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James Anderson will sort you lot out
James Anderson will sort you lot out
I will say re Clark/Siddle batting 10/11, I prefer having Siddle at 11 to hold up an end. Both probably have the same run scoring capacity, but Clark will do it much quicker, and get out much quicker. If it's a case of digging in to get a batsman to 100, Id rather Siddle at the other end.
I thought Onions was gonna do that.
Fair call. Not usually how these things work though, I'm afraid. God I love Siddle. I never got in on the whole Merv Hughes "get him up here, I wanna boof him" saga, so hopefully Siddle stays on the scene.
We just got a massive new digital TV, complete with One HD. I was excited at this prospect. But then I discovered they only show shit cunt motor racing, like NASCAR, baseball, basketball - both much more boring than I thought - footy replays and IPL. and I watched possibly the worst 20/20 I've ever seen last night.
We just got a massive new digital TV, complete with One HD. I was excited at this prospect. But then I discovered they only show shit cunt motor racing, like NASCAR, baseball, basketball - both much more boring than I thought - footy replays and IPL. and I watched possibly the worst 20/20 I've ever seen last night.
I think the squad is ok. It just reflects our lack of deph. We have 13 world beaters, and nothin else. In years gone by, we had 20 world beaters, and then about 20 ready to step in
an anderson/onions spell will leave the aussies well caramelized
bit of swanny and freddie and phil hughes will turn into the present day merv hughes
Eng team, compete with nicknames for cardiff - if they make it a spin track then out goes oniony and in comes panesary
straussy (c)
cooky
bopary
pietersony
colly
priory (lol) (wk)
freddy
broady
swanny
andersony (best tailender ever, has never got a 0 in over 45 test innings now!)
oniony
NASCAR is the most boring thing ever, but Baseball is alright, and I've grown to fucking love Basketball in the last 2 years.
Meanwhile, the rest of us breathe a sigh of relief and wish Ponting would hurry up and piss off.
Ponting is a cock, and the team would be better off without him. his awful captaincy create a negative net-worth to the side, in that his batting doesnt make up for the runs/wickets we lose due to his awful filed placings and bowling changes.
I truly don't know how he's managed to hold onto the captaincy for so long. Can't stand it any time he gets his smarmy face in the media either - he's a shocking representative for the team. Then again, who would be a viable replacement as captain? I don't see much of the Aussie team as having a great deal of captaincy potential.
I'm a Ponting defender, I personally think the captain should also take on the role of selector, like they did a ew years back. Ponting seems to be thrust with players left right and centre whom he doesn't really know anything about (McDonald, Siddle, Hughes, North, Watson), let alone why they've been selected. These are his men he needs to marshall, so he should have some say in who they are.
Fair dinkum, why are England invading Wales to play their test matches. Already nicked Welsh players (Geraint and Simon Jones). English and Welsh boards should be split. Seperate countries.
I think there should be a division 2 of international test teams. It would make it more interesting. If test cricket is dying then upping the stakes could help. The bottom team in the Premier League would suffer relegation at the end of the year and the team 2nd from bottom would face a play off series v the team 2nd in div 1. They would play a best of 3, if all are drawnm keep playing tests until someone wins! The winner of div 1 gets promoted. The team bottom of Div 1 is replaced by a newcomer decided in a tournament elsewhere.
Obviously the teams wont get to play everyone in each division but if they are given an entry ranking, then perhaps some guaranteed fixtures are provided. e.g If ireland got promoted they would be granted the chance to play one of the big 4 from last season in a 3 match series such as india v ireland
I wouldnt mind if channel 5 (the least watched terrestrial channel in uk) grabs the div 1 highlights. There is plenty of money about in cricket and it gives the Div 1 teams hope to play test cricket.
Premier League
Aussies
england
india
pakistan
sri lanka
south africa
windies
new zealand
bangladesh
Div 1
Ireland
Afghanistan
Scotland
Kenya
Canada
Netherlands
UAE
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Each team will have to play 15 tests in the year. Someone else can create the formular to help decide the fixtures.
Eng battered Windies again in ODI
You can only beat whats in front of you
On the aussie thread, it was a joke
It is serious that some folk are getting battered by some racists
But i'm sure for 90% of the time, Australia is like Ramsey Street
AND
I say South Africa to win the 20-20