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  1. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Haha, pretty rotten effort. Harmison can't take a trick. Apart from the odd swing and a miss, Lee and Clark really looking the goods here. I'm assuming we'll want an hour at the English with little to gain (of course, I could be wrong about this), so they've probably got around 20 minutes or...
  2. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Haha! Clark puts Anderson over the fence - twice!
  3. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    This is a fine tail, particularly given that none of them are picked on any extra talent with the bat. They can all play, even McGrath these days at 11. And both these guys (particularly Lee) can play good orthodox shots.
  4. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Yeah, I have no idea what will happen there. Needed more (or a not out) to feel safer, that's for sure, and his method of dismissal wasn't that unfamiliar. Might still get an opening if he's dropped for Watson and Marto fails at Adelaide. I was just reading that the cops have been really...
  5. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Ponting usually does, to be honest. But I don't think there's any great cost to doing it here. And there's 50 for Clarke.
  6. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Warne out to Harmison - pretty ordinary ball though. I know that Warney can look ungainly sometimes when he's having a good day, but he looked freakin' atrocious out there today. :laugh:
  7. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Yes, I found it interesting because it's an obvious decision made with Harmison's confidence level given priority when it's plausible that other bowlers who have bowled better might end this more quickly. My personal perspective is that getting Harmison up there and bowling like he can is a far...
  8. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Haha, that's it Harmison, show us something... A bit of aggression with a ping at the stumps there.
  9. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    All of a sudden, conditions don't look that bad for bowling. IMO, it's been great batting and poor bowling that's fuelled this innings, far more so than a flat pitch. Might be ominous for the English batsmen though. And it looks like Freddie's going to give Harmy a shot at the tail...
  10. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that Ponting's wasn't - just that even though the ball jagged back a lot, I still thought he was gone. Good umpiring, IMO, and I actually think it's been very good this test so far, although Bowden's nose scratch yesterday was kinda like when you make as if to punch...
  11. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Oh, Gilly.... Not again. I think that was pretty much out, too.
  12. Slow Love™

    Ashes Commentary

    To be honest, from what I've seen so far the use of Brantz has been fairly poor. Has she done anything else besides talking to random members of the crowd? It seems akin to what that Big Brother dufus guy does outside the footy, except less funny. I did find the comments about the police and...
  13. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    My thoughts are essentially the same (crowd observations excepted 'cause I wasn't there). Yesterday affirmed most of my worse fears - that the England bowlers are out of form and may really struggle to control Australia's bats this time around. How well Flintoff bowled was really a surprise...
  14. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    Haha, they have done this before... One of the advantages of an older, experienced team is that they shouldn't be too jittery. Haydos is probably singing a few hymns, Warne's likely getting off, McGrath's freshening up the tints and Punter's possibly at his dressing table giving the forearms a...
  15. Slow Love™

    What Is Easier To Improve... Your Technical Game or Your Mental Game

    Yeah, I think most people would struggle with the mental approach more. At least, In the sense of fixing a tendency or a problem in attitude or approach, if there's already an issue. (Some people start out with an excellent temperament and good judgement, so in those cases it would be...
  16. Slow Love™

    Could Jeff Thomson have been the greatest?

    Good grief, only C_C could spin this into Close being "humiliated". Substitute the word "humiliate" with "torture", and it'd probably be reasonable enough. I'd like to see most batsmen subjected to that kind of bowling in such a protracted manner without the physical protection of today's...
  17. Slow Love™

    For Australian viewers - "Madras Magic" on ABC next week

    I've got about 42 minutes ot the special (I think)- my bloody foxtel IQ box decided it wanted to freeze every freakin' three minutes watching live TV about half an hour before it started, unbelievable. I'd set to record the channel Nine thing to see if it was any good, and was going to watch...
  18. Slow Love™

    Should Thorpe Retire?

    Haha.... He might be one of those guys that's totally camp but straight, though - I have known a few. Used to enjoy him on that Charlie's Angels show with Jackie O: "Hiiiiiiii Angels." Anyhow, good luck to Thorpey, he's just about done everything. He's probably pretty financially...
  19. Slow Love™

    Shoaib and Asif II

    If the testing methodology is shown to not match appropriate standards, you would think that Shoaib and Asif will have a good chance at challenge the bans - although I am really unclear as to whether the ICC can play any part in this or not, or whether it's entirely a matter for the PCB to...
  20. Slow Love™

    How did they ever lose a Test?

    I think they'd be a lot, lot better. Mind you, the starting point is pretty low. But I could certainly see them losing tests, and having an average statistical record. The rest of the Bangladesh team is substantially weaker than the rest of the Australian team. They'd certainly be winning...

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