keylime Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 The 200 and the 206 not out, was pretty sweet to watch (just got hold of the tape from my friend). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Australia didnt prepare themselves properly for this series. If you watched day two, the only bowler they had in their squad who was turning the ball was part-timer Katich. It's the sub-continent factor too. The pitches are prepared to suit Indian teams (not a gripe by the way). But the contention that the English will regain the Ashes this summer - ha. Let's wait and see. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Any views on this Stanford Twenty20 international? It seems that England (despite the large prize) really wish they didn't have to play and could just play a normal game of cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Any views on this Stanford Twenty20 international? It seems that England (despite the large prize) really wish they didn't have to play and could just play a normal game of cricket. I think the amount is too large, and I don't pay any attention to what KP and others are saying about "bad pitch and lights". They would all be delighted to cash in whether they played on a belter in Delhi or in complete darkness on a beach in Antigua. A bunch of hypocrites if you ask me. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 What has really been exposed is that we have noone that can turn the ball. Our first choice spinner Bryce McGain plays for Cameron White for Victoria and White doesn't bowl himeslf, he gives the ball to McGain :P So picking White makes little sense unless trying to bolster the batting. Krejza got belted in the warmup game, something like 0/199 off 32 overs or something, but he should have been picked for this game if they were genuinely trying to win this test. Then you have some other young spinners that are nowhere near ready for test cricket, Casson, Bailey, Cullen and a few others. Personally I think Katich should put some serious work into his bowling and not open the batting, problem is we have a problem with the opening batsmen too. Langer was more of a loss than many realise until now. The other person we are forgetting about is Andrew Symonds, (out for disciplinary reasons), if he was playing, there is no way White would be. Then we have the fast bowlers, not one of them have played a test in India before, they don't know how to bowl there. With the batsmen, same problem, not many have played there either. Realistically, the subcontinent is our least favourite place to play. None of our grounds are like that, even the traditional turning wicket, the SCG, doesn't break up like it used to anymore. So we will wait and see. We don't play there very often, I don't think we have played Pakistan over there for about 7-8 years, maybe longer. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Australia didnt prepare themselves properly for this series. I like this much better than Sean's lame excuses about "inexperience" and "turning wickets". You are the world's number 1 ranked team and should therefore be able to adjust to all surfaces. Losing by 300+ runs in the second Test and now hoplelessly behind at Delhi, that's rather embarrassing. Australia lost the Ashes in 2005, a big shock, but that was soon forgotten (at least in Australia) because the team went from strength to strength thereafter. Complacency springs to mind, and that is always dangerous. The Aussies should have been warned from previous experiences in India. For example, Australia are the only country to lose a Test after asking the opposition to follow-on. They lost by 10 runs at Sydney in 1894-95 and at Leeds by 18 runs in 1981 – both times to England, and then to India at Kolkata in 2000-01 by 171 runs. With the team Australia has at the moment they are no longer hot favourites against nations like India, South Africa and England. It takes time to develop new stars, and that is why I give England a fair chance of regaining the Ashes in about 10 months. Australia have a weaker team now than they had when they lost in 2005, and additionally it's always harder to get results on foreign soil. The English rain will perhaps be your next excuse, Sean? ;) Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Losing after enforcing a follow on is not necessarily a bad thing (nor is losing after a declaration). It's a bit like conceding the odd doubled partial, if you don't do that you aren't doubling enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Losing after enforcing a follow on is not necessarily a bad thing (nor is losing after a declaration). It's a bit like conceding the odd doubled partial, if you don't do that you aren't doubling enough. Depends on the situation and time remaining. If you must win a match, a declaration, even a generous one, is fine, but enforcing a follow-on is not. Your chances of winning is bigger if you set the opposition a target; then there is a good chance that they will go for it .... and often lose as a result. However, when enforced to follow on, all you can do (in practice) is to defend and try to salvage a draw. Then the leading team would have been better off if they had batted again and declared when appropriate. