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  1. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    You can be a fan of a dickhead. Watson is a massive dickhead but I ****ing love him.
  2. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Nice couple of overs from Bird, almost had Williamson at the end of the previous one too.
  3. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    LOL at "dubious means". The ball was reversing when New Zealand were bowling as well, at the same time in the innings.
  4. FaaipDeOiad

    Big Daddy Kane or TPC - Who Will Dominate The Upcoming Series?

    Specifically, Smith has scored hundreds after coming in at: 3/144 (138* vs England) 3/106 (111 vs England) 3/78 (115 vs England) 4/98 (100 vs South Africa) 3/258 (162* vs India) 2/98 (133 vs India) 2/115 (192 vs India) 2/204 (117 vs India) 1/0 (199 vs West Indies) 1/78 (215 vs England) 1/110...
  5. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Personally kinda on board with the cricinfo take, felt like the decision was made pretty quickly for such a close call. Just saw the hotspot mark and immediately gave it not out. Anyway, enough doubt, so right decision.
  6. FaaipDeOiad

    Big Daddy Kane or TPC - Who Will Dominate The Upcoming Series?

    Yeah. The reality is that if someone wants to think that, say, Smith can't handle good swing bowling, they will never be convinced. If he plays swing bowling well, it's because the swing bowling wasn't good enough to truly show up his weakness, and if he gets out to swing bowling, it confirms...
  7. FaaipDeOiad

    Big Daddy Kane or TPC - Who Will Dominate The Upcoming Series?

    Trolling or not, really does demonstrate one of the most frustrating habits of cricket analysis, which is this idea that the quality of the bowling, the nature of the wicket, the relative quality of the players etc are determined by outcomes. So if Steyn, Philander and Morkel bowl and all...
  8. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Starc is the best limited overs bowler in the world for mine but he's got a pretty long way to go in tests. High potential ceiling for sure but lacks consistency compared to... well quite a few test bowlers really. The home series against NZ pre-injury is the best I've ever seen him bowl in...
  9. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    You think Siddle and Starc are better test bowlers than Hazlewood? Christ.
  10. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Don't necessarily disagree that strongly, but England did just beat South Africa in South Africa. Realistically it's pretty hard to rank test teams right now, there's a few teams that are pretty close to each other and results between them would largely be decided by conditions. I think with...
  11. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Australia doing well here, but it's not too different from the first hour yesterday when Burns and Smith were having a difficult time. If these two can get through, runs will come easier with the older ball as the bowlers tire. These two have done well to get through good Hazlewood and Marsh...
  12. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    The New Zealand seamers were getting a bit of reverse around the 20-30 over period as well. Not this much, bit it was going. Stopped later on though.
  13. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Great over that. Still some life in this wicket.
  14. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Huh? You said Australia hadn't played on a "bad batting wicket" since the UAE, and I was correcting you, and also saying that the wickets in the UAE weren't bad for batting. This is a bad reply and you should feel bad.
  15. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    3rd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 27-29, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo I guess you'll find some way to be a pedant about the concept of a "bad batting wicket". But the pitches in the UAE were not bad for batting at all.
  16. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    The only real reason is because the coin toss ensures randomness which limits the benefits of preparing a surface overly beneficial for the team batting first or second. If the home side loses the first test of a series they could prepare a crumbling pitch that is okay for batting first up but...
  17. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Still, he adapted a bit on that tour and there's potential for him to improve on those conditions. Would be needed for him to reach the Swann tier of offspinners, will be interesting to see if he can do it.
  18. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    Yeah three tests in Sri Lanka in July/August. I thought we were playing a test series in India soon too but now that I look I can't see one coming up. Looks like they are hosting Bangladesh, New Zealand and England. So maybe next year. edit: Yeah, Feb/March 2017.
  19. FaaipDeOiad

    ***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

    I'm inclined to social's position on the matter honestly, and it's something that comes up a lot with spinners in Australia. Lyon has a good record in Australian conditions and bowls a bit differently from someone like Swann. I think Swann is clearly the better bowler overall, but Lyon's style...
  20. FaaipDeOiad

    Worst Ideas

    I don't think much will beat the supersub. It's amazing to think that actually existed at one point in recent history. Though I imagine one day we might feel the same way about players mic'd up and talking to the home audience during international t20s. But who knows. On that note... mic'd up...

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