Official Cricket Thread

[samthebassman]

Ponting is a batting genius!

[aria]

incredible start by the ausies


this is gonna be a huge raping they will struggle to make 100

hopefully no rain why does it only rain when cricket is on wtf

[samthebassman]

Goddamn rain.

[donteatpieontuesday]

yee replay of the 20/20 game, doesn't look like they will be playing much more if any today, as alot of rain is coming down from newcastle which is a bumma, australia were looking to kill them anyway

[Aficionado]

yay! My mom just came back from Pakistan and brought pads, batting gloves, two new bats and wickets! Finally I got some new equipment.

[Alf™]

Are the bats nice? How much they set you back?

[Aficionado]

Ya they are very nice, if you give me a few minutes here I'll get some pics up. Apparently they were 500 rupees (10 dollars canadian) and my uncle bought them for me.:)

[donteatpieontuesday]

thats cheap as ****

[aria]

new zealand should jus fukkin suck it up and play some decent cricket ffs

[Alf™]

Ya they are very nice, if you give me a few minutes here I'll get some pics up. Apparently they were 500 rupees (10 dollars canadian) and my uncle bought them for me.:)

k i gave you 10 hours what is going on!

[Aficionado]

lol sorry bro, I'm doing them right now.

[Aficionado]

here they are Alf

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/JakMaster/PICT1754.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/JakMaster/PICT1757.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/JakMaster/PICT1758.jpg

[Alf™]

How can they be English Willow, and that cheap? Look pretty nice, I like the look of the Puma.

[samthebassman]

MRF looks flash, can you post a picture to show how thick they are?

[Aficionado]

Ya sure bro,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/JakMaster/PICT1756.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/JakMaster/PICT1755.jpg

[Alf™]

They have a fair bit of meat on them, don't they. Heavy?

[Aficionado]

Actually, they are quite light. I told my uncle to make sure they weren't too heavy, the perfect balance. Luckily he got it right.

[samthebassman]

Gotta be happy with them!

[aria]

yes has ben a while since i have racked out my cricket gear was always a kookbabura guy had many bats fave has got to be the ridgeback or the good ol bubble was lovin the m waugh v100 in the early days tho

[Alf™]

My first bat was the Bubble. Great bat. Then I had an awesome Duncan Fearnley. That was a beast. Next was the good old Longbow.

[aria]

i was jus readin some mad funny stories about cricket

have u heard these alf leme go find them
brb



Ormand had just come out to bat on an Ashes tour and was greeted by Mark Waugh.
Mark Waugh: "**** me, look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here? There's no way you're good enough to play for England."
James Ormond: "Maybe not, but at least I'm the best player in my family."

During 1989 Lords Test, Hughes said to Smith after he played & missed: "You can't ****ing bat."
Smith to Hughes after he smacked him to the boundary: "Hey Merv, we make a fine pair. I can't ****ing bat & you can't ****ing bowl

Some no-name bowler bowls to Viv Richards on an English tour match, beats the outside edge a couple of times. After the 3rd time, the bowler says to Viv "Its 156oz, red and shiny". Next ball is driven clean out of the ground and into a nearby river. Viv walks down the pitch calmly patting down spots on the way, looks up and says to the guy "You know what it looks like, go f**kin find it!"



viv richards one is gold

[Alf™]

:lol:

They are great. I love it when you sledge the batsmen and they pipe back up. Do you play cricket Ben?

[aria]

no havent played for a few years really miss it tho mighthave to get back into it some time


what about u how is ur season going

[Alf™]

My season is going well. Playing juniors and seniors.

Juniors are sitting at about 4th or 5th on ladder, and we were unluckily rained out on Saturday after bundling a top team out for 85.

Seniors is very fun. Playing division 4, and we are one of the top sides.

Good summer fun. You going to any matches this summer? I got my tickets for the first day on the Boxing Day test a few months ago.

[aria]

nope ihavent even looked when the crickets on will get some tix to the australia day

will get to some redbacks matches but theyw il get slaughtered as per usual adn now theres no boof theres not much excitement

[Alf™]

I loved Boof :(. Great way that he went out on though.

[TheBigMachine]

The redbacks are shockingly bad at the moment. It's disgraceful.

I'm going to the Australia day test in Adelaide. I'm a member :) I feel so special.

