**Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November

[Burgey]

Alan Border would allow a crocodile to eat the woke Pat Cumnins and rightfully so

*Allan

Facts matter.

 

[Shri]

Confidence can be misplaced but never false

What the **** does username change mean that I have to put this **** on ignore all over again

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

What the **** does username change mean that I have to put this **** on ignore all over again

Duh, it's a new account dumbass

 

[social]

Absolutely true. I know myself and my personality and proclivities. I eat too much dessert so we don’t keep them in the house on a regular basis. I know I would go to far with gambling so I made a very strict monthly budget for myself that I can afford, and gave my wife full veto power over my gambling. Sucks in the moment when she says no but it’s always the right decision in hindsight.

Everything in moderation. Everyone needs some sort of guardrails. Without it, even if I went on a huge extended streak, eventually I’d lose it all.

This friend is a big punter who has been very successful and he stresses discipline

AFAIK, it’s not uncommon for him to only have a couple of bets a week and he’s someone that is following multiple race meetings most days

His motto is “you’ll run out of money before you run out of races to bet on so don’t waste it”

 

[Teja.]

If left to my own devices, and if I didn’t have a family; not a very long path for me to be that guy.

I mean if you do take that path and have the stomach to watch international test/FC cricket like a job every day with focus and are constantly monitoring for niche value bets, test cricket is a pretty good sport to get an edge.

Leagues like NBA/NFL/IPL are absurdly saturated and competitive.

 

[Teja.]

The aggregate of top 4 for Australia in this match (29) is the worst ever for Australia [With everyone getting to bat in both innings].

Among all teams it's the second worst in history of test cricket, just 1 better than what WI managed vs SL in 2018/19.

Across both innings, Bumrah had figures of 5 wickets for 10 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls) bowling to the top 4 this test with a bowling average of 2 and SR of 10.

If Kohli had not dropped the dolly from Marnus at slip in the first innings, Bumrah would have had figures of 6 wickets for 10 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls) bowling to the top 4 with a bowling average of 1.66 and SR of 6.33.

He also conceded 6 of the 10 runs in his first over of the game to McSweeney.

 

[Blenkinsop]

I used to play recreational cricket with a guy who was a professional gambler. Think he was just very bored with life, having sold off his business and made a packet. Last I heard he was banned from every racecourse in the country for fixing.

 

[Shady Slim]

i never have gambled and i don’t intend to, i know that i’m the sort to chase losses

i think, however, that trading in shares (cf buying some type of market portfolio and just keeping it) functionally is no different to sports gambling - there is a market, you make a prediction as to a state in a future entirely outside of your control and stand to either win or lose money based on how it comes off. that’s why i don’t trade shares, too, because it would violate my no gambling rule

 

[Shady Slim]

“oh no don’t be alarmed apu, just go about your day as if i’m not wearing this hat”

 

[the big bambino]

Dropping bowlers because the team lost even though they bowled fine, have been gun recently and are pretty clearly the best bowlers available just drives me insane as a fan. I really do think there's an imbedded Australian arrogance that makes them think they're entitled to win all the time and that if they lose it can't be because the other side was better, it has to be because the selectors ****ed up or the players didn't care enough.

It mostly to the batting too - losing doesn't warrant the change - but at least the batting has been genuinely shite for a while so it is a bit different in that way.

My peeve is the emotional response some fans have to opinions on cricket. People should risk their sanity on important things. Once you've lost your sanity you tend to say things that prove it. Our bowlers are fine but an opinion was given in isolation against a specific opponent backed by averages and series results. Which is an admission their opposition has been better.

Others have questioned and disagreed and mentioned why. But I don't think anyone could reasonably disagree simply claiming there is some kind of imbedded arrogance to think otherwise. It's neither a point or evidence of the comment, just angry feels.

 

[Daemon]

i never have gambled and i don’t intend to, i know that i’m the sort to chase losses

i think, however, that trading in shares (cf buying some type of market portfolio and just keeping it) functionally is no different to sports gambling - there is a market, you make a prediction as to a state in a future entirely outside of your control and stand to either win or lose money based on how it comes off. that’s why i don’t trade shares, too, because it would violate my no gambling rule

Life is a gamble. Every step you take you risk being abducted by aliens.

 

[vicleggie]

I used to play recreational cricket with a guy who was a professional gambler. Think he was just very bored with life, having sold off his business and made a packet. Last I heard he was banned from every racecourse in the country for fixing.

Damn. That's what addiction does
Was in rehab with a guy 2013 who was like that, normal guy with a good job, in his 20s, but got obsessed. Got into massive trouble, 500k gambling debts etc

 

[vicleggie]

“oh no don’t be alarmed apu, just go about your day as if i’m not wearing this hat”
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I think she's more uncomfortable here than the "don't blush baby" incident

 

[danzydab]

I hope one surfing session with the coaching staff in Adelaide will convince Virat to move to Australia instead of the UK

 

[vicleggie]

I hope one surfing session with the coaching staff in Adelaide will convince Virat to move to Australia instead of the UK

Kohli is moving to the UK?

 

[Spark]

Kohli is moving to the UK?

Moved. He lives there now, apparently.

 

[Burgey]

@parody_presss on Instagram: "What Hazlewood was really thinking during that press conference 💭🧸 #parodypress #parody"

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Haze not holding back here

 

[Shri]

Didn't he also suggest that aus throw a game against Scotland lmao

 

[Stefan9]

It’s not the test pitches

Australian batsmen have benefited from facing rubbish Kookaburras for years and their techniques are awful as a result

Smith, Khawaja, Marnus, Harris etc basically don’t have a forward defence because the ball made it possible to hang back as it did nothing

It’s no mystery as to why our teams consistently collapse in SA & England

Now the ball has changed in Australia, Smith & Uzi are old and Marnus has been exposed as a ftb

I actually think that McSweeney is better equipped to handle it than the others as he’s got solid fundamentals and isn’t totally reliant on his eye/talent

Don't see what the ball has to do with SA as we also use the kookaburra.

 

[Daemon]

@parody_presss on Instagram: "What Hazlewood was really thinking during that press conference 💭🧸 #parodypress #parody"

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Haze not holding back here

we're not far from not being able to tell these from the real ones are we