Jono

Haha I was thinking of betting on it too but I put a lot of money on Australia earlier in the game so I didn't really want to double down. It was definitely value; I was keeping my eye on it. Down to 1.04 now which is about what it should've been before Bell got out.

Asked Cribb if 1.14 was value earlier and he ignored me. Need you to ratify my bets/give me tips in the future as you're not an unreliable tit. kthx

Lastly, they both served apprenticeships under very tactically sound skippers (Taylor/Clarke) and I see Smith as a future captain which MAY inherit a team on the verge of some good success.

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In terms of stroke play and style, there's no comparison APART from the fact that Smith, like Waugh, is a gifted player that has had to tighten their games to succeed at test cricket. Waugh put away the pull and hook, and Smith has tightened up outside off. But that's not really unique to those two so I won't dwell on that.

What is very similar though is their career trajectory. Both came into the side as an all rounder who were essentially bits and pieces, both with big wraps on the bowling and that skill seen as the thing that can help them establish a spot in the side. Both were dropped, then focused ALMOST solely on their batting and forged their way in as primarily a batsman who can bowl as that extra string.

Smith is more flamboyant, but I expect him to tighten his game even more like Waugh did and will provide the starch to the middle order like Waugh did for Australia in the 90's.

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Pretty sure I'm still drunk you know

Grown more horizontal these days

One day.

You are right - if I was bothered by your post I could have asked you if you were serious or not. I meant no harm in the your posting styles thread and spent 30 minutes writing that post to get the least offensive tone to it but probably should have not said anything which was my intent until I got 'encouraged' otherwise.
Talk to you later.

The way his top lip moves! How is that even physically possible?

Yeah, there's only so much I can say on the record, but warnings don't require any sort of mod consensus - there was no discussion of it between us when the report came in. What happened is that someone took it seriously, found it offensive and reported it, and the first mod who saw the report wasn't really sure if you were joking or not so he gave you a warning just to cover all bases. You're not going to actually be sanctioned for making a joke like that as long as it's in the right context like that one was. There's definitely some danger of it making new members think they can just go around calling everyone dickheads, but if you're worried about copping an infraction the next time you make a joke like that then I wouldn't be, because it'd require an actual discussion between the mods and it wouldn't get through that. Everyone's aware you were joking now, but the member who reported it and the mod who warned it were just trying to cover all bases with it.

Yeah look I'm not saying it was a good decision. I'm just saying it really doesn't matter if you get a warning, and it doesn't deserve an SD thread in the slightest. I don't even think it'd deserve one if you got an infraction for it; if everyone got to start an SD thread every time they got an infraction they disagreed with then it'd have more posts in it than CC.

You're never going to be given an infraction for that so I just wouldn't worry about it if I were you; it's the sort of thing that's far, far more likely to be given a warning if it's reported than it's not though for various reasons. Email me at r dot g dot cribb at gmail if you want to discuss it firther.

Good morning dickhead.

Hey wanna come over for dinner.

Lol @ Dhoni. We have a conversation about whether or not the advantage gained by batting first is enough to be considered a sure thing or not.. so he wins the toss and bowls.

Would help if you didn't bait Hookesy on the England lower order thing because we've given him a warning and an infraction for it already.

Newlands is the famous one - there have been 14 proper (ie. not involving Kenya) D/N ODIs played there this century and the team batting first has won 13 of them. Funnily enough, the only one the team batting second won was the most recent one though, and you'll probably remember the match because India won:
3rd ODI: South Africa v India at Cape Town, Jan 18, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Pretty sure I lost money on it after going on a "Team who bats first literally wins 100% of the time!!" rant.

There's definitely a bigger advantage to batting first at Durban in D/N games than there is in most parts of the world so it's worth a bet IMO but it's not a completely silly one like Newlands or Colombo.

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