[Alf™]

Shaky start for the Aussies. Batting first, they are 3-89 after 20. Oram is bowling great. Pity Clarke didn't get a good start. Interesting game now.

[aria]

ponting and symonds look v good tho now gillespie is copping a hiding

[aria]

can feel a huge ton coming on by punter in front of the home crowd

[Alf™]

Looking good now, Australia are. New Zealand need another wicket, or this could get ugly.

[TheBigMachine]

Symonds out. NZ still with a chance...

[aria]

hadden not exactly struggling lol huge hits

gonna be a huge total 300+ will be VV surprised if NZ can reach 220

[samthebassman]

Ponting is a batting genius.

[aria]

yeh hes v good disappointing total tho

boundaries just completely dried up last 10 overs

could have done a lot better

[samthebassman]

NZ bowled really well in the last 10, a lot of yorkers, they didn't give the Aussies much to hit.

[Grumma]

even if McGrath was still around I'd nominate Lee as our no 1 bowler.
He'd be pretty close to being in the best form of any bowler in the world atm

[badtaste]

Yeh, he's killing it as we speak.

[aria]

yep sent both the openers packin

nz in huge strife if oram fails this will be v embarassing

not sure what m sinclair is doing in nz 1 day team tho hopefully will prove me wrong realy loved him when i saw him make that double century on debut

[Alf™]

New Zealand just struggling at the moment. Like children playing against the big boys. Australia A could beat NZ.

[samthebassman]

I'd back Australia A in against most teams.

[Alf™]

All over. NZ out for 168. Australia wins series 2-0. Now onto India.

[badtaste]

I'd back Australia A in against most teams.

It's a shame we can't get two official teams competing in the world, lots of talent not being given a chance due to the first XI players rarely failing.

note for retards: the above comment is wishful thinking. I'm very aware that it is wishful thinking. Usually it it is assumed that all taking part in discussion are aware that is wishful thinking (including the commentor him/herself). If all are aware that it is wishful thinking, it is usually simply used a conversation device where one can imagine scenarios that are highly unlikely to occur.

[aria]

yeh that would be greattttt :rolleyes:

[badtaste]

why thank you ben

edit v good ben good acknoldgement of wishful thinking which is called wishful thinking for a reason. once again proving that your a retard v good

furthermore it is deliberate wishful thinking but I guess your too retarded to realise that idk

[badtaste]

Indians are 3-110, after having been 3-38 earlier on. Ganguly and Dravid are the ones in control.

Note to retards: I'm reporting from this source, so should any of you want to jump on my back for whatever reason (as some of you might have done before), please consult Australian Associated Press Pty Limited.

http://news.theage.com.au/headaches-for-india-against-victoria/20071220-1i7r.html

[samthebassman]

Duly noted by retard king.

[VomitStainedCretin]

:lol: England got cleaned up again!

[Alf™]

England were horrible. What a bad team.

[VomitStainedCretin]

Looks like the rain might save them though (but not the series for certs)

[samthebassman]

Still a days play left though.

[TheBigMachine]

England are hopeless.

[TheBigMachine]

I'd back Australia A in against most teams.

I wouldnt back them against India if India we're on top of their game.

But that said, India very nearly got rolled today in a practice match.

[aria]

yes they got destroyed by a not even full strength victoria side good luck to em in the tests

[Untitled]

how we didnt loose that series 3-0 i dont know.

It seems atm our test team is the one doing wank and the ODI side is alright, hmmmm.

ah well at least i didnt wast my time watching it this time.

[Aficionado]

81 all out lol

[samthebassman]

Ravi Bopara... the last we will see of him at test level for a while.

[Grumma]

must have been a **** pitch if Murali opened the bowling in the second innings.
no wonder they cant win outside of Asia

[samthebassman]

I watched it, pitch wasn't too bad, Murali got the job as they only had 2 overs to bowl before a break.

[radtaste]

Here's hoping for an awesome contest.

[Grumma]

**** that's on today!

[aria]

ponting gone

go india

would love to see a decent match and always loved watching indians bat
bowlers doing a fantastic job which is normaly their problem

edit: hell ya huss gone

[radtaste]

Decent game so far, Australia aren't in control, which is a good thing. As a matter of fact, the team is struggling a bit.

