Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Aye possibly. Chris Gayle has just hit a 12 ball 50 in the big bash. Unbelievable stuff. Over four runs a ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I think there was only about 4 balls that weren't a six. Out a couple of balls later like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 just booked my ticket for the saturday of the edgbaston test against pakistan. best day out at the cricket in the calendar year. the eric hollies stand is different class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6082 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) So turns out my mate who used to pull pints in my local and was keeper for my Sunday league team has just been called up into the Australia T20 squad (AJ Tye) http://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-t20-squad-india-worldt20-shaun-tait-nathan-lyon-chris-lynn-travis-head-shane-watson/2016-01-18?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ausvind Edited January 18, 2016 by StraightEdgeWizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Taylor's catching must be a dream for the bowlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 i didn't see it but it sounds like another special one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Can't see any point in picking Woakes instead of Footitt. Woakes looks like he doesn't have the ability to get test batsmen out on a consistent enough basis and if you aren't going to experiment in a dead rubber then when are you going to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 they have form at it too - like taking rashid to the windies without giving him a bowl ahead of the ashes. england never put their foot down and grind a team's nose in the dirt when a series is already won. there's no way the aussies would be going through the motions this morning if they were in the field in a similar situation. anderson in particular looking way below his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Interesting to just hear Vaughan's thoughts earlier about dead rubbers. Says the players don't believe in them and if they try and use it as a reason for defeat it's just an excuse. They've certainly not been at it for whatever reason today. Not sure whether it's right to play Footit in this game. They obviously have to give him a chance at some point but Woakes is pretty much still in that stage too. This is only his 6th test? I must admit he's never massively impressed me but he seems to get talked about pretty positively by the pundits (who's opinion I have a lot more respect for than their football counterparts). Mikey Holden was talking earlier how he is very economical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 some beautiful strokes from amla here. he never tried to whack it, just times it to perfection when he's in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 they have form at it too - like taking rashid to the windies without giving him a bowl ahead of the ashes. england never put their foot down and grind a team's nose in the dirt when a series is already won. there's no way the aussies would be going through the motions this morning if they were in the field in a similar situation. anderson in particular looking way below his best. Different management team tbf though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Interesting to just hear Vaughan's thoughts earlier about dead rubbers. Says the players don't believe in them and if they try and use it as a reason for defeat it's just an excuse. They've certainly not been at it for whatever reason today. Not sure whether it's right to play Footit in this game. They obviously have to give him a chance at some point but Woakes is pretty much still in that stage too. This is only his 6th test? I must admit he's never massively impressed me but he seems to get talked about pretty positively by the pundits (who's opinion I have a lot more respect for than their football counterparts). Mikey Holden was talking earlier how he is very economical. The management obviously fancy him but, to me, he's a one day player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Aye me too. Thank fuck for Stokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 In terms of the 3rd seamer I suppose he's behind Wood and Finn in the queue anyway. Just think what's the point in taking Footitt if you're not going to give him a chance with relatively little at stake? Especially as he's no spring chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Aye I know what you're saying. Obviously the Rashid thing is still in mind and that was ridiculous. AB going for a duck gets us back into this somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Aye I know what you're saying. Obviously the Rashid thing is still in mind and that was ridiculous. AB going for a duck gets us back into this somewhat. The daftest thing about that is that (as is usually the case in the Windies now) the pitches over there were slow, spin friendly ones like you'd get in the subcontinent. So it made sense to play him to try and win the matches as much as prep for the Ashes. Suppose it got Moores the bullet so it turned out to be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Might have been very handy for Rashid to get some game time on those sort of pitches ahead of the T20 world cup too. Going by how well he's done in the big bash, he's going to be a very important player for us over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 anderson's having a poor game here. been a poor series for him so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 There's only really been Stokes who's really looked up for it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 beautiful cover drive from bahuma just there. really good little partnership from those two to end the day and swing it back SA's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 SA need to declare like. Chance of rain and already have a lead over 100 in excess of the highest successful 4th innings run chase at the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Amla out now as well so even more so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Can't see why they're continuing to bat like. Pretty much no chance of us winning now. Abbott must not be able to bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20147 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 there's zero chance of us winning from here on this pitch. AB is just continuing the footsteps of the vast majority of test captains now, who are mainly ulltra conservative with their declarations. cook is just as bad. he'd have batted most of the day out, until the lead was 500 or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30764 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I remember back in 1984 when Gower was captaining England and he set the all-conquering Windies about 350 to win and they won by nine wickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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