Aussie Cricket
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Warner and Waj cruising
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Davey Dumdum falls victim to evidence of a vaguely lukewarm spot (certainly not a hot spot) and a spi (not a spike) on snicko.
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
Davey Dumdum falls victim to evidence of a vaguely lukewarm spot (certainly not a hot spot) and a spi (not a spike) on snicko.
As far as compelling evidence to overturn a decision goes, it was puzzling.
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Pakistan collapsing again.. lol
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For the supposedly #2 ranked team in the world, on form this summer Pakistan have two opening batsmen and nine lemons.
Imagine scoring a double century & a 43 and your team losing by an innings...
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Couple of old lions in that team need retiring. Some good young players though
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Fucking hell. Chris Lynn just hit Shaun Tait onto the roof of the Gabba in BBL
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
Fucking hell. Chris Lynn just hit Shaun Tait onto the roof of the Gabba in BBL
Just saw that. Has to be some kind of record?
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Hard to estimate the distance when a building gets in the way, but they're saying 125m which is a record (previous best 117m)
Ball left the bat around 161km/h
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@NTA It was an awesome strike. Had to laugh when he winked at Baz afterwards. 104m hit from McCullum and then Lynn says "I can do better than that" and did.
Heat are now my Big Bash team (mainly because of Dan and Baz but Lynn is just great to watch.
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He was in similar form last year but missed our T20 side. Madness
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It's Lynn-sanity all over again! That was a beaut of a shot. Surely he'll make your T20 side this year @NTA? Who's likely to be keeping him out? The big show etc??
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@Paekakboyz said in Aussie Cricket:
It's Lynn-sanity all over again! That was a beaut of a shot. Surely he'll make your T20 side this year @NTA? Who's likely to be keeping him out? The big show etc??
The Big No can go get fucked. Twat.
Lynn has to be there. His form is irresistible, even if they Thunder dropped him three times.
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Yeah Lynn will be there for sure. Played for Oz a bit last year, but didn't make the World Cup squad.
It's so volatile, you just have to reward the form players. Last year it was Watto, Khawaja, Marsh brothers, Zampa.
Think it will be a pretty different team this year, especially with our test side in India.
Maxwell would be in my team though, he's a great player. So much natural talent.
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Maxwell is super dangerous in T20s, he only has to come off for 5-10 overs and it's all over.
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His recent form might suggest otherwise.
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Warner pumps a century before lunch on Day 1 vs Pakistan. Never seen anything like it.
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Beautiful timing. Miss warner scoring runs, turn it on to see him nick out. Fuck off David
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His innings could determine the fate of the Test. Although the Pakis don't look terribly interested.
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Benign pitch, but you're right, Pakistan look like they've got a foot on the plane already. I expect Australia to bat once
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Our batting lineup is still so fragile though.
Can't remember a period where we rely on one or two players as much as we do now. If Warner and Smith fire, we win. If they don't, we lose.
Renshaw and Handscomb are coming along nicely (though thanks to Warner they've never been in under any real pressure), and Khawaja is in good touch too. But none have the game breaking ability that Smith and Warner do.
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Not bad players to rely on though
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True.
Renshaw brings up a brilliant century, so happy for him. Held down an end while Warner was going bananas, and then pushed on in the afternoon. And then got clonked on the helmet in the 90s, but it didn't phase him.
This is a big partnership now. Pakistan have done well to hang in there, and another wicket here brings them right back into the game. But if Handscomb and Renshaw push on and take it to 3/300 then it could be lights out.
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After being soundly beaten by, ahem, the Black Caps....is it any wonder in the slightest Pakistan are I the position they are in?
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This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
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Yeah. Shame Cricinfo don't keep stats on Top Bloke, eh?
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
Yeah. Shame Cricinfo don't keep stats on Top Bloke, eh?
