Ratings this series

Pakistan : excellent
Australia : average
Commentary team at the game : annoying

Some more Edwards v Maxwell

THE BIG SHOW
[On his 2nd innings dig v Pakistan]
"On a 4th and 5th day wicket you need to put pressure on the bowlers and get rid of those bat pads.
My plan was to try and get rid off those guys as early as possible in my innings and hopefully get into my innings and make it easier to get singles and manipulate the field.
unfortunately it didnt quite come off."

DAVE EDWARDS
[the response]
" No shit it didnt come off.
Jesus , youre employing the " hit them out of the attack" philosophy.
Really.
F..k me youre a basic human being."



Wow Mr Edwards no holding back !
And a final Edward quote
" Society is f...d, sure.But please, lets take a little bit better care of our cricket team."

Victorians had Richard Earles article up on the wall in their rooms today


http://www.cricket.com.au/news/victoria-south-australia-adelaide-oval-sheffield-shield-richard-earle/2014-11-19



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And guess what
If SA had batted well and saved the game , none of this would be public

Never seem to hear of a motivational failure

Spot on FC
Of all the disMissALs , Smiths I consider the worst one
He was the batsman who was set and should have steered us to an easier victory

Hughes (fingers and toes crossed) will be the next Australian opener.

Burns is a big shot too, reckon it's between him and Marsh for the number 3 spot.
I know Dean Jones talks a bit of crap but he mentioned only recently that Hughes isnt even in the selectors sights and a couple of selectors had even stamped his papers so to speak. Today casts further doubt on him aswell but hopefully he comes back healthy and just keeps peeling off runs
I think they will go with Marsh this test

S Marsh
M Marsh
Watson

If they are in the same team , Australia could finish the match with 8 fit players !

bennymacca wrote:

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Booney wrote:That footage of Clarke and Warner embracing then was emotion in it's most raw form.

Lets hope Warner gives Clarke a hug for his hundred

SA 5/233 [70]
Ludeman 19* [34]
Botha 25*[31]
Head 64[105]

Travis Head
Yes, is frustrating as does not convert half tons
Are we expecting too much from a 20 year old though ?

QL 268
NS 447
QL all out Barbara Feldon

New Reb Wales win by an innings and 80 runs

Abbott 6/14[7]

We gave India the pitch they wanted to play on
Adelaide Oval played like a sub continent pitch in this game
Easy batting for 3 days
Hard yakka for the bowlers
Day 4 the best and both batters and bowlers had a chance
Day 5 it assists spin bowlers

Had Australia batted last India , might have rued by not playing Ashwin

Things that give me the shits
Why the hell do we give the Indians a deck like this ?
When was the last time a sub cont deck assisted Australian teams ?

Australia gives other sub cont nations a sporting chance
There are varying decks for quick bowlers , spinners and batters
There are bouncy decks, there are spinning decks

In the sub cont we dont seem to get the same deal , pitches made for batting or for spin
Its a joke at times seeing spinners get more bounce than the quicks

Its the perogative of sub cont curators to produce their own types of decks , cant really blame them
But what it means is sub cont teams find it tough to win overseas
As much as Australians struggle v spin there , sub cont teams struggle against pace and bounce here

Thats why Australia will be number one more often then India in the world
Australia can win series in places like South Africa and England who are usually top 3 to 5 teams most years
India are very unlikely to

Steven Smith. Just not up to standard, and will be found out very soon.

If he faced his own bowling consistently he would be a Blonde Don

Sorry WHUFC
I'm with TSG on this one , I can see East Coast Smith being found out within 18 months

Will be closer to Australian Skipper in 18 months.


Steve Smith captain of Australia

TSG :oops: :oops:
MAL :oops:
HELICOPTER KING :prayer:
WHUFC :prayer:

Fully deserved
Remarkable improvement
I never anticipated East Coast Blonde Don Smith would be a regular Test cricketer

However, I have a concern
The timing

EC Smith has just scored 162 + 52 not out in his last test match and right now is at his peak
Is it the right time to burden him with the captaincy ?

