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[chicko1983]

What a catch at bat pad Taylor.

one of the best Ive seen there for a while.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

What a fucking catch at short leg.

 

[mclem]

Sometimes, TMS isn't enough. Let me know if footage appears anywhere I can watch it! The vocal reaction was impressive enough.

 

[chicko1983]

Sometimes, TMS isn't enough. Let me know if footage appears anywhere I can watch it! The vocal reaction was impressive enough.

Imagine a full blooded leg glance, one which would have taken only seconds to reach the boundary, and Taylor just staying low, and it hitting his hands.

A few inches either side of his hands and he probably wouldnt have had enough time to move his hands.

Didnt bobble, just a clean catch.

BUt im still selling it short!

Broad with five for 14 now. Still steaming in.

Could be over today.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Doolan did the same catch last time too when we toured south Africa.

 

[chicko1983]

Doolan did the same catch last time too when we toured south Africa.

yeah similar, but I reckon this one was harder hit.And doolan's was a juggle IIRC. This was a nice clean catch.

edit: I was thinking of the duminy catch (which was juggled), not the smith one (which wasnt juggled).

Taylors was better than both of them IMO. It was as clean as Smiths but as close to the bat as Duminy's

http://s3.amazonaws.com/br-cdn/temp...9911a7908c8617f76335b71aed5e68.gif?1392470949

http://s3.amazonaws.com/br-cdn/temp...a7fe58399e81dcdcf106b32a932d05.gif?1392471535

 

[hamchan]

Holy shit Broad

 

[Antiwhippy]

I see that broad is in his "tear shit up" mood.

Really sad what's happening to south Africa though.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

hahahahah Taylor took an even better catch at short leg

 

[Jezbollah]

James Taylor. Good lord. That was immense.

EDIT: Stokes has turned up to the party

 

[hamchan]

The Perth Scorchers have collapsed 5/34 too against the goddamn Melbourne Stars.

Goddamn South Africa are done.

 

[ghostlight_ross]

I'm not sure what I prefer Taylor's catches or that ball from Stokes. What a beast of an inswinger.

 

[Antiwhippy]

The Perth Scorchers have collapsed 5/34 too against the goddamn Melbourne Stars.

Goddamn South Africa are done.

And we don't even have Australia's premium top one day spinner Glenn Maxwell.

 

[hamchan]

Scorchers throwing the match so the semi final can be in Melbourne where more tickets can be sold.

 

[Mindwipe]

Amazing stuff from Broad this morning. How has the wicket turned like this overnight?

 

[Jezbollah]

SA 83 all out.

Broad 6-17.

England need 74 from the next two days.

 

[hamchan]

74 to win boy oh boy.

 

[crazy monkey]

OMG SA so sad wtf has happened to them.

 

[Jezbollah]

England win the test and the series.

 

[chicko1983]

hahahahah Taylor took an even better catch at short leg

I'm not sure what I prefer Taylor's catches or that ball from Stokes. What a beast of an inswinger.

Bugger, I went to bed before his second catch and missed it.

OMG SA so sad wtf has happened to them.

South Africa got old and are now well behind Australia, England and India in their rebuilding stages. I called it in this thread sometime ago about how South Africa were clearly trying to manage their star players in the last couple of years by only playing a minimal amount of tests.

Steyn is pretty much gone now, can string more than two tests together. Smith already gone, ab and Amla appear burnt out, morkel is always a ball away from injury too these days.

They need to rebuild but will be catching up to Aus, India and England, and even New Zealand, as those teams have already identified some good young players. England I'm most worried about with Anderson looking like he is slowly declining but broad looks strong for now,

I did like how rabada bowled though, that was a shining light for sa.

 

[Jezbollah]

Guys, try this link for the catches

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/ne...d-james-taylor-takes-stunning-short-leg-catch

Hell. If you cant watch it i'll rip it and put it on Youtube

RE: England - I think the transition stage is mostly over. They "just" need to find a young successor to Jimmy Anderson - and that in itself is a huge task.

Still issues over the form of the openers though.

 

[chicko1983]

Guys, try this link for the catches

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/ne...d-james-taylor-takes-stunning-short-leg-catch

Hell. If you cant watch it i'll rip it and put it on Youtube

RE: England - I think the transition stage is mostly over. They "just" need to find a young successor to Jimmy Anderson - and that in itself is a huge task.

Still issues over the form of the openers though.

The link didnt work, the page kept crashing but it could be my computer.

I think England still has some work to do.

