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Ashes, Origin, Wimbledon & The Open championship... this is living!
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For five days our cricketers defied the odds and the experts and outplayed India on their own versions of Test pitches. Faith in miracles…
With the dust now settled from the incredible drama in Pune, much has been made of the performance of both sides. Australia chalked up…
With the failings in Sri Lanka trumped by the collapse in Perth last week, compounded by yesterday's Hobart disaster, many cricket followers and fans…
Not quite the whole story there Jacko. No test series has commenced in South Africa since the African strain of Covid appeared on the scene. Sri Lanka played a 2 test series there in late December ’20/early Jan’21. By the end of that series the news of the African strain had been made known. When CA decided to postpone the tour, South Africa was in the middle of a second wave of Covid cases. Most reasonable people would recognise that.
Has the World Test Championship made Test cricket better?
This 6th hole at Bay Hill is exactly that. a 342 yard carry at the longest point but there is a fairway landing area 130 yards wide if you can hit it that far. if you cant then your landing area is maybe 45 yards wide.
Golfing world rocked by absurd 370-yard drive
Ask England how they do it. They have successfully used that policy since the 1970’s. They will grab them from anywhere…
Which spin bowlers should Australia pick to tour the subcontinent next year?
Could you take him on the basis that in the last 10 years, only he, Clarke and Smith have made a test hundred in India? Its a short list, with good company and runs in India seem to be in demand.
Which spin bowlers should Australia pick to tour the subcontinent next year?
The point you make is fair enough but you might have forgotten B S Chandrasekhar who bowled even quicker than Kumble, reinforcing your point but providing another exception to the leg spin rarely succeeds in India. Not as successful as Kumble but more than a handful on Indian decks over his 15 year test career.
Which spin bowlers should Australia pick to tour the subcontinent next year?
The pitch might not be the reason for England losing the third test but that doesn’t mean it was a pitch deserving of test match status. England’s selections did themselves no favours and picking 3 quicks and 1 spinner, when they Stokes in the side, was just plain silly. Some incorrectly think that critique of the pitch removes any part England had in their own downfall. It doesn’t. It just suggests that balls bursting through the surface on day one should not be acceptable for a test pitch. At least a lively seamer will get better as it dries out. An overly crumbly wicket just gets worse. Spin friendly is fine. That pitch was not.
Pitch not to blame for England loss: Kohli
The pitch rating over the next few years could take the financial side of the equation completely out of the equation. No pressure on Matt Page….
Why can’t Perth hold the Boxing Day Test?
He didn’t try and change it into anything positive, although I do think Captain Clarke threw him under a bus with the homework saga nonsense. After he left, Lehmann arrived, talking about runs and wickets at shield level being what players needed to provide for selections. Another myth apparently, thanks to some whims from a certain selection head.
Mickey Arthur named Sri Lanka coach
Context is everything, but you can’t accept that as it doesn’t fit your flawed narrative. You are seriously deluded.
David Warner deserves more respect
Yet, some want to add the SCG to the drop in pitch mess. Some common sense please!
Lockie Ferguson has the x-factor NZ need in Australia
So? I can live with Lara still holding that record. It is a record that has been held by some of the very best in the game. Bradman, Hammond, Hutton, Sobers and Lara. Hayden, while very good, isn’t in the same league as the others and Warner shouldn’t be mentioned in the same breath. Despite knowing Matthew Hayden personally and being a big fan, I always felt it somehow fitting that Lara took the record back.
Should Paine have let Warner chase Lara? Part 1
Oh for those wonderful days when Australian pitches weren’t dead…
Lockie Ferguson has the x-factor NZ need in Australia
I just hope the pitches offer a contest between bat and ball, like the Adelaide test of that 2015 series. The first two test pitches in 2015 were too batting friendly, the WACA especially so. Personally, I think Ferguson needs to play.
Lockie Ferguson has the x-factor NZ need in Australia
I trust he will endeavour to gain a better understanding of their culture than he did when he was Australian coach? Homework, after staring at your navel,to be handed in individually during an away tour??? Then dropping players for non-submission, when the next test was must win to keep the series alive.
