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**Official** Chappell-Hadlee Series

Dick Rockett

Dick Rockett

International Vice-Captain
pasag said:
Hayden looks like an awesome bloke, tbh. Perplexes me somewhat that noone likes him.
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I'm pretty sure the reason I don't like him is because he looks like a boss I once had. To put it in context, that bloke was one of only two people I've met in my entire life who I've genuinely hated.
 
M

meatspx

U19 Cricketer
The Australian media didn't say that. The NZ media said that the Australian media said that :P

Australian media > NZ media
 
howardj

howardj

International Coach
pup11 said:
Australia is a hurt team atm, like they were after ashes 05. After that lot of people felt the aussies were finished and their days at the top were numbered, much like a lot of people are feeling atm. But the kind of cricket that the aussies played after ashes 05 proved once again that they are undisputed no.1 side, and i am sure that they would do it again.
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Yeah, but when the Test side rebounded, all hands were on deck. By contrast, with the ODI team, our two best players (Lee and Symonds) look like playing no part in the World Cup. Additionally, another one of our best players in past years (McGrath) has deteriorated quite notably in ODI's. Granted, we'll be right up there in the WC, but I don't think we'll see the team rebound as spectacularly as the Test side did, post-Ashes 2005.
 
Zinzan

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howardj said:
Yeah, but when the Test side rebounded, all hands were on deck. By contrast, with the ODI team, our two best players (Lee and Symonds) look like playing no part in the World Cup. .
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Lol @ at your "our two best players" statement :laugh: If Ponting and Gilchrist were out for the W.C I'm quite sure you would have said they were the two best.

Having said that, i'm not doubting Simmo and Bing are two of your better players
 
Fiery

Fiery

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zinzan12 said:
Lol @ at your "our two best players" statement :laugh: If Ponting and Gilchrist were out for the W.C I'm quite sure you would have said they were the two best.
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Hussey has laid claims to be included in that club too, for mine

*the "for mine" said in best Peter Sterling impersonation*
 
Zinzan

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Fiery said:
Hussey has laid claims to be included in that club too, for mine

*the "for mine" said in best Peter Sterling impersonation*
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Good old Sterling ..."If we freeze play there" is another that belongs to him :laugh:
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

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Surely Lee is one of the top two best players for Australia in ODI cricket, purely because the bowling attack looks so incredibly ordinary without him in it. Yes, it can look ordinary with him there too, but more often than not, he's a notch above the other options - even present-moment McGrath.
 
howardj

howardj

International Coach
zinzan12 said:
Lol @ at your "our two best players" statement :laugh: If Ponting and Gilchrist were out for the W.C I'm quite sure you would have said they were the two best.

Having said that, i'm not doubting Simmo and Bing are two of your better players
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It's not too outrageous. Lee's clearly our best bowler. And, as a package, Symonds is our most valuable player. Didn't seem to miss Ponting's or Gilchrist's batting in NZ.
 
Fiery

Fiery

Banned
howardj said:
It's not too outrageous. Lee's clearly our best bowler. And, as a package, Symonds is our most valuable player. Didn't seem to miss Ponting's or Gilchrist's batting in NZ.
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It could be argued that they missed them greatly in the 1st game, which gave the Black Caps the momentum (and belief) to win the next two games
 
F

FRAZ

International Captain
Mr Mxyzptlk said:
Surely Lee is one of the top two best players for Australia in ODI cricket, purely because the bowling attack looks so incredibly ordinary without him in it. Yes, it can look ordinary with him there too, but more often than not, he's a notch above the other options - even present-moment McGrath.
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Correctly put there and when it looks ordinary (attack) then it's not just the fault of Lee and it's actually the lack of variety in the bowling .
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Craig said:
What can you say, all great people have the name 'Craig' as their first or middle names. Actually last year I read an article in the paper and they considered it to be a '***y' name.

There you go :ph34r:
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Graeme Smith - argument refuted.
 
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