***Official*** South Africa In Australia

[Athlai]

Johnson > Hussey

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

NOTHING in cricket would make me happier then Douggy taking Smiffys wicket tomorrow.

He's right the selectors have no clue, but picking Bollinger was the first good selection since picking Katich and it itself was way, way, way overdue.

It would warm my heart to see the arrogant ****er taken early by Dougie.

 

[pasag]

I've just done a quick check to see where Clarke ranks as the quickest batsman to 3000 runs in innings played.

This is his 69th innings, the same number it took his hero Michael Slater, he's tied in 38th spot all time, a very good effort IMO.

Recent players and the number of innings they took.
V Sehwag (India) 55
ML Hayden (Aus) 61
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 63
GC Smith (SA) 63
KP Pietersen (Eng) 63
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 65
SR Tendulkar (India) 67
R Dravid (India) 67
Yousuf Youhana (Pak) 67
KC Sangakkara (SL) 68
MJ Clarke (Aus) 69
MP Vaughan (Eng) 69
Younis Khan (Pak) 70
ME Trescothick (Eng) 74
JL Langer (Aus) 75
DR Martyn (Aus) 75
AJ Strauss (Eng) 75
RT Ponting (Aus) 77
VVS Laxman (India) 77
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 78
SC Ganguly (India) 80
AB de Villiers (SA) 80

Hussey would have topped the list if he wasn't in such a poor trot this year. Will still end up second if he turns things around quickly.

 

[NUFAN]

Hussey would have topped the list if he wasn't in such a poor trot this year. Will still end up second if he turns things around quickly.

Yep. Hope he makes the next 130 runs in the next one or two innings.

Where is that Michael Clarke thread I thought you created, I wanted to add the stats in there.

 

[pasag]

Yep. Hope he makes the next 130 runs in the next one or two innings.

Where is that Michael Clarke thread I thought you created, I wanted to add the stats in there.

http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=40155

 

[Briony]

It would warm my heart to see the arrogant ****er taken early by Dougie.

McKenzie?

Anyway would be too little, too late, the damage has been done. Surely Australia could have cut down a one-armed bandit!

 

[Nate]

oh tats rite , hes batting lolz!!

 

[pasag]

I'm pretty confident we'll win this match, I haven't been (confident) all summer and the draw is favourite with this track, but I think this attack will take 20 wickets.

 

[pasag]

Mitch!!!

 

[NUFAN]

http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=40155

Cheers.

 

[Nate]

Jonners fifty. WAG.

 

[NUFAN]

I have a bet with Prince EWS that Mitch Johnson will never make a Test 100.

I really do hope that I'm wrong now.

 

[Nate]

I have a bet with Prince EWS that Mitch Johnson will never make a Test 100.

I really do hope that I'm wrong now.

Pretty silly bet imo. If not today, then later, several times.

 

[pasag]

If he gets another 55* his average will hit 30

 

[Dydl]

Great partnership. Hope Clarke can now go on and (finally) better his 151. Loving Johnson's batting too. Such an important innings. First 100 coming up?

 

[NUFAN]

Pretty silly bet imo. If not today, then later, several times.

Made the bet at the end of the last summer, I feel as though his batting has improved a fair bit since that time.

His bowling also has improved, I figured that he might have also spent a bit of time on the sidelines as his bowling wasn't so flash at the time.

 

[pasag]

When was our last batting wicketless session? Been a while.

 

[Athlai]

oh tats rite , hes batting lolz!!

 

[Prince EWS]

Pretty silly bet imo. If not today, then later, several times.

AWTA.

 

[Nate]

Bollinger to be awesome imo.