Aussie Summer of Cricket
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@KiwiMurph Bottom line, it was given out.
But 1. no clear evidence that it was the band. 2. The third umpire took about five minutes to make that decision.
If there is that much doubt, the benefit of the doubt should be given to the batsman and the onfield umpire.
But hey, the video official is king these days
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@sparky said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
But 1. no clear evidence that it was the band. 2. The third umpire took about five minutes to make that decision.
The third umpire took about 5 minutes because it essentially decided the test. We'll have to agree to disagree. To me there was ample evidence to be given out.
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@sparky said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
2023 has been a superb year for Australian cricket. Another trophy for them.
A shame that we were denied an exciting finish there but I think the advantage was always with Australia. Clearly the better side.
Australia beating Pakistan at home is hardly a massive surprise to be fair
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Test cricket would be far better off with more contests like that.
The best side in the world challenged on home soil by a team that isn't one of the Big 3 on a pitch that offers plenty for both batsmen and bowlers where neither side got away from the other.
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Test cricket would be far better off with more contests like that.
The best side in the world challenged on home soil by a team that isn't one of the Big 3 on a pitch that offers plenty for both batsmen and bowlers where neither side got away from the other.
……and it’s Test cricket. The ultimate form of the game. Not some shits and giggles vs Bangladesh ( but I will concede they have improved out of sight and their fans seem a fun bunch )
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I'm finding the chorus of Australian current and former players fearing for the future of Test cricket very distasteful. The South African team to NZ has them all very concerned about the "pinnacle" of cricket.
Yeah Aussies, how dare these other guys not prioritise Tests over T20s. Which is a very easy fucking thing to say when you get paid a million a year to play Test cricket for Australia.
And it is so refreshing to hear these Aussies wanting to save test cricket. So how about you come to the party a bit? how about you play decent, meaningful series against other teams? including at their home for once. How about you don't just claim the southern summer as your own, ensuring that you only play at home during the best parts of season. Fuck i can only imagine the howls if the Aussies played Boxing Day in South Africa.
You all talk a good game, but really you don't give a flying fuck as long as you get your Ashes Tours and your Indian series. Suck one.
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Generally agree that The Big Three need to do more, however:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
paid a million a year to play Test cricket for Australia.
... Fuck i can only imagine the howls if the Aussies played Boxing Day in South Africa.
These things are directly related, right?
MCG 100k + Victorian government support
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Wanderers 34k and getting paid in Rand.... -
so, effectively, it's "we've got more money than you, so fuck you, up your game"?
and that 100k on boxing day may be true for England or India, but not anyone else, and that crowd drops away very fast on December 27th
I'm not saying they should move it. Nor do i think they have any moral obligation to "do more" i just find the pile on hugely hypocritical
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
so, effectively, it's "we've got more money than you, so fuck you, up your game"?
welcome to International Cricket.
I love Test cricket, and I am sure it will find a way to survive. It's what the players generally want to play - if money isn't an issue. This seems to be mainly a scheduling screw up by SA - their players are contracted to the IPL owned teams in SA, who are obliged to play the local tournament. They wanted to reschedule; NZ did not. SA should not have scheduled a test when their players weren't available.
What I don't know is if this is the thin end of the wedge, wiht franchise cricket trumping internationals outside the IPL. I'd be surprised if it stacks up financially - but who knows. All NZ can do is destroy the touring team (fingers crossed) and see what happens.
Australia and England spent decades organising international cricket to suit themselves, so I have little sympathy when they're getting it back covered in rupees. NZ and the other minnows are realistically just getting dragged along with the power plays of the bigger associations.
