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DeSo

DeSo

Banned
Couldn't catch the action this morning but I knew we'd struggle to make it to lunch. Well done to the Poms, too good although we didn't do ourselves any favours.
 
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jambo

Member
I miss Hayden, Symonds, Gilchrist, McGrath, Warne and the Waugh brothers.

Any other Aussie want to help me build a time machine?
 
E

Empty

Member
no katich along with the morale shift from this result is going to make it difficult for australia in the next game. really nice position we're in now.
 
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Salazar

Member
Empty said:
no katich along with the morale shift from this result is going to make it difficult for australia in the next game. really nice position we're in now.
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Supposedly (quoth the Grauniad) Phil Hughes is in line to replace Katich. I have no strong feelings about it.
 
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Salazar

Member
The Friendly Monster said:
And who are replacing the rest of the team?
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I

ItAintEasyBeinCheesy

it's 4th of July in my asshole
Disappointing but the unquestionably better team won.

I could almost bring myself to support them since im pretty much British, dads Pommy born, mums parents emigrate and have the last name "England"......... then i look at their pasty skin and bad teeth :lol :lol
 
M

master15

Member
Ouch, huge loss but really after first few days it seemed only right.

It's going to take something really special for us to come back this series.
 
L

legend166

Member
My Aussie team for Perth:

Hughes
Hussey
Clarke
Ponting
Watson
Smith
Haddin
Harris
Siddle
Copeland
Bollinger

Depending on whether the pitch is a typical WACA pitch or more like what they've served up in the last few years, swap Bollinger out for O'Keefe and then O'Keefe plays at number 8.
 
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ItAintEasyBeinCheesy

it's 4th of July in my asshole
Wonder if they give Cameron a go since Doug seems to be slowing down a bit, fitness might not be 100%. They shouldnt be taking guys into a game with injuries.

Will be good to see how NSW goes they mght be watching them and looking for players.
 
Y

Yagharek

Member
legend166 said:
My Aussie team for Perth:

Hughes
Hussey
Clarke
Ponting
Watson
Smith
Haddin
Harris
Siddle
Copeland
Bollinger

Depending on whether the pitch is a typical WACA pitch or more like what they've served up in the last few years, swap Bollinger out for O'Keefe and then O'Keefe plays at number 8.
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Hughes
Watson
White
Ponting
Ferguson
Hussey
Haddin
Hilfenhaus
Siddle
Smith
Clark
 
R

Rezbit

Member
Wow, I knew we were bad, but I honestly didn't expect us to be an innings and 70 runs bad.

Surely Hilfenhaus is the unluckiest bowler out there. Has one average bowl in one innings in what, every single innings he's bowled? And gets dropped? And the team still only gets 5 wickets? SMH.
 
S

Salazar

Member
I liked Aggers talking yesterday about how Panesar runs on to the pitch. His pace is never more than sedate, but there is a gigantic amount of flailing energy expended :lol
 
G

guidop

Member
SA and NSW are playing a shield game today and Victoria are playing an English XI on Friday both matches are crucial to see how the selectors could go. Hughes for the openers spot, White and Smith both vying for North's or Doherty's spot plus all the pacemen bowling in both games; Mckay, Copeland, Cameron, George
 
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legend166

Member
Smith's picked up 2/31 so far in NSW's 1st innings rout of the crow eaters.

The forgotten all rounder of Australian cricket, Moises Henriques, has figures of 4/2. Four wickets, two runs. South Australia are 8/150. Ferguson failed, so he's out of contention at this stage.

Copeland can bowl a lot. At one point he'd bowled 18 out of 44 overs with figures of 1/31. I think that's what the Aussie team needs at the moment. Someone who can build pressure.
 
I

ItAintEasyBeinCheesy

it's 4th of July in my asshole
I remember seeing Moses once.......only once. Sounds like he goes alright though :lol

I wish White was in some good form, he could take over for Clarke.
 
G

guidop

Member
good article in the Age about our spin situation - Link

We're pretty stuffed for spin options now that Doherty has failed, I don't think Smith and White have the bowling chops the team needs.

Edit: btw what was MacGill's reason for retiring?
 
D

Dead Man

Member
Congrats England, you looked the better team all match, and by a fair margin.

guidop said:
good article in the Age about our spin situation - Link

We're pretty stuffed for spin options now that Doherty has failed, I don't think Smith and White have the bowling chops the team needs.

Edit: btw what was MacGill's reason for retiring?
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Wanted to make wine, I think.
 
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guidop

Member
Dead Man said:
Wanted to make wine, I think.
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That bloke(MacGill) was born 15 years too early. Steven Smith just took another 2 wickets finishing with 4/57 if he can do something with the bat then he could be playing in perth
 
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Salazar

Member
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
Nah not serious. He is the highest scorer in the NSW Vs SA game going on at the moment, 66 not out.
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:lol

I actually checked Cricinfo. What on earth has happened to the world ?
 
