Aus V India T20 series

[mal]

Hardik Pandya and Jasparit Bumrah
Both had impressive T20 debuts

Pandya 2/37[3] did well after being bashed early
Bumrah 3/23 [3.3] very impressive

[Lightning McQueen]

Hardik Pandya and Jasparit Bumrah
Both had impressive T20 debuts

Pandya 2/37[3] did well after being bashed early
Bumrah 3/23 [3.3] very impressive

They'd make an nice partnership hey mal?

[bennymacca]

How many he needed to bowl for the Aussies to win!

I must say it was good for him to be able to regroup after a disastrous start.

Yeah I felt for him, nobody wants to start their international career like that.

I thought the bloke with the weird action bowled well too.

India the team to beat in the world T20 on their home decks

[mal]

Hardik Pandya and Jasparit Bumrah
Both had impressive T20 debuts

Pandya 2/37[3] did well after being bashed early
Bumrah 3/23 [3.3] very impressive

They'd make an nice partnership hey mal?

Pandya bowled the 16th over
Bumrah bowled the 17th over
Both combined well , with some intelligent bowling
Excellent bowling by the newcomers

[am Bays]

How funny was the sledge Kholi gave Faulkner after he danced him and smacked him to deep mid off.

Didn't middle it so only got two (I think) but just funny to see the continuation of their verbal and cricketing battles.

BTW I think Kholi is streets in front this summer!!!

[Feenix]

Hardik Pandya and Jasparit Bumrah
Both had impressive T20 debuts

Pandya 2/37[3] did well after being bashed early
Bumrah 3/23 [3.3] very impressive

Pandya bowled puss and fluked a couple of wickets, he was just lucky when Australian were on the ropes. I wouldn't say he bowled well at all

[Booney]

How funny was the sledge Kholi gave Faulkner after he danced him and smacked him to deep mid off.

Didn't middle it so only got two (I think) but just funny to see the continuation of their verbal and cricketing battles.

BTW I think Kholi is streets in front this summer!!!

Titus O'Reily @TitusOReily

Saying Kohli has a 'rivalry' with Faulkner is like saying lions have a rivalry with antelopes. #AUSvIND

[Grahaml]

Still can't believe anyone is calling for Finch to be dropped. He's the first bloke picked at the moment! Averages 40, strikes at 150. Both numbers put Warner to shame and only Maxwell betters that strike rate. Coming off being top scorer and only out because of a dodgy LBW.

Kohli's send offs getting to be a joke. Is there no punishment anymore? I wanted bans immediately years ago and the more I see it the more I say any send off = next game off. Especially when a guy is trying to add to the entertainment of the thing (which is ALL the entire thing is). Kohli soon to join the Anderson/Watson club of giving every batsmen a send off like they've been personally insulted.

[Lightning McQueen]

Still can't believe anyone is calling for Finch to be dropped. He's the first bloke picked at the moment! Averages 40, strikes at 150. Both numbers put Warner to shame and only Maxwell betters that strike rate. Coming off being top scorer and only out because of a dodgy LBW.

Kohli's send offs getting to be a joke. Is there no punishment anymore? I wanted bans immediately years ago and the more I see it the more I say any send off = next game off. Especially when a guy is trying to add to the entertainment of the thing (which is ALL the entire thing is). Kohli soon to join the Anderson/Watson club of giving every batsmen a send off like they've been personally insulted.

Aussies are the last ones that can complain about send off's, Kohli is passionate and cops enough shit from Aussie players and spectators so all good as far as I'm concerned.
One of my friends met him on Monday and reckons he's one of the nicest genuine men she's met, she had a decent chat with him at the Adelaide Oval nets.

[The Bedge]

[quote="Lightning McQueen"][quote="Grahaml"][b]Kohli's send offs getting to be a joke. Is there no punishment anymore?Aussies are the last ones that can complain about send off's, Kohli is passionate and cops enough shit from Aussie players and spectators so all good as far as I'm concerned.[quote]
Was only saying something similar last night.. precious bunch the aussies and their supporters - more than happy to dish it out but once someone from an opposition side has a crack back everyone cries.

