Yeah, I no longer care about all the conflicting interests I have in this game which I mentioned earlier. I just want Australia to win by 10 wickets to put Raghav in his place. Hope he wins the Greigy tbh.Dying to win just to shut you up tbh.
Top 10:How many have I got?
Watson is indeed vital for the team balance, but without replacing him for another genuine all-rounder (James Hopes) then you are always going to be left slighty weaker in either the batting or bowlwing. It just depends on how the comparatively weak either of these discipines actually becomes.This is why Australia need to play 5 bowlers with Watson out. Tait is bowling puss so we may very well need 15 overs or more from Symonds and Clarke. Symonds and Clark should be used just in case Tait/Johnson have a bad day at the office really, not be relied upon to act as a genuine bowler between themselves AND do that.
And given the fact that the Australian batting lineup is brilliant compared to its inconsistent, injury-hampered bowling attack which has faltered under pressure, picking Hodge for the spot doesn't really make much sense. In the game against England, Clarke/Symonds bowled 10-67-0 and Hodge was TWO wickets away from needing to bat.Watson is indeed vital for the team balance, but without replacing him for another genuine all-rounder (James Hopes) then you are always going to be left slighty weaker in either the batting or bowlwing. It just depends on how the comparatively weak either of these discipines actually becomes.
I think somebody stole my account details and posted under my name or somethingTop 10:
pup11 480
KiWiNiNjA 278
TT Boy 243
simmy 212
Perm 192
pasag 190
Prince EWS 175
PhoenixFire 129
BoyBrumby 127
Scaly piscine 117
Exactly, with the majority of their batting lineup being in form (Symonds and Hussey) being the exception then it seems like folly to shore up their batting by having Hodge bat at #7. Given the fact that they are missing Lee, and with Tait a liability on occasions then they definately need to go into the game with 5 genuine bowlers. That way, if one of them doesn't fire then Symonds and Clarke can make up the overs.And given the fact that the Australian batting lineup is brilliant compared to its inconsistent, injury-hampered bowling attack which has faltered under pressure, picking Hodge for the spot doesn't really make much sense. In the game against England, Clarke/Symonds bowled 10-67-0 and Hodge was TWO wickets away from needing to bat.
Well the fan's perspective is not always considered and I don't really have a problem with that.And what was going to be potentially the first exciting match of the World Cup goes down the drain. Might be heaps selfish on my part but after staying up for nearly every game and having not seen anything interesting yet (the two close games involving SL were boring for the most part) I think I was entitled to expect to see some good cricket tonight.
FFS.
Click the number of replies button. Ie for this thread click the 4554 in the World Cup forum and a window will come up.Wahay.. I am ahead of Perm... How did you find out Pasag?
I expect the run rate to plummet now.
Ponting showed great awareness to pull out of the catch, it looked like he was going to end up diving infront of Matthew Hayden but he restrained himself well.Bracken! Great catch, great over. One of the best of the WC so far imo.