Official Cricket Thread

[samthebassman]

We needed that wicket badly.

[sadtaste]

Ah, the sound of a wicket being bowled through!

I luv you Stuart Clark.

[samthebassman]

Phew...

[aria]

big relief there australia need to get dravid early

[Alfyy]

Great ball.

[samthebassman]

sehwag and pathan doing very very well atm should really bat australia right out of this

realy like pathan as a night watchman

edit another dropped catch australia certainly arent the feildin team they used to be

Australia aren't the fielding team they used to be? Dumb call.

We still have 5 of the best fielders in the world in our side, they are missing Haydos big time in the slips at the moment but guys like Ponting, Clarke, Symonds, Hussey and Lee are better than 99.9% current day cricketers (even though they missed 2 important chances in this game).

I agree with you about Pathan though, he is a pretty fair all rounder.

[aria]

ok thanks for that dumbass

[samthebassman]

Feel free to justify your idiotic statements.

Dravid gone!

[Alfyy]

Yes, that's what the Aussies do so well. Double wicket.

[aria]

it wasnt a dumb statement they drop twice as many catches as they used to in the steve waugh period im sure stats will back that pretty strongly not sure whats so dumb about that

got the danger man big wicket there

[samthebassman]

Stats? where?

[aria]

what

youve got to be the dumbest user of all time

[Alfyy]

Great first ball from Lee. Australia isn't fielding as good, but we are still the best fielding team in the world.

[samthebassman]

No stats, therefore you're an idiot.

[aria]

yeh agredd best feilding team in the wolrd by quite a ways

[aria]

No stats, therfore you're an idiot.

oh wow look how smart he is :lol:

[samthebassman]

hmm :thumb:

[aria]

do u realize u are probably the only person dumb enough to disagree with the statement australia is not feilding as good as they have in the past just curious

[Nightvision]

Ponting, Clarke, Symonds, Hussey and Lee are better than 99.9% current day cricketers
you WHAT?!

Hussey, I'll agree with you there - he's an excellent fielder. The others are above average at best.

Good fielders are guys like Collingwood, Hussey, Jonty Rhodes (alright, he's retired, but a good example)... I'm tired, so I'm struggling to come up with examples at the moment, but of the five you mentioned, I would only say Hussey is an out-and-out top class fielder. The others are all more than competent, but no better than most international players.

[Alfyy]

Remember how good Mark Waugh was. The catches he pulled off, yes yes yes.

[Alfyy]

you WHAT?!

Hussey, I'll agree with you there - he's an excellent fielder. The others are above average at best.

Good fielders are guys like Collingwood, Hussey, Jonty Rhodes (alright, he's retired, but a good example)... I'm tired, so I'm struggling to come up with examples at the moment, but of the five you mentioned, I would only say Hussey is an out-and-out top class fielder. The others are all more than competent, but no better than most international players.

Collingwood? Hm maybe not.

Clarke, Hussey and Symonds are world class fielders. I disagree with Lee.

[aria]

lees a great outfeilder mad quick across the ground and awesome arm but yea

[samthebassman]

In general I think the fielding is at the same level as it has been for the last 10 years. In this game in particular they are missing their best slip fielder.

You mentioned earlier that stats would back up your point, where are they?

Prove me wrong, otherwise it's your opinion vs mine.

[samthebassman]

you WHAT?!

Hussey, I'll agree with you there - he's an excellent fielder. The others are above average at best.

Good fielders are guys like Collingwood, Hussey, Jonty Rhodes (alright, he's retired, but a good example)... I'm tired, so I'm struggling to come up with examples at the moment, but of the five you mentioned, I would only say Hussey is an out-and-out top class fielder. The others are all more than competent, but no better than most international players.

You obviously dont watch much cricket.

Symonds, Clarke, Ponting are all world leaders in the field.

Lee is a brilliant ground/outfielder, not a catcher.

[aria]

idk where they are why the **** would i

its nt my opinion vs yours its everyones opinion vs yours run along now

[samthebassman]

I guess I forgot that you're full of sh't and cant prove a point.