Kudos to Kumble getting more than a few wickets on day one.

Good work to Hayden for getting a century as well.

[aria]

go indians v good bowling disgraceufl shot from gilly this is the best ive seen kumble bowl great to see

[radtaste]

Ended day one pretty well in the end.

[Alf™]

Even day I would say. I was at the 'G and it was great. Beautiful day, pitch looked to be doing some. Middle order let Australia down. India's spinners bowled well. The 'G's crowd was disappointing.

[samthebassman]

Kumble and Khan bowled really well, Jaques, Ponting and Hussey all got out to great deliveries, the rest were pretty much soft outs.

[Alf™]

Was Hussey's out, because it looked a bit suss. Ponting's wicket ball was a gem. Great to see Tendulkar bowl an over.

[radtaste]

Was Hussey's out, because it looked a bit suss. Ponting's wicket ball was a gem. Great to see Tendulkar bowl an over.

Would have just clipped top of the bails.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, was a tough ball to get early in an innings.

[TheBigMachine]

Fair enough though I thought

[Alf™]

All out for 343. Good last stand by the Aussies. Interesting next couple of sessions.

[Alf™]

There is the first break through. Lee and Johnson have been bowling superbly. Johnson unlucky to get Dravid, after Jaques dropped a really tough one. But now Jaffa edges a Lee slower ball through to Gilchrist.

[Aficionado]

Alf, where are you posting from? Aren't you supposed to be at the ground?

[Alf™]

I am posting from my home. I went to day 1. I am watching day 2 at home.

[Aficionado]

Fair enough.

[Alf™]

Wicket off a no-ball. That is horrible.

[aria]

yeh gr8 umping by billy as usual

dravid strugglin must be shittin himsefl rite now really needs to get off the mark

[Alf™]

Dravid gone for 5. He was struggling. 2-41, great bowling Australia.

[TheBigMachine]

Dravid needs a score this game I reckon. It's make or break time for him like it was for Symonds last year. If he fails again against the Aussies I dont reckon he'll ever pull himself up.

Edit: well there ya go. Nevermind that.

[aria]

gona be a gr8 cricket show hopefuly always lov to see tendulkar

[aria]

Dravid needs a score this game I reckon. It's make or break time for him like it was for Symonds last year. If he fails again against the Aussies I dont reckon he'll ever pull himself up.

Edit: well there ya go. Nevermind that.

i reckon thats bullshi mate dravids still a gun u can hardy compare symonds sitauatoin and dravid

[Alf™]

Dravid is awesome, but shouldn't be opening. I love Sachin, looks like a good interview.

[TheBigMachine]

i reckon thats bullshi mate dravids still a gun u can hardy compare symonds sitauatoin and dravid

I didnt mean to compare them, Im just saying that theyre sort of in similiar situations. Sure, Dravids a great player, and I respect him **** loads but he hasnt made a score in a fairly long time, and has been all round struggling. A big score against a team like Australia would boost his confidence to no end. Hopefully he plays well in Adelaide, I love watching him anyway.

[aria]

there not in similar situations dravid has proeven to be one of the best batsman in the world over decade
but ok i see waht ur sayin

[samthebassman]

I reckon the Indians need Sehwag, I'd probably drop Jaffer for him, they need someone to take the attack to the Aussies new ball bowlers.

[TheBigMachine]

yeah, but oh well.

is anyone here going to adelaide test?

[Alf™]

I love Hogg. Cool little interview with him. Looks like a fun guy.

Great interview with Sachin too. What a great bloke.

[aria]

dont like hogg nice bloke tho

[aria]

v soft dismissal laxman oh wel my 2 fave batsmen are in now sweet lets see some classic 4s thru the offside ganguly

[Alf™]

Tendulkar putting on a little bit of a show out there. Great to watch.

[aria]

yep ithikn hoggs a bit out of his league here

[samthebassman]

Tendulkar could play Hogg with a swizzle stick!

[aria]

fukkkkkk :upset:

[Alf™]

Out! Clark got him!

[TheBigMachine]

Good ball from Clark, he's got a big future I reckon.

[Alf™]

Singh is very, very lucky.

Edit: And now he can **** off.

[aria]

game over

well played bythe aussies but would hav to think hard about playin hogg again imo these guys have got him covered

[Alf™]

I think only Tendulkar played him well. He bowled alright.