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 In some ways the Ashes will depend on how England do against India. In England it will also depend on reverse swing since we can't handle it, as proven in 2005 and whenever we play in humid conditions or conditions we are not used to. If the English bowlers have it, then it will be tougher. However our batsmen are far more used to English conditions than Indian ones. Also, spin is less of a factor there. Which is important since we have noone that can turn a ball at the moment apart from Katich who is supposed to open the batting :P The one positive we have in the fast bowling department before then is that Shaun Tait is back and bowling decently. It is VERY clear we are short on quality bowlers at the moment, as would any team without Warne and McGrath. Hopefully Clark will be over his injuries by then so he can maintain that niggling line and nip a few in for an lbw or bowled, or nip one away for a catch behind the wicket as he has done in the past. It will be an intersting Australian summer of cricket considering who we have. New Zealand always grow about 4-5 extra arms and legs whenever they play against us and then we have the dual South African series. And Roland, whilst I was mildly insulted by your insinuations that I was making excuses, I was actually explaining our domestic cricket stocksthat you may or may not have been aware of. And the only reason I would think of using rain as an excuse is if it changed our win from 3-x 4-x to another result and I had a bet on the outcome :P Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Congrats to the Windies, I am far more pleased they won than the English team. Not for English hatred or anything, but it is money going to young cricket players who would not normally see that sort of cash. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Congrats to the Windies, I am far more pleased they won than the English team. Not for English hatred or anything, but it is money going to young cricket players who would not normally see that sort of cash. SeanNot me. Hate the Poms. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted November 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Glad we lost it too actually. Would have divided the team ahead of the one that matters. Sending the Convicts back home with their tails behind their legs. We have the better bowling attack. They have the better batting line up. Whichever one prevails will win the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I have no idea what to say about the debacle that was the 4th test. There are so many things to say. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Sad day for cricket. I must have been naive, but I never thought this would happen in 'our' sport. I fear that international cricket in Pakistan has no future after this. No team wants to go there any more. I don't blame the players. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7921430.stm In retrospect, was it a wise decision for England to go back to India after Mumbai? Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 I was just reading this person's answer to that question yesterday, looking for information on how referrals currently work. It's the fifth topic (headed "Pakistan: cut off and hung out to dry"). After yesterday's attack, I think it's the only hope for the PCB for the forseeable future. And the PCB and its cricketers are much much better than the ZCB (not that that takes much) and its cricketers (which would take more, if it weren't for the ZCB). The world can do without Zimbabwe test cricket (at least until the politics resolves, if it ever does); I do not think it can do without Pakistan. On a happier (but still frustrating) note, what do people think of the "amusing" conditions we've had in the West Indies, between Antigua's sandtrap and relocation to a decommissioned ground, and Barbados, where the pitch was forgiving enough that it would have been difficult to bowl out Canada twice, never mind a Test team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 I don't want to cut off Pakistan from international cricket, but Pakistan as a venue has no future as I see it. Pakistan's home matches must be played in 'neutral' places. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 HUP HOLLAND! Maybe I should start to pay attention to cricket, now that we have beaten England. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 HUP HOLLAND! Maybe I should start to pay attention to cricket, now that we have beaten England. :)At last one sport where a Dutchman can sing :"Ohne Deutschland fahren wir zur WM...." :) Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Go Australia!!!! I mean Go home Australia :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 I can't ignore this incredibly provocative comment and believe it warrants a typical aussie response: 1) Piss off Kiwi. oh wait, no what I meant to say was: "20/20 cricket, it's not real cricket of course (well not real cricket until Australia wins a substantial trophy)." nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 LOL You'll wait B) I heard on the radio that defeat was imminent so went and turned on the television but only in time for Billy Bowden (NZ) to signal a wide down the leg side as the winning run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 A NZ umpire officiating an Australian game? Since when did they toss the notion of impartial umpires out the window? nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwingo Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Sad to see the Aussies make an early exit. They missed Haydo and Gilly and booting Symonds did not help their cause. If only the top Aussie players had 2 weeks of IPL practice in South Africa, it would have done them a world of good. The Islanders can vouch for that. 20-20 is a different ball game. Waiting to see, who in this World Championship will be able to read Mendis and take him ON. Fake IPL Player continues his blogging even after IPL is over. Have fun reading. http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohitz Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Who's your favorite to win the cup? I would be supporting India of course, but i think Sri lanka, New Zealand and South Africa make for strong contenders.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 As someone with a passing interest in statistics (and cricket) I hate to see people make judgements based on a tiny staitstical sample. Imagine a team has a 70% chance of winning an individual game againt any other side in a tournament. That is a huge edge to have. But if they are in the quarterfinals there would still be less than a 50% chance that they got to the final. And if that happened, it would be siad to be a "shock result" and people would be looking to lay the blame somewhere and so on. But since when is and odds-on occurence a "shock result"?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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