[aria]

Remember how good Mark Waugh was. The catches he pulled off, yes yes yes.

yea emmy was an absolute champ still remeber his and pontings catch v pakistan in the world cup bloody gr8

australias had some gr8 catchers loved watching tubby
boony round the bat absolute gold

edit: sam haha ur cute when u get owned

[samthebassman]

hmm :thumb:

[Nightvision]

Collingwood? Hm maybe not.

Clarke, Hussey and Symonds are world class fielders. I disagree with Lee.

Search YouTube for a few of collingwood's takes - you can't take that many catches like those and not be a pretty damn good fielder.

And yeah, Symonds is probably better than most, and I have to confess I've really not seen enough of Clarke to say for definite one way or the other, but I've not seen anything too special from him.


You obviously dont watch much cricket.


Maybe I just don't watch it with Aussie glasses on.

[aria]

dont worry nightvision everyone here knows samthebassman is an absolute moron we all have a good laugh at him :lol:

[samthebassman]

hmm :upset:

[sadtaste]

dont worry nightvision everyone here knows samthebassman is an absolute moron we all have a good laugh at him :lol:

I guess Sam's in the same boat as Alf and I now.

[aria]

idk i think he build the boat hes on a different level completely

[sadtaste]

As long as it floats.

[aria]

anyway damn pathan lookin good

[sadtaste]

Brett Lee as well.

[Alfyy]

Lee gets Tendulkar. Australia right back in this.

[aria]

bowling well gettin right back in it

wonder how taits gonna go

[Alfyy]

Oh wow, India struggling now. Johnson great ball.

[aria]

collapsing need a partnership here

[sadtaste]

Clarkey caught it, good on him, haha.

[samthebassman]

I missed the last hour, Tendulkar gone I take it, who else is out?

[Alfyy]

How about you just check the scores.

[samthebassman]

Ganguly get a good one?

[Alfyy]

Yes.

[aria]

shi gilchrist left ear is incredible

[Alfyy]

Great bowling Clark. Great catch Ponting. Great innings Pathan.

[sadtaste]

Pathan gone, finally.

Unlucky not to get his 50 though.

[samthebassman]

Needed that, good to see big Clark get some more reward.

Pathan has a lot of class, he should be a permanent member fo the Indian team.

[aria]

idk i still think india need at least a nother 100

[Alfyy]

They need the lead to be 400 to have a big chance.

[Grumma]

Aria has to be the stupidest person on this forum, and that includes people with fake accounts and spam bots

[aria]

no ur stupider than me so i cant be

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

Aria has to be the stupidest person on this forum, and that includes people with fake accounts and spam bots
what why

[Alfyy]

Aria has to be the stupidest person on this forum, and that includes people with fake accounts and spam bots

lolno not by a long shot

[Nightvision]

Why do Australia persist in letting Symonds bowl? On a track like this, he's about as threatening with the ball as a baby duck.
He's a hell of a batsman, but whenever I've seen him bowl, it looks like the only way he's going to get a wicket is if the batsman does something stupid and gets himself out.

*waits for the inevitable jaffa from Symonds that rips out all three stumps*

[aria]

hes been pickin up a lot of wickets latrly


but yea i would like to see a bowling change cant keep bowling clarke and symonds together this isnt helping them at all

[Alfyy]

They are trying to get through some overs, as they are too slow with the pacemen. Symonds has been bowling well lately. Time now to change though.

[Grumma]

no ur stupider than me so i cant be

eye-dee-kay ur proven urself a dumbass

[aria]

rightio :lol:

[Alfyy]

So have you though.

[Nightvision]

Yeah, can't really see what Punter thinks he's going to acheive by bowling both of these at the same time. I know he can't bowl Clark/Tait/Lee all the time, but bowling both part-time bowlers at the same time when the opposition are down to their last two recognised batsmen doesn't seem to make sense however I look at it.
Clarke's pretty handy for a part-timer, but the Waca takes spin about as well as McGrath takes a sledge, so I can't really see either bowler taking a wicket, and VVS is smart enough to just milk these two and continue to build a lead on a wearing pitch.
Dhoni might be another proposition altogether, mind.

EDIT: yeah, I suppose the over rate is one thing, but this can't be helping Australia's chances of winning here.

[Alfyy]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120211069305&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling

The bat I'm getting.

[Iceberg of Love]

eye-dee-kay ur proven urself a dumbass
No he hasn't, now what have done right here....

