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@rotated said in Aussie Cricket:
@mn5 said in Aussie Cricket:
Anyone remember when we toured there in 93 and Australia's entire top 7 all got at least one century each in the series ?
Christ on a bike. Horrible times.
Pretty sure this series was on TV3? Was pretty young but remember a lot of Dipak Patel batting as a legitimate top 7 batsman (which made sense to me as young tacker because he was batting 3 or 4 for Auckland when we would watch him at the Outer Oval). Also remember a shit tonne of Tim May who seemed average even to my uneducated eye yet seemed to be giving our team fits.
Half-decent trivia question from that series though, as you said the top seven for Australia all scored centuries in absolutely smashing us, who scored the most runs in that series?
Pretty sure I was on study leave in 6th form so needless to say watched every ball on TV3.
Top seven off the top of my head was Tubby, Slats, Boony, Afghanistan, Captain Grumpy, Tugga and Heals. In other words hands down the best lineup of the 90s......one that only got stronger when Hayden, Langer, Ponting and Gilly came in.
Complete wild guess as to who got the most, maybe Boon?
I also remember McGrath debuting and fairly sure Dipak Patel batted way higher than he should have....
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It's been a really absorbing day. Just watched two hours of Kohli and Pujara vs Lyon, Starc,Hazelwood and Cummins, and it was brilliant. Hard graft from the bats, good discipline from the bowlers.
Ended with Pujara tickling one down the leg side off Starc. Almost felt like an anti climax.
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@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
Fuck that was a rough call on Kohli IMHO. Decision was hardly conclusive, so the TMO must have been pissed off to have to back that up
If you want some decent cricket feel free to flick the channel. Black Caps going good.
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India have done everything but get a wicket in this bowling performance. Really good bowling, fast, accurate, doing a bit - but catches going down and some luck means the Aussies are 33/0, adn 70 or so ahead. Probably game over ... but who can tell any more
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Aussie are miles ahead of the game at the moment. Chasing anything above 200 against that attack is going to be a nearly impossible task.
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@no-quarter I'm not sure about that. The demons that were in the wicket Day 1 seem to have abided.
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@nzzp said in Aussie Cricket:
Also wanted to say I had no issues with Kohli being given out by umpires. The TMO didn't have enough to overturn, and foreshortening effects make all those catches look dodgy. All you want is consistency in those decisions.
But what is consistency in those decisions? You are going to get different decisions because there will be different TMO’s. Those close up shots have been enough to turn a decision like that.
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@act-crusader the term "conclusive" being subject to debate
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This has been one of the best test matches I've seen in recent years.
The pitch has a bit in it for everyone, and both bowling attacks have been fantastic.
It just means every run counts, and a century is a real achievement to be savoured - unlike on some flat deck in Brisbane where both teams score 600.
Kohli's ton was a belter, all guts and heaaaaaart. Yeah he's a flog but fuck me he can wield a stick.
I've got us just ahead at this point - a handy tail wag could put the lead above 250, which would be a very hard chase indeed.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
Yeah he's a total flog but fuck me he can wield a stick.
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Finch's finger is OK (pussy - walk it off) so he could come out to bat at the fall of next wicket.
If Paine and The Waj can hang around to get us to 220 in front, Finch could step in and have a whack along with the bowlers, and I reckon 250 might be a bit much to chase - even over 5 sessions - given fielding conditions are good and The Goat can pin down an end.
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