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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
@gollum I think that's a pretty narrow definition of a 'great test'. The beauty of test cricket, for mine, is the wildly different ways each game can unfold.
No I really don't. But I get you want to paint me that way
A great test for me is one where its not all over by day 3 in terms of a contest. It sure as feck isn't one where sides can't get to 100, or a side can get to 600 if they take 2 days to do it, and then the opther side takes a day & a half to get to 450
There are any number of great series in the last few years, the 2005 Ashes, the 2001 Indian tour, etc. Basically a series where you don't sides winning tests by 300 or an innings tend to indicate a pretty good contest.
I don't have issue with it being interesting or good to watch, the bit I called out was the idea this is potentially the greatest series since 2005.
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@gollum said in Aussie Cricket:
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
@gollum I think that's a pretty narrow definition of a 'great test'. The beauty of test cricket, for mine, is the wildly different ways each game can unfold.
I don't have issue with it being interesting or good to watch, the bit I called out was the idea this is potentially the greatest series since 2005.
Because it is. It's riveting.
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@Hooroo said in Aussie Cricket:
@gollum said in Aussie Cricket:
I don't have issue with it being interesting or good to watch, the bit I called out was the idea this is potentially the greatest series since 2005.
Because it is. It's riveting.
Really, you too think this is the greatest series since 2005?
This series?
I'm pretty sure I could name at least 5, hell, probably 2 Ashes alone. Pakistan in England last year was superb, India in SA a few years back purely to watch Tendulkar v Steyn.
Like I say, I totally buy folks find this is good to watch, but the BEST SERIES since 2005? WTF...
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
@gollum and you're in danger of trying to argue against a point someone didn't actually say.
"Because it's riveting" isnt "This is the best series since 2000". That sort of stuff has copped bans on other threads...
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
This is a bloody great series. Best since the 2005 Ashes I reckon. Another amazing finish, so much ticker from Marsh and Handscomb in the face of enormous pressure.
Read some... then threaten to ban me
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@gollum said in Aussie Cricket:
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
@gollum and you're in danger of trying to argue against a point someone didn't actually say.
"Because it's riveting" isnt "This is the best series since 2000". That sort of stuff has copped bans on other threads...
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket:
This is a bloody great series. Best since the 2005 Ashes I reckon. Another amazing finish, so much ticker from Marsh and Handscomb in the face of enormous pressure.
Read some... then threaten to ban me
Who was threatening to ban you? Just reminding you of what is unacceptable behaviour. Your implication was @Hooroo had said something that he hadn't. @barbarian had.
And geez even he was just saying how much he was enjoying these games.
It's really quite pathetic to make an argument like that. Especially when people are talking about how much they're enjoying some sport.
Save the vitriol for something that matters ... like a US election thread that isn't even close.
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
Who was threatening to ban you? Just reminding you of what is unacceptable behaviour.
Whats unacceptable behgaviour? Replying to someone saying this was the best serries in 12 years with "no I don't think it is"?
You didn't read the conversation, just jumped in & then decided what I was arguing was the sort of thing that gets a ban, pull your fricking head in.
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I can buy that, Smith has be huge in this series, he's flat out carried them with a little bit of help from Renshaw (20 fricking years old) & Maxwell in the last one. But overall its been a solo effort. When you look at the teams that have failed in India over the years & the players they've had, doing it with Warner struggling, Renshaw & Handscomb on their first tour, Marsh in the side etc, its amazing. Toss in Starc being crook.
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- Yes I did read the conversation.
- One poster made a comment which you then assigned to another.
- Please don't do that it's really annoying. Putting words into people's mouths is not encouraged.
- There was no threat of a ban. It was intended as a general heads up about the above.
- Let's now cheers up and enjoy the cricket. Three enthralling test matches to date.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
Putting words into people's mouths is not encouraged.
If you wouldn't put your penis in there, certainly don't put words in there.
Way to make it all wierd dude.
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Aussies... no surprises there...
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"...I think it's been a a terrific series. Probably one of the best I've seen since the 2005 Ashes series, which was a cracking series, not only the fact that the results were very close, but the standard of play was pretty high, and I think this one is up there..." Chappelli.
Chappell: One of the best series since 2005 Ashes
Ian Chappell says he will be very surprised if Virat Kohli doesn't play the last Test and that the team that holds its nerve will perform better in Dharamsala
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Nothing at all to do with this series, but it's cricket and not worth its own thread.
Jamie Sykes has perhaps the best Cricinfo biography.
Jamie Sykes Profile - Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video
Read about Jamie Sykes cricket player from England profile, stats, rankings, records, videos, photos at ESPNcricinfo
Meanwhile, Shaun Marsh puts in a brief 14 ball appearance to obligingly hand India some momentum.
The two minutes I watched included Michael Clarke cockily blathering on that Steve Smith would be looking for a double-hundred and a series victory. He was on about 70 at the time.
To quote Phil Edmonds, "Jesus, why is this chap so annoying".
Which is in fact the link to Sykes - both of them were Middlesex players and appear in the same book - along with that quote.