Hopefully it does not affect his sensational form of recent times

That great cricketing predictor WHUFC , has been spruiking another
Ryan Carters as the next opener for Australia

Will Chris Rogers or Shane Watson be able to keep Ryan Carters out of the team for much longer ?
Rogers is a fighter, but he is closer to 40 than 21 in age
Watson, with the emerging Marsh as an allrounder , is now under pressure to make runs

From what Ive seen he is rather unspectacular
Just the sort of player needed in the current team to compliment the dashers in the line up

Will he play Test cricket ?

My answer, YES

bennymacca wrote:Interestingly, Nathan Lyon has just 15 more wickets to get to become Australia's best EVER off spinner in terms of number of wickets.

That's pretty amazing to me

One of the hardest gigs on Australian pitches
To be a successful off spin bowler

Hazelwood at last gets a genuine test wicket
Kohli c Haddin b Hazelwood he was only 19
IN 3/137

Hazelwood in a very very impressive debut

All 3 wickets today out to balls bouncing over stump height

Cant catch
Cant stay fit
Cant bowl
Cant throw
Bat ?

The captaincy has not affected East Coast Smiths fielding
What a catch
Inspirational stuff
Will it ignite Watson ?
IN 6/328

Dhoni 5* looks very ordinary so far

In fairness to Watson a batting average of 36 and bowling average of 32 probably means his had a reasonable test career

IMHO though he should be batting at 6 or 7 though depending on who the keeper is.

I think his bowling his very underrated

If he can't bowl though he doesn't warrant his spot in the side

He should be fighting for one spot with Mitch Marsh

For me in test cricket

Watson better bowler than Marsh
Marsh better batsmen than Watto

Acceptable career as the allrounder
Plugs a few gaps , paid his way as the allrounder
BUT
He is not the Test cricket match winner that he is in shorter forms of cricket where he is a star

Today was vintage Watto , did the hard work, looked the goods and got out after another Test innings start

He is extremely fortunate that Marsh got injured
It means he will bowl more this series perhaps
He needs a 3-5 wicket haul or a batting score close to 99
Otherwise MT79 and a bevy of safooty Watto critcs will gain in momentum

More unspectacular performances may even get Rod Rooster posting !

Was Marnus by any chance $501 to take a catch in Test Cricket for Australia ?

mal wrote:Cant catch
Cant stay fit
Cant bowl
Cant throw
Bat ?

The Shaun
He is 16 not out
He has got a start
When he gets going he is a very good batsman
Hopes he makes 100+
We need it, he needs it, he owes it

Happy 40th birthday to Ricky Ponting today
Happy 38th wedding anniversary Jeffrey Thompson today
On this day, 6 years ago Mitchell Johnson dismissed Dale Steyn to finish off the SA innings and finish with 8/64
On this day , today, East Coast Smith to make a 100 on debut as Captain of Australia

Hooray for IQ. I can record then watch real cricket while those with short attention spans watch Teeball crap.

whinge whinge moan moan gripe grizzle grump

regards,

REB

27000 + people , some with short attention spans, rolled up at the Adelaide Oval game last night
Probably needed a cricket fix, as they were starved of cricket for almost 2 hours since stumps in the Brisbane Test match

In all seriousness this pisses me off
Brad Hodge playing for the Adelaide team
Callum Ferguson playing for Melbourne Renegades team tonight

Does not feel right
Cousin Brad is a ripper cricketer but its more logical for both he and The Ferg to play in their home states

This merry go round of players devalues the comp
Entertainment = 8 out of 10
Players shunted from team to team =2 out off 10

stan wrote:Watto bowling well here boys.

Just have to stay patient with Shane
Given another year or two he could develop into a match winning allrounder !

Adelaide Oval specialist
Big Mouth
Flat Track Bully
Sook

Its the same person and he was bowled by MJ

IN 2/76

FFS
Stop checking for NO BALLS after wickets are falling
Check them ALL or NONE at all

This is test cricket

AO take a leaf out of this pitch
You do realise that the same technology and methodolgy is used in developing the AO drop ins as the MCG ones? In other words the MCG and Adelaide oval drop in are basically the same style of pitch.


