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@Godder said in Other Cricket:
@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
@booboo said in Other Cricket:
Legend.
He’ll be gutted he never got the ton
Great cricketer, perfect foil for paddles.
Not many sportsmen nearly die on their debuts.And, like Sir Don, he was out for a golden duck in his last innings!
I hate to be that person, but I will. Actually, who am I kidding - I love being that guy.
The Don was out for a second-ball duck...
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I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?
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@Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:
I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?
He got four ducks in a row vs Sri Lanka.
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@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:
I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?
He got four ducks in a row vs Sri Lanka.
Thanks. Between you and me, saying it's because he got four ducks didn't help me one bit. I couldn't work out what ducks had to do with Audi! Then google came to the rescue.
I am from Christchurch.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:
I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?
He got four ducks in a row vs Sri Lanka.
Thanks. Between you and me, saying it's because he got four ducks didn't help me one bit. I couldn't work out what ducks had to do with Audi! Then google came to the rescue.
I am from Christchurch.
So am I, but even I managed to work that one out... (unlike the above golden duck mistake - will just have to settle with sharing a duck in the last innings).
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England rolled by the Windies again on a pretty green deck.
The ball that got Root was a beauty, as was the team catch in the slips.
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@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
England rolled by the Windies again on a pretty green deck.
The ball that got Root was a beauty, as was the team catch in the slips.
Windies at 30 without loss at stumps. Looks a tough pitch to bat on so England aren't out of it.
I've been enjoying this series, nice see West Indian quicks with their tails up. England played 3 wicket keepers and just as well because one has already been injured.
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@KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:
Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.
They've got more shots, but less "technique" if that makes any sense. The scourge of T20 cricket?
It makes Kohli and Williamson stand out even more (Steve Smith is the outlier there)
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@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:
Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.
They've got more shots, but less "technique" if that makes any sense. The scourge of T20 cricket?
It makes Kohli and Williamson stand out even more (Steve Smith is the outlier there)
Smith's technique is odd but he matches KW in that he plays the ball late - too many Guptills out there, plant the feet and swing the bat at the line of the ball (before it moves off the seam or swings late).
But someone like Moeen Ali ends up as a test batsmen (was batting at 3 until recently) who basically plants his feet and hits through the line. He made 50 today but that's purely due to luck - he gives the bowling side so many chances that he is never in or out of form - it just comes down to chance. He has a great eye, and can score fast .. Bairstow and Buttler are similar in that English side.
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@KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:
Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.
They've got more shots, but less "technique" if that makes any sense. The scourge of T20 cricket?
It makes Kohli and Williamson stand out even more (Steve Smith is the outlier there)
Smith's technique is odd but he matches KW in that he plays the ball late - too many Guptills out there, plant the feet and swing the bat at the line of the ball (before it moves off the seam or swings late).
But someone like Moeen Ali ends up as a test batsmen (was batting at 3 until recently) who basically plants his feet and hits through the line. He made 50 today but that's purely due to luck - he gives the bowling side so many chances that he is never in or out of form - it just comes down to chance. He has a great eye, and can score fast .. Bairstow and Buttler are similar in that English side.
I'm not sure what you're including in these day but a decade ago or maybe more we had journalists breathlessly exhorting the declining importance of footwork as Sehwag plundered triple and double tons with a stand and deliver approach. The second coming of Matthew Hayden was similar.
I feel like there was a period from the late nineties until recently where pitches got better for batting, there weren't many elite swing bowlers (as everyone chased express pace bowlers and mystery spinners) and batting averages crept up while technique declined. Perhaps that's what is causing the decline in averages now as some elite bowlers have popped up and there's a reaction to flat decks.
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Windies wrap up the Poms....
Whisper it quietly but they might be on the way back.
Also Jason Holder is now test crickets number one all rounder. First time someone from the Windies has been there since Gary Sobers in 1974 which surprised me a bit. I guess all their legends are generally very much batsmen or bowlers. Not both.
Good on him though, he's come a long way since Adam Voges padded his average to ridiculous levels against a terrible WI team.
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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Would love to see (and be slightly scared by
) the West Indies rising again. After growing up on the 86/87 version an onwards, watching their decline was disappointing.The Holding-Ambrose-Richards WI were fearsome and the most exciting cricket team on the planet. They seemed to have a conveyor belt of quicks back then
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@canefan said in Other Cricket:
@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Would love to see (and be slightly scared by
) the West Indies rising again. After growing up on the 86/87 version an onwards, watching their decline was disappointing.The Holding-Ambrose-Richards WI were fearsome and the most exciting cricket team on the planet. They seemed to have a conveyor belt of quicks back then
Pedantic alert.
Did Ambrose and Richards/Holding play together at all ? Don't think so....
Yes trying to pick their four best ever quicks would be hard work.
I'd maybe go Marshall, Ambrose, Holding, Garner.....
Loads of fucken good others miss out.
Stuff
BBC SPORT | Cricket | 1948 - Bradman's final innings duck
Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series - Wikipedia
