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If they only made 51 against the Windies, how much would they make against Aus? -51?
 
I was shattered to hear what happened in Pakistan. I'll need to look up what Gideon Haigh wrote about it, he's really the authority on cricket.

A very, very sad day, and I don't know what to say about it.

Vlad n U 2 said:
If they only made 51 against the Windies, how much would they make against Aus? -51?
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We laugh, but...
 
England are the absolute laughing stock of the cricket world, really. Its captains are more interested in getting paid squillions to speak in British tabloids than keeping the team together and focusing on actually playing the game.

Meanwhile, West Indies don't suddenly look so bad anymore.
 
Its true

Strauss is ok as a player - not a great captian
Cooke has a phobia of getting past 50- he gets out in the 50's all the time
#3 position we have no one of any quality
KP- arrogant bastard
Freddie - need him fit but i think he will quit tests after 5-0 hiding from Aussies
Prior - decent with the bat but awful keeper - just conceded most byes in a test in this last match
Broad - the man for the future - problem is he will turn out crap as he is learning from some dead wood around him
Anderson - quality bowler and fielder
Harmison/Sidebottom/Khan - all rubbish - they should never play again
Swann/Monty - swann is good. Monty after being dropped has come back a bit better

And we dont have a coach

And we are shit at ODI's and 20-20's

So yea - we are the laughing stock of the world
and if there is a miracle and they beat Aussies - they will go 5 steps back as they will celebrate for 3 years and do jack all, just like after 2005.
 
MadForIt said:
Its true

Strauss is ok as a player - not a great captian
Cooke has a phobia of getting past 50- he gets out in the 50's all the time
#3 position we have no one of any quality
KP- arrogant bastard
Freddie - need him fit but i think he will quit tests after 5-0 hiding from Aussies
Prior - decent with the bat but awful keeper - just conceded most byes in a test in this last match
Broad - the man for the future - problem is he will turn out crap as he is learning from some dead wood around him
Anderson - quality bowler and fielder
Harmison/Sidebottom/Khan - all rubbish - they should never play again
Swann/Monty - swann is good. Monty after being dropped has come back a bit better

And we dont have a coach

And we are shit at ODI's and 20-20's

So yea - we are the laughing stock of the world
and if there is a miracle and they beat Aussies - they will go 5 steps back as they will celebrate for 3 years and do jack all, just like after 2005.
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I think the England side need a real hard-arsed coach. Someone who can introduce some professionalism. And the admins need some balls. KP needs to be pulled into line, and if he's going to cry about it, tell him to fuck off. His net value to the team is negative (just like Ponting) as his batting is cancelled out by him being a total pork-chop-bigger-than-the-team-knobsticle.

I would like to see the next England coach by a hard-nut. Someone who will run them into the ground fitness-wise, and not be scared to drop people who's head isn't 100% focused on the game.

As for Australia, all they need to do is drop McDonald. I mean, seriously???? McDonald??? He bats poorly at 8 (Brett Lee is much better as a bat, and so is johnson), and he bowls medium-paced pies. Seriously, at times I swear you almost see batsmen calling for rags in the middle so they can wipe the sauce off their bats... Hussey bowls just as well. Either pick a proper bowler like Bollinger or even mcGain, or pick another bat and give more bowling workload to Katich (who takes wickets EVERY time he bowls)
 
I have to say South African cricket is in a total panic.

Let's have a look at who they have chosen to lead their team in recent history.

Graeme Smith is the captain, but while he was injured, they have used
Neil McKenzie in Sydney
Mark Boucher in Durban
Ashwell Prince for 24 hours until
Jaques Kallis has been name today for the 3rd test.

Seriously guys? ever heard of stability?

Granted, Ponting is probably the 5th or 6th best leader in the Australian side, but at least they stick with him, rather than chopping and changing
 
Hang on - Sidebottom was your best bowler last year. I had him in my team of the year. :scratch:

dan_smee said:
As for Australia, all they need to do is drop McDonald. I mean, seriously???? McDonald??? He bats poorly at 8 (Brett Lee is much better as a bat, and so is johnson), and he bowls medium-paced pies. Seriously, at times I swear you almost see batsmen calling for rags in the middle so they can wipe the sauce off their bats... Hussey bowls just as well. Either pick a proper bowler like Bollinger or even mcGain, or pick another bat and give more bowling workload to Katich (who takes wickets EVERY time he bowls)
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Bollinger's injured, but yes they should've picked McGain.
 
shock horror

eng lose at 20-20

So far this winter eng yet to win a single match.....

