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
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.
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.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
Dare to Zlatan
Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
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 out
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
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 true
those covers are getting a good workout today.
carn straya send the windies back to T2 nation. #irememberthe80s
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