[aria]

but the Waca takes spin about as well as McGrath takes a sledge,

had to :lol: at that


good to see dhoni play well this is the first time ive seen him bat convincingly piling the runs on now

[samthebassman]

Gotta get a strike bowler on here, forget the over rate, they need wickets.

Ponting has made a serious error.

Edit: About time!

[Nightvision]

Dhoni's a good batsman, but he tends to get a rush of blood every now and then and get himself out in stupid ways. Not what you want in a situation like this, so it'll be interesting to see how this pans out.

EDIT: Lee back on now - about time.

[Alfyy]

Yes! Symonds! Great catch Gilchrist!

[aria]

good knock but needed more

[samthebassman]

That came out of nowhere, Dhoni couldn't have got out at a worse time.

[aria]

kumble soft dismissal

[samthebassman]

Roy! Again!

Dhoni let em down.

[Nightvision]

Heh, that answered my question quite nicely. Symonds gets a wicket though Dhoni playing a needless shot.

Cracking catch by Gillie - he's done well there.

EDIT: oh, FFS! It's like watching England all over again... stop giving away easy wickets! Terrible shot by Kumble.

[Alfyy]

Bloody Nine, cutting to the news. Go Roy!

Also, take a look at this!

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=368583

[aria]

laxmans gotta hit boundaries here need another 50 at least sharma needs to bat like he did last test

[Nightvision]

India have completely thrown the initiative in this test away. They could have patted the ball around for a day and a half, knocked up a lead of about 400, and Australia would probably have had to settle for a draw.
Credit to the Aussie bowlers though - Clark's starting to look much better than he did a while ago, and Lee is really looking back in the groove - he's bowling with hostility, as well, which he didn't used to do for a while.

EDIT: Right, get Roy off - if RP Singh can hit someone for a six like that, that early in his innings, they shouldn't be bowling in test cricket!

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Bloody Nine, cutting to the news. Go Roy!

Also, take a look at this!

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=368583

It's probably something religious, like a crucifix to a Catholic.

If it were anything suspect it would've been in his pocket before he went out, it was obviously something he'd forgotten.

[Alfyy]

Oh no, he couldn't have forgotten something suspect!

[Nightvision]

A question for the Aussies here - what is the future of your team looking like?
Just been scanning on cricinfo, and you've got an awful lot of players who are up around 32+, and I can't think of seeing that many young players being given experience.
Pup Clarke is almost nailed-on to be captain at some point, and I'm guessing Phil Jacques will be appearing more regularly, but I'm yet to be convinced by Tait, and I just wonder if it's known over there who the guys waiting in the wings are.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I doubt any team is stupid enough to give their player something suspect on the field, in direct view of cameras.

[Alfyy]

You are an expert on this kind of thing, aren't you?

A question for the Aussies here - what is the future of your team looking like?
Just been scanning on cricinfo, and you've got an awful lot of players who are up around 32+, and I can't think of seeing that many young players being given experience.
Pup Clarke is almost nailed-on to be captain at some point, and I'm guessing Phil Jacques will be appearing more regularly, but I'm yet to be convinced by Tait, and I just wonder if it's known over there who the guys waiting in the wings are.

Pretty good. Always have a few talented late 20's, early 30 year olds coming through. Look at how we have dealt with all the departures in recent years. I don't think we will struggle in the years to come.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

You are an expert on this kind of thing, aren't you?

Of course :rolleyes:

[samthebassman]

It's fair to say an Australia A team would beat most if not all the other international teams, so the future looks good.

We need a decent spinner though.

Some younger names to look out for are Voges, Pomersbach, Ronchi, Heal, Edmondson, Marsh, Phillipson, Cameron, Ferguson, Paine, Hilfenhaus, Drew, Bailey, Birt, Bollinger.

Older guys like Dave Hussey, Hodge, Haddin, Katich, Noffke, Harwood, Nannes, White, Watson, Hopes would all walk into any other team in the world.

[Alfyy]

We need a decent spinner though.

That is the only part of the future where we will struggle, I agree.