If its the same style of pitch , please explain why AO + MCG play differently ?
What WHUFC says is that AO is too much in favor of the batsmen for 3 days
From what I am seeing today there's something in it for the bowlers today

WHUFC is not posting about which venue gets results or not
His gripe is that AO is too much in favor of batsmen for 3 days
With the equilibrium being lopsided in batting he gets bored , at times so do I

bennymacca wrote:Love how you guys get bored by test matches yet T20s are just tee ball.

They have declarations in many T20 to get results as well !

WHUFC is not posting about which venue gets results or not
His gripe is that AO is too much in favor of batsmen for 3 days
With the equilibrium being lopsided in batting he gets bored , at times so do I
Well you Nuffies stick to the t20 rubbish then :roll:

Good bowlers have always been able to get wickets on Adelaide oval, however it's not been due to bowling seam up or due to swing a la Brisbane. Adelaide has always been about changes of pace, variations in length and using your bowling brain. If you doubt me read the book Extra Cover by Jack Egan and the quotes attributable to the late Graham Dilley who took more test wickets than any nuffy on here (I include myself in that descriptor too)

The beauty of test cricket is the variances and nuances in the different venues. Yes adelaide has favoured the bat more than the ball but than is a contrast to Brisbane which can be a swing bowlers paradise, Perth traditionally favours pace bowling but can be a road once your in and Sydney favours spin teaditionly.

Yes let's produce the same pitch at every test match venue in Australia!

What are you on about ?
Your attempts to denounce posters by calling them nuffies is disgraceful

I will try and explain this for you one more time
WHUFC [and myself at times] get bored watching many batsmen dominate many bowlers on a norMALly placid AO oval pitch on days 1-2-3
We both have this mindset because we prefer a pitch that provides a more equal contest between bat and ball.
AO days 1-2-3 might bore us at times but does not mean we are not nuffies
If you cannot understand this paragraph , find a 8 year old person , get them to read the paragraph and get them to explain

Hey mal, if only this test was also at the Adelaide oval, maybe there would be a result unlike this road :)

Ive read this BM !

If Australia gets in a position to declare what should Smith do ?
Clarke set a target when the series was 0-0 all in Adelaide , a good gamble
Australia is now 2-0 up
Would Smith set say a target of 360 stumps day 4, or even say 330 into the last day

Logically he should not give the Indians a sniff being 2-0 up

When Marsh wakes up tomorrow
He should think that his Barbara Feldon resurrected his career and more importantly contributed to winning this series
Just needs to get smarter on 99

FFS
YOU DO NOT CALL OFF A GAME WITH 24 BALLS LEFT AND 4 WICKETS TO TAKE

What a farce today was
Declaration too late [but I accept why]
And now they walk off with 4 overs to go

24 balls remaining
5th day pitch
Can still win

I can understand calling this game off with 3 balls left and 4 wickets to take
Why call it off FFS

If I hear the excuse being that the bowlers were rooted , I will be even more pissed off
if ALL bowlers were rooted get Rogers and Shaun Marsh to bowl 2 overs each
Who cares who bowls out, bowl the 24 balls and TRY AND WIN the match

So who is responsible for calling it off
Smith ?
Lehmann
Anyone else ?

Whoever it is they better have a decent excuse for calling it off

Why did Australia call off the 4th Test against India ?
India was 6/174 with 24 balls left

24 balls to obtain 4 wickets
Highly improbable but not impossible
The last 5 batters left are arguably the most inferior batters in the Indian line up
Day 5 pitch , although still flatty, did give the bowlers glimmers of assistance at times

Fair bit of fuss around about Test teams bowling a prescribed amount of overs in a day, yet the Aussies knocked off early

Sport to some is played with the mindset of 'never give up'
Why play 5 days and then pack up with about 15 minutes to go , when a win is a possibility?

A days admission into Test cricket is reasonably expensive [In Adelaide this year it was $75 + $100 for some seats per day]
I imagine the costs would be similar in Melbourne
So did the Melbourne 5th day crowd get short changed ?

I think Australia made the wrong call , and should have played this match out
The only time , I feel they should have called it off with 4 wickets left , is perhaps with 3 balls left

dedja wrote:Awwww, how cute ... a thread for numpties to play in.

