2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

[halba]

Neser is basically the modern Bichel/Kasprowicz, yeah?

i think hes worse. a mid 30s type ave medium fast bowler at best. they wont continue with him.

 

[Xix2565]

Nah it’s just so inane.

CiLiAn MuRpHy WaS sCaReCrOw

well I’m ****ing happy for him but this isn’t IMDb ffs.

no ones in the movie discussion thread posting “**** me Lyon is bowling well.”

Lyon is bowling well (for an Aussie spinner). Are you happy now?

 

[tony p]

Sam Billings in the runs today in the BBL, didn't someone on here suggest he be brought into the England side to replace Buttler.

 

[Shri]

maxwell would have been a useful player to have here

 

[halba]

i am getting confused with ollie pope and ollie robinson as both have the same first name ollie. pope is a passenger right?

 

[mr_mister]

i am getting confused with ollie pope and ollie robinson as both have the same first name ollie. pope is a passenger right?

Olllie stone too

 

[ashley bach]

Sam Billings in the runs today in the BBL, didn't someone on here suggest he be brought into the England side to replace Buttler.

yes, but don't go there, it's just not happening.

 

[halba]

so all on root and stokes pretty much to avoid defeat on the 5th day. the rest are out of form.

you'd think one of these bowlers- neser, or jhye will get a jaffa thru eventually, so its going to be tough to avoid a defeat. already a couple of jaffa's without wicket right now.

 

[Number 11]

Take a shot every time Hayden takes a shot at Burns

 

[stephen]

Cillian Murphy was Scarecrow as a judge, yes in TDKR. David Dastmalchian (the one in Dune and used as a Jhye lookalike) was not in TDKR however.

I must be blurring the two actors in my mind.

 

[Spikey]

Haha yeah didn’t he make 60 odd in the game where Agar made 99 at number 11? Then a game later he was dropped?

80 odd. he then had 3 single digit scores, but the thing was that they created a batting selection problem where one of Hughes/Smith, who also had the same pattern of a 50 score then 3 fails (and wasn't a popular member of the team), had to be dropped for the returning Warner. the problems were: they had a) lost two games in a row, so they really needed to make selection changes to look tough b) but they already dropped Cowan for Usman after the first test loss, and c) Lehmann had made a big song and dance about Watson going back to opening, so the recalled Warner wasn't even going to open and d) you can't drop a batsman after one test, so instead of just dropping Usman for Warner, one of Hughes/Smith had to eat it

And then disgracefully, they dropped Usman for the last test, had Watson bat at 3, and instead of recalling Hughes, gave Forkers Faulkner a debut. just a series of disgraceful decisions which were bad straight away. and then we did a very similar thing in 2019 when dropping Bancroft after the 2nd test (which wasn't a loss but a disappointing draw) leading to an opening bat problem which still hasn't been fixed

 

[Burgey]

Lyon is bowling well (for an Aussie spinner). Are you happy now?

I’m always happy here in the land of milk and honey.

You’re just a junk poster.

 

[Shri]

those bats flying about the ground would be worth a try instead of hameed and burns

 

[Burgey]

i am getting confused with ollie pope and ollie robinson as both have the same first name ollie. pope is a passenger right?

Just think two Rs to differentiate them - “Racist Robinson.”

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nope. He is in Ant man and suicide squad reboot

Yes, David Dalmation or something like that

He is the scarecrow from batman begins. He's also Pieter de Vries from Dune.

He is Pieter de Vries (incredible movie btw) but not Scarecrow. He is in The Dark Knight though, the guy they set up when they assassinate the mayor. Scarecrow is Cillian Murphy aka Peaky Blinders

@Burgey

 

[halba]

time for some green. was extremely effective in the 1st innings and covered completely for jhye lack of presence. jhye atleast 1 wicket 2nd dig.

 

[Prince EWS]

80 odd. he then had 3 single digit scores, but the thing was that they created a batting selection problem where one of Hughes/Smith, who also had the same pattern of a 50 score then 3 fails (and wasn't a popular member of the team), had to be dropped for the returning Warner. the problems were: they had a) lost two games in a row, so they really needed to make selection changes to look tough b) but they already dropped Cowan for Usman after the first test loss, and c) Lehmann had made a big song and dance about Watson going back to opening, so the recalled Warner wasn't even going to open and d) you can't drop a batsman after one test, so instead of just dropping Usman for Warner, one of Hughes/Smith had to eat it

And then disgracefully, they dropped Usman for the last test, had Watson bat at 3, and instead of recalling Hughes, gave Forkers Faulkner a debut. just a series of disgraceful decisions which were bad straight away. and then we did a very similar thing in 2019 when dropping Bancroft after the 2nd test (which wasn't a loss but a disappointing draw) leading to an opening bat problem which still hasn't been fixed

Haha I love how for once Faulkner's debut here was actually his first game.

 

[Spikey]

Sam Billings in the runs today in the BBL, didn't someone on here suggest he be brought into the England side to replace Buttler.

alex hales got hit in the nuts and said aw no, so he should be picked too

 

[Xix2565]

I’m always happy here in the land of milk and honey.

You’re just a junk poster.

Ah such kind words. Here I thought you were Australian, instead you're just pretending to be one.

 

[Starfighter]

Oof, not a good decision.