[aria]

gagulys got him covered

[Alf™]

Oh this is embarrassing now.

[TheBigMachine]

Clark the destroyer!

[samthebassman]

Singh is very, very lucky.

Edit: And now he can **** off.


Haha, very nice.

[samthebassman]

A peach from Hoggy!

[aria]

pathetic what a joke

[aria]

fukkn disgraceful other countries need to lift their ****in game

[radtaste]

Poor Kumble... they were bound to be bowled out soon enough though.

[Alf™]

Stupid decision by the umpires on Kumble. Did the Aussies have a chance of getting India to follow on?

[radtaste]

Not sure whether it was an option by that total.

Hayden and Jaques have done a good job of surviving.

[samthebassman]

Nah, not that it matters anymore but you have to be at least 200 runs ahead to enforce the follow on.

[Alf™]

Australia doing it easy at the moment. But Hayden looking a bit sore. India need to take advantage of the new ball in this first session.

[TheBigMachine]

Fair enough to, the poor bloke hasnt had much rest of late.

[aria]

y do the commentators seem to thikn india have a chance? :confused:

ifthey wanted to they could be 550 ahead at teh end of the day adn bowl india out in a couple sessions on day 4 this is realy not a contest

[TheBigMachine]

it's their job

they have to make it interesting

[samthebassman]

Spin doctors of the highest order.

[Aficionado]

West Indies is playing well

[samthebassman]

**** yeah, watched it last night. Shiv Chanderpaul keeps on getting runs, I love seeing the South Africans being beaten.

[Aficionado]

ya same, I am quite surprised by West Indies' play.

[radtaste]

Ahaha, Zaheer clean bowls Symonds on a no ball. Really beautiful ball as well.

[Alf™]

Wow, what a entertaining ball.

[samthebassman]

Ahaha, Zaheer clean bowls Symonds on a no ball. Really beautiful ball as well.

Kept low?

[radtaste]

Kept low?

Looked like it. Went between bat and pad.

[Alf™]

Yes, stayed low and was quick.

Tendulkar's catch looked like it would have hurt.

[aria]

when they r gona declare

could baton for ages but aus normaly like to give them a chance

would like to see us have a crack adn get a couple of wickets tonite chuckthem in adn take the draw out of the equation

[Alf™]

Might bat till the end of the day, or give them 10 overs or so to bat late in the day.

[radtaste]

Argh, Zaheer finally got a wicket. Symonds LBW.

[Alf™]

Clarke gone now, interesting to see what Australia will do now.

[samthebassman]

I reckon they should slog up and have maybe 8 overs at em tonight.

[Alf™]

Well they have declared. 498 in front.

[aria]

would not wana be indian opener

[samthebassman]

Haha, there ya go.

[Alf™]

Oh no, Hogg was unlucky there on that LBW appeal.

[aria]

should be entertainin tv tomorow

[radtaste]

Was reading the paper a few moments ago, Kerry O' Keefe commentating on Tendulkar's 15 runs from a Hogg over: "The last time I saw a Chinaman attacked like that was in a Bruce Lee movie"

:lol:

[aria]

lmfao o keefe is hilarious love the way he laughs

[Alf™]

Yes, I had a good chuckle over that yesterday morning.

[aria]

go india cmon

[Alf™]

Oh no, another no-ball wicket. 3 times this match.

But now we get him this time, Jaffer gone. Gilchrist overtakes Healy.

[aria]

lmfao tonys in good form this morning hes crackin me up

so theres a big difference between wicket keepers and uhh wicket keepers

[aria]

pooor old richie sounds like hes got a cold mate

[Alf™]

Oh Symonds has bowled a gem. Dravid was less than convincing in that innings. India has only made 50 odd in this session. Boring stuff.

[aria]

idk why but i stil find watchin the indians bat like this way more interesting than watchin australia robot batsmen idk thats just me

[Alf™]

I find it incredibly boring, on the batting side of things. The run rate is not even 2 an over.

Australia's bowling though, fantastic. Great to see them work over the opposition and get them in the position they want them in.

[aria]

boring now

[Alf™]

Pity to see Tendulkar go so early. Let's hope we wrap this up before tea.