Can you be specific with your numpties implication ?
Heres a list of posters before your reply
Which ones are the numpties ?

Bounce of the ball
onthe rails
saintal
mal
kneeedeepinthehoopla
RB
topsywaldron

Kohili was 73 off 84 balls
IN were 2/165 at the time in 30 0vers

He scored 34 runs of 42 balls after that
On Adelaide Oval , and the team well positioned , he most prob should have scored closer to 50 off those 34 balls
He seemed to take very few risks until his disMissAL

dedja wrote:a place for Ian Wallace at all?

Absolute classic
Yosemite Ian

5/261
The Ferg 111* [173]
Zampa 29*[23]

All Callum needs to do is give Adam the strike from here on

Lets get things into perspective
You get $3-85 for a $2-75 favorite going into the last leg
Thats good odds
If you get this opportunity say 50 times , the law of probability says you will make $$$$$$
That 50 times would apply to bets of $1 bets to $100,000 bets
As a one off bet the logic changes though
As a one off you either win or lose
Over a 50 time scenario you would almost certainly win

In this instance I think the bookie is being GENEROUS to the punter
The punter has successfully accrued 5 legs
$25,936.09 is where the punter sits after the first 5 legs have won
$32,922.14 is being offered to the punter to call off the investment
$6986.05 is an amount being offered to the punter to call the bet off

That $6886.05 changes things
Lets put it this way
You go up to a bookie and ask for a bet of $25936.09 at $3-85, the bookie says
" Sir , the odds in the market place is $2-75 , can we give you $6986.07 not to have the bet?"
Now the $3-55 for a $2-75 fav has been negated

Ask yourself this question
If one bookie puts up $3-85 for a $2-75 favorite would you have $25936.09 on it in any case ?
Im tipping any punter who started the bet off with $15 would not have a $25936.09 bet ?

I would take the $32,922.06
As Mighty_Tiger79 says
" Every time you win you dont lose"

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Let it ride

One of my favorite movies

Massive game for Glenelg
Lose this and Minor Premier aspirations all but gone

1/4 time at Glenelg v West Adelaide today
The man on the loudspeaker gave the scores around the grounds
He got to the Balaklava game last and said something like
" And in the reserves game Adelaide 52 Port Adelaide 50."

1-1 after 2 tests
And no more test matches :roll:

Only 2 Tests in this series :roll:
5 ODIs scheduled now

NZ were in England playing 2 warm up games between 8/5 to the first test 29/5
Might have been better to give them 1 warm up, and perhaps a one day game, and squeeze in a 3rd test?
In the end there were 2 warm up games and 2 tests :roll:

It's just a broken record every single week. :roll:

Which broken record ?

Highest or lowest crowd between the 2 teams at Elizabeth [2139 last year] ?

Port Reserves highest winning score at Elizabeth

Port Reserves highest winning margin at Elizabeth

Centrals highest losing score at Elizabeth against Port Reserves

Centrals highest losing margin at Elizabeth v Port Reserves

Agree Carey
Being Port Reserves second year in the comp, there are going to be many broken records

The BIG show won its first race after 13 starts
Won at Globe Derby 29/5
Paid $33 for the win !

The connections put in other names
2 of the other names submitted that were rejected
Sixty Three Not Out
Four o Eight
The 2 names may have been spelled differently , both were in honor of Phillip Hughes

Brodlach wrote:

blood bath wrote:Tuck and Green late omissions for west, joining Nelson and Ezard as outs from last week.

Johnson and Hampton to debut with Newell playing his first game for the year

Must be missing at least 12 first choice players today

Port have at least 22 first choice players missing every week

Australia has devasTAITing left arm fast bowlers , Mitchell Johnson, Lightning Mcqueen and Mitchell Starc
England might be unleashing a great white hope , their left arm fast bowler Mark Footitt, who might make his Test debut in 2015

FOOTITT FIRST CLASS BOWLING
230 wickets
26.16 average
44.83 strike rate
3.50 economy

Mark Footitt has an excellent strike rate of 44.83
50 is a decent strike rate , 44 is exceptional , that strike rate is very Lightning Mcqueenesque

Whats the capital of Greece ?
About 10 Euros

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