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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    I was going to just write 'katich > Warner' but your post is way better.
    To start off I am no fan boy of Warners... but please tell me the whole Katich thing, you are taking the piss right?
    He is about 74 years old!
    WE DON'T DO WALKING AWAY !

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    katich exile was the biggest disgrace ever

    Clarke hated him because Katich wanted the whole team to savour a victory but Clarke was more interested in getting in his aston martin and hanging with lara dingle
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    Quote Originally Posted by leftrightout View Post
    To start off I am no fan boy of Warners... but please tell me the whole Katich thing, you are taking the piss right?
    He is about 74 years old!
    He's about 12 months older than Chris 'el saviour' Rogers.
    He is playing county cricket in England as we speak. Yesterday he had just posted another century against the same bowling attacks that Rogers was praised for getting runs on.
    No I'm not taking the piss.
    Bloke can bat, and has been shafted for nothing more than a personality clash. Even the great Aussie teams had blokes that couldn't stand each other (warne/s.waugh, gilchrist/warne) but blokes were picked on merit.
    We used to win a bit back then.

    It's always astounded me when coaches/authority figures get too cute for their own good and don't do the bleeding obvious and pick the best team.

    Maybe I'm missing something.

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    Katich is a wasted talent because of this crap.

    Bringing Haddin back was a good move though. When I saw this I thought perhaps they might realise they also ****ed up punting Katich but obviously not...

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    Oh yeah, Katich is about the same age as Haddin.
    Thanks for reminding me SH10.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grimario View Post
    Because a hack with zero technique is the guy we want representing us at test level. The massive focus on slogging it out of the park is the exact reason why we are so shit at test cricket right now. Warner should **** off and never come back to the 5 day game.


    Could well be the best thing ever written on the internet

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    He's about 12 months older than Chris 'el saviour' Rogers.
    He is playing county cricket in England as we speak. Yesterday he had just posted another century against the same bowling attacks that Rogers was praised for getting runs on.
    No I'm not taking the piss.
    Bloke can bat, and has been shafted for nothing more than a personality clash. Even the great Aussie teams had blokes that couldn't stand each other (warne/s.waugh, gilchrist/warne) but blokes were picked on merit.
    We used to win a bit back then.

    It's always astounded me when coaches/authority figures get too cute for their own good and don't do the bleeding obvious and pick the best team.

    Maybe I'm missing something.
    Rogers shouldn't be there either! Fill the team with guys in their mid 30's is not the answer.... everyone complains when the socceroos do it, yet everyone wants the cricket team to!
    WE DON'T DO WALKING AWAY !

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    Quote Originally Posted by leftrightout View Post
    Rogers shouldn't be there either! Fill the team with guys in their mid 30's is not the answer.... everyone complains when the socceroos do it, yet everyone wants the cricket team to!
    Trott: 32.
    Pietersen: 33.
    Swann: 34.

    Still going ok.

    The Sheffield Shield is there for development, not an Ashes series.
    Just pick the best ****ern team it's not that hard innit?
    Katich ain't gonna get arthritis and keel over in the next 12 weeks is he?


    Also, you can't make the cricket/soccer comparison. Players in each sport hit their peaks at way different times.
    Socceroos pick the best team for the World Cup, we should be doing the same for the Ashes.

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    I agree he was poorly treated and should never have been put out of the team. If he was never dropped he would be there still. But to say he should be back in there now, in my opinion, is crazy. (along with the selection of rogers and especially cowan)
    The whole argument of "he plays and scores runs in county cricket" has been proven time and time again to mean sweet F A!
    Look at how many runs all of our batsmen were scoring in lead up games
    WE DON'T DO WALKING AWAY !

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    If the weather stays warm /steamy the poms to clean up the pretenders in the morning session

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    sorry. my fault. was watching the tour de france replay, flick over and say "oh, they haven't lost a wicket". as i finish saying it, anderson gets smith. then haddin goes. then siddle.

    mea culpa.

    EDIT: then starc. but i'm not taking the blame for that one. we're screwed.


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    god, just saw the batting card.


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    agar>cowan
    Quote Originally Posted by militiamon View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by BodyNovo View Post
    agar>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>cowan
    fixed your mistake.

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    agar: "who's this pie chucker that everyone's afraid of? was his name duck? goose?"

    (by the way, agar's nickname in the team better be "gel" or "seaweed")

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    the bloke was stumped about 40 runs ago lol
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    makes up for rogers not being out then i guess. for what it's worth, i think on the balance of probabilities he was out, but benefit of the doubt and all that, so he wasn't out.

    wonder how long (if ever) it's been since a number 11 scored a 50 on debut and top scored.

    this dude's carving them up. what an effort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by belchardo View Post
    wonder how long (if ever) it's been since a number 11 scored a 50 on debut and top scored.
    It's the highest debut by a #11 in test history and highest ever score by an Aussie #11 (G.McGrath held the record).
    Just searching if anyone else has got a higher score at 11 ever.

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    yep, highest score by an 11 ever (previous 91 by some West Indian lad).
    bugger he holed out though.
    Clearly belchado's fault.

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    Hi Guys.
    Just reminding you that I'm the last Australian to make a century on debut.
    Thanks.

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