[bennymacca]

Also find it funny how we love Warner even though he is a massive toolbox but Tennis players can just act s bit childish and they are pilloried for it

[Booney]

Also find it funny how we love Warner even though he is a massive toolbox but Tennis players can just act s bit childish and they are pilloried for it

Nick Ryan, in the Saturday 'Tiser sums it up here :

IF Elvis decides to stage a comeback this week, with Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham and Nero forming his backing band, I hope and pray they don’t televise the event on Channel 7. I’d hate to miss it.

I’m halfway through a fortnight where I avoid Channel 7 the way Tony Abbott avoids the realisation that he’ll never be Prime Minister again.

Tony’s problem is delusion. Mine is bloody tennis.

Tennis is the game invented for men who believe balls should be sliced and women who want them changed at regular intervals.

Having spent some time around tennis tournaments as a kid, I discovered early on that not every dickhead plays tennis but every tennis player’s a dickhead.

Give me 22 yards of rolled turf, some movement off the seam and a flashing cover drive any day.

Channel 7 has put plenty of time and cash into covering the Australian Open and I’m sure they do a good enough job of it to please an audience whose expectations are so low they actually want to watch tennis in the first place.

They’ll get plenty of eyeballs over the course of the tournament but they won’t get mine.

Considering I’m a man whose default position is lounging on the couch watching sport on TV, that says a lot about my loathing for tennis.

Not even the comedic value in a comeback by the great American serve and volleyer Hank Pfister could draw me in.

The list of things I would rather do than watch tennis would take a lifetime to complete but only eight letters to write. Anything.

I would rather watch my parents recreate highlights from their honeymoon than have to endure a single set of tennis.

Ask me to shave down a polar bear before handing him the razor to return the favour and I’d do it in a flash if it meant I’d never have to endure another match on centre court.

I will happily have a latte with every single MAMIL here for the Tour Down Under and smile through conversations about cleats, hill climbs and scrotal chaffing rather than watch a single backhand from some bloke wearing his cap around the wrong way.

Strap me to a chair made of squid jags and make me watch a bunch of other people’s kids perform in a nine-hour ballet concert and I’d still consider myself more fortunate than the man who had a stroke while channel-surfing and got stuck watching the mixed doubles semi-finals.

I’d rather sit with Lleyton Hewitt at a Crows game than watch his final match.

I’d work as Donald Trump’s hairdresser and moonlight as Clive Palmer’s proctologist before I’d sit through another three-setter.

I’m aware that millions would disagree with me but the majority isn’t always right. Justin Bieber sells a lot more records than Jason Isbell, so being popular doesn’t mean something’s any good.

So while the rest of you watch your rallies and your volleys I’ll be searching for something, anything, more entertaining to keep myself amused.

Does anyone know if The Bolt Report is available on DVD?

[heater31]

Still can't believe anyone is calling for Finch to be dropped. He's the first bloke picked at the moment! Averages 40, strikes at 150. Both numbers put Warner to shame and only Maxwell betters that strike rate. Coming off being top scorer and only out because of a dodgy LBW.

Kohli's send offs getting to be a joke. Is there no punishment anymore? I wanted bans immediately years ago and the more I see it the more I say any send off = next game off. Especially when a guy is trying to add to the entertainment of the thing (which is ALL the entire thing is). Kohli soon to join the Anderson/Watson club of giving every batsmen a send off like they've been personally insulted.

Aussies are the last ones that can complain about send off's, Kohli is passionate and cops enough shit from Aussie players and spectators so all good as far as I'm concerned.
One of my friends met him on Monday and reckons he's one of the nicest genuine men she's met, she had a decent chat with him at the Adelaide Oval nets.

I put him the the same category as Kevin Pietersen...a **** on the field but a completely different kettle of fish off it. I look forward to his biography releases in years to come.

