Aussie Summer of Cricket

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Some great bowling here. Jamal having a whale of a game - another 6 wicket haul

Pakistan have a 14 run lead

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Starc doing Starc things

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HOFF DOING HOFF THINGS

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Though TBF that was rubbish that didn't need playing at

[mariner4life]

lol 6 wickets in like 18 balls

[Chris B.]

Jamal's having a great game but, fuck me, that's some ball to bowl Shafique (once he found his line)!

...and now Hazelwood has Masood.

[Chris B.]

The commentators often go on about unplayable balls and you think - Sachin or Brian or Viv or Don would have played that comfortably.

But that Starc one reminds me of Fred Trueman cleaning up some kid.

On one occasion, a Cambridge University batsman, having just been dismissed, acknowledged him with the condescending compliment: "That was a very good ball, Mr Trueman". Trueman replied: "Aye, wasted on thee".

It was going to get most!

[KiwiMurph]

That is another soft soft dismissal

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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

That is another soft soft dismissal

Repeat

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W 0 W 0 W 0

Hazlewood stranded on 249 wickets

[Chris B.]

Boom! and thanks for coming!

[Chris B.]

Oz need 130 to win.

Khawaja lbw for 0 - pretty rough decision, really - ball just brushing the off stump for an umpires call - but, I seem to have seen quite a few of those in the past few weeks.

Davy's last test innings.

[Chris B.]

Dave and Marnus making no race of it.

50 for Davy.

Luckily Marnus has been going so well that 100 is beyond DW!

[Damo]

Davey has retired with a test average lower than Mark Richardson. (44.59 vs 44.77).

That makes me happy.

[MN5]

@Damo said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

Davey has retired with a test average lower than Mark Richardson. (44.59 vs 44.77).

That makes me happy.

If ever I need convincing that statistics don’t alway tell the full story I think this is it.

Disclaimer: I actually really like Rigor as a broadcaster and admired him hugely as a test batsman.

[NTA]

@Damo said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

Davey has retired with a test average lower than Mark Richardson. (44.59 vs 44.77).

That makes me happy.

I'm sure Mark would trade 0.18 per innings for a lousy 6000 or so runs extra ...

[MN5]

@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

@Damo said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

Davey has retired with a test average lower than Mark Richardson. (44.59 vs 44.77).

That makes me happy.

I'm sure Mark would trade 0.18 per innings for a lousy 6000 or so runs extra ...

Warner would be a shit host of the Block NZ though

[Duluth]

So Steve Smith suggested he could be the opener. Thoughts?

Since that Archer spell everyone bowls short at Smith when he comes in. That would likely stop.. or the opposition might waste the new ball

[KiwiMurph]

@Duluth gives them a way to get Cam Green back into the side.

[Chris]

@Duluth said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:

So Steve Smith suggested he could be the opener. Thoughts?

Since that Archer spell everyone bowls short at Smith when he comes in. That would likely stop.. or the opposition might waste the new ball

Not going to happen imo,he is not technically set up as an opener.
His hands are too loose any movement early and he is a snick for the slips.

I can not see Australia moving him from the no.4 spot.