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Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - LP - 12-23-2018
(12-23-2018, 01:02 AM)Professer E link Wrote:How's about blokes aiming at the seams and patches in the matting.... Absolute faaaarking cawnarge.
Yep, when it rained the go was to go and play on matting. You'd have district bowlers coming in aiming for the overlap in the mats, they would have stretched them so tight it was like a trampoline and when it drizzled it was like a teflon coated trampoline! One pair of utter f%^5knuckles I knew had fitted out their 4x4 winch with a tensioning bar, they would create a 4ft overlap in the mats in the dead center of the pitch that they dubbed "the killing zone!"
You'd look around and the keeper was standing in the next suburb pissing himself laughing!
If conditions got really bad you'd go down to the two piece brigade and that was bloody murder, the balls were virtually indestructible, swung under any conditions, and the real asswipe fanarkles would put them in a deep freezer overnight before game day just to get them a bit harder! The first forward defence would shatter your fingers like you had blocked a canon ball!
FFS, I remember when indoor cricket first started, no pads, just a box and gloves and real cricket balls!
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - ElwoodBlues1 - 12-23-2018
Perth wicket was bad, shooters, deliveries taking off from good lengths...Shami was getting them to fly like Curtly Ambrose did and he isnt quick or tall.
Pitches need to be good for both bowlers/batsman but that wicket was poor and bordering on unsafe IMO...
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - flyboy77 - 12-23-2018
(12-23-2018, 01:57 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Perth wicket was bad, shooters, deliveries taking off from good lengths...Shami was getting them to fly like Curtly Ambrose did and he isnt quick or tall.
Pitches need to be good for both bowlers/batsman but that wicket was poor and bordering on unsafe IMO...
Can't agree Eb.
The pitch produced the best part of 5 days of pretty darn entertaining cricket - neither bat nor ball dominated. A century was scored and a few good half centuries.
India's lack of a front line spinner and a woefully long tail......the difference.
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - laj - 12-23-2018
(12-23-2018, 06:13 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Can't agree Eb.
The pitch produced the best part of 5 days of pretty darn entertaining cricket - neither bat nor ball dominated. A century was scored and a few good half centuries.
India's lack of a front line spinner and a woefully long tail......the difference.
Entertaining is one thing, and that it certainly was, going from dangerous to shooting randomly is not a great pitch. That middle session on day 4 was plainly dangerous and that was from a short bowler bowling 135k.
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - flyboy77 - 12-23-2018
(12-23-2018, 08:06 AM)laj link Wrote:Entertaining is one thing, and that it certainly was, going from dangerous to shooting randomly is not a great pitch. That middle session on day 4 was plainly dangerous and that was from a short bowler bowling 135k.
I'll admit I didn't watch a lot of the game! :-X
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - Professer E - 12-25-2018
I can understand dropping Handscombe, but why replace him with a bloke who isn't bowling and has even less elapsed form with the bat!?!
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - capcom - 12-25-2018
It'll be an interesting toss. Prefer we bat first
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - flyboy77 - 12-25-2018
(12-25-2018, 01:15 AM)Professer E link Wrote:I can understand dropping Handscombe, but why replace him with a bloke who isn't bowling and has even less elapsed form with the bat!?!
Agreed, Stoinis a better option....
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - Professer E - 12-25-2018
Id like to know what Marsh has done to get so many golden opportunities. The photos or videos or whatever he has must be damning.
Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ?? - DJC - 12-25-2018
(12-25-2018, 01:15 AM)Professer E link Wrote:I can understand dropping Handscombe, but why replace him with a bloke who isn't bowling and has even less elapsed form with the bat!?!
Yes, it must have been an interesting conversation with Handscombe, “You’re out of form so we’re replacing you with a bloke who is even more out of form!”
Langer made it very clear that Marsh was included because of his bowling so it will be interesting to see if he bowls more than a couple of overs.