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Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
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07-28-2016, 12:29 AM
Cricket related, and very funny:

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/streaker-...2016-07-27
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07-28-2016, 12:41 AM
(07-28-2016, 12:29 AM)Bear link Wrote:Cricket related, and very funny:

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/streaker-...2016-07-27

A week in the slammer!  I guess it seemed a good idea at the time  Smile
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#283
07-28-2016, 03:55 AM
Must be some wonderful pitch to bat on. Might've been a two day Test if it wasn't for the rain.
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#284
07-29-2016, 05:26 AM
Let the Lankans right back into the match.  If it ever stops raining this will be a very tight finish.....or we'll capitulate spectacularly.
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#285
08-06-2016, 08:17 AM
Nice series win 'Lankans, but don't be offended when the first test is in Brisbane and the pitch resembles the 12th at Augusta and the second is in Perth and is described by the groundsman as a "spitting cobra" of a deck...
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#286
08-06-2016, 08:23 AM
(08-06-2016, 08:17 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Nice series win 'Lankans, but don't be offended when the first test is in Brisbane and the pitch resembles the 12th at Augusta and the second is in Perth and is described by the groundsman as a "spitting cobra" of a deck...


Yep the spin of the Lankans had us bamboozled but I would expect a different story in Aus where the decks will be greened up and the little Lankans will be ducking for cover...
Maybe we need neutral groundsman to stop the conditioning of wickets to suit the home team... Wink
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#287
08-06-2016, 08:35 AM
Another side that seems to lose interest if the ball gets above the knee roll.  Can't believe how well the Aust pace bowlers have been on these &^($($(ed decks, shows their class.  Yet again its the muppets with the bats letting us down.
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08-06-2016, 08:57 AM (This post was last modified: 08-06-2016, 09:06 AM by laj.)
While we are no.1 (or were?) it's very even at the top with no great sides hence home ground advantage is huge. We can't play on the sub continent those sides, outside of the Pakis, can't play outside of it.

We can never replicate their conditions here to practice on it so the only way to counter sub continent conditions is to have a real world class spinner. Although Warne did struggle in India the Indians did not dare through up a dusty 10th day track on the first day hence our pacemen and batsmen could succeed.
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08-06-2016, 09:19 AM
We should still be able to account for Sri Lanka Jim... even an average score would have put pressure on their batting line up.

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08-06-2016, 10:05 AM
(08-06-2016, 09:19 AM)Bear link Wrote:We should still be able to account for Sri Lanka Jim... even an average score would have put pressure on their batting line up.

Not necessarily if the track is turning against a team with terrific spinners.
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