[Nightvision]

Hmmmm, I don't know how well you have dealt with the departures - I mean, obviously Warne and McGrath were irreplacable, but I don't think you've managed to find someone to fill the gap Langer left, and I think you're really going to miss Hayden and Gillie when they both go (look at how you've missed Hayden in this game), and they're both 36+ now. Who was the young spinner you played for a game or two a while back? He looked pretty promising, and then disappeared without trace.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

It's fair to say an Australia A team would beat most if not all the other international teams, so the future looks good.

We need a decent spinner though.

That's because they only ever play at home :/.

When they go to the subcontinent or South Africa for the first time, it'll be a whole new experience for most of them. They need to be slowly integrated into the team so that some of them can gain experience before the vets get too old.

[Alfyy]

Hmmmm, I don't know how well you have dealt with the departures - I mean, obviously Warne and McGrath were irreplacable, but I don't think you've managed to find someone to fill the gap Langer left, and I think you're really going to miss Hayden and Gillie when they both go (look at how you've missed Hayden in this game), and they're both 36+ now. Who was the young spinner you played for a game or two a while back? He looked pretty promising, and then disappeared without trace.

We are still the top team in the world. We were able to deal with the departures seamlessly.

Jaques is the fill in for Langer. Can't say how much we will miss Hayden judged on one innings. Rogers will be capable. Hayden wants to play on for a while.

Not sure.

[aria]

yea that is not fair to say at all they are good but not that good

but yea futures lookin pretty good


btw i havent watched that vvs laxman video but what is he imnplying it is ? i can make no sense of the article at all

[Alfyy]

That he may have been given something that could illegally help India. That is what I'm seeing from the article. Who knows what it was.

[aria]

rp singh batting well

[Nightvision]

I think it was because you were SO far ahead of the rest of the world that you've managed to stay ahead despite losing your two best bowlers and an opening batsman. That would have crippled any other team. (See England when we lost Flintoff, Hoggard and Trescothick for the '06/07 Ashes)

[Alfyy]

But this team is still superb. Obviously we have a great depth of talent. I mean, Michael Hussey had to wait so long to get into the team, and now look how he is going. His brother could do the exact same.

[aria]

we replaced mcgrath pretty much straight away with clarke whos doing extremely well

johnson and tait are really struggling in this match so thats a bit worrying bt theyre young


idk much about opening batsmen but rogers is not exactly young

edit 2nd missed run out there india have been lucky with aussies missing stumps

[samthebassman]

Hmmmm, I don't know how well you have dealt with the departures - I mean, obviously Warne and McGrath were irreplacable, but I don't think you've managed to find someone to fill the gap Langer left, and I think you're really going to miss Hayden and Gillie when they both go (look at how you've missed Hayden in this game), and they're both 36+ now. Who was the young spinner you played for a game or two a while back? He looked pretty promising, and then disappeared without trace.

I think you're thinking of Dan Cullen, he's not been bowling well this season, has been in and out of the SA team.

[Alfyy]

Great fielding Jaques, almost got a run-out.

Johnson isn't that bad. Tait shouldn't be playing.

A lot of players start international cricket when they are about 30, well in Australia that is perfectly normal.

[aria]

just not stickin for pup l8ley

[Liberi Fatali]

India is getting fairly up there in age too. It'll be interesting to see the new blood coming into both these sides and how they handle it. Not that it matters atm.

[aria]

dont think it will be a problem for either side

[aria]

lmfao funny watchin rp singh hes got no idea of the basics of running between wickets

[Alfyy]

Yeah, that was funny.

Australian bowlers have to step up here.

[aria]

singh showing a bit with the bat what a partnership would love to see vvs get a tonne

ponting needs to make a 100 can not get out cheap

[Alfyy]

Sharma is an ugly guy.

[aria]

idk his hair definitely doesnt help him

what a knock by singh

some great shots being played now laxman looking aggressive


edit . india did very well to get that up beyond 400 interesting period coming up

[Alfyy]

Good little last hour or so here. If Australia can be 0-50, it will set a heavy tone, while if they are 2-30, India will be thinking of the win even more so.

[Alf™]

Good having Langer in the commentary box.

[Alf™]

Oh no Rogers. Bad luck.

[aria]

gr8 bowling in desperate need of a cptns knock

[Apocalyptic Raids]

should be a good day tomorrow. I hope India get up tbh.

[sadtaste]

Bloody openers failed again.

[mocha bear]

should be a good day tomorrow. I hope India get up tbh.

This.

