236 for 6 and Labuschagne with the second highest score...it suddenly looks a good decision!
If I am India, I'm still not setting them less than 500 in three sessions!
Make the fuckers follow on ... unless your bowlers are too precious and you have to save them for the T20 in a month's time ...
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@booboo nup, wrong again 😉
Bat again till day 5 then bask in 7 hours in the sunshine at work thinking about your lifetime of having your whole country love you to pieces for ever. You know, a Stephen Donald like existence😁
But seriously bat again, it's entirely in the spirit of cricket, and this series win is HUGE for a billion people
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@Siam said in Aussie Cricket:
@booboo nup, wrong again 😉
Bat again till day 5 then bask in 7 hours in the sunshine at work thinking about your lifetime of having your whole country love you to pieces for ever. You know, a Stephen Donald like existence😁
But seriously bat again, it's entirely in the spirit of cricket, and this series win is HUGE for a billion people
Just throwing out some rancid bait.
If they had to win I'd want them to enforce.
But given a draw is fine and they'll lead by 3 hundy go ahead and pad the averages and piss the Aussies off
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Everyone decided to head to the pub by the looks. Rain and more rain forecast. India win 2-1. Once they tweaked a couple of selections - particularly the opening bats - they just had too much.
Our bowlers had a sniff with some help from the deck in Perth, but the bowlers didn't have enough discipline in Melbourne on a less variable wicket, where India did.
When the batsmen crumbled, the bowlers ended up spending too much time in the middle, and their line and length got worse. Sure, Warner and Smith are worth runs, but it is sad that Australian cricket has been reduced to the point where two batsmen are the difference between winning and losing.
The record books will say 2-1 but it could really have a 4-zip.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
Everyone decided to head to the pub by the looks. Rain and more rain forecast. India win 2-1. Once they tweaked a couple of selections - particularly the opening bats - they just had too much.
Our bowlers had a sniff with some help from the deck in Perth, but the bowlers didn't have enough discipline in Melbourne on a less variable wicket, where India did.
When the batsmen crumbled, the bowlers ended up spending too much time in the middle, and their line and length got worse. Sure, Warner and Smith are worth runs, but it is sad that Australian cricket has been reduced to the point where two batsmen are the difference between winning and losing.
The record books will say 2-1 but it could really have a 4-zip.
Is that the first time India has won a series in Oz?
