butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I don't. I agree with Bob Willis. We could've used his anger at being forced to stay in aus productively.
The Ashes 2010/11
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Bob Willis can be a miserable git sometimes.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
At all times.
Idaho
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Productively pissed off with the whole set up, souring what is otherwise a positive, happy and upbeat team? Yeah thanks Bob you sour-faced twat
Yeah, if anything Willis has mellowed.
Whilst I understand wanting to be there at the birth I don't think its a great idea. How long will he be in England for 48 hours? I don't think babies fit their schdules around test matches, so he may not even be there when it happens anyway.
Hopefully England will bat first at Perth because he is going to need all the rest time he can get with both those flights.
Whilst I understand wanting to be there at the birth I don't think its a great idea. How long will he be in England for 48 hours? I don't think babies fit their schdules around test matches, so he may not even be there when it happens anyway.
Hopefully England will bat first at Perth because he is going to need all the rest time he can get with both those flights.
He's not missing a match, he'll be back out in time. Anyway its his second child, I'd fucking miss my own birth to play in the ashes, or something.
Idaho
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First class flights, probably space to exercise, unwind, etc. It's not as if he's going to be stuck in economy and fretting about how to get to the hotel when he arrives.
Personally I don't care whether he attempts to circumnavigate the globe in a go-kart inbetween test matches as long as he is fit and ready to go come the start of the match. If he has a shit match fingers will be pointed.
Aussie squad has been announced. Out go Doherty, Bollinger, North and of course Katich. In come Phil Hughes, Hilfenhaus, Johnson, Steve Smith and as ever a complete left field pick in some guy rather excellently called Beer. Apparently Michael Beer is a left arm spinner who has taken 16 1st class wickets at just below 40, England must be shitting it.
However with no extra batsman it looks like Steve Smith will certainly play and bat at 7 with Haddin pushed up to 6. The only question is whether they will go with 2 spinners or 4 seamers and 1 spinner.
Its certainly a positive move but there are a loads of unknowns.
However with no extra batsman it looks like Steve Smith will certainly play and bat at 7 with Haddin pushed up to 6. The only question is whether they will go with 2 spinners or 4 seamers and 1 spinner.
Its certainly a positive move but there are a loads of unknowns.
Cricinfo reports that Beer only started playing 1st class cricket in October and has only played three 1st class matches at the WACA. Most recently against NSW he returned figures of 3-139, whereas his opposite number, Nathan Hauritz, took 7-104.
I know he's unlikely to play, but what is going on with the aussie selectors? Surely he can't have been picked because he is a left armer again? What has Hauritz done to upset Ponting?
I know he's unlikely to play, but what is going on with the aussie selectors? Surely he can't have been picked because he is a left armer again? What has Hauritz done to upset Ponting?
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
IIRC, Smith was OK, but nothing special in his tests in England. Christ, their talent cupboard's bare!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Smith is a batting all-rounder, so their tail will be quite short, in fact, with Johnson and Harris at 8-9.
Ok, so Smith has an impressive 1st class batting average of 43.77 but a bowling average of only 44.8. His economy rate is not very clever either at a shade below 4 but you can forgive a leg spinner that.
From those stats he's more of a batsman then a bowler. So is he being picked as a bowler they have genuine belief in, or is it because his inclusion enables the aussies to play 4 seamers?
From those stats he's more of a batsman then a bowler. So is he being picked as a bowler they have genuine belief in, or is it because his inclusion enables the aussies to play 4 seamers?
I've said this earlier on this thread but Mitchell Johnson's batting is overated. If you take out the two series against SA when generally weird things happened (Hughes and North got runs, Mcgain was allowed to play etc etc), he has only averaged 11 I think. He's a late order slogger who may come off from time to time.
Can't comment on Harris' batting, didnt see much of him at Adelaide.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Johnson not allowed to play in the Shield match at Perth starting today. That's nuts.
Not fair to take out a player's top scores and look at his average! Especially as you're taking out matches against a good team.
Not fair to take out a player's top scores and look at his average! Especially as you're taking out matches against a good team.
No one did.
Indeed.
One golden duck could be considered unfortunate, but two must be considered carelessness........
So let me get this straight. Johnson was dropped because he was out of form, he then spent hours in the field as 12th man as Pieterson smacked the ball to all corners and now he's not allowed to play a Shield match.
Am I missing something? How has fielding as 12th man sorted his bowling rytham out?
ETA: No doubt he is 'looking good in the nets'.
Fuck me, Australia really are the new England.
Idaho
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He sold his match bat on ebay afterward. Condition: Brand new.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
How has that happened? They were supposed to be the model to be copied just a few years ago. Each match in the Shield was competitive and mattered in a way the grind of County Cricket didn't. Talented amateurs were not lost to the game as they could continue to develop in highly competitive grade cricket... What's changed?
Article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...Test-to-England-highlights-deeper-issues.html
Summary: school sport in decline, fewer local facilities, Aussie rules football takes all the promising athletes, no talent in club cricket.
Summary: school sport in decline, fewer local facilities, Aussie rules football takes all the promising athletes, no talent in club cricket.