India are looking pretty good atm. If they can get a few before lunch whilst keeping the rate down they should be golden.

They did well to notch up the 400.

[Alf™]

Low scoring 20/20 between South Africa and the West Indies. South Africa wins by 4 wickets with 4 balls to spare, chasing down 132.

[aria]

woah incredible bowling by sharma needs a wicket tho

[mocha bear]

Yeah Ponting seems troubled by Sharma.

[aria]

finally gets him

this is a very impressive spell of bowling this kid can play

[mocha bear]

That was a little too high.

[aria]

prety good decision i thoght

gotta get symonds early

[aria]

aha bad decision on symonds about time he ran out of luck

[aria]

sehwag!!!! wat a ball

[Alf™]

Just watched the highlights, as been playing cricket all day. India have done well. Symonds got a bad decision. Australia will lose.

[Alf™]

Good to see Clark and Johnson having a swing. Sehwag made that look tough.

[aria]

ahha great stuff 100 to win

[Alf™]

Great fun this partnership.

[aria]

i tell u bloody what this aint looking good for india

[Alf™]

And they thought Australia's reactions to the second test win was over the top :lol:.

[aria]

i dont think any indian [players made any comments about australias celebrations if thats what u meant by reactions

anyway what a game great stuff by india great character shown there

fantastic game by pathan good to see him again fantastic batting by dravid one of the all time greats

really looking forward to seeing them at adelaide

[Alf™]

I am referring to the media.

Great game by India. Bowlers won it for them. Adelaide should be fun. You going to it Ben?

[aria]

yea def be there australia day probably not the other days

[samthebassman]

Symonds and Hussey were both pretty unlucky imo.

Johnson and Clark were great at the end.

Hopefully Haydos to comeback next test, Hoggy will be back too, Tait & Rogers will both be out, Jaques will need some runs, he's been ordinary in this series after smashing Sri Lanka.

India played well but they continue to annoy the crap out of me.

It will be interesting to see what the papers read like tomorrow.

[Alf™]

What happened with Hussey?

Jaques hasn't been that bad.

[aria]

husseys looked a bit high after many side on replays but most umps would of given it most times

[Alf™]

Oh well, what can we do about it now? All credit to India, well done.

[samthebassman]

Hussey's was very high, looked very not out.

Jaques' dismissals in this test were appaling, both in key periods of the game, both after losing a wicket, both just before a break, both with terrible shots that you don't expect to see from an Australian opening bat.

[aria]

imo jacques wickets were all pathan great bowling

[samthebassman]

Sure he bowled well but Jaques shouldn't have even been thinking of playing at those deliveries, in both circumstances he should have been looking to let the ball go and steady the top order after losing a wicket.

[Alf™]

Easy for us to say these things sitting at home on the couch.

[aria]

ya sam maybe we shou;ld give them a call up to get u opening in adelaide bro

[Alf™]

Jaques plays his natural game, and I won't be negative about that. He is a great player.

[samthebassman]

Absolutly, but if I can identify that these were important points of the game and that losing early wickets was a bad thing, then surely he can identify and play accordingly.

[aria]

4th test changes

hayden in hopefully says hes an 85% chance hogg in


jaffer out harbajahn in

[samthebassman]

TBH I would do a better job than he did in the this game, and too say that he was playing his natural game is a cop out, the great players know when to attack and when too hold back.

[Alf™]

Sam you are pretty stupid man.

4th test changes

hayden in hopefully says hes an 85% chance hogg in


jaffer out harbajahn in

Yeah, I agree with you and what the commentators said.

[aria]

yep sam he didnt make many runs we get it

[samthebassman]

That's not exactly my point but I wont bother trying to explain any further.

[Alf™]

Sam, I think the problem with Australia is we didn't score enough runs. All the batsmen should have gotten more runs, don't you think?

[aria]

yeh idk if anything i would have a bigger problem with gilchrist getting bowled by sehwag than jacques getting out to pathan in full swing but yea nobody really stood up except clarke in the 2nd innings

[Alf™]

Really Ponting and Hussey should have made 150 each. I mean the situation of the game, why didn't they. Not good enough, hey Sam?

[samthebassman]

Gilchrist came in at what? 5-160? They basically needed a miracle when he walked out there, you can't blame him for having a go at the bowlers.

