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RandyfromPennywise
10-20-2008, 07:06 AM
Sharma and Harbo, well we can't really do anything against them.
We'll do well to make it to lunch tomorrow to be honest.
aria999
10-21-2008, 11:10 PM
did i see somone say a page or 2 back that cricket is battling for numbers and always will be?
wow
oh wait its just grumma
Grumma
10-22-2008, 01:49 AM
They are compared to a lot of other cricketing nations.
I'm sure if we had the population of India and as many cricket nutters as India we wouldn't get beaten for decades but at junior level there's football, basketball, soccer, swimming/athletics, tennis, most kids ride bikes, video games (probably the biggest lol) all competing against it.
I know I've always wanted to play but the cost of a whole kit and then the time factor has meant I never have, and I know it's a similar case with a lot of other kids and their families
aria999
10-22-2008, 01:52 AM
by a lot of other cricketing nations do u mean india
i dont have ne stats on me but im pretty sure we are not battling for numbers
Grumma
10-22-2008, 03:44 AM
Well Luke Hodge and a couple of other current AFL players were exceptionally good cricketers (Hodge made 300 not out or something rediculous in Tassie after not having played for a couple of years).
There's just more competition amongst sports here then there seems to be in India (not taking into account overall population).
I prefer the international comp to be competitive so there's no issue with that. It'll be interesting to see (or in my case read) how the Aussie's go about the next test
aria999
10-22-2008, 07:05 AM
and there are exceptionally good cricketers in every other country who chose different paths
i didnt hear any talk about our battling numbers when we were dominating the world for 10 years
so btw by " a lot of other cricketing nations" u did mean india?
Grumma
10-23-2008, 03:22 AM
and Sri Lanka/Pakistan. to some extent maybe Sth Africa.
New Zealand is just plain rooted, England have a lot of other codes competing with them and the West Indies have such a small population
RandyfromPennywise
10-23-2008, 10:25 AM
Dude there's always been top athletes going to other codes. Jace Bode - recently de-listed by Melbourne - was called by Dennis Lillee "the best 15-year-old pace bowler I've ever seen". And he chose to play AFL. It happens. It's always happened. Ponting could've been a pro golfer I'm told. So cricket stole him away from golf. We'll be alright. It's the strongest summer sport by a mile. As long as the kids are still getting out there and being active and playing sport, a lot of them will be playing cricket in summer, it's just how it is. AFL and League have more competition in winter with the rise of the round-ball code, no doubt about that, but I don't think there is going to be a drought of players for any of the major codes. It's the fring sports like basketball that suffer.
aria999
10-23-2008, 07:40 PM
yep i am struggling to understand what grumma is on about but what is new
RandyfromPennywise
10-23-2008, 09:16 PM
Hey aria is the power out in Ward St? Got a black out here in George St which is fkd, I gotta print out this assignment which is due at 2!
aria999
10-24-2008, 06:32 AM
hmm randy dont think the power was out here but i was uni most the day
how did u go with ur assignment
RandyfromPennywise
10-24-2008, 09:58 AM
Yeah went to uni to print it out, all good. Had to stay up all night to do it, went to sleep at 5pm and woke up at 11pm, now my sleeping patterns are absolutely fked!!
Any predictions for the outcome of the series (Aus v Ind)? I reckon 2-1 to India. Reckon they'll win the next one and we might win the last one.
1-1. We will fight back to win one, and the other will be a draw.
aria999
10-30-2008, 03:05 AM
getin raped again
Grumma
10-30-2008, 06:37 AM
I can see this game ending in a draw.
Aussies should get somewhere around 400, India will bat too long and leave Australia with a stupid run chase will about a day left.
Reckon we'll be smarter this time round and shut up shop earlier
RandyfromPennywise
11-01-2008, 01:06 AM
We could make 500 here.
Grumma
11-01-2008, 02:50 AM
By the reports from Baggy Green Kumble has gone ultra defensive to try and stop Clarke scoring.
Yawn.
Cricinfo says that Clarke is just being patient, waiting for the bad balls. Obviously a draw now.
Grumma
11-01-2008, 03:58 AM
7/530+.
Draw fo sure
RandyfromPennywise
11-01-2008, 12:44 PM
Interesting day's play. Tried to watch as much as I could. Clarke got lucky. If Sharma caught him, there is no way we would've got 500. Looking forward to the first session tomorrow which could define the series, but more than likely India will see it out and it will be a draw.
Sharma is an ugly ****er. Bad decision to send him out as night watchman. First day of play in this series that I have actually got to watch live, so was pleased with that.
