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  1. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Haha, it's a dirty job but somebody's got to etc The sting's gone out of this game long ago, and the Aussies are letting things drift a bit. Fielding's gotten a bit shoddy, too. Come on guys, let's close it out. And is it just me, or do these ball boys get in the way a fair bit?
  2. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    LOL! Believe it or not, I've just come back from eating, and I was going to tell you to start warming up the fat lady.
  3. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Still loving these games where the bowlers have the opportunity to exert some control over the result, rather than just being fodder for 300+ totals.
  4. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Yeah, nice bowling at the death from the NZ bowlers. Bond taking out Symonds likely destroyed Australia's hopes for a 250+ total, and Mills very effective also.
  5. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    I'm not sure it's that bad, laughing boy. :p
  6. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    That was a beautiful swat by Bracken. Johnson spent too much time going for the biguns when he should have been looking to give the strike to Bracken - I don't think he connected with any of 'em. Can't expect too much though. :) Glad they made it to 240, anyway. Fair total, IMO, even if it...
  7. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    It's a bit like the match the other night - at times batsmen can look comfortable scoring around 5 runs an over or so, but attempts to really force the pace substantially higher have generally come undone. Won't be an easy chase for NZ by any stretch, I wouldn't think - but we've definitely...
  8. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Oh, I just heard the Aussies got fined 10% of the match fee. I missed it somehow.
  9. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    So with Symmo out, chances of a 260 total are likely gone. I'd probably be happy with 240 or so now, and I reckon the Kiwis would give themselves a chance.
  10. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Symonds losing his rythm here, and Clarke not able to find his. Gonna have to get a real hustle on now if they're going to get around 260. As to the slow over-rates, I'm a bit confused about this. Obviously Australia ran way overtime the other night, and the Kiwis have here - are teams no...
  11. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    *sigh* God, the site's sluggish. It's taking around three to four minutes for me to submit a post at the moment.
  12. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Not sure that the running between the wickets is going to be as solid between Clarke and Symonds. I think Symmo's confidence in his partner isn't going to be as high - IIRC, they've had a bit of a tendency towards mixups.
  13. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Aaargh, that was a pretty bad ball to go out on, too. Don't think Hussey was really at the top of his game today. Personally, I don't think NZ will chase down 260-270 tonight, so if the Kiwi bowlers can peg Australia down here (and it's a distinct possibility if they can get into that tail)...
  14. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Great running between the wickets throughout the partnership between this pair.
  15. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    So what do we think the Aussies can get here? I think they're looking pretty good for 250-265 or so at this stage. Of course, a couple of quick wickets would change things very quickly.
  16. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Symonds looking really good and batting very intelligently so far - picking the balls to punish, and not getting carried away. Hussey not quite at his best though, and struggling a bit to force the pace. Dunno what Fleming's gonna do with these spare 5 overs.
  17. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Bit of a funny dismissal there - Ponting was giving some of the half-volley fodder being dished up the stick it deserved, then he appears completely surprised by one just short of a good length and plays a half-hearted slap in the air to Vettori. Very good innings though. Looked like the...
  18. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Hussey pretty lucky there, methinks.
  19. Slow Love™

    Slowness and Adverts

    Having a lot of trouble getting anywhere the last few hours. Similar yesterday. Not sure it has any relationship to server load, either. Quite often lately, the site's either really sluggish or completely inaccessible.
  20. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    So am I. Bad toss to lose, and I'd prefer to be bowling first, although Ponting said he'd have batted first anyway. Poor shot from Watson.

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