You're right Alf, but the way Jaques played in particular was terrible, he let the team down in crucial situations in both innings, it wasn't only his lack of runs but the timing and mode of his dismissals that really fuc-ked the Australian top order.

Edit: Alf you're a tool. What exactly are you on about?

[Alf™]

Glilchrist should have made 200. Horrible guy, no talent.

[samthebassman]

Suspicion confirmed, tool bag alert.

Why can't you guys express an opinion that isn't voiced by a commentator?

[Alf™]

lolgud1

Normally the commentators are on the right track. But I have no worries giving my own opinions, often very different to others.

[aria]

huh?

[samthebassman]

Not from what I keep reading.

[Alf™]

Sam, you keep sprouting uneducated, armchair expert responses to issues clearly out of your league.

[aria]

even if all the opinions we expressed were already voiced by the commentators (which they def arent how dumb are you) theres nothing wrong with that

not sure what ur on about bro

[samthebassman]

Sam, you keep sprouting uneducated, armchair expert responses to issues clearly out of your league.

That's pretty harsh, I have played alot of cricket and consider myself to be a pretty knowledgable student of the game, sure I'm no test player but at least I can come up with an independant observation or comment.

You don't seem to have the knowledge too have an in depth conversation/debate about the game.

I think you can probably take alot from your last post, I think you've got alot to learn mate.

[aria]

yea alf used that one on me adn it wasnt that chill but i think hes got it spot on with u sam sorry bro

[Alf™]

:lol:

Sam, maybe to yourself you come off pretty smart, but to everyone else, you look dumb.

[samthebassman]

Again, suspicion confirmed.

[Alf™]

Oh hey everyone, look at this guy. Great joke after great joke. What a vet.

[samthebassman]

I think I'm keeping up with your cracking pace champ. Did you hear Heals say that today?

[Alf™]

Again, he thinks he is doing so well :lol:. Go read a book or something.

[samthebassman]

Your comebacks are ace. I'm out. Enjoy.:)

[Alf™]

Your knowledge of cricket is astounding.

[aria]

dont woryr samm i ave just got jacquesy on the phone rite now

i ave told him whats up the convo went like this

listen jaquesy u "shouldn't have even been thinking of playing at those deliveries" mate "both with terrible shots that you don't expect to see from an Australian opening bat"

listen to me jaquesy if u wanna be great playa then u need to know when to attack and when to hold back also u need to learn the difference between to and too

ok glad we settled this jaquesy see u in adelaide bro


so there im sure he ll be all good now

[Alf™]

but i think sam wants to play in adelaide, idk it will be a tough showdown

jaques really isn't that good at batting as sam has shown us

[aria]

yeh i ave just hung up on jaquesy becuz he tried to spin me some crap about him knowing more than me about cricket and am now on the phn to the aussie selectors the convo is going somethin like this

gday aussie selectors this is ben how are u going mates

well anyway long story short i ave found a gr8 cricketer on the internet whos willing to replace jaquesy for the adelaide test were so lucky to have found him

[Alf™]

yeah just talked to my mate hilditch, he said he is naming sam in the side right now, excited to have him on bored

apparently "jaques is a bad batsman" so yeah i was wrong sam

[aria]

good work im excited now

was about to ring up punter rogers hussey gilcrrist to congradulate them on playing much better than jaques but ive lost their numbers :upset:

[Alf™]

yeah i rang tait to tell him he did much better than jaques, but he isn't picking up

[aria]

yeh i was thinkin about giving pathan a call to tell him the real reasons why jaques got out but he must be out celebrating his man of the match

[Alf™]

yeah pathan will be disappointed to hear it actually wasn't his persistent good bowling that did the trick, it was jaques being a bad batsman

obviously this will catch on in the media tomorrow morning

[Liberi Fatali]

Give it a rest you two.

[Alf™]

Oh thanks Liberi, 10 hours later.

[Liberi Fatali]

Yeah and you guys went on for 9 posts on and on about it.

[aria]

so ppl arent allowed to joke

[Alf™]

No, no way, not in a cricket thread!

But I'm glad Liberi helped us come to our senses 10 hours later, otherwise nothing would have stopped us.

