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Higgins

@rotated Whatever next, belting out the team song after a draw?

Rapido

@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

@rotated said in Other Cricket:

Strange captaincy all around and I'm sure the coach will really be laying down the law to the players.

Though that might get the coach dismissed, given recent history...

I was kind of getting at that. Definately more of the Fozzie than the Langer. Cuddles all around.

They've had a recent trend of not getting past the post in 4th innings bowling efforts. 5 times in last 2 years (4 of them under Langer) .

Stealing from another site:
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/australia-and-4th-innings-defences.87165/#post-4750017

Donsteppa

Several Facebook pages have reminded me that we've reached the anniversary of one of the great moments in cricket...

It didn’t matter that India racked up 413-6 or that they secured a 257-run win, both World Cup records at the time; this game would forever be remembered for the opening ball of the second over, bowled by Bermuda’s Malachi Jones, the 17-year-old’s first World Cup delivery

Bumble and three minutes of brilliance "they absolutely squashed him":

Wisden: The Dwayne Leverock catch that shook the world

MN5

@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

Several Facebook pages have reminded me that we've reached the anniversary of one of the great moments in cricket...

It didn’t matter that India racked up 413-6 or that they secured a 257-run win, both World Cup records at the time; this game would forever be remembered for the opening ball of the second over, bowled by Bermuda’s Malachi Jones, the 17-year-old’s first World Cup delivery

Bumble and three minutes of brilliance "they absolutely squashed him":

Wisden: The Dwayne Leverock catch that shook the world

“Shook the world….” Fuck Wisden is full of absolute shit.

I routinely see catches like that that everytime I play BYC

Daffy Jaffy

Donsteppa

@mn5 said in Other Cricket:

“Shook the world….” Fuck Wisden is full of absolute shit.

I routinely see catches like that that everytime I play BYC

@mn5 I took Wisden's headline as a riff on Bumble's commentary, which itself was a delighted dig at the impact of Leverock's dive...

bayimports

@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

@mn5 said in Other Cricket:

“Shook the world….” Fuck Wisden is full of absolute shit.

I routinely see catches like that that everytime I play BYC

@mn5 I took Wisden's headline as a riff on Bumble's commentary, which itself was a delighted dig at the impact of Leverock's dive...

or because the earth shook when the fat fluffybunny hit the ground

still a good catch regardless

Donsteppa

@bayimports said in Other Cricket:

@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

@mn5 said in Other Cricket:

“Shook the world….” Fuck Wisden is full of absolute shit.

I routinely see catches like that that everytime I play BYC

@mn5 I took Wisden's headline as a riff on Bumble's commentary, which itself was a delighted dig at the impact of Leverock's dive...

or because the earth shook when the fat fluffybunny hit the ground

" The Big Man! The fridge has opened!"

I see Australia get first chance at batting for two days very shortly...

Donsteppa

@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

I see Australia get first chance at batting for two days very shortly...

Aaaaand Warner and Labuschagne are promptly back in the pavilion. 8/2 after 15 minutes.

MN5

Poor start but geez you can’t keep Australia down these last 30 or so years.

The lowest batting average in that top five is Travis Head with a very fine 41.64. Khawaja doing a Langer and reinventing himself as an opener to great effect. The bowling line up speaking for itself. The only discernible weakness seems to be finding a keeper who can hold a bat.

With Rossco gone and KW broken we sure as hell can’t say the same, they’re looking in much better shape for the test championships it has to be said.

mariner4life

Another slow day for the run rate. Pakistan did pretty well to get 5 in a day, and apparently could have done better with decent hands.

Khawaja gets himself out in the 90s again.

mariner4life

the boredom in Pakistan continues. Australia laboured to 391.

Pakistan have basically crawled to 90/1

Destined for a draw.

nzzp

@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

the boredom in Pakistan continues. Australia laboured to 391.

Pakistan have basically crawled to 90/1

Destined for a draw.

Three draws in a row is not good for getting to the WTC final. I think Aus have to play India away, as well, which will be damn hard.

COuld be some tasty matchups coming towrads the end of the cycle. Barring a miracle, we're screwed with our losses to the Bangles and then SA

Rapido

@nzzp said in Other Cricket:

@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

the boredom in Pakistan continues. Australia laboured to 391.

Pakistan have basically crawled to 90/1

Destined for a draw.

Three draws in a row is not good for getting to the WTC final. I think Aus have to play India away, as well, which will be damn hard.

COuld be some tasty matchups coming towrads the end of the cycle. Barring a miracle, we're screwed with our losses to the Bangles and then SA

I would think 3 away draws would be quite good for Australia. Especially if at expense of one of the other major contenders Pakistan missing out on home wins.

This is said with no particular research done on the maths.

But form memory, based on the draw India, Australia, Pakistan were the teams most likely to get to the final.

LABCAT

@rapido said in Other Cricket:

@nzzp said in Other Cricket:

@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

the boredom in Pakistan continues. Australia laboured to 391.

Pakistan have basically crawled to 90/1

Destined for a draw.

Three draws in a row is not good for getting to the WTC final. I think Aus have to play India away, as well, which will be damn hard.

COuld be some tasty matchups coming towrads the end of the cycle. Barring a miracle, we're screwed with our losses to the Bangles and then SA

I would think 3 away draws would be quite good for Australia. Especially if at expense of one of the other major contenders Pakistan missing out on home wins.

This is said with no particular research done on the maths.

But form memory, based on the draw India, Australia, Pakistan were the teams most likely to get to the final.

Yeah Pakistan are probably screwing themselves by offering up roads. Should have been aiming to win all three with home field advantage.

Donsteppa

Cynical me idly wonders if Pakistan and the West Indies are tar sealing their wicket blocks to gently kill interest in Test cricket, and to drive more interest in expanding the Pakistan Super League and the Caribbean Premier League instead...