How many games have the guys other Englishman Played? Been a lot of guys in and out of the team.
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My wife who knows absolutely nothing about cricket, laughed at the "shot" that Robinson played to get out. She couldn't believe that a professional cricketer would play such stupid shot especially in the circumstances.
I dont want to be injured or any bruises for the plane ride home
There certainly was a high degree of pathetic by Robinson. As Vaughan said he just waved the white flag. Robinson really did look like someone who was thinking “let’s get this over with, I wanna get outta here”.
There's only one way to get out to a short ball. Apart from Kwaj, the rest of the Aussie bats got themselves out by being lazy n stupid.
Came home from a Sri Lankan tour with the nickname of Audi 0000 while Deano topped the averages for that tour. Guess who never played another test.
Think young Cam Green might just be my new favourite cricketer. Young fella just put the final tick on the resume last night. He found the silent assassin in his bowling.
Gave that Malingerer bloke as sweet a clip round the buccaneers as you'd ever want to see n followed it up by trying to shove a ball up Jig a Jig's left nostril a little later.
Quality pace bowler must have that little drop of nasty evil bastard tucked away in the back pocket for emergencies.
Destroying the Pommy top order just when they were set n looking to throw out a challenge was the work of a master craftsman.
Gave that Malingerer bloke as sweet a clip round the buccaneers as you'd ever want to see n followed it up by trying to shove a ball up Jig a Jig's left nostril a little later.
Quality pace bowler must have that little drop of nasty evil bastard tucked away in the back pocket for emergencies.
Destroying the Pommy top order just when they were set n looking to throw out a challenge was the work of a master craftsman.
One way? Yet the dismissals were largely different. Head caught down the leg side, Boland caught off his gloves on a delivery outside off. Khawaja with a ball coming across him that caught the glove. Sure there were a few caught on the hook, but not 1 way to get out.
True, but Deano only had one good game in that series (saved it for us) and wasn't much better in the other two. Matthews was the real star with the bat and McDermott with the ball. Anyway, this a just an excuse to share the crazy last hour or so of the first test. Amazing footage that I never dreamed of seeing.
I really want to know how good those Keell's sausages are though (about 53:10 mins in).
Unbelieveable !!!
This is a very famous Test. We won despite being 291 runs behind on the first innings (the highest ever by a team that went on to win) with a hitherto unknown Shane Warne finishing the game with a spell of 4.1-3-2-3.
But it happened in Sri Lanka at a time when if it didn't happen in Australia it didn't happen.
I never knew until now that there existed some film of it. Fantastic stuff.
Gotta hand it to Rory Burns though - bloke was prepared to try anything and everything in support of his team.
Started the series with the beard - then went to the moustache only - had a couple of goes with the heavy stubble look - had a stint as clean shaven - the hair was mostly tied into a bum - and finally let the locks hang outside his helmet.
And all the while he still couldn’t bat or even field a ball cleanly.
Started the series with the beard - then went to the moustache only - had a couple of goes with the heavy stubble look - had a stint as clean shaven - the hair was mostly tied into a bum - and finally let the locks hang outside his helmet.
And all the while he still couldn’t bat or even field a ball cleanly.
He had a great year. But IMO he’s not up there with Ponting/Lara/Tendulkar/Smith/Kohli. Bowl full and straight and he struggles. His front foot play is almost non-existent. I haven’t looked at stats but I’d guess Root gets out more LBW or bowled than all those listed.
Australian bowlers in general have bowled a much better fuller length than the Poms.
One of the most bizarre selection decisions I can recall; very typical of the NSW selection bias that has pervaded Australia cricket for a long time. Basically ended Dean Jones' test career prematurely; should have played another 20-30 tests.
Just reading about Pat Cummins being commended on his handling of Usman and the spraying of alcoholic champagne. Good stuff but I wonder why they don’t just spray non alcoholic champagne? Spraying of the champagne is just for theatre purposes, no one’s really wanting to drink it so what does it matter if it’s got alcohol in it or not?
Not a bad idea. But would then probably have to explain that. Probably better off not doing it at all. Unfortunately with media scrutiny on every single little thing anyone does, you have to decide what will be the least scrutinised. My god the worlds gone to *smile*.
not a bad solution, though it does highlight how cliched it is. Who really cares about spraying champagne, feels more like a car/bike racing thing.
Why not introduce something different?
In the footy which naturally came from the US its high velocity confetti.
Cant imagine any of the cricketers would be drinking the champers back in the dressing room
I'll forgive Boland for getting out to a short outside off, as he's a bowler not a batter. Plus he wore plenty when he went in as nightwatchman.
There is still and always has been only one way to get out from short pitched bowling.
Failure to get out of the way.
Rarely does a player get out from the ball hitting him and falling onto the stumps. Generally its from the player flapping his bat n hands at balls he should simply be leaving alone, especially at the very start of an innings when not properly set n comfortable with the pace n bounce of the pitch.
Kwaj gets a half forgive simply because he copped a beast of a ball that followed him. But he still failed to get out of the way, unlike the other blokes who were busy flapping at rubbish, some in both innings which is totally unforgivable.
Great to see on the news tonight that firstly some of the Aussies n Poms were having an after series session, very impressed that the local Plod were invited along to shut down the gathering.
Even more impressed that some of the players joined the Barmies for a quiet sip or two even though a couple of the boys napped through some of it.
