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[Spark]

come on. he's hit the bloody thing. the mark won't get brighter the more you replay it.

 

[Riggins]

i don't reckon he's hit that. looked like there was a spot on the edge before the ball got there. maybe from flicking his pad or some ****,

 

[Spark]

i don't reckon he's hit that. looked like there was a spot on the edge before the ball got there. maybe from flicking his pad or some ****,

nah there was nothing on the bat before the ball went past, and it was ahead of the pad.

 

[Burgey]

I think, as with me in this thread, the bright spot was initially in the background.

 

[Jayzamann]

JP v PC

aw ye

 

[stephen]

I wouldn't be so sure about that. He averages higher than most, although admittedly in an era when run scoring is at it's highest, but he still averages higher than Tendulkar, Ponting and Lara.

Have a look at this stat: Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

Kallis' biggest problem is his bad averages vs Australia, England and Sri Lanka. This suggests that he has some trouble against the best bowlers. Noone cashes in against minnows like Kallis though.

EDIT: I had a look and yep, dismissed 7 times by Warne @35 and 6 times by McGrath @10. Murali got him a few times too.

 

[andyc]

How's Smith bowling? He'd been copping an absolute bollocking on Cricinfo from people writing in before he came on so I'd love it if he was turning it on with the ball.

 

[Spark]

How's Smith bowling? He'd been copping an absolute bollocking on Cricinfo from people writing in before he came on so I'd love it if he was turning it on with the ball.

Well. Getting some really nice shape, even if he isn't turning it that much, he's causing problems with batsmen not picking the length. Really, an extension of his work in BD and vs England.

I'm fairly convinced those ragging on his bowling simply haven't seen much of his bowling in ODIs, which is fair enough given how long it's been since he did any.

 

[Burgey]

Honestly, just bounce the **** out of Duminy. Don't waste my valuable time not attempting to maim him

 

[Spark]

why are we bowling johnson in a powerplay

 

[Cabinet96]

Kallis' biggest problem is his bad averages vs Australia, England and Sri Lanka. This suggests that he has some trouble against the best bowlers. Noone cashes in against minnows like Kallis though.

EDIT: I had a look and yep, dismissed 7 times by Warne @35 and 6 times by McGrath @10. Murali got him a few times too.

True but I think part of that was due to him being in bad form in 2008. But he still has time to correct those stats against Australia and England as he still looks at the height of his powers with the bat.

What a shot from Miller. Looks like he has the potential to be a player.

 

[Redbacks]

why are we bowling johnson in a powerplay

he's a strike bowler I guess. Likely to force the error when players take him on.

 

[Cabinet96]

Honestly, just bounce the **** out of Duminy. Don't waste my valuable time not attempting to maim him

It's part of their master plan to get him waisting deliveries "playing himself in" before getting him out. He's on 6 of 21.

Johnson all over the place here.

 

[Spark]

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why mitch, why.

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I'm not sure the legside theory is a good one, but it doesn't matter if johnson can't put two balls on the same place. impossible to set a field for this.

 

[Jayzamann]

he's a strike bowler I guess. Likely to force the error when players take him on.

Error from the batsman?

 

[Ruckus]

Getting real tired of Johnson...

 

[Spark]

25 extras thus far... that's just shocking.

 

[Spark]

mitch's last over cost nineteen.

 

[Redbacks]

Error from the batsman?

hopefully one day he will

 

[Jayzamann]

Three for that one, wth.