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**Official** Australia in West Indies
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Mr Mxyzptlk
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Safe to say, I think, that West Indies gained much more from this series than Australia. Some courage, passion and general desire by the home side. Australia certainly did not win as comfortably as a 2-0 margin suggests. And West Indies fought a lot harder than many armchair pundits gave them a chance to.
pasag
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Well that's that.
I'll put my hand up and say that I thought this series would be a walk over for Australia and boy was I proven wrong. Every Test has been a fight and full credit must go to the WIndies for putting up an excellent fight.
Chanderpaul must be man of the series for me, I think sometime towards the middle of the series he developed this aura of "You're not getting me out so don't even try" to the Australian bowlers. You could tell their body language was different when he was at the crease.
Lot's of positive for the WI, Marshall for one and their bowling unit. Hopefully they'll only improve and the results over the past year have shown that. Still a lot of holes to plug though.
Australia, well well, the bowling has been shown up in this series as inadequate. Two world class bowlers and two substandard ones won't be enough to maintain dominance in world cricket, that's for sure but will it be enough to remain even number one? I don't think so. Still, the foundation for the best side in the world is there, the best batting side plus two of the best bowlers in the world, all we need to do is plug the remaining two bowling positions and we're set. Easier said then done. Anyways, better to find out these things before India and South Africa.
Anyways, off to bed, have an exam that starts at 9.30 ffs.
I'll put my hand up and say that I thought this series would be a walk over for Australia and boy was I proven wrong. Every Test has been a fight and full credit must go to the WIndies for putting up an excellent fight.
Chanderpaul must be man of the series for me, I think sometime towards the middle of the series he developed this aura of "You're not getting me out so don't even try" to the Australian bowlers. You could tell their body language was different when he was at the crease.
Lot's of positive for the WI, Marshall for one and their bowling unit. Hopefully they'll only improve and the results over the past year have shown that. Still a lot of holes to plug though.
Australia, well well, the bowling has been shown up in this series as inadequate. Two world class bowlers and two substandard ones won't be enough to maintain dominance in world cricket, that's for sure but will it be enough to remain even number one? I don't think so. Still, the foundation for the best side in the world is there, the best batting side plus two of the best bowlers in the world, all we need to do is plug the remaining two bowling positions and we're set. Easier said then done. Anyways, better to find out these things before India and South Africa.
Anyways, off to bed, have an exam that starts at 9.30 ffs.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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"Poor" is an understatement.
Your timing is as "poor" as Casson's bowling.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Very much so. Especially on day three when they laboured throughout the day on the flattest of pitches, but they refused to die and kept charging in. Was the most refreshing thing I've seen since Marshall played that first cover drive in Antigua.
what australia gained - some MAJOR concerns for india
tbh i dont mind, get all the ****tyness away and WORK on our problems
dropped catches my god..
for windies im excited for them, who are they playing next in tests.. they're a good unit now
Prince EWS
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WI definitely have the superior batting lineup at the moment. Bowling is a different matter, but I'd certainly be backing the West Indies at home. It'd be close in NZ.
aussie tragic
International Captain
Haddin joins some great company by taking 16 catches for the series
Australia Record for most catches in a 3-test series:
Healy 17
Gilchrist 17
Marsh 16 (twice)
Haddin 16
...now if only he didn't drop that catch
Australia Record for most catches in a 3-test series:
Healy 17
Gilchrist 17
Marsh 16 (twice)
Haddin 16
...now if only he didn't drop that catch
Magrat Garlick
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England are down here this winter, aren't they? Will need to lift their game to win a Test.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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At that time of year in New Zealand the batsmen will have to tighten up a fair bit. And considering that there's no Test cricket or first-class cricket until then, that might be a difficult thing. I'm gonna call a big series for Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards though, if they're fit. Edwards was superb the last time around. The question remains whether West Indies can find a third seamer of any quality though.
PhoenixFire
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Great effort from WI, never expected them to get as close as they did. I reckon if Chanderpaul had been able to survive that all from Clark, then WI would hav had a really good chance of actually winning the game.
Lol @ Powell batting.
Lol @ Powell batting.
Jakester1288
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Good win from Australia. Good work boys. Time to drop Johnson.
Mister Wright
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Nice effort from the Windies, not just in the recent innings, but throughout the whole series. Hopefully Dyson sticks with them and the ex-players lay off them and they can develop their young talent.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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He didn't bowl as well as that IMO.
Burgey
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Really? I didn't see all of his bowling but I thought he was reasonably accurate at least. Certainly better than MacGill.
On the up side, his 1st up figures were better than Warne's.
Therefore, based upon this statistical sample, we can extrapolate that Casson will go on to take 1,421 test wickets at an average of 14.26
TBH, I'm more concerned about Johnson and the third seamer, because we have other options there, but I suspect the loyalty factor may see him get a longer go than he's deserving ATM. I wonder if he's fallen into the trap a young McGrath did - everyone telling him he had to swing the ball to be effective. McGrath did that v England 94-95, bowled trash and got dropped.
He then worked out he was better off bowling his way, not the way others wanted to.
Johnnson strikes me as similar. If he can't swing it naturally, then concerntrate on getting good bounce and moving it off the deck. Anyway, that's my two cents.
On the up side, his 1st up figures were better than Warne's.
Therefore, based upon this statistical sample, we can extrapolate that Casson will go on to take 1,421 test wickets at an average of 14.26
TBH, I'm more concerned about Johnson and the third seamer, because we have other options there, but I suspect the loyalty factor may see him get a longer go than he's deserving ATM. I wonder if he's fallen into the trap a young McGrath did - everyone telling him he had to swing the ball to be effective. McGrath did that v England 94-95, bowled trash and got dropped.
He then worked out he was better off bowling his way, not the way others wanted to.
Johnnson strikes me as similar. If he can't swing it naturally, then concerntrate on getting good bounce and moving it off the deck. Anyway, that's my two cents.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Oh he was miles better than MacGill, but MacGill was laughably short of Test standard in this series. Casson's accuracy improved, but he did not look threatening enough to take a 3-for on such a flat surface. He did a good job to get Bravo though, persisting well.
aussie
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Whats the 411 on Collymore & Collins status over here with that kolpak situation. Did they abandon the windies to play for the counties or are the county boards bullying the WICB?. Since having Collins back instead of bowling would be perfect for them.
Word, that rough outside the left-handers off-stump helped him a bit, but he looks to have the raw stuff. But so did Hauritz in 04... the sooner AUS unleash a 4-prong seam attack the better.
Word, even when Johnson made his ODI debut he took a while to even develop ability to swing the white ball. I personally do expect Johnson to come good in the future, just a patience thing in how long he does take to figure out his strenghts in test cricket.Burgey said: