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***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE
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Howe_zat
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This is the sort of Brumby post I wouldn't have understood at all a year ago.
smash84
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where is this guy now btw? and where are all the naysayers?I won't stoop to your level by calling you names: your post speaks for itself. Since you've just demonstrated that you don't understand the use of the conditional in what I sincerely hope is not your mother tongue, let me break down what I wrote for you, highlighting (and explaining the significance of) key words:
I wrote:
I've asked this question before: if, as I've predicted, Bell averages less than 20 in this series, what would be the attitude of his many defenders on this forum? That that level of performance is an aberration? That would be a very unintelligent, nay, delusional way of interpreting the data, given what has gone before.
In the above extract I reiterate my prediction that Bell will average less than 20. Everything that follows is CONDITIONAL upon that. I have acknowledged that it hasn't happened yet by using "if" after the colon, and then made use of the conditional in asking "what would be the attitude" of Bell's many defenders should my prediction come to pass. Then finally there is an implied "if" (if his defenders were to respond that averaging less than 20 in this series was just a blip) before I allow myself another conditional "that would be very unintelligent, nay delusional".
I can't believe you're sincerely raging along the lines of "how about we wait to see whether it happens, Nostradamus", when I couldn't have made it clearer that I was dealing in hypotheticals by my use of "if", "would" and other conditional constructions. Perhaps you're not just thick, and would react just as furiously upon receiving the following advice from your wife or mother, "you ought to take your umbrella darling; if you were to get caught in the rain, you would get very wet and might catch pneumonia":
"Well Nostradamus, how about we wait to see IF it rains, BEFORE accusing me of being the sort of person who could EVER catch pneumonia."
As for your other question, if Bell does average 40+, or even 30+, I will come here and humbly admit to having been wrong about him. I have no problems whatsoever admitting when I'm wrong. What I will not do is react with "a massive shrug of the shoulders". And go on to claim that "people read far too much into individual series averages; a series average of 20 would prove nothing other than Bell wasn't in prime form for the duration of the series."
Given Bell's history of embarrassingly inept performances whenever he has been confronted with a balanced attack, that would be almost as stupid as your last post.
wpdavid
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Caddick batting at 8 was always going to be optimistic
Ditto Read at 7 in those days.
Howe_zat
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He's been around. And most people, like myself, thought he had a point but just exaggerated it.
Errr he posted a few pages back...
benchmark00
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Later hater.
vic_orthdox
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Bigger issue is that he can't get right back, that was a reasonably short ball and he still had to play it from the crease because he could only push/rock back, rather than actually step back with his back leg.
flibbertyjibber
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Drop that clown FOREVER.
Even my nan could have played better in this series than the England middle order and she died last week.
Even my nan could have played better in this series than the England middle order and she died last week.
BoyBrumby
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Having a bit of a mare today, tbf. Three reversals and another (KP's) that was very marginal at best.Taufel having a surprisingly poor match, not like him
wpdavid
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Wouldn't be enough even if we do. This lot couldn't chase more than 75 in the 4th innings afaics. Done & dusted imo. Laziness + stupidity get their reward in this series.
It'll be interesting to see how Flower plays it for SL.