Cricket Season Thread

In a bit of a tough spot personally, I want Marsh and especially Burns to have good knocks but I'd imagine we'd be running out of time.
It'd be hard to see us batting too deep in to the last session, at the latest.

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Smith, 25, joined Sir Donald Bradman, Doug Walters and Neil Harvey in the elite club of Australians who have scored four centuries in a Test series.
 
How often does Warne actually talk about cricket TP, instead of Melbourne/Victardia, pizza or what he got up on the 92 Ashes tour?

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Gee the NZ v Sri Lanka test had a massive turnaround

The Black Caps were dead and buried

NZ in real terms were 5-23 in the second innings and then had an unbeaten 365 run 6th wicket partnership and end up winning the Test by 195 runs
 
Can anyone say they've been that impressed with the Aussies this summer? Don't forget they got spanked by Pakistan coming into the summer. India have a notoriously weak bowling line up, which has made life easy for the Aussie batsmen. They've made 500+ in each first innings, yet in 3 tests they've gotten 500+ batting first, not once have the bowlers skid-led them for less than 200-300\. At times they've treated the Aussie bowlers with contempt. Johnson has only had one decent spell, and that came because he got fired up from comments the Indians made, apart from that, he's lived off his reputation this summer. They aren't the same side they were last summer, and i'd be very wary of thinking everything is hunky dory with them again. Still think their batting is suspect against a competent attack. The Ashes will be a big challenge over there in the English conditions. Won't be another 5-0 whitewash, i'll guarantee that.

Hats off to Kohli. Only the 3rd touring batsman to score 4 tones in a series in Australia. I think he's been the player of the series, more impressive than Smith cos of the quality of attacks both have faced. Smith has had it much easier.
 
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Can anyone say they've been that impressed with the Aussies this summer? Don't forget they got spanked by Pakistan coming into the summer. India have a notoriously weak bowling line up, which has made life easy for the Aussie batsmen. They've made 500+ in each first innings, yet in 3 tests they've gotten 500+ batting first, not once have the bowlers skid-led them for less than 200-300\. At times they've treated the Aussie bowlers with contempt. Johnson has only had one decent spell, and that came because he got fired up from comments the Indians made, apart from that, he's lived off his reputation this summer. They aren't the same side they were last summer, and i'd be very wary of thinking everything is hunky dory with them again. Still think their batting is suspect against a competent attack. The Ashes will be a big challenge over there in the English conditions. Won't be another 5-0 whitewash, i'll guarantee that.

Hats off to Kohli. Only the 3rd touring batsman to score 4 tones in a series in Australia. I think he's been the player of the series, more impressive than Smith cos of the quality of attacks both have faced. Smith has had it much easier.
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I don't necessarily agree. Yeah we failed against the Paki's, they're a team on the up though. Quality young players coming through and performing on wickets suited to them, no different to what we are doing here. Johnson hasn't had the best series, averaging 13 @ 35.3 runs, but he did take Vijay, Kohli, Dhawan & Aaron in the 1st Test, Kohli, Rahane, Sharma & Yadav in the 2nd Testand Kohli, Sharma, Yadav and Rahul in the 3rd Test. Apart from that he can bat. I think Harris has been the best performer this summer out of the bowlers though. Consistently dangerous, taking wickets and batting well above his supposed ability.

To be fair to Johnson, he's dismissed Kohli three times this summer, and taken an assortment of scalps at the top and middle order, far from the tailend terrorist he has been known to be in the past.

We're not ready for the Ashes, we need to sort out the middle order. I am comfortable with Rogers and Warner opening, Smith at 3, Clarke at 4, Burns at 5, Mitch Marsh or Ryan Carters at 6, Haddin at 7 with Johnson, Harris, Pattinson and Lyon as our bowlers with Hazlewood as 12th man. Watson and Shaun Marsh have to go. To claim Smith has had it easier when he has had captaincy thrust upon him in the wake of the media expectation for this side to deliver in honour of Phil Hughes, I think that's a very unfair comparison to make.

Kohli has been phenomenal for India. I'd like him if he didn't [This word has been automatically removed] to the umpire and/or any time someone said something to him. The Indians have a long way to go with finding a quality spinner and two decent pacemen to complement Kumar. Despite his lack in pace, he can move the ball when conditions permit and is a dangerous bowler when it allows. I like that Rahul ground out a ton after a howler of a debut as well. That said, all tracks this summer have been roads coming into the fourth day, I could argue it takes a quality attack to take ten wickets on a track that is yet to deteriorate.
 
I think Watson saved his arse in this test with 80 in the first innings, and those wickets today. He'll be a massive liability in England. Marsh's 99 will probably see him retain his place too
 
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I think Watson saved his arse in this test with 80 in the first innings, and those wickets today. He'll be a massive liability in England. Marsh's 99 will probably see him retain his place too
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Sadly yes. As predicted he always delivers when the pressure is off.
 
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Sangakkara fail did he?

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Yes and No CB

203 1st innings and 5 in the 2nd
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Yeah I meant the second innings Happy. Knew he knocked up a double ton in the first innings.

How's his form? Averaging over 70 with the bat since giving up keeping. What a star.
 
You just can't escape the WT's

Look at the bloke in the singlet in the background

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8946155
 
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@happy tiger said:
@Cultured Bogan said:
Sangakkara fail did he?

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Yes and No CB

203 1st innings and 5 in the 2nd

Yeah I meant the second innings Happy. Knew he knocked up a double ton in the first innings.

How's his form? Averaging over 70 with the bat since giving up keeping. What a star.
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Yep he is in the Gilchrist class as far as batting keepers
 
sangakarra got out very controversially in the second dig however. Caught Behind off an under edge initially given not out and only 3 players appealed. DRS over turned the decision with very minimal on snicko (no hot spot available)
 
I always laugh when i hear Healy say that Haddin is the closest thing test cricket has had to Adam Gilchrist. Has he seriously ever seen Sangakkara bat?
 
I didn't think Sangakara kept any more or hasn't for a while…

Loved Burnes innings can see what the selectors see in him he should bat at 3
 
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