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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 26, 2020 14:50:16 GMT
Oi, Buttler, fuck off! m'kay?
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 27, 2020 18:51:14 GMT
England in South Africa: Joe Root's side win series 3-1 - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51270668 England in South Africa: Joe Root says 'sky is the limit' for his side - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51272747 Calm down Joe, this was a poor Saffers side, but any away series win is to be applauded - especially given England's travails this last few years! Root's captaincy got better the sooner England started making big first innings runs, as Golden Balls himself said (Gower), it's much easier with runs to play with. That said, it's so refreshing to find an England side with so many youngsters in it, and lets not forget, they lost their leading wicket taker, their first choice spinner, and their main opener! England in South Africa: Ben Stokes says father's health more pleasing than series win - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51273097 Naturally - when you consider there was that and the illness that culminated in the dire 1st Test performance, it's some come back. Saffers in trouble, I was right about Norje though, how long before he gets Kolpak… Hopefully to my Warwickshire Bears! Finally, they need to sit Archer down and plan it out about his Test Match future - if he even wants one? It has been pleasing for me that in the last few days Ollie Stone is still getting mentioned now he is back from his back fracture, so add Wood, Archer and Stokes as 3 other 90mph bowlers in the armoury, rotation will be possible. Also Bears fast bowler Henry Brooks has also been given a name check, good, as he's quality as well. Woakes bowled great BTW - So England are now getting competition in all areas of the team, this of course on proviso that one of the spinners actually comes real good and sticks around for a few years. Ultimately, thank for cricketing gods for the Durham boys, Wood and Stokes
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 27, 2020 18:55:54 GMT
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 27, 2020 19:03:14 GMT
Saffers V England Series Stats
Most Runs
Kock 380 Sibley 324 Stokes 318 Root 317 Dussen 274
Most Wickets
Norje 18 Broad 14 Rabada 14 Wood 12
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 27, 2020 19:10:44 GMT
This England side has a similar feel to it that they had around 2008-09. A lot of really talented players, many about the same age who could develop together over a 4 or 5 year period into something special. Plenty to be excited about for England.
The same can't be said for Saffers unfortunately. Look at county teams with Saffer players playing on European passports (Bring on Brexit CSA may well be saying) so they don't count as foreign players. Another big problem was highlighted on Day 2 of this game: while AB De Villers, SA's greatest batsman since readmission was plumelling an attack in a meaningless T20 game in Brisbane, his country were reduced to 6-88 by a second string England attack. A bit more joy with the ball. One of the few positives is that they still seem able to find good young fast bowlers with ease. I have real concerns over the future of Saffer cricket and have had for some time. You can see all the warning signs that West Indian cricket ignored in the 90s, from player drain, to ridiculous race based selection policies, incompetent spending practices and no money going back to players, and we can ill afford for South African cricket to have 20 years in the wilderness.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 28, 2020 17:41:01 GMT
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 28, 2020 19:49:44 GMT
Zim got some runs on the board but they need wickets. Bumrah is way to difficult to hit for runs at the moment. I hope Kiwis win today's game to not let the series become interest-less.
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 28, 2020 22:30:20 GMT
Oi, Buttler, fuck off! m'kay? Yes, he should have been shown the door long back. To be honest it has become an embarrassing experiment.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 29, 2020 19:38:59 GMT
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 29, 2020 19:42:55 GMT
Zimbers V Lanka - International Test Match Series - Day 3 of 5 -https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO47821
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 29, 2020 21:05:09 GMT
Bumrah is way to difficult to hit for runs at the moment. I hope Kiwis win today's game to not let the series become interest-less. Finally when I acknowledged Bumrah as a good bowler he got severely beaten up by Kiwi batsmen. But I have no idea whatsoever how NZ could lose that game?
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 30, 2020 2:14:15 GMT
Gotta agree with aj. Inexcusable for NZ to tie needing 2 to win from 4 balls with 6 wickets in hand. Williamson more interested in a hundred tben winning the game so he was out playing a stupid shot, and then a poorly handled next 3 balls netted 1 run and a last ball wicket.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 30, 2020 19:59:02 GMT
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 31, 2020 11:21:34 GMT
Gotta agree with aj. Inexcusable for NZ to tie needing 2 to win from 4 balls with 6 wickets in hand. Williamson more interested in a hundred tben winning the game so he was out playing a stupid shot, and then a poorly handled next 3 balls netted 1 run and a last ball wicket. Well, NZ have totally shocked us once again. They needed about 27 runs in 25 balls when I decided to have a nap because the game seemed to be over. Suddenly my cousin woke me up that we have another super over. I thought he was joking but he wasn't.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jan 31, 2020 11:32:03 GMT
Gotta agree with aj. Inexcusable for NZ to tie needing 2 to win from 4 balls with 6 wickets in hand. Williamson more interested in a hundred tben winning the game so he was out playing a stupid shot, and then a poorly handled next 3 balls netted 1 run and a last ball wicket. Well, NZ have totally shocked us once again. They needed about 25 run in 27 runs when I decided to have a nap because the game seemed to be over. Suddenly my cousin woke me up that we have another super over. I thought he was joking but he wasn't. They needed 7 off the last over, with 7 wickets in hand, facing Thakur. And choked. Speaking of choking, Melbourne Stars are choking AGAIN.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 31, 2020 17:17:01 GMT
Stars are not a smart cricket team. They struggle chasing so what do they do when they win the toss with a spot in the final at stake? Chase of course! When you have so little confidence in what you're doing that you deliberately do the counter intuitive thing and play to your weaknesses.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 31, 2020 19:20:01 GMT
Zimbabwe cab't get it done on the last day. A draw and they get their wages cut due to ZCU's financial problems.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Feb 1, 2020 19:53:55 GMT
Strikers ensure that it's only Sydney and Melbourne teams left. You reckon NZ are good at choking? That was epic from Adelaide. In better news for the city, their baseball team beat Canberra last night to extend their season.
Anyway, I'll catch up on the overnight Six Nations action, watch David Speers first episode of Insiders, go to church and then drink a lot of beer while watching the Bathurst 12 hour this arvo. Sounds like a day off...
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Post by weststigersbob on Feb 1, 2020 20:05:50 GMT
Some very ordinary 2nd innings efforts in T20 cricket recently. The only consolation the Stars have is that Hazlewood, Lyon, O’Keefe, Abbott and Dwarshius is a handy lineup at that level. Adelaide cannot say the same. Morris is a proven T20 specialist, but Sams, Cook, Nair, Doggett and Tremain is not a lineup to strike fear into anyone.
Bathurst 12 hour sounds like a chore more than a good time, and I had absolutely no idea baseball was even on in Australia atm.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Feb 1, 2020 21:18:26 GMT
To be fair only Adelaide and Auckland come close to filling their stadiums, which are only 2500 seaters anyway, but yes baseball's happening. 8 teams play 40 games each over 10 weeks then 3 game series for the semi finals and final.
Bathurst 12 hour is, I think, a lot of fun. Plenty of twists and turns over a long race and the GTEs tend to take a lot more risks on the bendy bits than the V8s because it's just one race: win or go home, so you're not worried about wear and tear for the next race or preserving your race position for points as there aren't any.
And yes, the BBL finals games have been a showcase of shit chasing. Hobart were not likely to chase 198 to be fair, but still managed to embarass themselves with just how far they fell short. Stars were pathetic chasing an inadequate total though, as you said, they were up against a pretty useful attack. Strikers were very disappointing. Even with two overs left looked like they'd walk it in. The game was calling for 1s and 2s and eicket retention but they started to throw away wickets looking for glory shots.
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