They have a great young batsman (root) and all rounder (stokes). I still dont rate
Bairstow as a keeper and as a batsman against a better pace bowling attack he will still be found out (i.e. against Aus, NZ and Pakistan). But he is definitely serviceable.
Ali is becoming much improved spinner.
Broad is only 29 so hopefully he has another 3 or so good years infront of him.
But yeah I agree, they need another young (20-24) quick bowler and one more top order batsman and they would be formidable.

India have enough good young batsmen, but they are lacking a seam bowling allrounder and seam bowlers to win matches overseas.

Australia have found a very good keeper. They have the young batsmen coming through now I think and can build a batting order around Warner and Smith for the next 5 years. The keeper is the best of the young test keepers at the moment and he is a solid batsman. Our bowling is good but will only get better. Lyon is still improving a lot and has 4-5 years of test cricket left. And there will be enough young pace bowlers if they all get fit. The biggest area for improvement is the allrounders in Maxwell, Agar, MMarsh. Those three players have the talent to be anything they want really.

Great test teams are built around bowling attacks and as such, I think the next 3-5 years will be Australia's. Personally, I looking forward to Australian tour of India in 2017. At that stage I think the current team will be at its stongest: Warner, Burns, Khawaja, Smith, SMarsh, Maxwell, Neville, Lyon, Hazlewood, Pattinson, Starc.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

 

[hamchan]

I don't know 0.5 reaction time doesn't seem super fast to me.

That dive is pretty awesome though.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

I think that "reaction time" is the time it takes for the ball to go from bat into Taylor's hands, so it encompasses both reaction and action.

The webm gives a better idea of the speed.

https://fat.gfycat.com/CleanWholeIndianspinyloach.webm

 

[Jezbollah]

I think that "reaction time" is the time it takes for the ball to go from bat into Taylor's hands, so it encompasses both reaction and action.

The webm gives a better idea of the speed.

Tremendous. Cheers for this.

 

[hamchan]

295 is decent for the MCG but then the target India set in the last two games was supposed to be decent too and they still lost. Once again they might not have scored enough.

 

[bomma_man]

Gotta feel for the bowlers this series

 

[Antiwhippy]

Glad to see the duke doing well though.

 

[hamchan]

We finally got here after 3 games but it seems we have a reasonably exciting situation.

Also it's like Kohli is the only Indian player with how much they are focusing on him.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Ha ha I love that maxi falls for another 90.

 

[wachie]

Maxwell, you fool. Why are players so self-centered these days?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Maxwell, you fool. Why are players so self-centered these days?

Whatever, he put his team in a situation where they couldn't lose. Fair enough to go the extra glory.

 

[hamchan]

Boy, if only India had like another 30 more runs.

Anyways at least this match was different to the last two.

 

[wachie]

Serves him well for falling short, take note all the Kohlis and other selfish players.

 

[crazy monkey]

India is bad.

SA seems so tired. I hope we get new blood in the team. They need at least 5 new class players.

 

[legend166]

Maxwell, you fool. Why are players so self-centered these days?

Ehh, I'm all for having a go at Maxwell, but in this case he didn't do anything wrong. The game was essentially over, he'd already won it for us.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Nah, I'm all for maxwell going great. Even when he plays a typical maxwell innings I can't have a go at him. Maxwell not being maxwell would make the ODI game very boring.

 

[hamchan]

Chris Gayle with the equal fastest 50 with 51 off 12 balls.

 

[Antiwhippy]

IT'S ALL HAPPENING.

 

[Jables Swan]

Chris Gayle with the equal fastest 50 with 51 off 12 balls.

That was amazing. Not sure why Laughlin went short with the free hit.

 

[bomma_man]

GB didn't get picked for the T20 squad?

lol wut

 

[bobnowhere]

Chad Sayers and Jackson Bird into the test squad for New Zealand, SOK out. Though unless they move Siddle on or swap Marshes I doubt either will play.

 

[hamchan]

Australia with 348. Finch, Warner, Maxwell and Smith are pretty good. Mitch Marsh is pretty bad. He really bogged down the innings and ruined the momentum of Australia.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I hate it when work made me miss a Maxwell blinder.

 

[Antiwhippy]

This will be an interesting test. We're without our 3 best odi bowlers and India seems out for blood after all the loses.

 

[hamchan]

Yeah it feels like India will win this one as comfortably as Australia won the others. That Mitch Marsh period really could be the difference maker.

Why are the pitches on Australia so awful this year?

 

[Antiwhippy]

The manuka oval was always flat tripe.

Dunno, it's made the matches somewhat boring though.

 

[hamchan]

Wow... Suddenly 3 wickets including Kohli.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Cricinfo ball by ball commentator has the gift of the curse.