*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[Spark]

holy **** did anyone else see that oversized cardboard cut out clarke face appear in the background

 

[benchmark00]

You can really tell that Watson has been working on covering that Magnus effect to the seam bowlers and not playing around his pad.

 

[Spikey]

guys here's a shock: mike hussey considers himself a bit of a traditionalist

 

[NUFAN]

what happened

The People's Champ fishin' with Tubby Taylor.

 

[Spark]

Getting annoyed with Cricinfo's "cricket ground shouldn't have grandstands" spiel

 

[JontyPanesar]

You can really tell that Watson has been working on covering that Magnus effect to the seam bowlers and not playing around his pad.

You might have missed my post about how the magnus effect dominates at the pace a spinner bowls at, especially Swann's pace. But ok, keep your snark coming.

 

[Burgey]

Hint of tang there

 

[Spikey]

The People's Champ fishin' with Tubby Taylor.

i was real happy after i read the first 4 words of that post and real angry after reading the last 3 words

 

[wiff]

Please tell me how Monty is spinning his balls, I am listening to radio and they just haven't described all the intricacies. Do they still have the rev counter?

 

[Spark]

Ian Healy astonished that Graeme Swann prefers bowling to the left-hander

 

[Burgey]

Can someone please explain how spinners get drift? I've heard a couple of competing theories.

 

[Riggins]

Spin won't have nearly as much effect as reverse magnus when the ball gets a bit older.

 

[Spark]

this pitch is gonna be a bore to watch on days 4 and 5

 

[ajdude]

man **** you all, no wonder everyone hates you all, you're all ****s to everyone. you no-mark ****s!

have they shown rogers' wagon wheel now that he's on 25?

 

[JontyPanesar]

Can someone please explain how spinners get drift? I've heard a couple of competing theories.

How the magnus effect leads to drift:

Two ways to get drift:
1. Undercut the ball, orient the spin so that the ball comes out at least somewhat like a flying saucer
2. Lots of sidespin but going across a batsman instead of wicket to wicket (overspin/backspin along the width of the pitch).

The first can be seen in Graeme Swann's bowling, he undercuts his offbreaks.
The second is how Shane Warne usually got his legbreaks to drift. Especially dat Gatting Ball.

Maybe wind matters but it's usually never thaaaat windy.

 

[MW1304]

drifting off aws

 

[Burgey]

What's that got to do with Magnus Clarke?

 

[Spark]

magnus carlsen tbh

 

[Spark]

What exactly is the point of deep midwicket? Rogers isn't exactly about to slog-sweep.

EDIT: Gee that looked close

 

[Burgey]

Brian Carlson?