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*Official* First Test at The Gabba
- Thread starter Furball
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GuyFromLancs
State Vice-Captain
Look, either go all out and turn it into an "insult the hell outta GFL" thread; or talk cricket.
Don't be a ***** and leave it in no-man's land.
I'm happy to talk cricket, and forgive and forget.
Don't be a ***** and leave it in no-man's land.
I'm happy to talk cricket, and forgive and forget.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Post reported. It is out of line. Every thread you talk **** about cricket and then get juvenile and abusive.
669 posts of ****e and I hope there isnt a 670th
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
You're just another of Burgey's minions aren't you?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
We've already told everyone to can it once, with two follow up posts regarding exactly what to can. Last warning.
The Battlers Prince
International Vice-Captain
Spark
Global Moderator
I didn't know a single word could be so difficult to comprehend.
GuyFromLancs
State Vice-Captain
Anyway - An interesting article on Cricinfo today.
I wasn't aware of the whole psychological angle England were seeking to exploit with Broad. People thriving in a climate of abuse - very interesting stuff.
Broad perhaps isn't typically the guy to maintain form across a whole 5-match series. Perhaps this is a catalyst?
I wasn't aware of the whole psychological angle England were seeking to exploit with Broad. People thriving in a climate of abuse - very interesting stuff.
Broad perhaps isn't typically the guy to maintain form across a whole 5-match series. Perhaps this is a catalyst?
ajdude
International Coach
perhaps you should've used wordart and underlined it and used italics. it's how i begin every powerpoint presentation i have to make at uni anyway
haddin and harris to put on 272, heard it here first gentlemen
Spark
Global Moderator
windings tbh
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Amen to that.
GuyFromLancs
State Vice-Captain
If it's any consolation, he'll probably disappear for at least 2 matches.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It's funny how it actually transpired. Broad bowled well in patches today but I've seen him bowl much better and take 0/70; I actually thought he bowled much better at the back end of the English Ashes than he did today. How many times have we seen Broad run in with the new ball, bang in a bunch of short rocks and then have wpdavid to come in and tell us how terrible the attack looks, Spark mention how much better he looks when he pitches it up etc because he takes none and wastes the new ball? Today those short rocks took wickets. Yeah, the pitch was more conducive to short bowling than we usually see when Broad bowls and yeah, two of them were actually pretty well directed (even if poorly played) but he's bowled extremely similar spells before only be roundly criticised for his length, and the Warner/Watson wickets were gifts.
It's definitely possible that his "revels in being the villain" thing could play a part in the series with Broad. I'm not at all convinced it did today though - in fact if it makes him bowl that short for most of the series it's probably a good thing for Australia.
Spark
Global Moderator
When Broad is bowling at his absolute best, he's near unmatched in world cricket at being able to get genuinely vicious bounce/seam movement off a length - the ball will seem to genuinely rear up out of nowhere and such deliveries are simply impossible to play. Again, I missed most of the day's play but I didn't really see much of that on display. Just good, consistent bowling with some bounce and threat that any Test standard batsman should be capable of dealing with.
Sigh.
Sigh.
GuyFromLancs
State Vice-Captain
I agree with the expression that he's a much better bowler when he pitches it up. Unlike, say, Finn or Tremlett, Broad has always looked like his natural length was fuller, skiddier and looking for away movement. When he came into the fold in 07 I was praying he wasn't going to be moulded as a new Harmison-type deck-hitter.
As someone who doesn't bowl fast, can someone explain to me the psychology of being unable to resist bowling "unnaturally" short? Is it purely the desire for economy, or to inflict pain (or a convenient ****tail of the two)?
As someone who doesn't bowl fast, can someone explain to me the psychology of being unable to resist bowling "unnaturally" short? Is it purely the desire for economy, or to inflict pain (or a convenient ****tail of the two)?
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Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Re: Bailey. Isnt one of the ideas behind batting on off stump so that you know where your off stump is? It makes no sense if you are going to play defensively at balls that wouldnt hit a 3rd set of stumps and your feet finish 2 feet outside off. Nothing more criminal than getting out playing defensively to a ball that could otherwise not get you out. Warner looked silly but at least showed intent.
Woodster
International Captain
I'd agree that that is generally the theory I guess when setting up on off stump. He will have had to battle the inevitable debut nerves and an Ashes opener tests the nerves of even the most experienced Test player, so he will have wanted to feel the bat on ball to settle himself down and start to feel more at home and confident at this level. Throw in the fact he has played a lot of short form cricket of late and I guess those factors combined meant he was always going to feel for the ball. England were obviously aware of this and bowled a perfect line outside his off stump.