Was also watching the Stanford Superstars vs. England 20/20 match on ESPN. England looking to be in trouble.
Grumma
11-02-2008, 01:04 AM
Pretty average batting by the Indjans thus far
aria999
11-05-2008, 06:49 AM
not as average as the aussies but yea
7 on debut for Krejza. Hilarious stuff.
Grumma
11-07-2008, 01:50 AM
I'm not sure whether that's more embarrassing for the Indian batsmen or Australian bowlers . . .
Eight wickets. Come on Australia.
Edit: Harbhajan opening the bowling :lol:.
RandyfromPennywise
11-07-2008, 09:18 PM
I'm not sure whether that's more embarrassing for the Indian batsmen or Australian bowlers . . .
Come on man we gotta give the bloke some credit.
Grumma
11-07-2008, 11:30 PM
I'll give him credit for persistence but yeah . . .
Bit of an indictment on the rest of the Aussie attack, and the Indians for not paying any respect whatsoever.
Question for anyone actually watching the game:
When I hear people saying the Indians are bowling a foot outside off stump are they being serious or over exaggerating?
RandyfromPennywise
11-08-2008, 03:50 AM
No, they have had an 8-1 field and have not been aiming for the stumps at all, so I would say those people aren't exaggeratig too much. It has easily been the most boring day of Test cricket I can remember having ever watched. The over rate for the first session was 12/hour, and the run rate was about 1.5rpo. Bad cricket all round.
Bloody Huss, can't believe he set off on a run when it hadn't even passed the fielder, deserved a ton, he'd fought very hard all innings. Solid 90 from him again though. Can't believe Cameron White is still in the side though, is this the biggest joke going or what? The bloke's in the team as a bowling all-rounder, and bowls 10 overs, and the other spinner bowls 45. He is taking up a place in the team.
Grumma
11-08-2008, 04:04 AM
They obviously picked him over Siddle for some reason. Hopefully he can make a few runs.
Ironically though he was our most economical bowler in the first innings
aria999
11-10-2008, 02:37 AM
yep raped again
how embarassing for them indians
RandyfromPennywise
11-10-2008, 03:22 AM
First series loss since England if my memory is correct. Pretty bloody poor.
Some horrible squad decisions. Well done to India for beating us.
Grumma
11-10-2008, 04:03 AM
To quote Homer Simpson:
Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!
RandyfromPennywise
11-10-2008, 06:27 AM
Said while holding a pennant saying "Sports".
aria999
11-24-2008, 02:32 AM
u goin down friday randy
ive got some shi to do friday might head down saturday and get blind on the hill
RandyfromPennywise
11-24-2008, 04:15 AM
Mate I would be there every day like usual but I'm heading overseas on Friday morning and am going to miss the whole Test. Spewing! I miss the whole summer as well.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Glw4VFOhZmw&feature=related
Wonderful spell by a Pakistani Under 19 up and comer. The swing is amazing.
aria999
11-26-2008, 03:06 AM
that sux randy i will make sure to have a xxxx gold for u
aria999
12-17-2008, 07:15 PM
time to go m haydos
aria999
12-18-2008, 03:50 AM
lmao johnson wtf
Aes820
12-18-2008, 03:51 AM
7/42, so far.
Tearing the lower order a new one.
Not shabby.
tearing the top order apart too
amazing spell from him
got us in front for this game
badtaste
12-20-2008, 04:25 AM
Woo, South Africans were 1/160 or so when I left the telly, and now they're 3/184 with dangerman Smith gone. Good stuff.
still would love another in this last half an hour of play
aria999
12-20-2008, 05:58 AM
this test match hasbeen worth watching just to see de villeiers field this bloke is the best fielder ive ever seen some of his saves at backward pointhave been unbeleive able not to mention the catching
RandyfromPennywise
01-01-2009, 09:01 PM
We lost a series at home, what is going on, horrible.
Grumma
01-01-2009, 09:19 PM
It wouldn't be too bad if we lost blooding a couple of younger guys but there's nothing worse than hanger-ons who don't know when to quit!
badtaste
01-07-2009, 12:36 AM
Woo, finally over.
Should have ended hours ago.
badtaste
01-11-2009, 06:11 AM
lol, poor AB, cops a Tait thunderbolt in the hip and hits his wicket.
Pretty entertaining game, Warner was great.
E sharp
01-11-2009, 06:37 AM
i was hoping JP got a century. Would've put the match on its head
Grumma
01-13-2009, 02:35 AM
Probably lasted a test or 2 longer than it should have but congrats on a great career Haydos!