They should keep stats on "acted like a cock". Kohli and Warner would be miles ahead
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But yeah it is a shame they don't keep stats on Top Bloke. Black Caps would then sit in their rightful position of #1 ranked team instead of you bastard Aussies...
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
Kane did that in an ODI against Bangladesh. It was a nothing game and a nothing innings that meant nothing.
Warner's innings was truly historic. He did something that has never been done in a test match in Australia. If he tried to slog sweep a ball on middle stump on the last ball before lunch I'd agree with you, but what he did was pretty reasonable IMO.
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
People need to lay of Warner. He seems a bit of a dick but he's certainly no Brad Haddin.
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
They should keep stats on "acted like a cock". Kohli and Warner would be miles ahead
Yeah. On the other hand: record-breaking ton in front of your home crowd, putting an already struggling attack to the sword, and setting up the game for your team.
With the added bonus of not having to sit through lunch stuck in the 90s.
Now, stand back while I trigger @Virgil
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
Kane did that in an ODI against Bangladesh. It was a nothing game and a nothing innings that meant nothing.
Warner's innings was truly historic. He did something that has never been done in a test match in Australia. If he tried to slog sweep a ball on middle stump on the last ball before lunch I'd agree with you, but what he did was pretty reasonable IMO.
Just because Aussie weren't playing doesn't make it a nothing innings & a nothing game Kane's conversion rate in ODIs could do with some improving so I was very keen for him to hit the ton.
But, fair enough, I wasn't watching so don't have a feel for the atmosphere at the time. But it's pretty obvious some players focus more on themselves than the team, I don't think Kane or your own Smith would be concerned enough about "scoring a ton in a session" (which is impressive but hardly out of this world) that they would farm the strike on the first morning of a test with anyone other then a tail ender at the other end.
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I see your point, but I think what he did was OK. He only did it once, wasn't like he was doing it for overs in advance.
It's not too uncommon to see a batsmen try and reach their ton in the last over of a session, so as not to have it hanging over them for ages.
Warner was just doing that. Opting for an easy 2 instead of a hard 3 is not ideal, but hardly unforgiveable in that context. Much better than pushing for a very hard 2 to get back on strike, putting his wicket in danger.
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
"scoring a ton in a session" (which is impressive but hardly out of this world)
Doing it in the first session of a test match is rare
5th Batsmen to score century before lunch on the first day of a Test. David Warner became the latest to join Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan to achieve this feat. The last such instance was more than 40 years ago when Majid did it against New Zealand in Karachi in October 1976. The first three were all before World War II.
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@Duluth I'm surprised Sehwag isn't on that list given the way he played and the lifeless pitches he often batted on.
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I love watching Warner bat. For some reason I find myself warming to him as well.
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@Hooroo said in Aussie Cricket:
I love watching Warner bat. For some reason I find myself warming to him as well.
Stockholm syndrome type of reaction, (or your just fucking sick).
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@Duluth said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
"scoring a ton in a session" (which is impressive but hardly out of this world)
Doing it in the first session of a test match is rare
5th Batsmen to score century before lunch on the first day of a Test.
And I think the first to do it in Australia?
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
This is not an NZ v Aussie thing, more a personal dig at Warner, but from what I gather Warner turned down a 3rd run to ensure he kept strike, so that he could hit a ton in one session. The other day Kane told Neesh to finish the job leaving himself stranded on 95* with no chance of a century.
Both very driven blokes. One focussed on personal milestones, one focussed on his teams success regardless of any personal milestones.
Kane did that in an ODI against Bangladesh. It was a nothing game and a nothing innings that meant nothing.
Warner's innings was truly historic. He did something that has never been done in a test match in Australia. If he tried to slog sweep a ball on middle stump on the last ball before lunch I'd agree with you, but what he did was pretty reasonable IMO.
Yep, giving up one run against a crappy Pakistani team is hardly going to make a difference. What annoys me more is when declarations are delayed by a few overs just to allow a batsman to achieve a milestone.
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