Indeed - must tell the story of David Hookes, Sue Barker and a bat grip applicator some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
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Indeed - must tell the story of David Hookes, Sue Barker and a bat grip applicator some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
God these two teams are pathetic.
What's pathetic is the complete destruction of batting technique caused by too much hit and giggle, drop-in pitches, short boundaries, helmets and huge bats.
Easy to be a flat track bully these days but the batsman who can grind out an all day century on a pitch doing alot are gone.
The 60 / 50 over one day format was the beginning of the end. 20/20 was essentially the final nail in the coffin.
I don't think Australia will ever see batsmen the calibre of Greg Chappell or Alan Border for a very long time - if ever again.
Chappell especially was the only batsmen in the world that could handle the five prong West Indies pace attack of the 70's and 80's.
exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Having some 50over format lifted the test run rate. The addition of more 50o shite and the 20/20 aids fest fkd everything.
gilchrist was the pinnacle of the combined formats.
BTW aus can get fkd if they take anything out of a pathetic dead rubber. assholes
Poms & Paks having a run fest....Sri & WI just kicking off
Trans-Tasman trophy starts today in Brisbane.. Fire up..
Not only have we done cricket over by destroying technique through T20 and endless tournamenets that mean nothing.
Now we can't even make cricket pitches any more - the Sydney test might not go ahead without some serious money spent.
It's the outfield that's the problem not the pitch innit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
That's even worse - at least it takes a bit of effort to prep a pitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
How hard is it to grow grass ?
it's amazing how bad it must have got in 6 months, it was immaculate at the world cup
One day cricket boards around the world will realise that games that are won with the toss make for really shitty contests. I'm deadset sick of ****ing roads masquerading as cricket pitches that give absolutely nothing to the bowlers. If you aren't going to give them reasonable pitches, let the bowlers dig their fingernails into the ball or get rid of the dead ball when the batsmen pulls away in the delivery stride (oh wait, spirit of cricket and all that)
Besides that, pretty good effort by warner (ignoring the fact you could onky get out by doing something brain dead)
me agree
the toss is the toss though... but thank god for blokes like kohli and williamson in travelling teams to straya who can possibly make it interesting
boring shite on absolute roads. the side who bats second has no chance but to throw the willow at it. just hope this day night thing shakes it up. rain, humidity or something - for the kids
Forget the toss.
Lets call a spade a spade.
Kiwis bowling attack is piss ****ing weak. Not one of them is an international standard cricketer going to frighten their opponents at this level
2 for 400 odd after first day says more to me that the shit ****s with the ball bowled like busted arseholes.
I only watched a little of it yesterday but there line and length was ****ing pathetic.
You can control what the bloke with the bat is doing by not bowling such utter garbage.
Pitch is a road you say??
I am quite confident if the shoe was on the other foot yesterday and Australia bowled the score ain't 2 for 400 odd at stumps.
Reality is one side has superior bowling and batting to the other by a long way.
Whinge all you like about poor quality pitches but the reality is the worst side in this contest is underprepared and failing through no fault other than their own shortcomings
Warners ego ran out early today
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OfGPo1RlZG...ng-saddles.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
it's a ****ing road mate
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eCFUzO7P-t...evardCaps.jpeg
Reverse swing for dummies. The Kiwis need all the help they can get and one of these in the pocket does the trick nicely.
Warner's not so spesh now the Kiwis are knocking over 100's by the dozen
1000 runs scored and 13 wickets so far. nah, you're totally right about it not being a road.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
roffffff, ross taylor scoring 165, i think this is absolute stone cold confirmation that this pitch is not just a road, it's a ****ing freeway
looks like you should spend some more time examining the landing strip to positively identify a tarmac surface, member :wub:
Unfortunately, it's all about batting now - the public needs to see as many runs as possible. They forget some of cricket's most classic games were low scoring ones with plenty of wickets. Guys like Warner are building reputations but only because they are flat track bullies.
20 years ago our pitches had character...
Brisbane - swing and seam the first couple of days
Perth - hardest, bounciest and truest pitch in the world
Sydney - spinners wicket
Melbourne - early life then good for batting
Adelaide - the perfect pitch, early life, great batting strip then taking spin late on
Now they are all just different shades of concrete.
Thoughts on the pink ball? Certainly seems to be making a difference in this match.
Oh dear. Steve. :sigh::facepalm:
200 will win this for the kiwis
Don't think we'll hear from that third umpire again. What the hell was he thinking??? (
look, all DRS nonsense aside... (ps that was bullshit)
this has actually been a great contest as a test match. the pitch is softer and the outfield is longer to protect the ball, every batsman has had to work bar nevill and the tail end of straya in the 2nd innings after that awful lyon decision.
i don't think people will mind that tests go for 3 and a bit days if they are a proper contest. i certainly don't, it's been bloody brilliant in adelaide.
for an hour when NZ were on top in that first session i felt like a dead set king.
is this what strayans feel like all the flamin time, cobbers?
It's near impossible to see the seam and for a batsmen that makes it very hard to pick up the type of delivery they are facing.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
My opinion - it's a terrible idea.
Kiwis bringing back the golden days, 24 fielders around the bat to the spinner, appealing for everything, even the balls hit over the fence.
Proper test cricket that.
How's the vibe at the ground Q-man?
So, waddaya reckon had more of a say in the result: the pink ball or the third umpy? NZ should be feeling robbed and rogered. Not saying they would necessarily won, but that decision ****ed them completely.
we cant handle a swinging ball in any country and with the night swing we are fkd
Seriously how ****ed is test cricket becoming??
400 runs in a day twice in the last 3 tests.
I understand the Windies ain't strong side but FFS 400 plus runs in a day isn't putting up much of a fight
The T20 and ODI shit is killing the game.
These blokes can't bat or bowl properly any more
Crowd of 6000 with prob 3000 school kids invited....lol
Ironic thing is if they played it in Canberra Newy Darwin etc (Places that don't or rarely see International Cricket)they would have got a much much bigger turn outQuote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
how good was that india/south africa test though
proper bloody test cricket. honking pitch, ten blokes around the bat
i had a raging boner for half a day watching amla and de villiers block their way towards a draw
then i watched inside cricket the other night and realised what the real problem is...and it's the idiots who commentate on it
instead of being interested to watch a team actually test themselves and try and play out a draw in the toughest conditions in cricket, they complained it was boring and they would have preferred to see south africa try and hit their way out of trouble.
on that pitch, against jadeja and ashwin and yadav, at home. fmd, clueless.
adam voges hitting 200 with shaun marsh going to as well, probably
yep, test cricket is a joke alright
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Originally Posted by q-money
Well done for putting the kiss of death on Shaun Marsh
Thank **** he didn't get 200
The selectors may have had to keep him for next text with Khwaja back
too trueQuote:
Originally Posted by q-money
those covers are getting a good workout today.
carn straya send the windies back to T2 nation. #irememberthe80s