[aria]

hope they bat out the day or i got no reaosn to wake up tomorrow

[radtaste]

Laxman and Ganguly are looking fairly capable atm.

[aria]

ya both need to bat the full day and make 100s

[radtaste]

I put too much faith in Laxman.

[aria]

some very disapointing dismissals going on very dissapointing

[Alf™]

Throwing there wickets away. They have two days to bat, and they are being stupid.

[radtaste]

Symonds with the awesex fielding.

[Alf™]

All over. Singh has struggled this match. Disappointing India.

[aria]

mate it was all over back here 3 pages ago http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15743815&postcount=5099


very soft batting performance when their bowlers did a decet job will struggle to make australias first innings score

[Alf™]

Well Hogg has stepped up. Bowled well today.

[aria]

i just gotta say again chappelly is a shocking commentator it would not surprise me one bit if some crazed opposition supporter murders him one day

[radtaste]

Mitchell finally getting into the action, good on him.

[Alf™]

Fantastic bowling from Johnson. Amazing over there. And then great fielding from Hussey and Hogg. Singh won't be happy, diamond duck!

[aria]

wtf am i meant to do tomorow

[Alf™]

Now Hogg gets in the wickets again, gets his man. Great ball.

Ben mate, couldn't have expected this to go the 5 days. Australia is too good. India in shambles.

[aria]

i did expect this to be 5 days did not expect absolutely pathetic performance from worlds best batsmen dravid laxman tendulkar etc fukkin disgraceful

[Grumma]

so much for a "test" lol

[Alf™]

Really awesome to see Nine have been playing a UNKLE song throughout summer.

[Chu]

aria, guitar?

So much promise, failed on the delivery.

What's with cricket these days?

Does no other country take cricket as seriously as us?

[samthebassman]

I missed todays play, but by looking at the scorecard it seems India were pretty poor.

[radtaste]

aria, guitar?

So much promise, failed on the delivery.

What's with cricket these days?

Does no other country take cricket as seriously as us?

It must be dejecting for fans from other countries.

I missed todays play, but by looking at the scorecard it seems India were pretty poor.

Yep.

[TheBigMachine]

It must be dejecting for fans from other countries.

Surely it cant be to bad. Australia got dominated as much as any one else back in the West Indies glory days, but look at us now.

[radtaste]

Surely it cant be to bad. Australia got dominated as much as any one else back in the West Indies glory days, but look at us now.

Hasn't this run been longer than usual though?

[radtaste]

heyhey, cricket tomorrow, no changes to the Aussie lineup,.

Mewonders if Sehwag will return.

[aria]

hope sehwag returns one of my faves i was shocked when he wasnt playing bt apparently hes in some pretty disgraceful form

have got high hopes for this test again hopefully the batsman come to play this time (:()

[wartomods]

cricket is clearly better than baseball, in terms of beating something with a stick, and at least it is played by more than one country...

[radtaste]

cricket is clearly better than baseball, in terms of beating something with a stick, and at least it is played by more than one country...

Dude, I think baseball is played in more countries than cricket is.

[Aficionado]

I'm not sure about that radtaste

[aria]

im pretty dam sure

[Grumma]

hope sehwag returns one of my faves i was shocked when he wasnt playing bt apparently hes in some pretty disgraceful form

have got high hopes for this test again hopefully the batsman come to play this time (:()

I've heard Sehwag has been struggling to maintain a double figure average even at whatever level is below national for India

[aria]

yep thats what i heard hes not playing tho zaheer kahn out not lookin good already

australia robots batting first

boring

[Alf™]

Australia 1/0. Good start by India.

[aria]

that tall ugly guy looks pretty good

[aria]

mate i just wish lawry and chappel would fukk off

[Alf™]

Interesting that India didn't change there batting line-up.

[aria]

yeh idk what they coulda changed tho tbh

[Alf™]

Singh out. Jaffer out. Dravid out. Who knows.

Edit: Tendulkar has taken a gem, and Hayden is gone.

[Grumma]

anyone see the score from the recent one-dayer between the Kiwis and Bangas?

[aria]

would never drop dravid or singh dont know about this jaffer dood but they dont have anyone to go in

who would u drop dravid for :lol: thats outrageous


btw gr8 bowling by singh to the lefties

[Alf™]

Didn't see it, but heard about it. It was a joke, Bangladesh don't even deserve to be played against.

