Test Cricket aka real cricket

[Jetmaster]

This is getting sad for first class cricket..... we can't play spin, curry munchers can't play on fast pitches, Poms can't play when the sun comes out.

Reading this morning that the Aussies are playing a numbers game based on risk - they are not playing each ball on its own merits as they can't work out the spin.

I played a decent level and one simple rule was watch the ball leave the bowlers hand and try to see where the seam was spinning at least.

Ban covers, ban the big bats and.....ban helmets. Some of these idiots may learn a bit of technique.

[The Dunster]

[MFKS]

Can he bat??

Might get a game in the next test


Seriously how ****ing abysmal are they??

What the **** was Voges thinking???

[belchardo]

Geez, if sri lanka is 5 for not many, imagine how badly we'll go!

[MFKS]

I not particularly worried about us losing this game

Matter of fact I thinking it is a certainty.

What though does scare the shit out of me is Shaun Marsh getting some runs

The bloke has had 100.chances not taken them and can see this being the ****ing day


On another note considering our bowling line up has been ok to good exactly what the **** are the selectors thinking with this line up with our problems being batting related??

4 Batsman
2 All Rounders
1 WK
4 Bowlers

FFS. They are taking the piss.

Mitch Marsh has shown very little that he can bat well enough at this level
So why pick him again and then bring in another bit part player??

Khwaja and Burns have had two failures after 12 months of form and runs and get the arse. Ok
How the **** then does Mitch Marsh get picked??

[GazFish35]

I not particularly worried about us losing this game

This here is the problem with Australian cricket at the moment.
Fans that accept anything less than winning.

[lquiquer]

This here is the problem with Australian cricket at the moment.
Fans that accept anything less than winning.

[plague]

The jets should play test cricket then I think the Member might be cool with it.

[MFKS]

See told you Shaun Marsh will get some runs

Stuck with the bloke for another 2 years now

[MFKS]

Just been watching this cluster**** of a collapse


Not that it matters much but Henrique and Hazelwood have just been giving out by 3rd umpire one stumped one run out by millimetres at both ends of the wicket.

Who painted the crease??

It is the most crooked ****ing line you will ever see.

Not only that it is bowing in to the stumps so in these instances the Aussies may well have been in of the dumb **** could paint a line professionally

[Bremsstrahlung]

They're just doing what it takes to win.

[belchardo]

'Tis on again my friends

Got the the afternoon off tomorrow so I'll be parked in front of the tv for the first ball.

[hawk]

Carn. We will have some chance on this wicket although 3-0 series loss would not surprise.

Welcome back 80's, Border will get a 50!

[plague]

i legit had to ask around to find out who this Joe Mennie pelican was, and i love test cricket more than just about any other non-Griff* sport.

Steyn $3.50 to be SA top wicket taker sounds too tasty to be true. blokes gonna own that pink ball nonsense at the Gabba next week yeah?




*of course Griff would average 100 in tests, praise Him.

[plague]

superb fielding by the aussies.

[Jetmaster]

i legit had to ask around to find out who this Joe Mennie pelican was

This - I have watched Test Cricket since 1974 and had absolutely no idea who he was!

Anyone else notice Optus Sports putting some great old games on lately - full days coverage of a few ODIs from the 90's and 00's. Also had Aus v Windies 1980, with Richie hosting in beige jacket and open necked shirt!

[skippy]

Wouldn't be an Aussie summer without a ****ing mid-order collapse.

[Jetmaster]

And this is the problem with flat track bullies Australia..playing a test inmings as if it is limited overs doesn't always work.

[hawk]

oops. we are the new bangladesh

[The Dunster]

The WACA used to be a massive advantage for Australian teams but today it's no different to any other pitch. The pace and bounce combined with the doctor in the afternoons made it a terrible place for the opposition.

Not worth watching WACA games anymore.