[Liberi Fatali]

Yeah if you think a guy is spouting something idiotic, let him know and make a joke about it if you want. But don't go ripping on him post after post. It isn't about strict rules to follow, it's about making this place chill enough for all to chat in.

[Alf™]

We can do what we like, we were just mucking around. Things are fine.

[Liberi Fatali]

We can do what we like
Yeah but don't be a dick. If thats what you want to do, so be it. But I don't think its needed.

[Alf™]

Nobody cares what you think. Just calm down. Stay out if you don't like it :).

[Liberi Fatali]

I'm not worked up about this, just saying that you two (mostly you) could have gone easier on the bloke. If you don't care what I think, thats all fine by me, but it doesn't hurt to just listen rather than be standoffish and tell them you don't care what they think.

[Alf™]

I'm listening, and I disagree. The guy will never learn if something isn't done. He is stupid. But whatever, all I'm saying is don't come in hours after we have stopped and tell us off.

[Liberi Fatali]

If you think I was telling you off then you're missing the point, or you're not really listening.

[Alf™]

Whatever. He is banned now, so we are chill. Plus we had already stopped and gone to sleep by the time you yapped up.

[sadtaste]

Good trolling boys.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

You're such an idiot Alf. You get along with him fine when he sings Australia's praises, but as soon as he questions the talent of one player you call for his head.

[sadtaste]

You're such an idiot Alf. You get along with him fine when he sings Australia's praises, but as soon as he questions the talent of one player you call for his head.

He's merely adopting the aria technique of discussion.

[Aficionado]

this thread is turning into a spam-fest

[sadtaste]

this thread is turning into a spam-fest

It's impossible to discuss cricket here.

It'll inevitably turn into "Hey, what I say is right and if you don't agree with me, you're wrong, and when you try to reason with me, I'll just start saying "lol, good one" or "yeh, you're a dumbass bro"."

[Aficionado]

or it's something like

Australia or die

[Alf™]

You're such an idiot Alf. You get along with him fine when he sings Australia's praises, but as soon as he questions the talent of one player you call for his head.

Even when he sings Australia's praises he is stupid. I'm fine with people being anti-Australian, but only as long as they can back up what they are saying with an educated discussion.

[Alf™]

My new bat came in today. AS G200, $250AUD, 2.11, very nice.

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[aria]

It's impossible to discuss cricket here.

It'll inevitably turn into "Hey, what I say is right and if you don't agree with me, you're wrong, and when you try to reason with me, I'll just start saying "lol, good one" or "yeh, you're a dumbass bro"."

its ok bro china might have a good cricket team 1 day

[sadtaste]

its ok bro china might have a good cricket team 1 day

Yeh, you're a true blue yourself, right?

[sadtaste]

yes i am have studied it for years at tertiary level

alf the frustration was caused by your stupidy and complete lack of awareness re current situation

why cant you rebut these questions that every non australian fan in the world of cricket is askingand why do you keep ignoring discussion
the only thing you have argued sucessfully so far is that racism is not ok and everyone knows that

Are you sure Ben?

edit: it's okay Ben, I don't expect highly of you. Nice to see that a true Australian like yourself is fair though, I have much to learn.

[Alf™]

No wait, who cares, take a look at my bat.

[sadtaste]

No wait, who cares, take a look at my bat.

It's impossible not to look at.

edit: nice bat though.

[Alf™]

:D! I love it!

[aria]

what when was i a racist

[Grumma]

India won because they played better than Australia
/end discussion

[Alf™]

We weren't even talking or arguing about that Grumma, but good work.

[Alf™]

India win the toss again, and will bat first.

India with 5 bowlers. Harbhajan back in, Jaffer out. Pathan will open.

Edit: Australia going with Hogg, Tait left out as everyone presumed.

[TBrown87]

I know almost nothing about Cricket but I think "The Ashes" is the greatest name for a championship ever.

[Alf™]

It isn't a championship, morelike a series.

[sadtaste]

Tendulkar just made his century, India are looking good at 4/262

[JumpTheF**kUp]

nice

[Grumma]

And Gilchrist dropped the biggest sitter in the history of cricket

[Alf™]

Missed the final session, but Australia will be happy with the days work.

[Alf™]

Johnson gets the wicket we need. Dhoni gone for 16.