Mickey Arthur named Sri Lanka coach
We won the test by an innings plus and gave our bowlers an extra day off rest after a very full 2019 schedule. How could it be the wrong one?
Should Paine have let Warner chase Lara? Part 1
Warner knew the planned schedule for a declaration, so move on. Nothing to see here.
Should Paine have let Warner chase Lara? Part 1
Maybe they should leave the preaching about how we should all be living to the vegans and environmental activists?
Lawfully live what you choose to believe but respect others in their choice to live and believe what they choose, without the pious moral superiority wouldn’t go astray on a number of fronts.
The last column about Israel Folau ever, I promise
I believe you will need to keep looking because of the players mentioned, two weren’t even playing a test series, but rather short format matches. Hardly the same thing as stepping down from a test side. Ian Craig? We head back in time a further 16 years. By the way, Craig played the next test, did he not. Why was that? Oh yes. that’s right. The selectors made the decision, didn’t they? More confirmation of what I have stated all along. Well done! So Denness, Craig and ancient history is the very best you can do. That is the one fact you have provided. Look a little more recently, perhaps.
Maybe Warne in the 1999 West Indies series when he was bowling pies? Nope! He didn’t step down. He was dropped. Mark Waugh after his four consecutive ducks against Sri Lanka? Nope! He didn’t step down either. Ponting after his three test series in India 2001 for a total of 6 runs? Nope. Not even Punter cared about the team, apparently. We lost that series. Did you condemn Ricky for his selfishness, then? I hope so or you would be a massive hypocrite, wouldn’t you?
David Warner deserves more respect
Nothing was forced upon you. “only quote facts that are highly creditable”. That phrase alone is hilarious or at least it would be if you had used the correct word. Still, it is nice that you had a go. I am sure there is plenty we can agree on. Warner had an abysmal Ashes and selectors should have dropped him. He was a walk up start back at home and bound to score plenty on the tracks he loves. I do look forward to all the selfless team players stepping down in the near future, when they are struggling for form. Apparently, they are out there somewhere…
David Warner deserves more respect
Nice try, but time for you to grow up a little. Saying the same thing over and over doesn’t make it right. In real life, do you just get louder to cover for your lack of credibility in discussions? Just asking for a friend. Please don’t over assume your place in my world. Your flogging a dead horse efforts here could never make me happy or unhappy. Your opinion just isn’t that important. I merely wonder if you actually comprehend what you were asking of Warner. Clearly, that’s too big an ask of you.
David Warner deserves more respect
Where have I ever said I was happy with Warner’s selection? Your comprehension skills need some work. My view is that the selectors are to blame for Warner’s selection during the Ashes, as players, struggling for form, simply don’t step down voluntarily. You claimed players (plural) do. I asked you when was the last time it happened and you responded with Mike Denness in the ’74/’75 Ashes. Your own answer validates my point, which is that what you claim Warner should have done, just doesn’t happen in modern cricket. So, thank you!
David Warner deserves more respect
Who is getting riled up? Aust won with a day to spare which is great for our bowlers especially. Well done Tim Paine! An extra day off at the end of a long year won’t hurt them at all.
David Warner deserves more respect
A single example from 44 years ago… I see you are in total denial about your ridiculous expectation of Warner.
Your views are valid because his series was so bad? Is that really your logic? Other openers have have worse series but they have been dropped. Why didn’t the selectors drop him then? After all, that is their job. Players don’t make that call on form, very often. Your own evidence is over 40 years old and the world was a different place then. I am not saying Warner should have played all 5 ashes tests. I am saying you are completely unreasonable in expecting a player to make decision when selectors won’t.
David Warner deserves more respect
The idea has some merit save for the already overpacked cricket schedule. However, until all test series are the same number of tests, it will no fairer than a rain shortened T20 game. Of course, this will never happen so the WTC will be a flawed product and another reason for pitches to be less than test quality. Do home countries lose points for preparing crap pitches, either too lively, too flat or too crumbly? If they do then maybe it has more merit.
Has the World Test Championship made Test cricket better?