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The Ashes 2009

littlebabyjesus said:
They don't. They pay a 'bonus' for every England-qualified player that plays, so the counties are penalised for playing Kolpakers. But not enough, evidently. The short-term interests of individual counties are in conflict with the long-term interests of the game.
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Ah OK.. my mistake.. they should penalise them more heavily then or change the selection rules (so long as it's legal).

Prior looking fitter, running, batting, bending, keeping..
 
Yeah, they asked to have the toss 10 minutes later (have to name team by then I guess?). Ponting agreed it seems, can't fathom why!
 
Why the f**k would you warm up by playing football? Cricket again seems to show itself to be completely unproffessional for a proffessional sport...why not have formal, controlled, proper warm up. I am no proffessional athelete but there is no way I would warm up for a running race by playing football - surely as a wicket keeper there are specific drills and exercises that would benfit you more. Coaches should be bloody fined for this sort of stuff imo.

If I were Ponting I'd refuse it as well...but that said England could have legitimately refused the Aussies swapping out their keeper in the last test so it would make him look a bit of a dick.
 
tom_craggs said:
Why the f**k would you warm but by playing football. Cricket again seems to show itself to be completely unproffessional for a proffessional sport...why not have formal, controlled, proper warm up. I am no proffessional athelete but there is no way I would warm up for a running race by playing football - surely as a wicket keeper there are specific drills and exercises that would benfit you more. Coaches should be bloody fined for this sort of stuff imo.
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The most impressive warming up I've ever seen was the South Africans. They did fielding drills on the outfield for about half an hour, very intensive drills including all different kinds of catching and throwing exercises. Very impressive indeed.

Sports are all very muscle-specific. The best way to warm up for cricket is to do cricket-type things. If you warm up playing football, you'll be using all the wrong muscles.
 
Ponting refusing 10 minutes to allow the opposition to sort out a last minute injury crisis would also be guaranteeing that future booing would make the current booing look like a friendly cheer.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
The most impressive warming up I've ever seen was the South Africans. They did fielding drills on the outfield for about half an hour, very intensive drills including all different kinds of catching and throwing exercises. Very impressive indeed.

Sports are all very muscle-specific. The best way to warm up for cricket is to do cricket-type things. If you warm up playing football, you'll be using all the wrong muscles.
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Exactly, seems bizzarre to me, can't think of another proffessional sport than would let their players do this...
 
kabbes said:
Ponting refusing 10 minutes to allow the opposition to sort out a last minute injury crisis would also be guaranteeing that future booing would make the current booing look like a friendly cheer.
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I agree for the toss. I had understood it to be a request to delay the start.

I shall leave it there. :)
 
littlebabyjesus said:
Quite what?
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quite

• adverb 1 to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; completely. 2 to a certain extent; moderately. 3 US very; really.

• exclamation (also quite so) expressing agreement.

— PHRASES quite a &em;&em; a remarkable or impressive (person or thing). quite a lot (or a bit) a considerable number or amount. quite some a considerable amount of.

— ORIGIN from the obsolete adjective quite, variant of QUIT.
 
kabbes said:
Why wouldn't you delay the start, lbj? Because it would reduce the time available?
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I'd only allow the start to be delayed if the opposition team arrived late at the ground. The umpires and match referee would have something to say about that anyway – it's not just up to the captains what time the game starts.
 
Apologies is this has been mentioned earlier, however is Headingly a spinner's wicket?

Interesting that Hauritz - who has taken wickets - is out.
 
mattie said:
Apologies is this has been mentioned earlier, however is Headingly a spinner's wicket?

Interesting that Hauritz - who has taken wickets - is out.
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Overcast conditions make it a swing-bowler's wicket, and a low-scoring result wicket at that. Sunshine makes it a batsman's wicket which takes spin later on.

It really all depends on the weather at Headingley.
 
mattie said:
Apologies is this has been mentioned earlier, however is Headingly a spinner's wicket?

Interesting that Hauritz - who has taken wickets - is out.
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Not traditionally a spinner's paradise - I don't think Warne prospered much. However Panesar had a good Test against Pakistan in 2006 there.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
Overcast conditions make it a swing-bowler's wicket, and a low-scoring result wicket at that. Sunshine makes it a batsman's wicket which takes spin later on.

It really all depends on the weather at Headingley.
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Out of interest, do the crims have a bowler other than Clark who can swing it? Clark - if memory serves - is a tight, controlled seamer. My limited understanding suggests a spinning wicket also seams. Fair or no?
 
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