Aussie Summer of Cricket
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@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Only the 23rd time it’s happened in tests.
I had to google Ian Colquhoun. He had an interesting test career - I wonder how he scored his run? Hopefully a blazing cover drive that someone miraculously stopped, rather than an edge onto his pad that trickled into vacant territory.
He did catch Len Hutton out twice so had something to tell the grandkids.
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@Chris-B said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Only the 23rd time it’s happened in tests.
I had to google Ian Colquhoun. He had an interesting test career - I wonder how he scored his run? Hopefully a blazing cover drive that someone miraculously stopped, rather than an edge onto his pad that trickled into vacant territory.
He did catch Len Hutton out twice so had something to tell the grandkids.
Looks like the responsibility of moving from 11 all the way up to 9 was too much to handle.
Kind of an early Southee if you wil..
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Whenever someone gets a pair I'm always reminded of Marvin Attapattu. Started with career with 5 ducks in his first 6 innings including two pairs and one a single run.
He went on to have a pretty handy career. Maybe we gave up on Ian Colquhoun too soon!
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@Cyclops said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Whenever someone gets a pair I'm always reminded of Marvin Attapattu. Started with career with 5 ducks in his first 6 innings including two pairs and one a single run.
He went on to have a pretty handy career. Maybe we gave up on Ian Colquhoun too soon!
Mark Waugh got four in a row and they called him Audi. Pretty amazing they persevered with him after that
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@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@Cyclops said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Whenever someone gets a pair I'm always reminded of Marvin Attapattu. Started with career with 5 ducks in his first 6 innings including two pairs and one a single run.
He went on to have a pretty handy career. Maybe we gave up on Ian Colquhoun too soon!
Mark Waugh got four in a row and they called him Audi. Pretty amazing they persevered with him after that
During that era, it was often harder to get out of the team than into it.
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
First ODI looking like a dud.
Windies 4 down after 15 overs
A 3rd test instead of these 3 ODIs would have been better in hindsight.
One of those series on pay TV only, so largely unwatched and uncared for anyway.
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@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@MN5 said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@Cyclops said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Whenever someone gets a pair I'm always reminded of Marvin Attapattu. Started with career with 5 ducks in his first 6 innings including two pairs and one a single run.
He went on to have a pretty handy career. Maybe we gave up on Ian Colquhoun too soon!
Mark Waugh got four in a row and they called him Audi. Pretty amazing they persevered with him after that
During that era, it was often harder to get out of the team than into it.
Especially if you were Steve’s brother….
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it's not ODI cricket's fault the Windies are hopelessly outmatched. They don't have the batting to compete with the Aus bowling. They've been humped in all 3 games.
If they set Aus 85 in a T20 they are getting humped equally as quickly.
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@nzzp said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
...and that is why ODI are dying. Once you lose a bunch o'wickets, the game is basically done.
T20 holds interest until way closer to the actual finish.This sucks, as I like ODI more than T20, but appreciate I am not paying the broadcaster bills
Not sure I agree. One bad over in T20 can ruin your night.
Agree entirely with @mariner4life
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
it's not ODI cricket's fault the Windies are hopelessly outmatched. They don't have the batting to compete with the Aus bowling. They've been humped in all 3 games.
If they set Aus 85 in a T20 they are getting humped equally as quickly.
What’s disappointing is that fans would’ve paid good money to watch 100 overs or thereabouts.
The teams should’ve played a t20 game for fun to give the fans something! -
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
They don't have the batting to compete with the Aus bowling
And it was hardly our best lineup of bowlers.
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@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
They don't have the batting to compete with the Aus bowling
And it was hardly our best lineup of bowlers.
Your depth in pace bowling is fucking insane at the moment
Spencer Johnson can't make a side FFS -
@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
it's not ODI cricket's fault the Windies are hopelessly outmatched. They don't have the batting to compete with the Aus bowling. They've been humped in all 3 games.
If they set Aus 85 in a T20 they are getting humped equally as quickly.
What’s disappointing is that fans would’ve paid good money to watch 100 overs or thereabouts.
The teams should’ve played a t20 game for fun to give the fans something!Not cheap either
I remember the Wold XI game in Hamilton where we rolled them so they played a 20-over
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
it's not ODI cricket's fault the Windies are hopelessly outmatched. They don't have the batting to compete with the Aus bowling. They've been humped in all 3 games.
If they set Aus 85 in a T20 they are getting humped equally as quickly.
What’s disappointing is that fans would’ve paid good money to watch 100 overs or thereabouts.
The teams should’ve played a t20 game for fun to give the fans something!Not cheap either
I remember the Wold XI game in Hamilton where we rolled them so they played a 20-over
It's Canberra. They'd just be happy to have something to do.
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@booboo said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@nzzp said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
...and that is why ODI are dying. Once you lose a bunch o'wickets, the game is basically done.
T20 holds interest until way closer to the actual finish.This sucks, as I like ODI more than T20, but appreciate I am not paying the broadcaster bills
Not sure I agree. One bad over in T20 can ruin your night.
Agree entirely with @mariner4life
My point is that it's rare before two thirds of a T20 is completed that it's not worth watching. So maybe a dozen overs left to play?
ODI can have a team deep in trouble, struggle to a mediocre total and then the opposition limp over the line. That can have hours of dead rubber play -like last night, with more runs.
I don't mind disagreeing on this, but it's the duration that costs ODI. Better game than T20, but if it goes wrong, it can be dire for a long time