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Haha, ok. Last time I saw that happen was Sri Lanka against Bangladesh. Retired bored.
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*Official* First Test at the Gabba
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Son Of Coco
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It's difficult when one blokes only bowled once.Who has the better match figures?
Swan has better match figures than most of the Aussie bowlers after this innings...Except Siddle.
He might take a few more wickets if England bowl again though.
Redbacks
International Captain
They would lose a lot of overs if there is no chance of a result, the umpires can call the match at the designated end of play regardless of overs remaining.
LongHopCassidy
International Captain
1/500.
Andre
International Regular
Yep, you're spot on about the chances, because they had blokes like the Waugh twins, Ponting, Langer etc in front of them. I guess the thing was, as well, that a lot of those blokes didn't get a run simply because the incumbents rarely went long without performing.
With the bat, we've gotta be realisitic I suppose. For some reason they keep picking North, but everytime he is about to get dropped he performs - so in that sense he's hard to leave out without simply biting the bullet.
We don't have anyone really bashing the door down - the best bat outside the Test team by some distance is Hodge, but he's retired from first class stuff (and there will always be question marks about if he could handle the real hard stuff at the next level). Ferguson flatters to decieve while Khawaja only really has had 1 big summer - and not even a 1200 run big one yet. Hasn't done enough to knock over one of the imcumbents yet. For all his faults, North at least has shown in FC cricket that he can bat for a day and make big scores over a period of time.
The biggest reality is, though, with the ball. O'Keeffe was saying it this morning on ABC radio - the 3 quicks we've got are probably 1st change bowlers at Test level and we just don't have that spearhead that we can consistently turn to for a wicket with either the new or old ball (people will say Bollinger, but I reckon the length he bowls would have meant he copped the same treatment as the other bowlers this Test).
Oh, and Xavier Doherty ain't ever gonna be a Test cricketer. That's become painfully obvious, for all his value in the shorter forms of the game and the enthusiasm he offers, he'll never be particularly penetrative and is pretty hittable cause he doesn't turn them much, and doesn't have the flight and guile of a Vettori.
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boooooooo.
Jacknife
International Captain
I think that's all he can do.
Prince EWS
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Marcus North has genuinely looked Australia's second best bowler in this match. It's not the first time either. Talk of replacing him with Smith to improve the bowling is insane - if anything I think it'd improve the batting and weaken the bowling...
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