Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[ElwoodBlues1]

Amazing watching last night.
You would swear we were trying to play test cricket.
Can't believe they would revert to that!

Some good leaves by Warner and Rogers....England dont look that intense IMO, thought their fielding was lacking spark and while they bowled tight I didnt think they
came out pumped like they did last test. How Siddle has got a game is beyond me..even though he might get some wickets I would have played Cummins.

[malo]

Nice warm up for the Kiwis......Cricket Aus XI.......1 - 503 (dec).  Declared when they lost their first wicket (Carters for 209)  Finch (who can't get a gig for Victoria)  - 288 n/o !

Match suspended now while the pitch is being inspected....be absolutely hilarious if the Kiwis couldn't get a bat on it (although, a fair slight on the Blacktown ovals preparation).

Latest word, the stumps have been taken out......Kiwi's will be fuming

[LP]

Nice warm up for the Kiwis......Cricket Aus XI.......1 - 503 (dec).  Declared when they lost their first wicket (Carters for 209)  Finch (who can't get a gig for Victoria)  - 288 n/o !

Match suspended now while the pitch is being inspected....be absolutely hilarious if the Kiwis couldn't get a bat on it (although, a fair slight on the Blacktown ovals preparation).

Latest word, the stumps have been taken out......Kiwi's will be fuming

The Kiwi's aren't fuming, they pulled the pin claiming the pitch was dangerous for the bowlers due to pot holes in the foot marks!

[malo]

I just saw a phot0 of the pitch.....no bloody wonder.

That's pretty poor.  Can you imagine the outcry if this was an English warm up match to the First Ashes test ???

[JonHenry]

I just saw a phot0 of the pitch.....no bloody wonder.

That's pretty poor.  Can you imagine the outcry if this was an English warm up match to the First Ashes test ???

The kiwis were about to bat after Aus made 1/500. What was their concerns?

[malo]

The kiwis were about to bat after Aus made 1/500. What was their concerns?

It wasn't good, big footholes on the bowling crease.........but I think they were after any excuse to get an early start up in Brisbane, they already tried to cut this game down to 3 days & were refused.....so they just pulled pin anyway.

[LP]

The kiwis were about to bat after Aus made 1/500. What was their concerns?

Embarrassment! :o

[laj]

No, not kidding.
He needs a kick up the ass.
He averages sub 20 in ashes first innings when it counts.
Stats ax be whatever you want them to be Jim
He has no forward defence and gets out playing the same shots
Let's not create another watson

He averages near 46 in Test Cricket. 12 centuries and 19 half centuries. There's your stats. Technique is good these days as he's worked on it. You obviously haven't watched any cricket at all for a couple of years. In case you've been living on Mars he is now probably the best opening batsman in world cricket. What you posted is....well...use your imagination.

Another Watson...lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Juddkreuzer]

I just saw a phot0 of the pitch.....no bloody wonder.

That's pretty poor.  Can you imagine the outcry if this was an English warm up match to the First Ashes test ???

Disgraceful.

[crashlander]

It looks like a 1st day track in India or Pakistan.
That isn't saying that it is any good. However, the Australians had just made a pretty impressive score on it, so it can't have played as bad as it looked.