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Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 02-10-2023
Damn straight. If he was playing grade cricket over here he'd be watching for the next month, they're red hot on this kind of stuff.
It might not be as extreme as sandpaper, but its still not on and it is so f*****g typical of p-weak officials on stuff like this. But if an Australian did it....
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Gointocarlton - 02-10-2023
Could Australia's fortunes be turning? Murphy has 3
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 02-11-2023
It will be four nil, as predicted. No lessons have been learnt and this result will finish careers. Sure, they were hamstrung by injuries but it was the most clueless set of selections I've ever seen. I'm looking at you George. Only four bowlers and no Head.
The players looked horribly underprepared - why do they constantly get beaten on the inside when batting? WHY!?!
Khawaja cannot play off spin, period. That's the issue Langer brought up with him and why he spent years in the wilderness.
Warner is finished. F-i-n-i-s-h-e-d for those who don't get it. Brings nothing.
Boland can't take wickets on that kind of pitch, doesn't get movement through the air. The dropped catch was awful. Not disgraceful but not right for these decks.
Renshaw.....Aaaaargh. And injured. Lucky not to be on a plane.
And let's not forget Mr Cummins. First real test for him and he didn't lead. And needs to rediscover how to bat.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - LP - 02-12-2023
(02-11-2023, 08:47 PM)Professer E date Wrote:Boland can't take wickets on that kind of pitch, doesn't get movement through the air. The dropped catch was awful. Not disgraceful but not right for these decks.The dropped catch was ordinary, the NSWelshmen will hang Boland high for that one to cover up the other dropped catches by Smith, Labuschagne and Khawaja.
But in regards to Boland and bowling in India, let's not forget they had already put down two certain(90/10) chances off his bowling and another one that probably should have been been 60/40 but they didn't even get a hand to it. He actually generated more chances than Cummins!
Add those drops to the ones of Murphy and they cost Australia about 200 runs! Catching close in can be tough in Inda, the ball stays low, Smith has a flaw in his technique he keeps standing up. It's great in Australia because he can dive left and right and take the spectacular catches on pitches where the ball carries 40m, but in India where the ball comes to at ankle height 10m from the stumps his technique is a problem, a huge negative.
But the catching that isn't the big problem, the big problem is the batting is not technically sound for Indian conditions. They needed guys with sound basic defence who can and will sweep from ball one, and they hand none!
It almost looked to me like the players don't care about India, and they are tuning up BazBall style batting for The Ashes!
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Gointocarlton - 02-17-2023
F-me, stand up and applaud, AUS 0-50
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Gointocarlton - 02-17-2023
And as I say that, Warner gone for 15 ! Im a curse.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - rocky - 02-17-2023
F-me just turned it on in time to see Warner go out! Switching TV off.
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - LP - 02-17-2023
More Bazball, this could be a two day test!
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Gointocarlton - 02-17-2023
Make that 2-91
Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread - Professer E - 02-17-2023
Seems to be a rule whereby if we get hit on the pad, it's LB. First one (rightfully overturned) had so much wood in it it was almost a cover drive.
Game over.