Aussie Summer of Cricket
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I thought the list of people who have carried their bat would be longer:
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The biggest test result in years
That young man has had one of the all time tours of Australia. The shit dreams are made of.
They'll be playing his efforts today alongside some of the greatest players to pull on the shirt -
13 March 1986 and David Boon on that list is the one I always think of. Seven year old me at Eden Park for the first time hadn’t heard the “carried his bat” phrase before. But I remember picking up from my Dad that it was an impressive feat for a batter to do.
However he goes from here as an opener, Steve Smith has joined a special list.
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On the flip side, this test was another where the all-time level Australian attack wasn't enough to bail out their fragile batting. The last 2 years they have struggled for consistency, but someone gets enough to provide enough for the bowlers to get the 20 required
But not this time
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
The biggest test result in years
That young man has had one of the all time tours of Australia. The shit dreams are made of.
They'll be playing his efforts today alongside some of the greatest players to pull on the shirtIt’s outstanding, could only have been a better dream start by hitting a ton at 11. Hopefully he’s inspired plenty of Caribbean kids too.
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@Duluth said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
I thought the list of people who have carried their bat would be longer:
carrying-bat-through-a-completed-inningsVery erratic gaps between it happening. None between 1910 and 1926 - and several other big gaps in more recent times; then Dean Elgar does it twice in 2 months in 2018 - and then 5 years between Latham and Smith!
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@booboo said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Aah, Rodney Pig. Never a fan.
Ahh anyone remember when he almost lost his ear to Hadlee, that was his highlight
What a fluffybunny
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Winning a test in Australia is not easy, well done the Windies, magnificent effort.
For all the earlier shit opener comments, some credit to Smith, great innings even to hang in there
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@bayimports said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
Winning a test in Australia is not easy, well done the Windies, magnificent effort.
For all the earlier shit opener comments, some credit to Smith, great innings even to hang in there
Haha one innings and 3 failures do not make an opener.
We will see -
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@Chris said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@Chris 6 and 12 were bad
91* was good.
Not sure what he's meant to do about 11*
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Ah yeah. He should have got the other 15 on offer in an innings total of 26 to win 🤔
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@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@Chris said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@NTA said in Aussie Summer of Cricket:
@Chris 6 and 12 were bad
91* was good.
Not sure what he's meant to do about 11*
Score more
Ah yeah. He should have got the other 15 on offer in an innings total of 26 to win 🤔
Or at least 12* not 11* a complete fail.
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If we completely shit the bed against this Aussie team I will be so pissed
Their bowling is awesome, but their batting is not
But we have that mental block
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Shamar Joseph looks frigging awesome. 12 months ago he was playing amateur cricket and working as a security guard. Delighted for West Indies Cricket. It's not often the Aussies lose at the Gabba. Awesome to see them humbled.
A great second innings turn around by England to beat India by 20 runs. They don't lose many at home either.
A wonderful few hours for Test Cricket.
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Amazing spell of bowling. His ability to bowl at pace in those conditions was great to watch. A number of Aussie batsmen were battling in the humidity whilst Joseph x2 were using them to get movement.
There have been lots of criticisms in the wash up - poor captaincy by Cummins for the bowling changes, Smith not scoring quicker/more, the Aussie middle order being brittle, Oz inability to handle conditions etc.
One side story, the case for 4 day tests will continue after what happened at the Gabba and overnight in Hyderabad
