5/42 or 42/5...who would u choose

[Craig]

How many times has Gilchrist has actually saved Australia in Tests?

One in mind is Hobart.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

One memory influenced my vote...

153 not out against Australia...

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Im picking Kallis. Cool head and rock solid defence.

I don't think Kallis rotates the strike enough to farm the tail.

 

[Cloete]

Inzamam Ul Haq

yep i agree..... the number of times he's done for pakistan is amazing.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Nah, too fat.

 

[Craig]

And a poor slip fielder and a bad captain!

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

And a poor slip fielder and a bad captain!

He led from the front to beat Bangladesh and led Pakistan over South Africa. Then they swept New Zealand and they're more than competing in New Zealand. Where do you get the bad captaincy bit?

 

[Craig]

I trust you havent been watching this series?

If you have you would know. He is very laid back and sets defensive fields and generally whats for something to happen rather then making it happens.

If he was in first slip, and the ball went to second or third slip, he would put a fielder there. Ball goes through square leg, he puts a fielder there.

Danish Kaneria beat Tuffey with the ball, the ball turned a bit, so he brings in a second slip. He is following the ball which means the horse has bolted.

In the second session he bowled Shoaib for five overs along with Kaneria, then brought on Shabbir and bowled those two for the rest of the session. They didnt really trouble Vettori and Oram for most of the time (Shabbir and Kaneria).

So his onfield captaincy has been ordinary. I await your response if you have one.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Danish Kaneria beat Tuffey with the ball, the ball turned a bit, so he brings in a second slip. He is following the ball which means the horse has bolted.

If the ball turned a bit and he consequently put in a slip, then how has 'the horse bolted'? If he edged the ball in that position the ball before then it's reactive captaincy, but if you see some turn as put in another attacking fielder as a result, how is that poor captaincy?

 

[Craig]

You still didnt read my post though. So a ball that goes through the second slip and he puts one in as reactive captaincy? Actually that was the only ball I saw that turned. There was another one but it was so wide of off stump.

And as I say did you watch the Test series so far? Answer that if you will. If you did, you could clearly see that New Zealand were on top for a lot of the time.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

And as I say did you watch the Test series so far? Answer that if you will. If you did, you could clearly see that New Zealand were on top for a lot of the time.

I have not seen it, but unless the scorecards are proving massive liars, then I stand by my comment that Pakistan appear to be competing well enough.

 

[Craig]

Then a I still cant believe you can question what I have said. Pakistan have truely competed to a bit of poor batting/good bowling.