Looks like the luck the openers had early in Melbourne hasn't carried on to Sydney.

[Alf™]

would never drop dravid or singh dont know about this jaffer dood but they dont have anyone to go in

who would u drop dravid for :lol: thats outrageous


btw gr8 bowling by singh to the lefties

Singh hasn't cemented his place in the side, so he could easily be left out. Dravid and Jaffer could be replaced with Sehwag.

[aria]

what happened in the banga game?

[Alf™]

NZ chased down 80 or something in 6 overs.

[aria]

Singh hasn't cemented his place in the side, so he could easily be left out. Dravid and Jaffer could be replaced with Sehwag.


its easy to say u can drop these guys but they are great batsmen and theres no one to go in how can sehwag replace 2 ppl


sehwag has not been able to make double figures playing 1st class cricket in india apparenlty

[Alf™]

Dravid hasn't been able to make double figures at international level. I don't know, a spell in the team would do wonders for Sehwag. But I'm not sure who could go in, I'm not an expert on the team.

[aria]

yeh ok lets drop ponting while where at it

[Alf™]

What?

[aria]

he made less runs then dravid lets drop him and put slater in

[Alf™]

No, but everyone knows Dravid has been struggling for an extended period. Ponting just had one bad match. Horrible comparison.

I don't rate Ganguly as a bowler.

[aria]

u dont rate anyone u could get a job commentating alongside lawry or chappel

[Alf™]

That isn't true! I rate Singh and Dravid, just think they need some time out. Ganguly has an average of like 50 for bowling, and they bowl him first change.

[aria]

adn he just got ponting what a shocking upmire decision

[Grumma]

NZ chased down 80 or something in 6 overs.

It was over 90

McCullum made 80 off 28 while the other opener made 6 off 8 lol

[aria]

not enjoying the way they are usin the word genius here

[aria]

harbajhan gets ponting for the 7th time excellent

i tihkn its fair to say hes his bunny
bad decision but works out even after the ganguly

edit theres a nother one great to see this

[Alf™]

Struggling now. Horrible decision on Ponting.

[aria]

yeh 2 horrible decisions on ponting good to see it even out tho

[Alf™]

But that would have been a bad way to go out, down the leg side. The edge wasn't big, so no problem with the umpire not hearing it.

[aria]

no problem .... rite

on ya way pup

[Alf™]

What a ball to Clarkey. He is one of the best players of spin in our team too.

[Alf™]

Tendulkar is fielding great. R.P. Singh bowling great. Australia batting horribly.

[Alf™]

Good to see Rudd enjoying his cricket again.

[radtaste]

I'm not sure about that radtaste

Mm, actually i'm not so sure myself. Baseball is played in a host of Asian countries, in parts of central America, etc...

At the recent baseball world cup, there were 16 teams participating (same as cricket world cup). Quality of some countries can be argued though.

Struggling now. Horrible decision on Ponting.

Missed it, but he should have went from Ganguly's bowling anyway.

Looking like a decent competition.

[aria]

disgraceufl umpiring today i gotta say


symonds was gone u wont get an easier decision then that

[Alf™]

Snicko was less than convincing, but that certainly looked to be out.

[Grumma]

Symonds and Hogg doin alright it seems

[Alf™]

Hogg is killing it at the moment.

[radtaste]

Yep, just brought up the 50, good work.

[Alf™]

Great 100 from Symonds, what a star.

[radtaste]

Yep, good stuff. I reckon he got lucky with that stumping decision though.

[aria]

yep has been lucky

out twice disgraceful umpring but what can ya do

[Alf™]

Could never have given that stumping out. Benefit of the doubt.

Now Hogg is gone, superb knock from him. Lets get Binger out there.

[radtaste]

Could never have given that stumping out. Benefit of the doubt.

Now Hogg is gone, superb knock from him. Lets get Binger out there.

Yeh, true.

Hogg deserved a hundred for his work, unlucky.

[Alf™]

Symonds is batting great. Smacking this mediocre India around.

[Alf™]

:lol: India's odds have blown out to $13+.

India is also very bad at fielding.

[samthebassman]

Awesome days cricket, Symonds was very lucky but it was great to see him put the Indians to the sword, Hogg played the innings of his career, he got the game back in the Aussies favour.

