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Wow. Came too close indeed.
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Great day's test cricket all round. So good to watch with these two teams.
Saffies a little too short for mine, but the pitch did plenty (not "a bit" as the commentators say - why do they do that? If they were playing, I'm sure they'd be saying it was more than "a little bit" - they try for the uirky understatement thing to try an be cool, then someone hits a coverdrive and the commentary box looks like an overturned Mr Whippy truck).
Hoping we can get to 350 here, but I don't think 300 is bad if we bowl the right length. Watching Morkel jag the ball around immediately made my thoughts turn to Sid. Should be interesting.
Saffies a little too short for mine, but the pitch did plenty (not "a bit" as the commentators say - why do they do that? If they were playing, I'm sure they'd be saying it was more than "a little bit" - they try for the uirky understatement thing to try an be cool, then someone hits a coverdrive and the commentary box looks like an overturned Mr Whippy truck).
Hoping we can get to 350 here, but I don't think 300 is bad if we bowl the right length. Watching Morkel jag the ball around immediately made my thoughts turn to Sid. Should be interesting.
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Kallis and Boucher both wore black armbands due to the passing of a close friend of theirs.Oh, that's bad news
Any ideas about he black arm band?
BoyBrumby
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Just watching the highlights. Young master Hughes's shot was a wee bit injudicious on debut, but Fat Gray's drop was a bit special. Makes Gayle's look like a sharp half chance he was unlucky with.
Disappointing crowd tho. Two best test sides in the world & all. Reckon you'd get more in if it was held up here.
& McDonald at 8?! Stack the batting, much?
Disappointing crowd tho. Two best test sides in the world & all. Reckon you'd get more in if it was held up here.
& McDonald at 8?! Stack the batting, much?
ozone
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Also just watching the highlights now, and thats being generous to him IMO. Shocking shot to play in your first over of test cricket.
On a different note, having read through some of this thread, I can't believe the pesimism of some of the Australians on here. A side who are still ranked number 1 in the world, with the best batsman in the world, playing in a country where they don't lose very often. Yes there are a lot of young players playing, but that isn't always a terrible thing.
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It's understandable, even if annoying though. That same side just lost 2-1 at home, lost the following ODI series 4-1 and were lucky to draw the other one 2-2.
BoyBrumby
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Yeah, agree on both counts (well, maybe not love on a first date, but y'know...). North looks very well organised player & Ntini's ball to Punter was insane. Must've come back a foot and a half.
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Hoping McDonald does well now he's there, but that selection blows me away. We have 3.5 front line bowlers vs a team we struggled to roll all summer. Hope he gets 6 for though.Just watching the highlights. Young master Hughes's shot was a wee bit injudicious on debut, but Fat Gray's drop was a bit special. Makes Gayle's look like a sharp half chance he was unlucky with.
Disappointing crowd tho. Two best test sides in the world & all. Reckon you'd get more in if it was held up here.
& McDonald at 8?! Stack the batting, much?
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It's not so much the general lack of confidence- which the bookies share, incidentally. It's more the fact that every time a wicket falls a lot of the Aussies are like OMG ITS ALL OVER NOW as if there isn't still four and a half days and two matches of cricket left.
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Preaching to the choir here. It annoys the crap out of me too. Lost count of how many times I've suggested people not panic.