happy_tiger
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Wonder if Usman is a late withdrawal in the Footy v Cricket match this weekend 🤔
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Well despite Head going 1st ball
The Bison with 50 off 30 balls made sure of it
In the end we cruised to a 7 wicket win with 26 + overs to spare
Last 14 times we've played Poms in ODI cricket
Its Australia 11 Poms 3
Weve got a few young ones doing well
Future is bright I hope
The Bison with 50 off 30 balls made sure of it
In the end we cruised to a 7 wicket win with 26 + overs to spare
Last 14 times we've played Poms in ODI cricket
Its Australia 11 Poms 3
Weve got a few young ones doing well
Future is bright I hope
tig_prmz
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As I've said before, this isn't on Uzzie or Warner or Patty, CA brought it upon themselves by giving them 50x bigger suspensions than anyone else.
They threw 3 people under the bus for the culture they had fostered. Ofc there is going to be resentment.
I sincerely think that Boof probably the only one who got least criticism but eventually left.
They threw 3 people under the bus for the culture they had fostered. Ofc there is going to be resentment.
I sincerely think that Boof probably the only one who got least criticism but eventually left.
Spot on. Should have been maybe 5 tests for Smith as captain and Warner and 3 for Cam Patsy Bancroft. Said it wasn’t on, bemoan the general movement in international cricket to doctoring the ball and call for a global response.
I think the ICC suspension was 1 test. The poms gave their ball tamperers OBEs…
tig_prmz
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Also Khawajas royalties from selling the books are probably peanuts. If it wasn't him, Warner or Paine or Bancroft, someone would have said something somewhere.
And remember now all ex players going on podcasts, doing interviews, on talk shows etc are also making money off it talking about this.
No point blaming just Khawaja. Everyone wants to have an opinion on this and make money off it.
My opinion for Smith has gone up too. He's taken the punishment that was way above what he deserved, came back and showed why he's the best Test batsman of his generation. Legend.
And remember now all ex players going on podcasts, doing interviews, on talk shows etc are also making money off it talking about this.
No point blaming just Khawaja. Everyone wants to have an opinion on this and make money off it.
My opinion for Smith has gone up too. He's taken the punishment that was way above what he deserved, came back and showed why he's the best Test batsman of his generation. Legend.
Hard to fault Cummins’ press conference. Took on all questions, answered frankly. If this was a trial I prefer his evidence to Khawaja who looks as though he’s got an axe to grind.
Probably six figure advance, $5 a book? Wrote it himself. With all the publicity he’ll probably do okay. He’s probably already recorded the audible voiceover…
happy_tiger
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Was their a question about a coloured ca ptain , missed the 1st part of the presser
tig_prmz
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He got the advance regardless of the sandpaper stuff. Even if he makes $50k (Max) extra off it, I don't think that's much for someone who's had a couple of IPL contracts and stuff.
I see him more as an attention seeker. Or with a moral compass when it suits him.. but these days everyone just says stuff when it suits them. No one does or says anything to benefit others.
tig_prmz
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but usmans point was that because he wanted to speak up, because he was brown, he was less likely to become captain but at the min, he should have gotten vice captain. As he was QLD captain at the time, it's not unreasonable, but who knows.. eventually there will be a brown or black captain of Australia.
happy_tiger
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Oh OK, they kept putting forward headline on Fox suggesting Cummins must have spoken on the subject during the presser
tig_prmz
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Patty basically said if Usman is allegations that he must provide proof of it and then got defensive that it's insane to suggest patty didn't deserve test captaincy.
He handled the presser really well but I'd say the questions put forward to him werent that tough.
I agree with Wanee that he did chuck Usman under the bus a little bit with some strong words but idk why this whole presser was needed in the first place.
Ussie has said his truth. And no matter what anyone else says, I actually believe that truth the most. The entire world was doing illegal stuff and it's been happening for ages. No one needed to come out and say anything. To repetitively say we didn't know is just stupid.
He kept saying we didn't know "sandpaper" was being taken..sure. but they knew illegal stuff was being done and most importantly, the coaching staff would have known.
happy_tiger
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My only point with Cummins ( and I don't want to sound like a body language expert ) but quite often Patty isn't making eye contact while answering the questions , but is when listening to the questions ....
tig_prmz
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happy_tiger
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I think the idea was to try and prevent getting the same questions for the next 3 months .....he won't answer any questions from now on in regards to Ussie or Sandpapergate
tig_prmz
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I think the main culprits were whoever was CEO at the time who made these sanctions. Id love for them to get roasted like Patty, ussie and warner are..
