Fair effort. Perhaps Gaz makes better use of the bounce than other spinners touring Australia. Still great numbers.

Good side but I'd find room for Richie Benaud.

Typical Melbourne - four Pakistans in one day.

The Dark Knight wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:Carey’s going nowhere.
Well done son!

Keeping the haters at bay.

It wouldn't be Christmas if Whuffer wasn't ragging on Carey!!

^that was the start of the issue, the Windies in the 80s. They didn't exact hurry either.

Was never an issue in 100 years of test cricket prior to that.

2.23 p.m. in the middle of summer and they're off for bad light.

Time to give the NYD test to Adelaide methinks.

My issue is over this whole series he has been focused on these areas to a far greater extent than previous, and at the same time his form has dropped.
Coincidence?

Do you think that writing messages on his shoes/wearing an armband/writing an Instagram post is likely to result in a loss of form? E.g. do you think he forewent net sessions?

More to the point, what insight do you have into what Khawaja's "focus" is/was?

Wow... sweating a bit in the witness box here... guilty, for having an opinion.

Bit quick on the forward defensive stroke there mate - just asking why you've formed your view (in response to your post on an internet forum about it).

Uzzie has had several interviews expressing his views, and how he can circumnavigate the system to have his views made on the field.
He has also been robust in his feelings about pink ball tests.
This has coincided with his worst series since his return.

Gawd, I forgot the cardinal rules for this group:
Go hard and smash away at anything Smith, Labuschange and Warner do, but don't dare speak evil of Carey, Head or Uzzie.

I mean I'm way quicker to defend Smith and Warner than most on here. Definitely happy to criticise Uzzie where due as well. I just find it really hard to buy that doing a couple of interviews about international affairs would have an impact on Uzzie protecting his wicket when he arrives at the crease. As if, as the bowler's running in to bowl against him during a test match, he could be thinking of nothing so much as current political issues in the Middle East.

An average of 37 for the series is not a bad return by the way. (Did Trav express support for Uzzie? That may explain Trav's crap form??)

I would've thought that people would be a bit more circumspect with the whole 'not focusing on cricket' nonsense after the Captain Woke winning the World Cup episode, but alas.

Was the Escort Cup in the early to mid 1980s played in the pre-season or were they midweek during the season?

I think the latter stages generally occurred a few weeks into the season. But the format varied. @spell_check would have some idea.

The final in 1983 was definitely some weeks into the season, I think in May.

Torrens won the final on a Tuesday then backed up away to a strong Norwood side four days later and played reasonably well, albeit losing.

The answer is there is no easy way. The lawyer would always retain a copy (or alternatively the original if they offer that service and the client is happy with that) but there's no public 'will register' or anything like that.

Solicitors who hold wills for clients generally keep a list so they can quickly find out whether they have a particular will or not - but if you don't know who the solicitor was then I'm not sure what you'd do.

dedja wrote:10am - 6pm Test day was what we grew up with.

You mean 11am to 6pm?

Yup, grabbing the takeaway is often the easy choice, but it is where you can bleed money.

Don't get me wrong, saying 5 BBQ chickens a week for $62.50 was an over simplification, but for people to suggest $12.50 isn't enough for a dinner aren't really trying imo.

EG:

Woolies do a BBQ pack, 8 snags, 4 burgers, $10.50, plus a loaf of bread, and that's two dinners for $15.00 total.
Frozen pizza and a bag of wedges is under $12.00
A 400g rump steak will cost you around $10.00
500g mince meat ($9.00) + Jar of pasta sauce ($4.50) + packet of spaghetti ($3) will do you two meals for $16.50 total.

No greens or any type of salad or veg? What are you eating the following week? Will be a blimp after eating this for a few weeks Yeah apart from everything else, the lack of fresh vegetables and weekly junk food don't exactly augur well - no use being able to afford a house if you're heart's exploded in the process of saving!!

amber_fluid wrote:I know the stats will show it’s harder to ‘live’ these days but it’s not impossible to buy a unit/small house still if you set goals.

We've reached agreement then.

I prefer day (11 a.m.) tests over pink ball tests - but not 3-day tests starting on a ******* Wednesday!!

Make the convict states conform to our terminology.

Uncapped English spinner Shoaib Bashir is having Visa issues and has not arrived with the rest of the England squad from the UAE. His parents are of Pakistani heritage, coincidence hmmmmm.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shoaib-bashir-visa-issues-delay-arrival-in-india-1417612

Surprise surprise, Hindustan has pulled this one again.

Any other team would cop a suspension from international cricket.

Bi elections

No need for them
Unless a reasonable explanation for leaving whoever the opposition is in that seat gets it.

I agree that many of them are pointless and the retiring member ought to fill the bill rather than the taxpayer. However...

Who determines what is a 'reasonable explanation'?
Who is the 'opposition in that seat'? E.g. in 2022 there were four candidates for Scomo's seat other than him (ALP, GRN, PHON, UAP). Gets even more complicated when independents are involved.

I get that's is humid but gee even by Brisbane's standards that is a seriously sh1thouse crowd on a Saturday.