Will be good watching Symonds bat with the tail tomoz, should be fireworks.

[eug008]

wow, just as you think india could actually have a chance at winning this happens.

[aria]

yeh idk i think anyone could hit a ton if igiven 3 strikes ur out baseball rules


absolutely disgraceful i agree with the commentators something needs to be done about the way the game is umpired all they need was the 3rd umpire to get on the walky talky and tell the field umpires that those were clearly ****in out

now its set up for india to potentialy get slaughtered even worse than last time

[Alf™]

Interesting to hear Hogg say he was a batsman when he first started playing state cricket.

Symonds only had two chances, and one was fair enough to give not out.

[Grumma]

And having said that, over the 5 (provided we make it there) days law of averages says at least one Indian batsman will be let off the hook by umpiring. It'll just be that Australia has the mindset to get on with things

[samthebassman]

Interesting to hear Hogg say he was a batsman when he first started playing state cricket.

Symonds only had two chances, and one was fair enough to give not out.

Hogg started out as a number 5 bat for WA, he only started getting a bowl after 2 or 3 seasons of Sheffield Sheild cricket.

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/content/player/5681.html

[aria]

Interesting to hear Hogg say he was a batsman when he first started playing state cricket.

Symonds only had two chances, and one was fair enough to give not out.

i know he had 2 chances i was watchin
and i dont think the stumped was fair enough i agreed with the commentators sure it was a close call but clearly out

[Alf™]

No way, the different angles were inconclusive. One looked like it was out, one looked safe and one you couldn't see where the pitch was. On all three it was also hard to see when exactly the whole bail was removed. Too tough to give out.

[aria]

idk mate i jhavent seen a team get umpired out of it like this for a while kicken them while theyre way down

[Alf™]

Yeah, it was a pretty horrible day for the umpires.

[samthebassman]

Stuart Clark is now ranked #2 in the world in the test match bowling rankings.

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/content/story/328496.html

[Alf™]

Australia still going strong late in to the innings.

[Alf™]

Australia all out for 463. Symonds unbeaten on 162.

[Aficionado]

That is quite the comeback I must say

[samthebassman]

Awesome comeback, I don't know what to say about the umpiring though... maybe time for Steve Bucknor to retire?

[Alf™]

One bad day shouldn't lead to calls for the umpires to retire.

[Alf™]

Oh no. Another no-ball wicket. This is amazing how many times its happened in this series.

[samthebassman]

Laxman putting on a clinic at the moment, some of these shots are unbelievable.

[Grumma]

I refuse to watch while Dravid is still batting

[samthebassman]

Bring on Hoggy FFS!

[aria]

I refuse to watch while Dravid is still batting

mate ur missing out on some gr8 test match batting then i love watching dravid bat not to mention laxmans usual australia form

[Alf™]

Dravid is batting horrible. So boring and not even trying to make runs. Just turn the strike over mate. India are so negative, apart from Laxman.

[aria]

mate shut the **** up about it hes doing a great job

[Alf™]

He has a strike rate of 25 :lol:. Boring.

[aria]

sucks for u then this is v entertaining for me unlike aussie robot batting

[Alf™]

Who knows what is wrong with you when you can enjoy India's slow, boring batting more than Australia's attacking, impressive batting.

[aria]

idk but am glad i can enjoy cricket for more than just fast scoring attacking batting

i would be bored shitless right now if i couldnt find more about the game to interest me than that

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Dravid\'s actually being smart about his batting, although some singles wouldn\'t go astray.

He\'s seen Laxman playing attacking cricket and decided that if Laxman\'s going to take the attack, then he\'ll have to be the anchor as Laxman has more chance of getting out. So he\'s just slowly, but steadily scoring runs.

[Alf™]

I didn't say that only attacking batting kept me interesting, I'm just saying Australia is much more entertaining to watch. Nobody likes to see a team play negative cricket.

And I don't think you are right Jump, he has just struggled to find opportunities to get runs.

[aria]

Dravid\'s actually being smart about his batting, although some singles wouldn\'t go astray.

He\'s seen Laxman playing attacking cricket and decided that if Laxman\'s going to take the attack, then he\'ll have to be the anchor as Laxman has more chance of getting out. So he\'s just slowly, but steadily scoring runs.




batting himself into some form is what hes doing