Aussie Cricket 2019/20
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Anyone up for a juicy conspiracy theory??
Good.
Thought so.
Cast your mind back to the Ashes.
As a reminder, Steve Smith gets hit in the head on day 4, 2nd test, but continues batting that day.
Day 5 he's evaluated as concussed and Marnus makes history as the first sub batsman. Aus battle for a draw, after sucking the hind tit.
Thing is, if you remember, Archer also hits Smith on the elbow in a nasty blow.
My sauces, an overseas reporter and an Australian man close to the team, both claim that ol' smudgey couldn't lift or grip the bat on the 5th morning....
Can't use a sub for a sore elbow/wrist.
Like all good sickies, the trick is to take 2 days off, not one. Smith misses the next test, ( which Aus would have comfortably won if not for Stokes' once in a century performance).
So there you have it.
Elbow or "delayed" concussion - after batting on??
I know it all sort of breaks down when you realise that Australia would never ever bend rules to suit, and it's just not in their culture....
Pretty good as far as conspiracies go wouldn't you say???
Unlike Oscar Pistorius, it's got legs!
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
Nobody cares. Still got the Ashes.
Yep.
Winning excuses EVERYTHING.
Aaron "Toilet Boy" Smith is still an All Black, after all.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
Nobody cares. Still got the Ashes.
Yep.
Winning excuses EVERYTHING.
Aaron "Toilet Boy" Smith is still an All Black, after all.
That's a rubbish comparison to 'cheating' conspiracy comments
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The conspiracy would have more legs if the ball that felled Smith wasn't so brutal, and the fact that he came out at the end and batted like a man who'd just downed 8 or 9 tequila shots before leaving one on 90-odd hitting middle and middle.
What I'm trying to say here is, how dare you try and talk shit about an all-time CHAMPION of the game who's an Aussie and would never stoop so low as to fake an injury against the POMS and sit out a game while his Aussie BROTHERS battle on without him.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
The conspiracy would have more legs if the ball that felled Smith wasn't so brutal, and the fact that he came out at the end and batted like a man who'd just downed 8 or 9 tequila shots before leaving one on 90-odd hitting middle and middle.
What I'm trying to say here is, how dare you try and talk shit about an all-time CHAMPION of the game who's an Aussie and would never stoop so low as to fake an injury against the POMS and sit out a game while his Aussie BROTHERS battle on without him.
I agree with this. That ball absolutely smoked him.
In days gone by he would have batted with a headache the next day or when ever it was but now the science says not to.
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I'm shocked, SHOCKED! that anyone in professional sport would even CONSIDER using concussion laws to their advantage. That idea has never, EVER, come up before.
shocked
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
Nobody cares. Still got the Ashes.
Yep.
Winning excuses EVERYTHING.
Aaron "Toilet Boy" Smith is still an All Black, after all.
Que?
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
Nobody cares. Still got the Ashes.
Yep.
Winning excuses EVERYTHING.
Aaron "Toilet Boy" Smith is still an All Black, after all.
Que?
"Winning excuses everything" is a very long bow, and easily drawn.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
What I'm trying to say here is, how dare you try and talk shit about an all-time CHAMPION of the game who's an Aussie and would never stoop so low as to fake an injury against the POMS and sit out a game while his Aussie BROTHERS battle on without him.
Is this a different person to the one with the very same name that got a one year ban for being invovled in the ball tampering cheating episode?
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@Higgins said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
What I'm trying to say here is, how dare you try and talk shit about an all-time CHAMPION of the game who's an Aussie and would never stoop so low as to fake an injury against the POMS and sit out a game while his Aussie BROTHERS battle on without him.
Is this a different person to the one with the very same name that got a one year ban for being invovled in the ball tampering cheating episode?
to be fair, Smith is a very common name
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@Higgins said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
What I'm trying to say here is, how dare you try and talk shit about an all-time CHAMPION of the game who's an Aussie and would never stoop so low as to fake an injury against the POMS and sit out a game while his Aussie BROTHERS battle on without him.
Is this a different person to the one with the very same name that got a one year ban for being invovled in the ball tampering cheating episode?
to be fair, Smith is a very common name
"Nah I'm Stephen Smith. Steven Smith is the other bloke"
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@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
The conspiracy would have more legs if the ball that felled Smith wasn't so brutal, and the fact that he came out at the end and batted like a man who'd just downed 8 or 9 tequila shots before leaving one on 90-odd hitting middle and middle.
What I'm trying to say here is, how dare you try and talk shit about an all-time CHAMPION of the game who's an Aussie and would never stoop so low as to fake an injury against the POMS and sit out a game while his Aussie BROTHERS battle on without him.
Tim Paine didn't quite agree:
Tim Paine: [Smith] is OK. Really nasty knock, he felt OK yesterday, but woke up not feeling at his best so the decision was made to leave him out. Steve passed all his tests, he deteriorated overnight, he re-tested, they weren't as good this morning, and the professionals made that call. He'll need to improve [to play at Headingley] but too early to tell.
Sick note
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@Wairau said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@Wairau said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:
@NTA wondering why they declared before letting Warner make 400
Game to win. Weather forecast looking dodgy.
Clearly wanted second place.
The "maybe they don't want Warner to have the record" comment smacked of conspiracy.
Lol, plenty of others are questioning this decision, too..
https://www.radiosport.co.nz/on-air/the-devlin-radio-show/audio/dan-liebke-should-david-warner-have-been-allowed-to-get-400/Warner mentioned in the same breathe as Brian Lara? Nah sorry
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BBL - Match at Manuka called off between Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers due to poor visibility, aka smoke from the fires. Quite apocalyptic and then the wind died off so the haze remained.