Transient
01-13-2009, 03:34 AM
Kind of late, but Smith is such a legend for coming out with broken fingers, really inspiring stuff.
badtaste
01-22-2009, 04:50 AM
lol at NSW snaring McCullum to play in their Twenty20 side.
Fair move by them, as it is played by the rules, but that isn't to say that that is a horrible loophole in CA's T20 rules.
Grumma
01-25-2009, 05:22 PM
even more lolz at Andrew Symonds
badtaste
01-26-2009, 04:35 AM
Real larrikin he is.
Grumma
02-07-2009, 08:03 PM
Good second dig by England in the test against the Windies
Pretty funny that a test team can collapse like that.
TheBigMachine
02-08-2009, 09:37 PM
Brackens bowling in his final spell yesterday was dismal. I hope Ponting grilled him. Lucky we won that match or I may well have cried.
nevertoolate
03-17-2009, 06:51 PM
Happy with the Bushranger spanking of the Bulls.
pigletopeth
05-22-2009, 08:45 PM
Australia vs India is a more closer match that Warney and Murali.
pigletopeth
05-27-2009, 05:21 AM
Aus - India are closely matched.
pretty random to come out in a dead thread and say that
but okay
nevertoolate
05-27-2009, 05:48 AM
wow. that was very random
RandyfromPennywise
05-27-2009, 09:31 PM
So this thread is back and running for the Ashes, good to see.... I for one think Andrew McDonald is a dud and will never make any impact at Test level. Such a conservative selection by the board, such a typical selection.
nevertoolate
05-27-2009, 10:20 PM
hows Australia trying to get a 12 man squad to play the tour matches so they can test all 5 fast bowlers at once!!?? I think the poms will knock that on the head..
well it is pretty standard practice for that kind of stuff to happen
in '06 england played with 14 in their first tour match
nevertoolate
05-28-2009, 01:50 AM
didn't know that, obv the aussies okayd it
obviously
so would be a pretty dick decision to get in the way of the australians playing 12
would be fine with 12 in the first tour game, and the usual 11 in the second one
nevertoolate
05-28-2009, 02:03 AM
but they apparantly want to get in the way
yeah and that is a silly, petty thing of them to do
RandyfromPennywise
05-28-2009, 07:26 AM
When we're 3-0 up we should play with 10 or 9 just to make things interesting!
Dave de Sylvia
06-05-2009, 04:14 PM
Well done England.
Ha. What a win by the Netherlands!
Dave de Sylvia
06-05-2009, 11:28 PM
I was so happy for them. You could see they weren't expecting the England fielder to go for the direct hit and they just erupted when he missed.
pigletopeth
06-06-2009, 08:46 PM
Damn Aus lost against West Indies, easily. :confused:
RandyfromPennywise
06-07-2009, 03:47 AM
We were destroyed. The selectors need to pick a specialist Twenty20 team. Our Test team plus a few sloggers is not the way. Get 11 specialist 2020 players in there.
West Indies were superb. Gayle was ridiculous. They won the game, we didn't lose it.
Dave de Sylvia
06-08-2009, 03:10 PM
Looks like that traitor Eoin Morgan's gonna get to beat his old side in the super eights :(
Also Australia, what have you done? You've gone and done yourself a mischief, that's what.
RandyfromPennywise
06-09-2009, 09:54 AM
West Indies were superb. Gayle was ridiculous. They won the game, we didn't lose it.
No question about it. But there were serious miscalculations in the selections. Throwing Lee straight in, in a 2020, bowling against someone like Chris Gayle? Mike Hussey - King that he is - is not a 2020 player either. A new approach is needed in Twenty20 selections. Recent results show that.
Lee was great in the IPL, the selectors were right giving him a bowl.
Hussey can be a game winner, but yes, we needed more specialist T20 players in the team.
nevertoolate
06-10-2009, 01:15 AM
we can't win everything......it was good for the team imo
RandyfromPennywise
06-10-2009, 12:35 PM
Hussey is one of my all-time favourite players, a legend, just wanted to clear that up. His record at 2020 just isn't up to it. Save him for the tests so we can get another 3-4 years out of him. (If he hits '05-'06 form ever again!?)
Four weeks to go...
nevertoolate
06-11-2009, 01:30 AM
Yeah good call on Hussey, such a solid player, much too good for that beach cricket garbage.
E sharp
06-11-2009, 03:02 AM
Anyone see that save from the Sri Lankan (i think) fielder who stopped a 6? It was awesome juggling skills.
Should have been 6, but the laws say it wasn't. Amazing effort none the less.
nevertoolate
07-07-2009, 10:28 PM
So getting things going again, thoughts on tonights Ashes opener??
