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*Official* First Test at the Gabba
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Zinzan
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I loved it personally, despite it being a draw. It was interesting watching both teams trying to score psychological points.
vcs
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I've never really minded draws, a good hard-fought draw is part of Test cricket. If both sets of bowlers aren't good enough to dismiss the opposing batsmen, then so be it. I just hope that people don't selectively criticize draws in the subcontinent and bemoan the "death of Test cricket due to roads" every time two teams happen to draw there.
Redbacks
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You would hope England given Australia was 200 ahead after the 1st innings
Son Of Coco
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Almost all is greatly exaggerating the first innings effort from England.
Strauss threw his wicket away. But he did cut a ball that moved back into him a bit. Could've left it.
Cook: fell to a ball on a length angled across him around off-stump (This has been mentioned as a weakness by all and sundry).
Trott: beaten by a good ball from Watson trying to play an off-drive.
Pietersen: Possibly didn't have to go for the drive. Bit of movement from Siddle on a good length.
Collingwood: Got out to a good ball around off-stump...like every man and his dog knows he will. Stuart Clark to testify in the affirmative. Never looked good in his brief stay.
Prior: Bowled by a good one first up.
Broad: Also got a good one, made history as the 3rd down in a hat-trick.
Out of 7 bats, maybe you could lay claim that 1 to 1.5 'threw their wickets away'.
Not really 'almost all' though is it?
GIMH
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He took 2 wickets and had a plumb lbw not given...
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Nah, highly unlikely. Australia are just far too strong mentally for that kind of thing to happen.
Spark
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Some of them are. Johnson yes, Siddle probably wouldn't care, Hilfenhaus probably wouldn't be affected.
Howe_zat
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Johnson isn't. Collectively, Australia were mentally exhausted on the 5th day. One of the reasons Strauss shouldn't have declared. In the words of one twitterer: "I'd have made them field until their feet bled."
Teja.
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Re Johnson, You don't drop your most experienced pacer on one bad match. Thing with Johnson is, He looks pathetic when he's not taking wickets, He looks pathetic while he does wickets, So everytime he doesn't take wickets, People are harsher to him compared to someone who equally fail such as Hilfeh, who will usually be bowling in an impressive disciplined fashion even when he takes 2-100. Thing is raw effectiveness matters more than how you want your romantic effective bowler to bowl.
In the India series, He was easily Australia's best bowler in the series(Dougeh played only one game) and 8 wickets @ 30 is pretty close to his overall stats and ****in' fantastic considering the pitches and the batsman he bowled to. I felt he unlucky not getting any wickets in the second Innings of the Mohali game as well, bowled really well.
Hilfeh on the other hand is a bowler who looks to be working hard and always close to a wicket even when he doesn't take any. Atm, For me It's a no-brainier about who the better bowler is.
Anyway, I don't think either of them should be dropped, particularly considering the match was a high scoring draw with 1365 runs being scored @ 113.75 per wicket on average.
In the India series, He was easily Australia's best bowler in the series(Dougeh played only one game) and 8 wickets @ 30 is pretty close to his overall stats and ****in' fantastic considering the pitches and the batsman he bowled to. I felt he unlucky not getting any wickets in the second Innings of the Mohali game as well, bowled really well.
Hilfeh on the other hand is a bowler who looks to be working hard and always close to a wicket even when he doesn't take any. Atm, For me It's a no-brainier about who the better bowler is.
Anyway, I don't think either of them should be dropped, particularly considering the match was a high scoring draw with 1365 runs being scored @ 113.75 per wicket on average.
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bagapath
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When Justin Langer named Hayden as the greatest opener of all time I thought he was a chest thumping dickhead. this article confirms it.
BBC Sport - Cricket - Justin Langer's key moments
Both teams came out even? My foot. Round 1 to England, easily.
BBC Sport - Cricket - Justin Langer's key moments
Both teams came out even? My foot. Round 1 to England, easily.
Jacknife
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He's bound to say that, he's there batting coach.
Howe_zat
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Because Australia have been playing in England and South Africa, and against England, South Africa and Pakistan over the last two years.
Conversely, India and Sri Lanka have been playing entirely in India and Sri Lanka. Not to mention that Tendulkar, Sehwag and Sanga have been genuinely excellent.
LongHopCassidy
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Yeah, I don't think Australia's bowling or fielding coaches would concur with our JL re: the state of the series. I mean, Langer may have done his job...Jacknife said:
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