Cricket Season Thread

Australias campaign is in enough trouble without these ridiculous decisions hampering them. I wont say though that the bad calls are just one sided, England have been dudded a couple of times as well. I dont know what is happening but geeze the umpires have been attrocious - bordering upon cheating.

Anyway, great first day by the batsmen, Rogers looked great and Clarke hits another ton. Smith has batted really well on top. I hope they keep it up and set the stinky boys 500 to chase.
 
We need 500-600 on this deck. It will be a dustbowl by tea on day 3.
Tomorrow will be the best day to bat so I hope Clarke and Smith cash in on the work they have done.
We actually have a good attack for this type of deck. Very direct seamers in Siddle, Harris, and Watson. Lyon should be asked to hold an end while these three are rotated at the other.

The ICC needs to ditch the idea of neutral umpires and give the gig to the best available, no matter where they are from. 8 of the 12 elite panel are from Australia or England. That leaves 4 to choose from and we've seen how good they are. Technology only gets you so far.
 
Missed the DRS decision last night ,but saw this morning

Playing in England has become the new India

Shocking calls by umpires , next thing we will start getting Delhi Belly as well

Maybe control of DRS needs to be placed in the umpires control ,not the players and become unlimited I know it would not of helped in this decision but we need to try and stop the howlers , you can live with the close calls
 
Surely the best umpires should be officiating the best series. Umpires would get found out if they tried to cheat with all the coverage international cricket gets now.

The DRS is not being used correctly if its attempting to get every call correct. Nor is it being used correctly if its to remove the howler. A better system needs to be in place with specialist third umpires.

On the game, England's bowling was rather lackluster and the Aussies batted well. Rain is predicted for days 2 to 5 so hopefully we won't lose too much time.

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@happy tiger said:
What has to happen today for Australia to set up a possible win and if we get the chance should we enforce the follow on ??
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Depends what we roll them for, when we roll them and the weather. If we roll them sub 220 we may as well enforce the follow on, if they get themselves within 230 then we should probably bat again. It seems like a wicket where it is hard to get yourself set, but if you do there is plenty of run in it, so I wouldn't want to bat last on it chasing any more than 120.
 
Irrespective of what happens from here its a great comeback.
Hope weather doesn't interfere …. The series may still be alive yet.
 
This is my refuge from the agony the tigers are providing.

The way I see it, clarke has to be absolutely relentless in attack today/tomorrow. Make sure they get 3 wickets quick and enforce the follow on. Then we have hopefully 1 and a half days to bowl them out (here's hoping the aussie cricket gods keep the rain away!) Even if england surpass the total, we can have warner/watson open and smash out the total in a session

That means if they have to, bowl harris into the ground and keep the series alive. We gotta be thinking one game at a time, play the hand we have as hard as we can. Because if it is a draw, the series is lost until summer
 
I think England will get passed the follow on. If that happens, this is what I would do.

My plan would be:
Bowl them out for whatever (before lunch).
Score fast runs, forget wickets.
Set a total of anything, just try and have 110 overs to bowl at them. They lasted 143 overs against New Zealand in Auckland.

Time is the most important factor. Also, KP will be the most important wicket, as he is capable of winning a game even if the asking rate is 4+ an over. Cook is the second most important one, as he can bat just about unlimited time. Then I guess there is the Bell problem, we can't seem to get him out.
 
I doubt KP will have much of an impact in the second, but i agree that Cook is a major threat. He could bat for 300 balls for less than 50 runs. Thats why i wish we chose bird instead of Starc. As much as i love starc, he only gets the wickets once the batter is past 60/70\. If we had bird, he could bowl that nagging line and length and get crucial top order wickets. But we don't have him, so Starc has to be able to reverse in his second run to creep uncertainty into the batters heads and force the wickets.

As for our innings, this is the type of environment where i hope dave warner will thrive. A quickfire 60/70 or even 100+ will leave us plenty of runs and time to bowl england out below the target. But he must open if we can't enforce the follow on
 
Given the option, I wouldn't enforce the follow on.
I think we should bat, set them a target and in so doing give the bowlers a spell.
 
I respect this English side as the good team that they are but geeze there is some a-holes amongst them.
They have certainly had the rub of the green re; the DRS but look at the way they are complaining about their appeal for caught behind from Warner when once again he obviously hasnt hit it.

Once a whinging pom always one I guess…it is in their blood.
 
@stryker said:
I respect this English side as the good team that they are but geeze there is some a-holes amongst them.
They have certainly had the rub of the green re; the DRS but look at the way they are complaining about their appeal for caught behind from Warner when once again he obviously hasnt hit it.

Once a whinging pom always one I guess…it is in their blood.
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We've been just as good over the yrs.
 
@stryker said:
I respect this English side as the good team that they are but geeze there is some a-holes amongst them.
They have certainly had the rub of the green re; the DRS but look at the way they are complaining about their appeal for caught behind from Warner when once again he obviously hasnt hit it.

Once a whinging pom always one I guess…it is in their blood.
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Ironic that Broad was the one squealing like a stuck pig about it.

We've had our fair share of sulking over the years though, a little bit unfair to hang crap solely on the Poms about it.

Who else laughed when Billy the Trumpeter played the Rocky theme when Warner walked out onto the paddock?

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Of course the English weather turns sour when it's looking bad for the English. Sometimes things just don't go your way.

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You'd have thought the English had paid the umpires. The amount of things going against Australia is crazy. Surely play could have continued until the rain came. Absolutely ridiculous.

And England's over rate was abysmal. They were clearly using delaying tactics.

Their bowlers too, they kept wandering off the field after their spells for an over or two. Surely they can't keep doing this. Something needs to be done.

As Anil Kumble said following the Sydney Test, "Only one team was playing with the spirit of the game."

If Australia don't make a complaint, it will be very un-Australian. You can't just let opposition walk over you and do anything they want.

Dwayne Bravo was suspended for a game for delaying, and Dhoni got suspended for the Adelaide test a while back, but I guess Cook will be fine as he English.
 
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