C

chicko1983

Member
My XI for Perth:

Hughes
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Haddin
Cameron White
Andrew McDonald
Harris
Bollinger
Siddle

Pros: strengthen batting and additional medium pacer with McDonald
Cons: no spin option

Likely XI:

Hughes
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Haddin
North
Hauritz
Harris
Siddle
Johnson

Bollinger out (said he has hit the wall), Katich has to go for Hughes as he is a specialist opener, North will get another shot unfortunately, and Johnson is the next best bowler in Australia at the moment *cries*
 
P

Pachael

Member
Ya know, I hear the pre-season draft was interesting. ;p

If cricket had one, most of the Australian team wouldn't be picked.
 
S

Salazar

Member
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
We need a bigger pool. I demand Chinese-esque selection, if you got talent we take you away from your family and train you to be UBER!
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A cricketing ludus. Cheesy as the Batiatus of Australian cricket.
 
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Grug

Member
jambo said:
I miss Hayden, Symonds, Gilchrist, McGrath, Warne and the Waugh brothers.

Any other Aussie want to help me build a time machine?
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Pick up Michael Bevan while you are there. Will instantly sort the ODI team straight out.
 
A

artist

Banned
I liked this view by Michael Jeh, specifically;

The players themselves can take some of the blame for this. Michael Clarke, perhaps through abject disappointment or the act of a drowning man clutching at a serpent, saw a glimmer of hope when the umpire missed a blatant inside edge and forced England to refer a short-leg catch that was obvious for everybody to see. Well, obvious to everybody except the man in the best position - the umpire! Now, let me state upfront that I have no issue whatsoever with Clarke (or any other cricketer from any country) standing their ground and waiting for the umpire's decision if they are also prepared to abrogate ALL decision-making responsibilities to the umpire. It's when we have this "duality of morality" (as I call it) that major problems emerge and tensions can flare.

Let's consider the last two Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide; Australia (Ricky Ponting) claims a low catch off Alastair Cook on the 5th day at the Gabba. His indignant response to the decision being referred to the 3rd umpire might be understandable if Australia (in this example) were always prepared to play the game on the basis of 'player honesty'. But, as Clarke proved a few days later in Adelaide, that honour code is totally dispensable when you snick the ball, either to the wicketkeeper, short leg, silly mid-off etc. It's almost as if a catch when you’re batting has a totally different moral obligation, to a catch you claim as a fielder. Why is that? I simply don't see why there is such a difference in ethics. If you knew you nicked it, why is that fundamentally different to claiming a catch that bounced before you caught it?

Likewise, wicketkeepers are prone to appealing vociferously for a catch that they knew missed the edge of the bat, but are bound by some sort of moral code that apparently can be relied upon to kick in if the nick doesn't quite carry to them. Fielders will appeal for an lbw that clearly got an inside edge. Sometimes the initial appeal is instinctive but you know a fraction of a second later that the batsman smashed it, but I have yet to see a batsman being called back if after an umpire gives him out lbw. Again, I have no issue with accepting the umpire's verdict, good or bad, because you know that over a lifetime, things even themselves out. For that argument to hold true though, cricketers who subscribe to that theory need to accept the umpire's decision on all verdicts. Insisting that you are so honest that you'd never claim a bump ball whilst happily admitting that you would appeal for a dismissal that you knew was not out or stand your ground when you knew you nicked one to the keeper just doesn't make sense.
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&

And when you make a goose of yourself like Clarke did the other evening, full marks for the apology and the plausible explanation but for goodness sake, don't hide behind Twitter!
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:lol
 
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chicko1983

Member
Fox Sports 3’s Inside Cricket last night, transcript:
Brendan Julian “So where do we go from here boys, Junior what do you reckon?”
Mark Waugh “Mate if I was a selector there are at least five, maybe six, of those blokes who’d be looking for something to do next week, because they wouldn’t be playing cricket in Perth.”
Damien Fleming “Such as?”
Waugh “Mate, Doherty for a start. I mean jeez, we’ve picked a bloke because we don’t know who our spinner should be. Should we seriously pick a guy who has played 10 state level tests in his life to go up against Pietersen, Cooke and those guys?”
Julian “Bit harsh”
Waugh “Bit harsh? He was chucking that many pies at Pietersen he may as well have opened a bakery on days 2 and 3.”
Fleming “North?”
Waugh “Gone”
Julian “Bollinger? Siddle?”
Waugh “Gone”
Gladstone Small “ Can I interrupt for a minute?”
Waugh “No”
Julian “Junior is on a bit of a roll here Stone”
Waugh “No I mean fair go, we’ve got it wrong here. If I’m the only bloke not happy that we’ve been rolled for an innings and 70 odd runs on a runway of a pitch and that lets be honest we’re going to have a summer of the poms handing us our **** in this series then fair go boys, something’s wrong here. What’s Clarke doing after getting out? He’s on twitter saying sorry for not walking? Mate if he did that in our side there’d be hell to pay. AB would chuck his twitter box off the balcony or whatever it is. Sorry for not walking? *expletive*

:lol :lol
 
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