***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

[Burgey]

Always pretend you didn’t pick it up when you miss a slips catch

 

[fredfertang]

Maybe I will go to work after all

 

[wpdavid]

That's the way boys, who wants to remove one of these guys anyway?

 

[vogue]

Maybe I will go to work after all

Had Maisie all excited there...terrible miss

 

[hazsa19]

These fellas love a scoreboard

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Top 50 that, bound to make a ton from here.

 

[Spark]

This is pretty frightening from Smith.

 

[Spark]

Top 50 that, bound to make a ton from here.

He would be unhappy with merely a ton, the way he's batting right now.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He would be unhappy with merely a ton, the way he's batting right now.

I think i'd take getting him for around 110.

 

[hazsa19]

Jesus. It's a convayer belt of filth in the BT box.

 

[S.Kennedy]

England are buggered here. It is so early and Australia are still in a huge deficit but you already know England are buggered, allowing Smith on a flat deck.

Oh heck, Pietersen has just appeared on BT!! That lispy voice!!

 

[Top_Cat]

Smith not nailed on for a ton yet .It's flat and fast and so's the outfield but the WACA can still throw up a surprise lifter if someone like, say, Broad just gets one right. The one he copped from Overton will be there in the back of his mind.

 

[vogue]

Must have been breakfast I could taste earlier and not a wicket... bacon calls

 

[hazsa19]

How about bowling the only bloke to take a wicket.

 

[Spark]

So if anyone is listening to ABC Grandstand, Dirk Nannes is telling some pretty disturbing stories about obvious game manipulation and fixing in the BPL.

 

[Starfighter]

So if anyone is listening to ABC Grandstand, Dirk Nannes is telling some pretty disturbing stories about obvious game manipulation and fixing in the BPL.

Got any more details if you can remember please?

 

[Spark]

Got any more details if you can remember please?

So apparently it was common practice, despite the horror of the anti-corruption officials present, for the team manager to constantly consult the owners on team strategy... with the owners on the phone. Also, there would be spotters with label mics who could relay information about what was happening in the game (that's 4, that's 6 etc) well before the TV telecast was available too. Then he said that this was particularly notable in one game that everyone was positive was fixed.

Didn't have good things to say about the SA IPL either.

 

[Starfighter]

That doesn't sound good tstl.

 

[Burgey]

Seriously, the only solution is to ban India. The root of all corrupt evil in this great game.

 

[the big bambino]

Part of his charm... because you don't think he should be as good as he is.

I just can't quite rate him even though he is obviously pretty damn good. But that may be my anti-aussie bias.

A bit like g pollock so yeah it might be that charming bias of yours.