Burgey
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Thank you.
Disturbingly, my avatar as I load this up appears to be a pic of Ladyboy Broad. I hope this is a mobile browsing issue (it's been squirrelly lately) and some Pommy **** isn't being a smart arse.
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Disturbingly, my avatar as I load this up appears to be a pic of Ladyboy Broad. I hope this is a mobile browsing issue (it's been squirrelly lately) and some Pommy **** isn't being a smart arse.
Cevno
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Ojha's keeping is a bit suspect though(though it has improved,i think.).Same with Kaul. Othewise they would be ahead of Saha.
Karthik was probably the best WK batsman after Dhoni, but his keeping had slipped when he was dropped too.
Yeah, he isn't completely useless with the bat. But hasn't looked anything above ordinary so far or much of a long term prospect. Form in domestic cricket has been improving recently, though.
flibbertyjibber
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He does deserve it, funny how he has been awesome against you and ordinary against us and Dravid the other way round.
You wonder if Dravid might go soon too, Tendulkar will be able to go when he wants to but they may try and move Dravid on as well.
Burgey
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He was signing them in a tent out the back of the Members' on the day before the Sydney test.
Burgey
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Yeah it's an odd thing.
If Dravid retires too, Adelaide will become a very meaningful test tbh.
Black_Warrior
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Spark
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It'll feel strange once VVS retires, honestly. The man is an idol in this country, has performed so well against us so many times in some absurd situations. Never saw Kolkata live but will never, ever forget Mohali (and the way he threatened to club Ohja over the head)
Might start a valedictory thread once it's confirmed.
Might start a valedictory thread once it's confirmed.
Burgey
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What?
flibbertyjibber
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Ooer
Black_Warrior
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Burgey using the word 'pleasure' in relation to watching an Indian player
Burgey using the world 'great' in relation to an Indian player
Burgey using the world 'honest' in his positive assessment of a visiting player
Ruckus
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Will be the first time anything meaningful has happened at Adelaide too
Top_Cat
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Unfair, unwarranted and just plain wrong.
Black_Warrior
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Burgey
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Oh you have me all wrong I'm afraid.
I'd rather walk from here to Perth to watch Laxman bat for an hour than trundle across the road to see others play. I'm happy to give players credit if I think they're good or great, even sanctimonious ****s like Tendulkar. Tbh the fawning here (in Australia and CW) over Tendulkar is what ****s me about him more than anything else. That and his selective deafness. But it ****s me to tears when he plays a leg glance and a billion people do a load. It's absurd really - "Great batsman puts away legside half volley shocker". Whoop de ****ing do.
Guys like Laxman and Dravid I've long thought of as great players. And while I put a lot of **** on indian supporters because some of them are ****s, it doesn't mean I think those players are no good. Even Zaheer, who now Harbhajan is out of the picture may now be the most lazy, big-headed, downhill skiing and odious character in world cricket to me, is obviously a very decent bowler now and no longer the joke he was at the start of his career.
So it's not that I won't give them credit. It's just that, especially with Tendulkar, there is a genuine need to compensate the OTT self love many on here express through their posts about him.
Fair
And
Balanced.
Edit: and I knew you were having a lend mate.
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Grange Hermitage, Coopers Ale, and the city in the rear-view mirror are all highlights for mine
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Completely AWTA.
Burgey
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Got to be one of the few places where leaving on the road to Oodnadatta is actually a relief
And you left out Crazy Horse.