Cricket Season 2007/2008 (2 Viewers)

[wuddie]

predictedhussey'scenturyatcloseofplayyesterday

want a medal?

 

[u-borat]

wouldnt mind one

 

[ledzeppelin]

Another Ponting masterstroke, setting a defensive field to batsmen 8 and 9 after taking the new ball

 

[wuddie]

i just hate the way indian pitches deteriorate through the test it is ridiculous. credit to their bowlers though, took full advantage of the condition and cleaned up the top order. the aussies had no idea where the next run was coming from. it'd be interesting to see how the aussies bowl to the indian batsmen and how the batsmen respond differently.

 

[Mozza91]

i just hate the way indian pitches deteriorate through the test it is ridiculous. credit to their bowlers though, took full advantage of the condition and cleaned up the top order. the aussies had no idea where the next run was coming from. it'd be interesting to see how the aussies bowl to the indian batsmen and how the batsmen respond differently.

This pitch is great compared to some of the others it looked ordinary from day 1 but has held up pretty well except for the occasional uneven bounce,I think there will be a result India's batting line up is pretty sketchy at the moment

 

[slickstar_01]

Strange tactics from the australia today. Normally we would have looked to score quickly and push the lead up to 300 plus by the close of play today, but we were just scratching around especially Katich?

srsly, kick krapich out.

 

[u-borat]

cant see india winning from this point unless sehwag hits a run a ball century.

 

[wuddie]

india is playing for a draw. at the time of post, there is 25 overs remaining with 6 wickets to go, the bad light doesn't help either. that's the difference between aust and other teams. while aust would be keen to knock the runs down and only save the test as a last resort, other teams will be all out trying to force a draw - in their mind, a draw against the world champ is a pretty good result. with that mentality, a draw is the best they will ever get.

 

[tacogym27101990]

Cameron White needs to go

 

[wuddie]

india is playing like there is no tomorrow. aust is under the gun at the moment, we need watson and haddin to really stay with hussey, and hopefully building a huge partnership, somewhere in the 200+ range would help a lot. we are definitely on the back foot, still a long way to go, but i daresay if we lose a couple of early ones tomorrow, we'd be thinking about drawing the game.

 

[FINNY69]

Watson is shit.They'd be better off picking marcus north or shaun marsh.at least they know how to use a bat.Watson looks like a retarded kid trying to eat lasagne when he bats.

 

[Mozza91]

If only Hussey could bat at both ends Australia are in a shitload of trouble

 

[wuddie]

watson is alright if he gets a few tests under his belt and gets himself going. all his injuries have taken a hell of a lot out of him. i daresay if he kept himself fit all those seasons ago, he'd actually be a better (perhaps not as exciting) player than symmo.

aust is really struggling to adapt to the conditions in india. siddle bowled well - but someone ought to tell him to bowl a tad wider of the off stump, because he is angling the ball in anyway, indians are just flicking him off like practice drills.

 

[Mozza91]

watson is alright if he gets a few tests under his belt and gets himself going. all his injuries have taken a hell of a lot out of him. i daresay if he kept himself fit all those seasons ago, he'd actually be a better (perhaps not as exciting) player than symmo.

What you have said is wrong in so many ways Watson does not deserve selction for Australia and never has he is an injury prone piece of shit he is neither a good batsmen or bowler and if he wasn't considered an all rounder he would not make the team it's this stupid idea that you need an all rounder to be a great cricket team it is complete rubbish Australia from 1999 to 2006 never really had an all rounder and they are possibly the greatest test cricket team ever,as for Symonds he has proven himself at both forms of the game Watson has not proven himself at any level

 

[u-borat]

don't understand why bracken isn't in the test setup.

still australia's best swing bowler.

edit;

fuck hussey's gone, australia's in trouble.

 

[wuddie]

What you have said is wrong in so many ways Watson does not deserve selction for Australia and never has he is an injury prone piece of shit he is neither a good batsmen or bowler and if he wasn't considered an all rounder he would not make the team it's this stupid idea that you need an all rounder to be a great cricket team it is complete rubbish Australia from 1999 to 2006 never really had an all rounder and they are possibly the greatest test cricket team ever,as for Symonds he has proven himself at both forms of the game Watson has not proven himself at any level

you may try and use some punctuation marks in your posts, they at least make you sound like you know what you are talking about. calling a player a 'piece of shit' doesn't make your argument any stronger.

no one has come out and said a team needs an all rounder to do well, watson is there more for his bowling and can also give the batting a bit of strength. if you think he doesn't deserve the test spot, well, he just saved aust from an utter embarassment in the first inning. and his bowling, 3-45 in the first test, second to only johnson, and 71 off 24 overs in second test, most economical out of them all. if you ask me, shouldn't the 'all rounder' be the worst of the bowlers? brett lee, on the other hand, has picked up 1 wicket from each inning, so much for the spearhead of the aussie attack.

 

[blue_chameleon]

you may try and use some punctuation marks in your posts, they at least make you sound like you know what you are talking about. calling a player a 'piece of shit' doesn't make your argument any stronger.

no one has come out and said a team needs an all rounder to do well, watson is there more for his bowling and can also give the batting a bit of strength. if you think he doesn't deserve the test spot, well, he just saved aust from an utter embarassment in the first inning. and his bowling, 3-45 in the first test, second to only johnson, and 71 off 24 overs in second test, most economical out of them all. if you ask me, shouldn't the 'all rounder' be the worst of the bowlers? brett lee, on the other hand, has picked up 1 wicket from each inning, so much for the spearhead of the aussie attack.

Maybe you might want to use someone else to compare with Watson, champ.

It's been in the news everywhere that Lee has had personal issues. He's in the team, yeah, but he's certainly not the spear-head of the attack, and never would have been thought to be after what happened with the wife thing.

Aussies, basically have no 'spear head' for their bowling attack. They'll struggle in this series.

Watson is over-rated. Seeing as though you don't hear much about him, that's how much I don't rate him.

 

[wuddie]

yea that's a great excuse, the wife thing. phhht. if he is not ready to play, then he should let someone else do the job, even the debutant is bowling better. i labelled him the spear head because he bowled heaps well against the windies and during last summer, and he is the one with the most experience. on paper, he is the most dangerous bowler we've got. but at the moment, watson the 'overrated' is showing him up.

 

[redruM]

oh no...there go my plans of catching the last session at a pub after work

(Aus 59/5)

 

[Mozza91]

One good knock and decent figures does not make up for 5 years of absolutly nothing.(there's your full stop)
Many people have said we need all rounder every bloody cricket magazine from the middle of 2005 to the end of 2006 said it.