Nope that kind of single minded dedication to whatever he was doing at the time made him the genius that he was.
I remember seeing Jerome Taylor one of the Stanford matches bowling a full over at 150 kph + peaking at 153 kph. He is quite pacy! I expect him to come to the party within the next year or two.
Well, i'd like to hear your reasons.
Everyone gets "wet" because chasing over 400 exceptionally rarely ends in success for the chasing side (as history suggests). It's not just the pitch, although a flat one is certainly preferable, the pressure of the chase is generally enough providing the bowlers don't choke. Yes I agree it ain't the best attack in the world, even so, I'm pretty sure worse attacks have won games for teams with a lower target set on a similar pitch simply due to the situation.
There really isn't as much of a precedent as you'd think. Firstly, in past eras pitches rarely held up so well. Secondly, scoring rates meant that you'd need almost two days to chase down 400, and the opposition barely had enough time to set such a total unless you failed really badly in the first innings- or were dominated by a quality bowling attack. So if you're looking for tests where
A) He's injured more than Watson these days
Bingo, especially with regards to the second, which (pardon the smugness) I informed the forum. He, Neilsen and the heirarchy don't get on, after he cracked the sads in the Windies.
Pretty sure he means Hansie before his fall from grace. Hansie was seen as a very inspirational leader, a proper hero and a sporting icon, while still being the type of bloke you'd have round to your house for a braai. I don't think Smith is being idolized quite the way Hansie was yet (which is probably a good thing), but Smith certainly has moved beyond being just a very good captain and player.
You'd be surprised, even post BribeGate, about the warm regard in which he is held in South Africa.
Don't be so surprised. He copped it here last time fort eh commetns he made more than anything else.
I'll say this much, I can't remember any another occasion that Australia had a test no. 6 with only 2 FC hundreds to his name
I frankly don't think McDonald is anything more than a good handy FC cricketer, he was good with the ball because he didn't try to do anything fancy, and just kept bowling at the stumps, leaving rest on the pitch to do, but his bowling still can be considered handy as the 5th bowler, but his batting though is the real problem, i don't think he is good enough,to bat in the Aussie top-order, so AFAIC, good on him fo having done such a good job in the SCG test, but he definitely isn't a long term option.
I concur. However I do believe he fits our current team balance better than a specialist number 6. We need to take 20 wickets and we haven't done that all summer. Having that extra bowling option is valuable.
Dussey seriously has a good case and i think with his agressive stroke-play he can prove to be a very good option for Australia at no.6, but i think one can't really kick Symonds out of the equation either, he has had an exceptional 2 years in test cricket and i think he deserves to atleast play in the test series in South Africa (fitness permitting), but again had Watto is my prefered long term option, and as soon as he is fit, he would be my pick to replace Symonds or whoever is keeping that slot warm for him.
Looking at your avatar, you are doing a better job
God damnit. The next few years with these selectors, really is going to be painstaking.
