***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

[Spark]

Like I said, cbf checking, but I'd be pretty confident in betting that from 1st Test in South Africa 2009 up until the end of the 1st innings in Brisbane in 2010, the number of times Australia gave up more than 350 would be less than the amount of times they got rid of teams for less than 350.

Yeah for all the complaints about the bowling in the 09 Ashes, aside from arguably Cardiff, it was two terrible collapses/batting displays which cost us the two Tests.

 

[Spikey]

Still find it hard to believe how tough people were on Siddle. Such a legend.

still find it hard to believe it took siddle so long to listen to me itbt

 

[hazsa19]

I know from experience how ****ing annoying that is. My average would be 5 runs higher if there weren't so many lazy runners in my team.

 

[Burgey]

Nah. Siddle's your dangerman. Knows the conditions, has run through this England line-up before, if he keeps up this improvement we've got a guy who hits the seam constantly at 90mph and, ok, it's a tired cliche, but he'll run in all day. As we saw in Melbourne, the **** doesn't know when he's beaten.

Pattinson I can see getting a bit carried away at times and getting smacked around a la Brett Lee. Hilf will threaten, but Siddle's the one who if he gets it right, poses our lineup the most danger and is the one most likely to run through us.

Cummins, Pattinson, Hilf and Sid all to own. But of back up from Watto and Lyon.

Jesus, Laxman even struggling against an offie ATM.

 

[Jayzamann]

Yeah for all the complaints about the bowling in the 09 Ashes, aside from arguably Cardiff, it was two terrible collapses/batting displays which cost us the two Tests.

Marcus North

I'm not bitter.

 

[Furball]

I know from experience how ****ing annoying that is. My average would be 5 runs higher if there weren't so many lazy runners in my team.

It's not as if Kohli was lapping him. Chappell was talking bollocks.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Not to mention, how many of the times did the bowling attack give up 400+ on the back of <200 by their own batters?

I'm with Ginger****ball, the bowling's been manful, sometimes brilliant, but the lack of winning by the team in the past few years has been more on the backs of the bats than the bowlers.

You're not going to win many games scoring 150 with the bat (unless your bowling attack is brilliant), but you're not helping yourself when your pitch map looks like its been strafed either.

The way Australia had been bowling the past couple of year I think an increase in returns by the batsmen would've definitely helped, but unless we could bowl consistent lines like we do now then it probably would've resulted in saving us the embarrassment of more losses, but ended up in draws instead of wins on a lot of occasions.

We needed to bat a lot better (and we still do against someone with a decent attack), but we needed to bowl better too. When you're performing both disciplines of the game badly it doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with the one you're performing a bit better.

Hopefully the consistency with the ball is something that lasts for a while and I can get some regrowth back on the scalp. I'd like to not have to utter the phrase "how ****ing hard is it for an international bowler to bowl two balls in the same spot" for a while (unless it's the other team).

 

[Spark]

That's the perfect line from Lyon.

 

[hazsa19]

It's not as if Kohli was lapping him. Chappell was talking bollocks.

Except there was obviously 3 there

 

[Furball]

You're not going to win many games scoring 150 with the bat (unless your bowling attack is brilliant), but you're not helping yourself when your pitch map looks like its been strafed either.

The way Australia had been bowling the past couple of year I think an increase in returns by the batsmen would've definitely helped, but unless we could bowl consistent lines like we do now then it probably would've resulted in saving us the embarrassment of more losses, but ended up in draws instead of wins on a lot of occasions.

We needed to bat a lot better (and we still do against someone with a decent attack), but we needed to bowl better too. When you're performing both disciplines of the game badly it doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with the one you're performing a bit better.

Hopefully the consistency with the ball is something that lasts for a while and I can get some regrowth back on the scalp. I'd like to not have to utter the phrase "how ****ing hard is it for an international bowler to bowl two balls in the same spot" for a while (unless it's the other team).

I'll be sure to steal that at some point.

 

[Spark]

I know from experience how ****ing annoying that is. My average would be 5 runs higher if there weren't so many lazy runners in my team.

Yeah AWTA (back when I was playing anyway). Got ran out a few times because some dickhead running to the safe end didn't want to budge.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Like I said, cbf checking, but I'd be pretty confident in betting that from 1st Test in South Africa 2009 up until the end of the 1st innings in Brisbane in 2010, the number of times Australia gave up more than 350 would be less than the amount of times they got rid of teams for less than 350.

Just having a quick look I think it'd be fairly close. Although I may have looked back a little further.

 

[Top_Cat]

You're not going to win many games scoring 150 with the bat (unless your bowling attack is brilliant), but you're not helping yourself when your pitch map looks like its been strafed either.

The way Australia had been bowling the past couple of year I think an increase in returns by the batsmen would've definitely helped, but unless we could bowl consistent lines like we do now then it probably would've resulted in saving us the embarrassment of more losses, but ended up in draws instead of wins on a lot of occasions.

We needed to bat a lot better (and we still do against someone with a decent attack), but we needed to bowl better too. When you're performing both disciplines of the game badly it doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with the one you're performing a bit better.

Hopefully the consistency with the ball is something that lasts for a while and I can get some regrowth back on the scalp. I'd like to not have to utter the phrase "how ****ing hard is it for an international bowler to bowl two balls in the same spot" for a while (unless it's the other team).

Defending batters now? You used to be cool.

Yeah no doubt the bowling's hardly been awesome but where the motivation to really get stuck in when you're defending a paltry total and your main striker may take 5/****-all or ****-all/1000?

Biggest mistake they made was anointing Johnson the attack leader, despite never possessing the requisite qualities, (at least have to be consistent as well as potentially lethal.

 

[Spark]

I'll say it again - this is an outstanding line by Lyon. Is he coming a bit tighter on the crease compared to Sydney?

 

[Burgey]

Really good here from Lyon. Once again showing he's better than Swann

 

[hazsa19]

Really good here from Lyon. Once again showing he's better than Swann

Ian Chappell just made a really interesting comment. Would like to hear your thoughts

 

[ajdude]

fmd, if I hear 'sudoku ball' one more time im gonna snap, where did they pull that name from? Isn't it the carrom ball because it's based on the game of carrom?

 

[Furball]

Really good here from Lyon. Once again showing he's better than Swann

 

[Spark]

fmd, if I hear 'sudoku ball' one more time im gonna snap, where did they pull that name from? Isn't it the carrom ball because it's based on the game of carrom?

That's what Ashwin calls it.

 

[Burgey]

Ian Chappell just made a really interesting comment. Would like to hear your thoughts

What did he say? I'm listening to the radio commentary with the sound down in between trolls, I mean posts.