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*Official* Warm up Matches Discussion

Burgey

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Adders said:
This is your response?? What a total cop out. WTF does that even mean anyway........If it makes you feel better???

Mate I just want to know why when I said I spent 3 days in Adelaide sweltering last time watching the Aussie bowlers serve up dross you said some ****e about my pommy skin lying??........do I need to look up and post the Adelaide weather Ob's for that week in 2010 FFS?

This is quite simple mate. When a player/supporter of any losing side comes out with such comments as the weather conspired against us........you will and should get hammered for it, because it is a **** comment to make. The Aussies went down in 3 tests by an innings margin........I don't really give a crap what your weather was doing up and down the country that summer, you got beat because you played **** cricket. That is the end of it. There is no postscript or clarification required.

I actually agree with you that this series will be a close contest, but it has nothing to do with "typical" weather. It is because the Aussies have improved since 10/11 and England are not as strong as they were back then.
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I don't think you understand. When you talk about weather effecting pitches, it's not "oh, **** me it rained last week, it'll be a green top", it's just when there's a protracted dry spell or a particularly hot and dry lead up to a summer, then the tracks tend to play flatter than they do in years which are wetter.

Because the Toriy filth are back in power, there will be a protracted drought in Australia - intellectually, morally and climatologically. It always rains more under Labor, it's a fact of history.

In the early 2000s there was a nearly decade long drought here. Pitches flattened out, generally speaking, and batsmen dominated for a long period. It also helps explain, imo, why a whole generation of batsmen are less adept at playing the late moving ball. They grew up at a time when there wasn't much of it around, so they could just pick the line and hit through it. If it stays dry, it'll happen again. A few years back when Pakistan toured here, we had a really wet patch and the pitches were itstl.

But if it's baking hot and, more relevantly, dry for 6-12 months before a test series, you'll find the decks are generally pretty flat here.
 
Burgey

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I did geography in my hsc and I didn't like it tbh. I didn't do that well because I kind of made up my own theories on the effects of damming rivers and the like which didn't really pass muster.

Of course, since then I've been thoroughly vindicated by academics around the world. I paid the price for being ahead of my time.
 
Spikey

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Burgey said:
I did geography in my hsc and I didn't like it tbh. I didn't do that well because I kind of made up my own theories on the effects of damming rivers and the like which didn't really pass muster.

Of course, since then I've been thoroughly vindicated by academics around the world. I paid the price for being ahead of my time.
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yeah pretty good post by this ****
 
Neil Pickup

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England not named yet but likely to be "full strength" - which means we may well see what the plan is for number six batsman and third seamer.

Australia A: Klinger, Marsh, Khawaja, Doolan, Ferguson, Maxwell, +Paine, *Henriques, Copeland, Cutting, Holland
 
Maximas

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Little disappointed with the lack of Joe Burns and Chadd there tbh, but otherwise pretty happy with that team.
 
Burgey

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Oh there's no doubt it's strong enough to see off this England outfit.
 
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Daemon

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Maximas said:
Holland is a good bowler, at least by Aussie spinner standards
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Maybe..but is he really what you would call quality? Argument can be made for Copeland I guess, personally don't rate him as highly as others though.
 
Maximas

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we'll soon see, the best spinner during the Ryobi Cup though IMO, I'd call Lyon quality and Holland is not far behind from what I've seen, although there isn't any recent 4 day form to go off.
 
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