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Australia tour of South Africa |OT| Battle of the Batsmen
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ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Man, love this stump mic.
Plum as you like, jeez.
Plum as you like, jeez.
chicko1983
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Got this!!!!
reptilescorpio
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Great review, looked really good and the bat was far enough away on first glance.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Massive stuff. Australia is on fire.
reptilescorpio
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Great work bringing Johnson back on. Not letting up.
EDIT: Great work by the cameraman today, picking up plenty of interest in the smallish crowd!
EDIT: Great work by the cameraman today, picking up plenty of interest in the smallish crowd!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Picking up a lot of women in bikinis you mean.
reptilescorpio
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ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
The ghost of Tony Greig approves.
reptilescorpio
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Marvellous.
Cricket will never be the same without him
Channel 9 commentary will never be worthwhile again
Sky2 ain't bad, even if it's pretty dry this series.
toddhunter
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Wonder if it is the same person?
(somewhat NSFW but just a crowd shot) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sLrqsUT1w0
reptilescorpio
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I only made it through the first test match on FTA before making the switch to Sky2 again. Just insufferable, if anything they got worse this series >.>
Bowling is a bit loose at the moment.
Bowling is a bit loose at the moment.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Wait, the umpire referred that?
reptilescorpio
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Wanted to make sure it was the last over before Tea lol
Time for crumpets! I'm off to bed though. Good luck chaps!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So much fun to read all the england player's tweets (mostly ex players though) going "See! It's not just us!".
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Johnson going too high with his bouncers. Needs to get right under their chin.
Some uneven bounce on the wicket adds to the challenge.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
True. The ball carrying through like a rocket too.
chicko1983
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Big spell here by siddle and Lyon.
Aussies were a similar score but made the hard runs when required. Can South Africa do the same...c'mon Aussies!
Aussies were a similar score but made the hard runs when required. Can South Africa do the same...c'mon Aussies!
chicko1983
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What a catch Mitch!!!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Good flight by lyon and good catch!
chicko1983
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So a few more overs of Lyon and siddle, bring in Harris for siddle, then Mitchell for Harris to clean the tail up.
About 12-15 moreover before Mitch comes back on, if they are not out before then.
About 12-15 moreover before Mitch comes back on, if they are not out before then.
chicko1983
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Harris' line troubling mclaren here, can see an lbw coming next over.
chicko1983
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Hey grug, off topic but I saw the lions could be in for another long year....I didn't see any of it but saw hawks up by 100 pts during the last quarter.
No Rich, Redden, Rockliff, Moloney, Merrett, Patfull, Brown, Hanley, Staker, McGrath, Leuenberger or Adcock. That is probably 12 of our best 15 players.
Not too concerned at this stage - just a practice match.
chicko1983
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Refer it!
chicko1983
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If they are unfit at this stage of preseason then I would be worried, if they were just rested then ok. Don't know why you would rest that many players though.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Lyon getting heaps of turn.
Good stuff.
edit: Mitchell!
Good stuff.
edit: Mitchell!
chicko1983
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Mitch!!!! I love ya!!!
All fit except Staker.
Not sure what Leppitsch was thinking. Think he just wanted to give all the kids a taste of what the big league is like. Not sure what they learn from a drubbing like that though. Expecting a massive class injection vs the Suns next week.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Does lyon actually have any variations? He does it with spin and speed, but I don't I've ever seen him try something like an armball.
chicko1983
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He won the icc player of the year award well before the ashes. The ashes wasn't the first time he bowled awesome, it won't be the last.
Ab hit on the arm here, not good for him.
chicko1983
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Pretty sure it was Lyon yelling fuck
He has the arm ball, which is the unintentional one that goes straight on.
But he is an orthodox off spinner, you cant expect him to bowl a doosra or caram ball, the Australian youth system wouldn't allow it to be developed in junior cricket. I have played against four people called for chucking in club matches.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh I don't really expect him to have a doosra, but I've hardly seen an armball from him.
chicko1983
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The running joke is that off spinners never intentionally bowl arm balls, they just happen to be the ones that don't turn.
He does have natural topspin and bounce which is good and he used the angles well when coming around the wicket.
I don't think he needs much more. He is a pretty good test level spinner at the moment and will get better with experience. Doing similar to swann at this time in his career, a bowler with similar repertoire to Lyon.
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