[sadtaste]

Currently 7/405 at lunch.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

And that's the 500!

[sadtaste]

Kumble isn't far from his 100...

[sadtaste]

Finally! Gilchrist gets hold of the record for most test dismissals as well.

[aria]

ya unfortunately bouchers got another 5+ years in him

well bat by india couple wickets tonight would bee great for them

[Alf™]

Yeah, disappointing that Australia couldn't wrap up the tail quickly. Good batting pitch though.

[Grumma]

probably too good if anything, end of day 2 and Australia have only just started their first innings.
draw seems most likely at this stage, can't see a repeat of the WACA collapse happening

[aria]

i doubt it

theres only been 1 draw in 16 years at adelaide and first innings have went on way longer than this
oh well well see

[Grumma]

that's very few draws lol.

We'll see I spose. If the pitch surface starts loosening up it'll make it interesting

[Alf™]

The pitch is pretty much dead, so the batting will be pretty good all the way through.

[aria]

its always v tough on day 5 at adelaide if u look back over the tests theres always v low second innings scores and exciting finishes late in day 5

[epic_fail]

cricket sucks, **** you




















































































































































































**

[Grumma]

and that's probably why he got banned.

anyway, piss poor start by Harbajan today

[sadtaste]

2/205

Hayden made a century. Rp Singh is injured methinks.

[sgrevs]

3/267, hope Ponting can get to 100, he needs a decent score, he's had a poor series. Clarke could do with a big score too.

[Alf™]

Has it been a good day? Aussies going slow, or what?

[aria]

aweome day at the cricket but not because of the play

india bowled kinda tight with a reverse swing especially sharma bowling pretty impressive harbajahn not bowling great sehwag bowling surprisingly well

australia batting extremely slow and boring u would think they are playin for a draw

o yea and rp singh injured and only bowled a few overs

[Grumma]

Yeah I'm getting a lil frustrated by how slow they're going, but there's a fair bit of uneven bounce about so it makes it harder

[Alf™]

By all the things I have read, the Aussies struggled through India's good bowling. I don't think they could have gone any quicker.

[Alf™]

So Gilchrist announced his retirement earlier. Last test match is the current one. Last one dayer will be after this one day series coming up.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

That's a shame, he's still miles better than Haddin as far as I can tell.

[Alf™]

Haddin is pretty good though. Good time for Gilly to step out of the game.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I think Gilly adds a lot of stability to the team, as he's a really reliable number 7 bat as well as a great keeper, whereas Haddin is somewhat unpredictable (at least from what I've seen of him in international games).

But it's his decision so w/e.

[aria]

By all the things I have read, the Aussies struggled through India's good bowling. I don't think they could have gone any quicker.

na didnt bowl exceptionally well and harbajhan bowled flat out shithouse


yeh good on gilly hes droppion so many catches these days

[Grumma]

he's dropped one that I can think of, and he's in the KFC classic catches every week.

His batting game has definitely been on the wane over the last few years though

[Alf™]

Nah, Gilly has dropped a few routine catches this season. Even he would admit that.

[sadtaste]

Congrats to Gilly. I think it was a good move, he's past his prime, even though he could still provide.

[Alf™]

Pretty woeful appealing and carry on from India there.

[Alf™]

Gilchrist makes 14. Crowd love it.

[sadtaste]

My calculations say 'draw'.

[Alf™]

Exactly the same situation as the match against England in the last Ashes. But it does look like it will be a draw.

[Grumma]

If Michael Clarke hadn't dropped that catch I'd have some hope of a result, but now there is next to no chance of that happening

[ariathe22nd]

yea not sure wyhy aus batted so long and so slow

yea its the same as V england but no warney so yea

[Alf™]

We weren't that slow. 3 runs an over. Nothing too bad. Just tough to keep up a run-rate out there. India will be slow today, no doubt.

[Alf™]

Great to see guard of honour for Gilly.

[Alf™]

Dravid retired hurt. Tendulkar gets through a tough deflection decision.

[madtaste]

Mmm, fairly dull game. Sehwag's batting well though, would have been great if he was in the team from the start.

[Grumma]

*yawn*

[Alf™]

What a catch from Haydos.

[madtaste]

Haha yes, excellent one hander.

[Grumma]

imitating a character in Mario Party:

DRAW!