***Official*** Australian Domestic Season 2010/11

[TumTum]

He'll get out soon, Siddle has the wood over him.

 

[robelinda]

He'll get out soon, Siddle has the wood over him.

Get out of what? Siddle's wood? Eeeewwwww! I have such a dirty mind. You dint want to know what crazy image i have right now, and I havent even seen any gay porn.

 

[TumTum]

Hehe. But seriously, Hughes seems to be Siddle's bitch, just can't play his balls properly.

 

[sifter132]

Hmmm, is Khawaja's play against spin usually better than this? He's not looked very convincing.

Only watched him in the first innings - but his footwork in that innings v Holland was pretty lax. Plonk the front foot basically. If it's near the pitch of the ball great, but sometimes he was reaching well away from the pad.

Not good signs if he has to play Swann in the Ashes - Swann the man who loves lefthanders.

 

[pup11]

The thing is that Tendulkar did change his game completely.He cut of all the flashy strokes and settled down to play a precentage game plus he bats at no 4 where he hardly have to face the brand new ball.
Ponting on the other hand is not willing to change his game or drop down the order.He better make his choice quickly becourse its naturaly not easy for a 35 year older (almost 36) to come at one drop and hook/pull 140 kph new ball bowlers...

Lara had a similar slump, but he never changed his game or anything. Look mate... not everyone can change their game like Tendulkar so its pretty unfair to expect a player to put away the shots he has been playing all his life all of a sudden.
Ponting has played a lot of cricket and he knows what's the best way for him to go out and play and I certainly won't be making the mistake of writing him off....

 

[robelinda]

Same for Viv Richards too, he got even more aggressive as he got older. Sachin bores me to tears with his robotic batting, makes Dravid look like Afridi. All credit to the batsmen who remain entertainers rather than chasing personal records. Not every batsman has to cut out all his shots just because he is getting on a bit, it all comes down to how you want to play your cricket. Steve Waugh got more aggressive as he got older too, which people seem to forget. Last 5 or 6 years he really opened up again after spending most of the 90's in ultra defensive mode. Introduced his slog sweep in 1998 to great effect, and generally went after the bowlers when he felt like it, obviously due to having a killer batting lineup around him by that stage of his career .

 

[TumTum]

Siddle has looked very good so far. My bowling attack would be made out of: Johnson/Bollinger/Siddle/Harris (if all fit, I would take Harris though).

 

[Spark]

Harsh on Hilf who has been by far and away our best bowler since his return

EDIT: Clarke not batting. Hmm...

 

[TumTum]

Harsh on Hilf who has been by far and away our best bowler since his return

Ah forgot him.

Bollinger is injured right? So I would take Hilfy instead of him. Johnson/Hilfenhaus/Harris

 

[pup11]

Khwajha and Hughes are two different ends of the spectrum, both are talented left handed batsmen but Hughes' grit and determination make him the best young batsman in Australia and that too by a fair margin.
Hughes might not look as aesthetically pleasing as a Khwajha, Ferguson or Finch, but whenever he gets a start he converts that into a century and that's what really matters at the end of the day.
P.S- Hope I haven't put the mocker on him!

 

[Spark]

Khwajha and Hughes are two different ends of the spectrum, both are talented left handed batsmen but Hughes' grit and determination make him the best young batsman in Australia and that too by a fair margin.
Hughes might not look as aesthetically pleasing as a Khwajha, Ferguson or Finch, but whenever he gets a start he converts that into a century and that's what really matters at the end of the day.
P.S- Hope I haven't put the mocker on him!

 

[GotSpin]

Ah forgot him.

Bollinger is injured right? So I would take Hilfy instead of him. Johnson/Hilfenhaus/Harris

In an ideal world we'd have Hilfenhaus/Harris/Dougeh/Siddle

 

[Sylvester]

Hughes might not look as aesthetically pleasing as a Khwajha, Ferguson or Finch, but whenever he gets a start he converts that into a century and that's what really matters at the end of the day.
P.S- Hope I haven't put the mocker on him!

You did! Pretty soft way to get out in the end. I believe that was Smith walking out.

 

[Spark]

You did! Pretty soft way to get out in the end. I believe that was Smith walking out.

It is.

 

[pup11]

Ah forgot him.

Bollinger is injured right? So I would take Hilfy instead of him. Johnson/Hilfenhaus/Harris

Won't pick Bollinger for the 1st even if he claims to be fully fit, therefore my bowling attack for the Gabba would be Harris, Hilfenhaus, Johnson and Hauritz.

 

[GotSpin]

Won't pick Bollinger for the 1st even if he claims to be fully fit, therefore my bowling attack for the Gabba would be Harris, Hilfenhaus, Johnson and Hauritz.

Depends how he goes next week in FC.

If he's unfit I'd have

Cameron Hilfenhaus Harris and Siddle

 

[pup11]

Ronny is probably making North sweat buckets!! Ron almost playing like a man possessed to get his test spot back.
The interesting thing is he hadn't really done much for the Vics in the recent times, but he is really turning it on right now, and with the Ashes series so near he couldn't have timed things any better.

 

[pup11]

Depends how he goes next week in FC.

If he's unfit I'd have

Cameron Hilfenhaus Harris and Siddle

Is one FC game enough to prove your form and fitness though? The last thing you want is him getting injured again midway through the 1st test.
Btw, what's the point of suggesting anyone else' name in place of Johnson's, we all know he won't be dropped come what may!!

 

[centurymaker]

Same for Viv Richards too, he got even more aggressive as he got older. Sachin bores me to tears with his robotic batting, makes Dravid look like Afridi. All credit to the batsmen who remain entertainers rather than chasing personal records. Not every batsman has to cut out all his shots just because he is getting on a bit, it all comes down to how you want to play your cricket. Steve Waugh got more aggressive as he got older too, which people seem to forget. Last 5 or 6 years he really opened up again after spending most of the 90's in ultra defensive mode. Introduced his slog sweep in 1998 to great effect, and generally went after the bowlers when he felt like it, obviously due to having a killer batting lineup around him by that stage of his career .

Clearly showing your hatred there.
Yea, it's so much better to keep getting out playing the same shot/s than to change your game because of that when you're getting old, isn't it??
Btw steve waugh gave up on his pull-shot etc so there you go, you've contradicted yourself. He used to get bombarded with bouncers.

 

[robelinda]

Clearly showing your hatred there.
Yea, it's so much better to keep getting out playing the same shot/s than to change your game because of that when you're getting old, isn't it??
Btw steve waugh gave up on his pull-shot etc so there you go, you've contradicted yourself. He used to get bombarded with bouncers.

Steve Waugh gave up his pull shot in 1989, only after 4 years of test cricket. He wasnt good at it anyway and hardly got any runs with it, and was only what 23 at the time? Bit different to changing your game in your 30's and becoming defensive. Steve got more attacking in his early 30's, and even pulled a bit.