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    ***Official*** England in India

    The only real hope for scoring on this is over the top when the spinner goes too full. Everything missing the stumps won't (or shouldn't) be played at. Anything hitting the stumps but not full should be blocked off the front foot. Its going to be awful, awful cricket with maybe a touch of...
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    ***Official*** England in India

    Spot on. Wickets like this are disgraceful and I'd like to see penalties for preparing something so ridiculous. Is it any wonder folk aren't going watching a Test on a wicket like that ? I've already commenced a rain dance, 5 days of this could be unbearable.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    He's a fine batsman, no doubt. However, with a strike rate of 42, there is no way I would want him batting at 6.
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    Best and Worst TV Commentators

    Any of the fools on Channel 9. I have never heard such biased, parochial nonsense in all my life as listening to Taylor, Lawry, Slater and co. Even Nicholas joins in. Its embarrassing.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Oh my ! I've found another person on this forum that speaks an element of sense.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Why would anybody ever want Chanderpaul to bat at 6 in a Test match !?!?
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Cook Smith Amla Kallis Clarke Pietersen Prior Swann Steyn Morkel Anderson Chanderpaul - prefer the other top 4, Clarke has to be in at present and I wouldn't want Chanderpaul batting at 6 unless we were playing 2 week Test matches. Sanga - love the bloke. Quality individual but not in great...
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Must dash now anyway. I'll leave you southern hemisphere types to keep telling yourselves that Clarke is the greatest thing since sliced bread, despite the evidence that keeps being placed before you. And heres an emoticon too. :laugh:
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Well, espncricinfo obviously don't seem to mind it.... 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Apr 3-7, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo Higher strike rate for KP in Colombo than Clarke in Adelaide. Doesn't matter if you compare minutes, balls, whatever.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    You keep on moving those goalposts. I have nothing to accept. I've already acknowledged that I think Clarke is a great batsman. Its in minutes because thats the stat I found, nothing else. FWIW I rated his innings at Colombo higher than the one in Mumbai, due to the context of it. Now, you...
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Clarke scored 230 in 345 minutes on a flat track at Adelaide, averaging a run every 1.5 minutes. Pietersen scored 151 in 212 minutes on a turner at Colombo, averaging a run every 1.4 minutes. Harder pitch to bat on yet scored faster. Even in Mumbai, where it was an absolute bunsen, he was...
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    No I'm not, thats why I posted 'thats not a definitive'. It is all hypothetical.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Since KP has a strike rate that is significantly higher than Clarkes, stats suggest that he would have. I'm not saying thats a definitive before anybody goes mental but any cricketing stats show that when KP scores 100+, England tend to win, regardless of where they play.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    My post has clearly been interpreted in that manner it seems, fair enough. FWIW I would take KP over Clarke. My opinion. If you don't agree with that, thats fine. I can completely understand that. Don't start taking the proverbial over it because it goes against your own opinion. In terms of...
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    I disagree. I merely pointed out that Pietersen is a matchwinner in response to some fool suggesting he is more of a 'match loser' and gets out once he makes 30 (that is what looking pretty silly is all about). It isn't my issue if somebody decides to infer from that I don't believe Clarke is...
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Indeed. Lets all hide behind an emoticon after making a complete muppet of ourself.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    All that says is that Pietersen is a matchwinner you fool ! It doesn't even compare Clarke and Pietersen in matchwinning terms. Educational system gone downhill in Australia since we stopped ruling it has it ?
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    You'd have a point if I'd ever said that Pietersen is more of a match winner than Clarke. Since I never said that, you don't. You're making it up as you go along. Try actually reading a post and what it says before deciding what you're going to write. I said KP is a matchwinner, which he is. I...
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Warner has done nothing outside of Australia. He averaged 25 or so in the West Indies. Jog on. Even putting him in the same sentence of KP or Clarke is just idiocy.
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    *Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

    Dumb ? Dumb is the suggestion that Warner is in anyway similar to Pietersen. Dumb is to suggest that Pietersen is a 'match loser' and finds ways to get out on 30. Lets compare.... Pietersen has 22 Test match hundreds and 28 fifties at a strike rate of 63. He has an average of 49.56. His...

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