Should be a cracker of a series, with Brett lee sidelined the Aussies are going to have to be on their game to gain the ascendancy
To be honest, it could go either way. Stand out performances are going to win it for either side, especially through the bowlers.
nevertoolate
07-07-2009, 11:27 PM
it is pretty hard to read which side is gonna take this series, I mean the poms are travelling ok and we aren't setting the world alight.
RandyfromPennywise
07-09-2009, 09:11 AM
Punter's on for a ton here.
good to see kat and punter notch up the hundred just before stumps there
RandyfromPennywise
07-09-2009, 01:16 PM
What a sick day, 249-1, get in there. Let's get the 500 up and push on from there, hopefully bat all day tomorrow.
2 for 17 nice start
we'll win this
would be all over this if the rain hadnt come in the past two days
big chance on the last day
RandyfromPennywise
07-11-2009, 08:46 PM
North and Haddin tons how good is that. Rain better hold off: we deserve to win this match.
nevertoolate
07-14-2009, 08:47 PM
Dirty poms and their stalling tactics. This just isnt cricket.
macgilla is great on sbs
he is indeed, but how ****ing **** and biased are the telecast commentators?? Glad Warnies joining them for the next test, should be good
RandyfromPennywise
07-14-2009, 09:38 PM
Yeah it's strange that like Fox have people over there, think SBS might too (?) and both have gone to a lot of effort over broadcasting and advertising this series, yet we can't get our own commentary team...
Grumma
07-16-2009, 06:30 AM
What's up with MJ?
Reckon that missus of him is distracting him too much!
nevertoolate
07-16-2009, 08:12 PM
or his mum...
pigletopeth
07-17-2009, 02:44 AM
lol. MJ was bowling shithouse... he's potentially an ok bowler most of the time though
he's potentially awesome man
nevertoolate
07-17-2009, 06:23 PM
aussies in big trouble at the end of the second day, do you think the poms should force them to follow or bat them out of the match??
Follow on if we are rolled for around 150. Follow on in most cases really.
Dougie
07-24-2009, 04:40 AM
We need Clarke asap
Grumma
07-24-2009, 06:45 PM
Clarke or Clark?
lol watson out lbw first ball of second day
edit: bam. hussey out next ball. it's time to get a rain dance goin' fellas
nevertoolate
08-20-2009, 10:25 PM
Love the bowling side selected, but a bit dissap in 8/307. Clark has proved his selection so far.......spewing we lost the toss again
the phantom
08-22-2009, 12:35 AM
hi all
it could be a very interesting day today just hope trott can do what he has been doing for warwickshire all season.
RandyfromPennywise
08-23-2009, 02:22 PM
UGH geez fuk I hate the English cricket team. 5-0 in 15 months.
i dont hate the england team but i hate all the "fans" and media pricks who suddenly love cricket and will no doubt harp on about how england are the best in the world or some crap now - especially pricks like ian botham - and i live in england
nevertoolate
08-24-2009, 01:38 AM
Not playing Hauritz was a travesty
Dave de Sylvia
11-04-2009, 04:11 PM
Assume most people are not in favour of this but.
Cricket: The International Cricket Council has received notification of Ireland’s intention to apply for full member status. As an ICC associate member, Ireland have one-day international status but are pushing to join the game’s elite group of 10 countries in the hope of playing Test cricket.
Ireland have made considerable progress on and off the field in recent years - the highlight being qualification for the last eight of the 2007 World Cup - but with success has come frustration.
Homegrown players good enough for first-class cricket must opt to play elsewhere if they aspire to play at the top level.
Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan have both earned England recognition after defecting and Cricket Ireland are anxious to avoid losing more talent in the future.
ICC spokesman James Fitzgerald said: “We have received a letter from Cricket Ireland expressing their intention to apply for full membership.
“In the event of them doing that, the matter will be discussed at the next board meeting,”
The ICC’s next board meeting is in February but any final decision would have to be made by the general council at annual conference and the process is a long one.
Bangladesh were the last country to be elevated in 2000, three years after first submitting their application while a Kenyan bid failed after four years.
Cricket Ireland, who recently turned down a place in England’s domestic 40-over competition in 2010, must also satisfy a number of stringent criteria to qualify for full membership – not least the establishment of a first-class domestic competition.
nevertoolate
11-06-2009, 05:41 PM
I think its a good thing, I mean I think there is a lack of Test playing nations on the whole and I also think Netherlands and Canada could also be worthy inclusions too. I know the bridge in skill level would be quite vast, but as we've seen Bangladesh do (some moderate success) I think the sooner they get in the better off the game (and their game) will be
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