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[Zvonimir Boban]

Words cannot express how much I love Misbah

 

[elfinke]

That was some century. Lovely stuff.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list...aq-fastest-50-test-history-pakistan-australia

:*)

 

[Antiwhippy]

Great century by misbah.

 

[tri_willy]

just saw the scores. omg aussies you dun get goofed. clarke needs to resign honestly. all credit to misbah for his mad century, but its fucking misbah! he's not known to score quickly. goddamn smithy and his pork pies

 

[Antiwhippy]

Love Shane warne tearing into robin Peterson.

I don't get why duminy was batting so low today.

Edit: Jesus merchant de Lange is pretty pacey.

 

[bobnowhere]

Rohit Sharma is currently 246 not out in a one day game against SL, doesn't seem fair!

 

[whatsinaname]

251*

Edit: 258* and keeps strike for last over.

WTF is going on?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Yeah it's a pretty serious knock.

Sri lanka can't be this bad can they? Or do they just not care about this last minute series?

 

[bobnowhere]

Damn out off the last ball for 264 off 173 balls.

 

[Jezbollah]

I need to watch a replay of that. Bloody hell.

 

[bobnowhere]

Game finished Rohit Sharma 264 def. Sri Lanka 251.

 

[elfinke]

Game finished Rohit Sharma 264 def. Sri Lanka 251.

The cricinfo headline to that effect is pretty good.

It was some innings.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I continue to not understand what Steve Smith must do to get into the odi squad.

 

[bobnowhere]

The cricinfo headline to that effect is pretty good.

It was some innings.

I believe that's were i stole it from!

 

[Antiwhippy]

Warner goes and watson comes in. No respite from this side.

Seriously worried about the bowling though, especially when you have maxwell as your only spinner.

 

[bobnowhere]

Warner goes and watson comes in. No respite from this side.

Seriously worried about the bowling though, especially when you have maxwell as your only spinner.

I'm not really convinced by Hazelwood either. On the plus side Harris is making his comeback in the next QLD shield game.

Thankfully SA now have a case of the droppsies

 

[Antiwhippy]

Starc is still a pretty gun odi bowler. He can still bat too so it satisfies Australia's need for an insanely long batting lineup. Dunno if we need Mitch marsh really.

Drop clarke for smith. Might as well exchange the captaincy while the iron is hot.

In all seriousness though bailey has been terrible for awhile now. Always want to close my eyes when I see him bat against spin. Smith a should have played.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Oh god the power play is coming up now.

Australia to be bowled out in the power play.

 

[elfinke]

That Clarke hamstring.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I was just kidding about replacing Clarke with Smith, but it seems that it may well come true.

Tough luck on Clarke. He can't have too much time left in world cricket now.

 

[elfinke]

The team I play for are back-to-back premiers, and this season we have a better team than we did last year. And yet we have been whooped several times now. What a time to be alive. I scored a handy 40 before throwing my wicket away on Saturday (stinking hot weather for cricket, too), before some young fella opened for the other team blasted 140-odd, including hitting some of the biggest sixes I've seen on any ground in Australia. Ludicrous.

Anyway, the Aussie women have acquitted themselves very nicely against the WI team, mopping the floor with them. Elyse Perry and Meg Lanning both ought to get a call up to the men's team on their form.

One last thought, at what point do people stop calling Maxwell the 'Big Show', based on the fact he hasn't produced a Big Show even once in Australian colours?

 

[Antiwhippy]

They stop when james brayshaw stop. I think even maxwell himself said that he hated that nickname.

I dunno, he's had a couple of good innings in ODIs and T20Is. An average of 31 with a SR of 120 is pretty damn good considering his role in the side.

He's basically our shahid afridi. Except he's a better batsman and a worse bowler.

I'm still waiting to see if he could be as consistent as andrew symonds.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Steve Smith was seriously taking the piss there.

That last few overs were hilarious.

 

[DeSo]

Steve Smith was seriously taking the piss there.

Faf too, god damn.

Insane last over.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Yeah, everything was great about that over except for the bowling.

Edit: I have no idea why kane Richardson keeps getting a gig.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Goddamn what a knock by safraz ahmed. Practically saved Pakistan.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Man, that was a game and a half.

 

[bobnowhere]

If I was a girl I'd have James Faulkner's babies. I'd probably let Steve Smith watch as well.

 

[DeSo]

Yeah Faulkner seems to love those situations. When we were five down I thought we were gone.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Steve smith is a serious champ. Can't see him out of the WC side anymore.

Really don't think clarke should return for the WC either.

 

[DeSo]

Really don't think clarke should return for the WC either.

Yeah, he'll struggle to get back. Probably doesn't even have a year left in him, his back is fucked.

 

[Antiwhippy]

It'll be rather sad end to a great career, but yeah, I think it's best for the team if he sits out the WC.

 

[bobnowhere]

Looks like Phil Hughes was very severely injured by a bouncer in the shield earlier.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/phil-hughes-hospitalised-after-being-knocked-unconscious-during-sheffield-shield-match-at-scg/story-fn5k3dxv-1227134415326

All sorts of nasty rumours about but Peter Lalor, The Australian's cricket writer says that his condition has improved.

https://twitter.com/plalor/status/537099180703899649

Scary stuff, seems like it hit him right behind the ear.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Sounds like a bad case of concussion. Really hope he's okay.

 

[Omikron]

Sounds like a bad case of concussion. Really hope he's okay.

But more serious than that. Underwent neurosurgery and is an induced coma.

 

[Jezbollah]

Sky News are reporting him in a critical condition.

Hope he pulls through

 

[bobnowhere]

There were rumors at the time, but they just confirmed on ABC that he wasn't breathing when he came off the field and had to have CPR for half and hour until the Ambulances arrived and they intubated him.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Geez, hope he gets better.

Betting that Sean Abbott is feeling like shit now.

 

[Vaddon]

Awful news to wake up to, hope he pulls through. Feel bad for Abbott too, it must be horrible for him.

 

[Andiie]

Just saw, not good. Hope everything goes well.

 

[Yagharek]

Fucking horrible news, I hope he recovers quickly. And also that Sean Abbott gets the supper he needs as well.

Phil Hughes is one of the best young cricketers to watch. Hopefully he gets the best care available.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Seriously though, we have a skull fracture with ahmed shezad and now phil hughes. Maybe the helmet needs a bit of a redesign?

 

[wachie]

Shocking news regarding Hughes. Hoping he pulls through to a full recovery.

It'll be rather sad end to a great career, but yeah, I think it's best for the team if he sits out the WC.

Clarke's career is anything but great. I'd reserve the word great for the likes of Ponting, Waugh etc.

 

[wachie]

Just saw the video, it's brutal. The way he falls and then when he's on the stretcher he's basically like a ragdoll, I couldn't hold back tears.

Here's hoping he makes it and makes a full recovery.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Clarke's batting is of course not as good as ponting's, but I'd still say that he was among the upper tier in terms of Australian ATG and I give him credit for captaining one of our weakest batting lineups in awhile, and that include ponting when he was still in the side.

 

[Steverulez]

This umpire needs to have a word with himself, first one fair enough giving it - it was close but the second one hit the same place when Cook was in the same position and it was even further over the top.

Horrible news about Hughes too btw, I hope he pulls through

 

[Vaddon]

Moeen has been great in this ODI, looks quite comfortable.

Really impressive innings from him.

 

[DeSo]

Hughes passed away. I'm so shocked and saddened. Ugh.

 

[Zapages]

Wow on Hughes news. RIP.