[bennymacca]

Also find it funny how we love Warner even though he is a massive toolbox but Tennis players can just act s bit childish and they are pilloried for it

Nick Ryan, in the Saturday 'Tiser sums it up here :

IF Elvis decides to stage a comeback this week, with Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham and Nero forming his backing band, I hope and pray they don’t televise the event on Channel 7. I’d hate to miss it.

I’m halfway through a fortnight where I avoid Channel 7 the way Tony Abbott avoids the realisation that he’ll never be Prime Minister again.

Tony’s problem is delusion. Mine is bloody tennis.

Tennis is the game invented for men who believe balls should be sliced and women who want them changed at regular intervals.

Having spent some time around tennis tournaments as a kid, I discovered early on that not every dickhead plays tennis but every tennis player’s a dickhead.

Give me 22 yards of rolled turf, some movement off the seam and a flashing cover drive any day.

Channel 7 has put plenty of time and cash into covering the Australian Open and I’m sure they do a good enough job of it to please an audience whose expectations are so low they actually want to watch tennis in the first place.

They’ll get plenty of eyeballs over the course of the tournament but they won’t get mine.

Considering I’m a man whose default position is lounging on the couch watching sport on TV, that says a lot about my loathing for tennis.

Not even the comedic value in a comeback by the great American serve and volleyer Hank Pfister could draw me in.

The list of things I would rather do than watch tennis would take a lifetime to complete but only eight letters to write. Anything.

I would rather watch my parents recreate highlights from their honeymoon than have to endure a single set of tennis.

Ask me to shave down a polar bear before handing him the razor to return the favour and I’d do it in a flash if it meant I’d never have to endure another match on centre court.

I will happily have a latte with every single MAMIL here for the Tour Down Under and smile through conversations about cleats, hill climbs and scrotal chaffing rather than watch a single backhand from some bloke wearing his cap around the wrong way.

Strap me to a chair made of squid jags and make me watch a bunch of other people’s kids perform in a nine-hour ballet concert and I’d still consider myself more fortunate than the man who had a stroke while channel-surfing and got stuck watching the mixed doubles semi-finals.

I’d rather sit with Lleyton Hewitt at a Crows game than watch his final match.

I’d work as Donald Trump’s hairdresser and moonlight as Clive Palmer’s proctologist before I’d sit through another three-setter.

I’m aware that millions would disagree with me but the majority isn’t always right. Justin Bieber sells a lot more records than Jason Isbell, so being popular doesn’t mean something’s any good.

So while the rest of you watch your rallies and your volleys I’ll be searching for something, anything, more entertaining to keep myself amused.

Does anyone know if The Bolt Report is available on DVD?

does it surprise anyone that I play a lot of tennis?

I think it is just the individual nature of the sport. Not too many other sportspeople get the amount of screen time a tennis player does. So when they do dickish things, things that our cricketers and footballers do all the time (sam mitchell anyone?) it is just massively amplified because they are the only ones on the court

[Booney]

does it surprise anyone that I play a lot of tennis?

No.

[MatteeG]

So when they do dickish things, things that our cricketers and footballers do all the time (sam mitchell anyone?) it is just massively amplified because they are the only ones on the court

Dickish things? Like win a hard ball? Taunt some bombers? Raise a knee?

Please Benny. Tennis players are some of the best folks and some of the biggest flogs in sport.

I played tennis for years, but cannot stand watching it. Like netball, its a game to play, not watch IMO.

[bennymacca]

come on, even hawks supporters should be able to acknowledge that mitchell is a tool

I do agree that tennis is more fun to play than watch. It is much better to watch live though. You lose a bit of perspective as to how hard they hit the ball (similar to how you lose how fast cricketers bowl the ball)

[Q.]

Wade's been pissed off (to NZ) and Bancroft comes in to replace him.

[BoundaryRider84]

does it surprise anyone that I play a lot of tennis?

No.

Didn't realise you played tennis somewhere else as well. Lots ;-)

[bennymacca]

What the hell is this moneyball rating