Not sure why all the hate for Cummins.

Not that we should take anything away from the Windies' performance, but if anything it's our batsmen who should cop the criticism.

Surely the redbacks chase this down pretty comfortably

is the Redbacks we are talking about, must be a good strip last Qld pair have put on almost 50 :roll:

Before the 55 run last wicket partnership was confident - now, not so much :shock: Nothing says Redbacks like the 10th wicket partnership being the opposition's second highest.

As mentioned yesterday, Brazell is not ready. Had an ordinary year for TTG and Second X1. Threw him to the wolves.

Trying to turn JFM into Warner not going to work .

^^^^^^^^^^

This

The comparisons you regularly here to Warner astonish me.

When Warner debuted for NSW in the One Dayers he was raw and brash but he also was still fairly compact, had a solid defensive technique and was solid either side of the wicket. For mine Warner was more about getting his shot selection and decision making right whilst he understood batting at different paces.

Warner was also scoring big time runs in the Sydney two-day comp as well, IIRC. Practically had to bash the door down before getting a Shield call-up.

I honestly struggle to understand why they reduce overs in a rain-affected T20 starting in the early afternoon. Do the teams have somewhere to be later?

Ideal leadership group:

1 captain
1 vice captain
All other experienced (e.g. 150+ game) players are expected to demonstrate leadership qualities on and off field

The idea of formally designating a "leadership group" is corporate wank IMO.

Fantastic partnership by Green and Hazelwood - how good is a big 10th-wicket stand to torment your opponents.

Ben Stokes would've declared on 9/279 overnight!!

Booney wrote:

whufc wrote:

Booney wrote:Yeah, merger, yeah.

two different entities that are now one club........thats a merger right. [emoji38]

Leave the rubbish to UK mate.

Lol

<comes in and rags on the Eagles> = fair game

<someone makes fun of his mob> = nah that's beyond the pale mate

Lightning McQueen wrote:Why is the score 34-4 but Sears has 2-3, make up your mind

I think Australia should be awarded all test series and World Cups by default for knowing how to state the score correctly.

stampy wrote:great work by marsh, carey and cummins, but again it papers over the cracks

It does, but gee a win's a win. Imagine how good the world champions would be with all batsmen in form!!

He earned the right to hit the winning runs.
Regardless of what he says to us ALL test players covet 3 figures.
Cummins should've made him get the runs.....unless he's got a broken finger from the one that hit him. However remote the chances may have been, you can't risk winning a test series so that one bloke can get his 100.

He earned the right to hit the winning runs.
Regardless of what he says to us ALL test players covet 3 figures.
Cummins should've made him get the runs.....unless he's got a broken finger from the one that hit him. However remote the chances may have been, you can't risk winning a test series so that one bloke can get his 100.
He needed 2 runs FFS, there's no way we were losing.
Block out the over and let Carey either get out or hit the winning score.
Pretty ordinary from Cummins.

The fact that you contemplate Carey getting out suggests the game wasn't over.

Again, very low probability, but not unheard of at all for the last 3 wickets to fall for no runs - and if that happened after there were runs for the taking, we would be the laughing stock of world cricket for the next 9994 years.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Booney wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:It’s come at a cost, I have to watch MAFS with her tonight

Not worth it.

At least it’s the dinner party.

You plan on dining yourself LM?

How does daylight saving affect you in March?

By turning the best mornings of the year into dark shitholes.
By not following the natural flows of the changing of the seasons.
By turning up to work feeling very dull.
By going against natural bio-rythms
By creating a certain danger of more people going to work at darker/low-light times when kangaroos are active near roadways, especially during dry spells

There is still enough daylight to be doing things after work without it, so what benefit does it create.

Never seen someone so affected by daylight I'm affected by lack of daylight - the darkness till well after 6.30 a.m. this time of year gives me the sh1ts.

carey wrote:As i said the club was all sorts of strife, it would've been the easy option for Travis to head to Geelong

There's time yet...

Central
South

Matthew Wade
Retired In Peace in FC cricket
Stellar career, played for Aussies in all 3 formats
Overcame cancer as a teenager , and was colour blind :shock:

3 buddies, MT79, Mal , Ambays , watched him in an early game in the SS at Adelaide Oval
MT said to me that day MW was gunna be a star
MT was right Not a superstar by any means, but those two centuries in the Ashes in England in 2019 were big. (Only Australian other than Steve Smith to notch any that series.) Deserves to be remembered forever on that alone.

Eliminate a majority of the coaching staff and I guarantee the product will be better. Wind the rules back to 1990 while we're at it (perhaps with the exception of relative leniency re striking blokes' heads).

You're up against way easier bowlers in county cricket, even in Div 1.

The conditions are tougher for batsmen over there but the Shield easily has the County Championship covered.

DOC wrote:

Pseudo wrote:Blues all over the Bays at 3/4 time.

30 minutes until we see a blues fan post on this thread....

I have texted SturtPeter and asked him and the other 12 regular Sturt posters to respond but he tells me that he was all of them…

Another Grub is a Sturt man, IIRC...