5 nil to india in odi's
1 nil to india in tests

1 nil to WINDIES in test
1 nil to WINDIES in 20-20

bring on the one day series :reject:
 
We're in a really good situation at Wyndhamvale Cricket Club...

Our top side, the A Turf, is up against Grand United in the grand final. Now GU have won the past seven flags in a row, but finally there is a side good enough to match them, us.

We made 284, which was a solid score, one bloke falling four runs short of his ton. GU were 1/75 but eventually we rolled them for 180, one bloke getting five-for.

We're 2/38 at stumps on day two, effectively 2/142.

:hyper:
 
LOL at WINDIES
they brought their players in for bad light and lost on Duckworth Lewis as they could not count

ENg won by 1 run

Sachin and Co battered NZ

IPL has been moved OUT of INDIA - breaking news on BBC!

Its a shame
 
intedomine said:
Bollinger annoys me...

Siddle is a legend.
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The shock and horror that I feel that a NSW player annoys you!!! I can just see your face when Hughes was picked over Rogers... oh well, seems to have turned out ok!

LOL

Siddle is a gun though.

Hussey has got to pick up his game. He is one of the senior bats and he plays stupid shots to get out, and isn't scoring runs. Team I would play the Ashes with, note I am dropping Hussey because he isn't performing. I would take Klinger and Rogers, and I will show contingencies for both playing.

1. Hughes
2. Katich (or Rogers)
3. Ponting
4. Klinger (or Katich if Rogers plays)
5. Clarke
6. North
7. Haddin
8. Johnson
9. Lee
10. Siddle
11. Clark

Notes:

No spinner is good enough to play as a specialist in Aus atm (I have always said McGain wasn't a good option for 2 reasons: 1, he is too old to play for more than a year or 2, 2, he doesn't turn the ball enough or have the variety to be a solid Test bowler). I will preach again that Casson was the man until they fucked him over. I really hope he comes good next season, becuase we need a decent spinner, and he is a better bat than Johnson.

Between Katich (who thoroughly outbowled McGain in the series), Clarke (test 6/9) and North (probably the best of the 3) you have argueably 3 of the top 10 or 15 spinners in Aus already in the team. It is a waste of a spot to pick a specialist atm.

This frees up room for 4 quicks, as it would be hard to leave Lee and Clark out on their records, Johnson is an auto pick, and Siddle should be an auto-pick. Hilfenhaus didn't do enough to book a place in that side.

Picking Klinger or Rogers for me is a win-win. It is the same principle that saw hughes picked: they are both massive run accumulators. Doesn't matter how it looks, the runs on the board are what counts. I would probably pick Klinger, simply for the sake of not disrupting the opening pair.

So my squad would be those 12, plus Bollinger and Hilfenhaus, Hussey, and a very biased nod for Casson, as he is quality and has the potential to run through teams in England. They don't play wristies well.

The Casson nay-sayers first have to answer me one question... Who is a better spinner in Australia? He was NSW number 1 over Hauritz until the selectors forced them to play hauritz to justify picking him in the Test team. He also took some big wickets at the end of the Sheffield Shield season, and scored a couple of 50's this year to go with his 4 last year.

To further prove my point, current Aussie spinners:

Aaron Heal - No spinner from WA has enough exposure to spinning wickets

Dan Cullen - Struggles for a game in the SA 2nd XI

Cullen Bailey - See Dan Cullen

Daniel Doran - Not up to standard, avg of 50+

McGain - Too old, proven ineffectual at Test level

Jon Holland - Best young prospect around, but too green

Nathan Hauritz - Good defensive bowler, not a wicket-taker

Jason Krezja - Has the ability to take wickets on favourable pitches. Has the ability to go for 400 runs in an inning too. Definately not the guy you want in the team unless the bakll is turning square with variable bounce

Beau Casson - Flight, variety, and in his only Test took 3 big wickets. Got similar treatment to Krezja and McGain in his first test, but bounced back to take 3/80
 
First India series win since 1968 in Nz on the cards here

Sachin is the man - but Dhoni is a top captain

Zaheer is world class

and Harbhajan actually put some effort in
 
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