Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket
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Just watching the highlights, Starc's michelle and even Hazelwoods wicket are exquisite examples of reverse swing.
Starcs deliveries are held like inswingers yet tail away right to left late. In Hazelwoods wicket that ball, if new, tends straight or slightly away.Really impressive stuff from a special bowling unit the ockers have got. Africans will have to prepare green seamers to have a shot this series I'm thinking. Otherwise Lyon and reverse will be dominant
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Century to Markram - which could have been even better if he hadn't been involved in the ABdV runout.
But the Proteas at 9 down and still 124 runs behind, you'd say they're done. Could have been over by now except for all the time they've lost to bad light.
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Pretty handy having people like Starc to shut the prospect of wagging tails down.
De Cock and Markram both well set and cruising along - needing less than 130.
Markram gets out.
Next thing Starc takes three tail end wickets in one over and it's thanks for coming SA.
Elgar Amla, AB and Faf look similarly crestfallen as our ODI middle order - the other guys have done so well that even modest contributions might have been enough - but, fuck all isn't!
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@mariner4life said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
It's not too hard to see why test cricket is fucked. SA v Aus is a massive series. And no one turned up. No one turned up to watch SA v India either. No one turns up in NZ to watch tests. Not many turn up to watch in Aus unless it's England, or the Indian fans to watch India. Why would administrators schedule tests when they don't make any money from it. It's dead.
As for the game, Aus 225/5 when bad light stopped play. As usual Smith and Warner have top scored with a 50 each.
This post is depressing and accurate. I love good test cricket but I do worry it is gonna cease to exist at some stage.
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Fuck having to wrestle your vice captain away into a dressing room because he doesn't have enough self control when your team is one wicket away from smashing South Africa!
Clever sound bite coaching for scripted telly interviews doth not maketh the man
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@siam said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Fuck having to wrestle your vice captain away into a dressing room because he doesn't have enough self control when your team is one wicket away from smashing South Africa!
Clever sound bite coaching for scripted telly interviews doth not maketh the man
I'm a sucker and old fashioned, so I looked up the spirit of cricket.
https://www.lords.org/mcc/mcc-spirit-of-cricket/what-is-mcc-spirit-of-cricket/spirit-of-cricket-preamble-to-the-laws/
4. The Spirit of the Game involves RESPECT for:
Your opponents ... Your own captain ... The game's traditional valuesand
5. It is against the Spirit of the Game:
To direct abusive language towards an opponent or umpire.. To indulge in cheating or any sharp practiceAnd then I thought about the Aussies, and how they apparently play within the spirit of cricket (but headbutt 'the line').
Yeah. Effective, but ugly, and I think it's against the spirit of the game. That's thei choice, and I don't have a huge issue with them being pork chops, just pretending to be saints who uphold the spirit of the game while abusing anyone who gets in their way.
Screw those guys.
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@barbarian Likely that view goes back to the Phil Hughes tragedy and some of the stuff spouted then. Time to move on methinks.
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@booboo said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:
Is it wishful thinking but I kind of imagine a McGrath v Sarwon scenario where the Aussie goes personal, cops a personal one back and loses plot because it "crosses the line" / he's an immature prat.
Happy to dish it out, can’t take it when it’s thrown back. ( not just picking on Davy dumb dumb, I’m sure this applies to several cricketers)
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David Warner is such a complete cockstain. The way he carries on is a complete, or at least should be, a complete embarrassment. Describing cricket as "war" before the Ashes? jesus fuck David.
Lo and behold, once the claims and counter-claims come out, it's looking very much like personal shit one way, personal shit the other way, and explosion, and yes, sounding very Glen McGrath-ish. Davey has to know that sledge is always going to come if he pushes, why can't he let it go?
Steve Smith's "explanation" should be re-worded for honesty. "we believe we play our best cricket when we are being abusive assholes on the field" You're not being "aggressive", you're being abusive knowing full well there will be no physical retribution.
And before any Aussies jump on the "it's not just us" bandwagon, i am well aware of that. Not many other sides take such public pride in it though.
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