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JASON

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Have just seen the replay of Day 1 on Sky , Hayden out plumb LBW shortly after Katich run out to Murali- Top Cat may have been referring to this before . Simon Taufel surprisingly chose not to refer to the 3rd Umpire. Height line were all ok. Hayden was in his 70s then.
 
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Have just seen the replay of Day 1 on Sky , Hayden out plumb LBW shortly after Katich run out to Murali- Top Cat may have been referring to this before . Simon Taufel surprisingly chose not to refer to the 3rd Umpire. Height line were all ok. Hayden was in his 70s then.
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That's the one. I thought it was plumb.

Clarke was definitely out. No question in my mind. I saw the inside-edge from two of the three angles shown. And the snicko was the additional piece of evidence which confirmed it. Out.

Hayden's knock wasn't bad and Gilly was, well, Gilly. Just too good. I think he turns into a bit of a numbers player against Vettori and rates himself a big chance for a few easy sixes against him. As soon as he SLIGHTLY angles in towards leg-stump, he enters Gilly's hitting zone.

As for Murali, we're talking about the most analysed, debated and vilified cricketer of all time (Trevor Chappell would be up there :D). He's been through test after test and has been conclusively and scientifically shown to not throw, as opposed to the very UNscientific method he originally came to notice. I'm afraid he is within the rules and the technical evidence is overwhelming. Once again for fun; the degree of BEND isn't what's measured. The degree of FLEXION is. If he starts with a bend of 45 degrees and flexes/subducts it less than +/- 15 degrees (which he does), LEGAL. Deal with it. The 15 degrees decree was a good thing because 1. it showed that everyone flexes to a degree as it's biomechanically impossible to not and 2. showed Murali is within the rules and far from being a cheat, is a great bowler.
 
Craig

Craig

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GoT_SpIn said:
Something about Harmison and Flintoff not being that good on Australian pitches, less reserve swing because of the ball. And that Harmison only looked good in the first session because of the bounce, and once that went he had nothing. They said something similiar with flintoff, once he saw he couldnt swing or reverse he just banged the ball in, hoping for some extra bounce. And that they will get a shock when they come to Australia, and though England are closing the gap on Australia , Australia are still fairly unbeatable on its home soil
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And that Flintoff will keep it honest.
 
age_master

age_master

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Top_Cat said:
Hayden's knock wasn't bad and Gilly was, well, Gilly. Just too good. I think he turns into a bit of a numbers player against Vettori and rates himself a big chance for a few easy sixes against him. As soon as he SLIGHTLY angles in towards leg-stump, he enters Gilly's hitting zone.
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yep he just seems to wait for the right ball and hits it for 6 every time
 
andyc

andyc

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I'm so gutted I can't go today cause of school cricket, my dad's gonna get to see Gilly get his hundred, if play is on that is. It had been slightly sprinkling here, but looking out the window it seems to have stopped, for now at least
 
age_master

age_master

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JASON said:
This World XI is not a real world XI because -

1 the number 1 batsman in the World is not here (Sachin)

2 the next best keeper after Gilly who should be keeping is not here and the guy in the Team has already fumbled and missed at least 2-3 catches off spinners, not to mention the number of times he struggles to pick the spinners from where he stands .

3 The Top 4 spinners in the World are certainly not here, because the 3rd and 4th best spinners have not been picked for the World XI and they are back in India !!

4 The balance of this Team struggles due to picking an extra batsman to bolster the batting to compensate for the keeper.

This Test should not last more than 4 days , particularly when Warne and Macgill get going on Day 3 and 4 as the pitch takes more turn (or even on Day 2).
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on the contrary, i would say that Tendulkar should not be there as he has been awful for ages. the batsmen there are the best going round

Boucher vs Sangakkara - If Sangakkara hadn't hit top form in the ODI's would this be such an issue? - specialist keeper who is certainly a reasonable batsman vs Keeper batsman the selectors went with the specialist keeper, with such a long batting lineup not such a strange decision.

Kumble has never done much in Australia, bowling average of 40, Harbajan averages 169, Vettori 37, Murali 100....

the bowling struggles yesterday cause Flintoff was unusually poor.
 
age_master

age_master

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andyc said:
I'm so gutted I can't go today cause of school cricket, my dad's gonna get to see Gilly get his hundred, if play is on that is. It had been slightly sprinkling here, but looking out the window it seems to have stopped, for now at least
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well looking on the brightside you didn't miss much in terms of Gilly :(
 
social

social

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Sounded like a horrible decision.

According to ABC Radio, it was too high and missing leg stump in any event.
 
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Excellent bowling by Flintoff.

Ball was really moving around a lot so it will be interesting to see what McGrath & co can do.
 
Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

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Australia all out for 345, that's well below par on a good track. Good bowling from Flintoff this morning to claim 4-59, and a run out from Dravid to finish it off. This World XI top order are so strong that I whilst it's unlikely, I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if they racked up 600. They have a top six who are all capable of scoring Test double-hundreds against top-class opposition, and you'd think that at least one of them will fire today.
 
grecian

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Flintoff was bowling like last summer, he still has the Indian eye over Gilchrist and Australia :)
 
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Eclipse

Eclipse

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JASON said:
This World XI is not a real world XI because -

1 the number 1 batsman in the World is not here (Sachin)

2 the next best keeper after Gilly who should be keeping is not here and the guy in the Team has already fumbled and missed at least 2-3 catches off spinners, not to mention the number of times he struggles to pick the spinners from where he stands .

3 The Top 4 spinners in the World are certainly not here, because the 3rd and 4th best spinners have not been picked for the World XI and they are back in India !!

4 The balance of this Team struggles due to picking an extra batsman to bolster the batting to compensate for the keeper.

This Test should not last more than 4 days , particularly when Warne and Macgill get going on Day 3 and 4 as the pitch takes more turn (or even on Day 2).
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You honestly think Sachin is still the best batsman in the world at this point in time?
 
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