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what do you mean?
Is he one of Rickys mates?
planar1280
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He plays for NSW.
does Pup play for NSW too?
what grug said + punter and pup's mate?
current crop of nsw players in the aussie lineup
warner
clarke
haddin
cowan is an ex-nsw player
other nsw players in the fringes
watson not long ago moved to nsw for personal reasons
katich, but he's just about played his last test after going out with a bang
hughes back to the wilderness
copeland
starc
khawaja
cummins
doug the rug
warner
clarke
haddin
cowan is an ex-nsw player
other nsw players in the fringes
watson not long ago moved to nsw for personal reasons
katich, but he's just about played his last test after going out with a bang
hughes back to the wilderness
copeland
starc
khawaja
cummins
doug the rug
AdventureRacing
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The funny thing about Haddin is when he was first coming into the Australian side he was being talked up for his wicket keeping skills. I can barely remember a worse keeper than Haddin at the International level, he is terrigle.
I also think Gilchrist was highly underated at keeping.
I also think Gilchrist was highly underated at keeping.
kamran akmal (match fixing mode?)
Gillie was solid, but not awesome. It's been a while since Australia had a class keeper, who was in the side based on his keeping.
AdventureRacing
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Gillie pretty much never dropped catches and he had to keep to some pretty hard bowlers (Warne, Mcgrath at the stumps and Brett Lee at his best). He was also incredibly quick with his stumpings and could move a long way to make catches. I'm not sure what more anyone expected from him.
I know batting was his big thing but i think he was a good enough keeper in his own right.
I know batting was his big thing but i think he was a good enough keeper in his own right.
bobnowhere
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It was a perfectly acceptable tradeoff to replace a world-class keeper and very handy batsman (healy) with a world-class batsman and very good keeper (gilly). The problem is that Haddin is inferior to Gilchrist in both disciplines.
Fucking called it two days ago
And you Aussies were still thinking (even today) that this test would be a draw .. smh.
AdventureRacing
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Chances were that would have been true of whoever replaced Gilchrist. The problem isn't that he is worse than Gilchrist the problem is that he is worse than just about any other keeper who has picked up the gloves at an International level.
The fact that he constantly throws away his wicket is just icing on the backe.
You called it Grug
Textbook.
Fucking troll thinks like a troll.
2.25 days of play left, 8 wickets left to fall, lead of 420+, batting lineup hasnt crossed 300 mark in 13 consecutive innings prior, there was only one possible result. Even West Indies would have won from that position.
Ofcourse Sheilas like you had to underplay Australia's chances. Its a shame that this decent Australian team (minus Haddin) has to play for undeserving fans like you.
Haha, getting mauled by Ashwin at the moment. Not sure who can replace Lyon ..
It makes Gruggy twist his panties.
Undoubtedly. In facty Gilly had to wait too long for his chance.
In his autobiography I think I recall him saying that perceptions of Healy's superiority with the gloves was the reason.
Harris. India are terrified of our quicks at the moment. Add in another one and a bouncy WACA wicket and fun will be had by all.
I have to twist them to wring them out after I piss myself laughing.
AdventureRacing
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I have actually heard someone say that not so long ago. I was so taken aback i just stood there in shock wondering if i had heard right lol.
I'm not sure if it's because they are afraid of Australias quicks or if their batting lineup is just floundering in general (judging by their performance in England i'm going to go with the latter).
By who? Bob Katter?
Thats fine, what about long term when Australia has to visit overseas. Australia doesnt even have a Tahir, lol.
Good that you finally admitted it.
AdventureRacing
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I live between Newcastle and Cessnock, you do the math.
Good at cleaning up the tail at least.
Fine by me, not like Australia are struggling to bowl India out of late.
Same thing will happen as pretty much every tour since Warne retired, we'll probably lose.
There still seems to be no saviour coming. Warnemania was predicted to result in a whole new generation of Australian kids bowling spin, but it still hasn't delivered us a genuine quality international. C'est la vie.
He's played in two more winning sides than any Indian this series.
Avg under 30 in Test matches. Doing terribly. :~(
Ah, we're not talking about talent but rather fortunes now. Gotcha.
Good point. The real question is... how much is he earning?
More than Clarke based on dolla/wicket.
Chappell criticizing Clarke for being defensive against Ashwin and rightly so.
edit: Ashwin's being treated like a regular batsman, sigh .. Finally Hilfy back.
Well there is a shock.
Well, yesterday he was hailing Clarke as the next Taylor ..
Ashwin has a decent chance to topscore in the Indian line-up, providing Yadav can stick around.
AdventureRacing
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They should treat Ashwin like a proper batsmen. Besides maybe one or two exceptions he is the one closest to actually looking like a proper batsmen this series.
Chappell's right. Get Ashwin out rather than Yadav, attack from both ends.
India reach 400, 100 more than my expectations. Zaheer, Ishant and Ashwin showing more fight than the Indian middle order.