*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[Carn_the_pies]

Yeah but we love him

Cause he's Victorian.

 

[GotSpin]

He's not ready though, playing as a specialist batsman in grade atm and apparently not bowling fully until the end of the month

Poor news. Siddle needs to stay in the team for the moment

 

[ajdude]

Yeah but we love him

Cause he's Victorian.

ughhhhhhhhhh

same xi for Australia, bailey to make his second debut instead of faulkner debuting

 

[howardj]

Hoping for Round 2 in Radelaide

 

[Nate]

There's a difference between being prepared to lose and preparing to lose.

 

[Spark]

Mallet has taken more Test wickets than any other finger spinner at the venue, and believes that Swann needs to target "a more attacking line outside off-stump turning into the right-handers" to be successful in the second Test.

"Swann will do that," Mallett told Fairfax Media.

I've been saying this for three years. Should totally hire me as an expert spin consultant.

 

[Prince EWS]

I've been saying this for three years. Should totally hire me as an expert spin consultant.

Or just hire Mallett.

 

[Top_Cat]

Speaking of Never Wrong....

 

[Spark]

Speaking of Never Wrong....

 

[Prince EWS]

He was talking about Mallett.

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeh, definitely aiming that at Rowdy. Sorry Sparky.

 

[Spark]

was just looking for an excuse to post that pic tbh

 

[Burgey]

You know you're a cricket nut and stinging for a test to start when you're heading out to see Neil Oliver talk at the State Theatre in Sydney but wish it was Neville Oliver

 

[howardj]

Remember the carnage on the 1st morning of this Test, three years ago

We were 3 for before the commentators had made their first mention of what wonderful blend of the old and the new Adelaide Oval is

 

[benchmark00]

If the old scoreboard doesn't get mentioned before the 3rd over I'll give it away.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I'm reliably informed the Adelaide Oval has short square boundaries but is longer down the ground.

This, in turn, justifies its tagging as an oval.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

You know you're a cricket nut and stinging for a test to start when you're heading out to see Neil Oliver talk at the State Theatre in Sydney but wish it was Neville Oliver

**** him, Neville Cardus or I'm heading home.

 

[Top_Cat]

Rob Steen: Pump up the volume | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

Steen fumes, Top_Cat yawns.

 

[Spikey]

i assume Imran Tahir will become part of the Adelaide Oval commentary cliché catalogue

 

[Spikey]

To start the coverage, Amazing Adelaide montage featuring Shane Warne voice-over