ACF Posted 5 January 2009 Posted 5 January 2009 Went to see the vics play close to 2 years ago and i told the 3 blokes i was with Siddle will play for Australia, he will only improve.Ronnie is a trier nothing special ya typical all rounder not many hundreds but plenty of 50's and allways seems to get a couple of wickets (in first class) Fair nuff, Got to say, Johnson's run-out impressed me, that boy is a legend. Smith out for 6 weeks, broken finger, won't play for rest of the tour.
Uncle Albert Posted 5 January 2009 Posted 5 January 2009 About time you Aussie's put some runs together wasnt it? Michael Clarke is far to good a batsmen to play for Australia. Roo where is Shaun Tait?
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 6 January 2009 Author Posted 6 January 2009 About time you Aussie's put some runs together wasnt it? Michael Clarke is far to good a batsmen to play for Australia. Roo where is Shaun Tait? He quit cricket, for a total of about 1-2 months about he was suffering from Depression / Stress. But his back and bowling well but not enough for selection, but he is pushing for a recall for the tour of South Africa in about 7 weeks. The issue is he has a poor econemy rate and that will all ways hold him back imo
ACF Posted 6 January 2009 Posted 6 January 2009 SoccerooFox- How much you reckon Australia need to be safe, seeing as RSA have been doing the unexpected with their batting in the 2nd innings?
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 6 January 2009 Author Posted 6 January 2009 SoccerooFox- How much you reckon Australia need to be safe, seeing as RSA have been doing the unexpected with their batting in the 2nd innings? 450 safe leaving them a day and 10 overs to get on a wicket that has uneven bounce, and a smith less batting attack. but they will give them 420 to chase i reckon.
ACF Posted 6 January 2009 Posted 6 January 2009 450 safe leaving them a day and 10 overs to get on a wicket that has uneven bounce, and a smith less batting attack.but they will give them 420 to chase i reckon. I reckon your right, only having 10 batsmen will give RSA no chance. Thinking it will be a draw....
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 6 January 2009 Author Posted 6 January 2009 I reckon your right, only having 10 batsmen will give RSA no chance. Thinking it will be a draw.... Never understimate a fired up Siddle
ACF Posted 6 January 2009 Posted 6 January 2009 Never understimate a fired up Siddle Never underestimate a JP Duminy Why won't they pick Cam White? He's a decent allrounder, with more National Team experience than Ronald McDonald.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 6 January 2009 Author Posted 6 January 2009 Never underestimate a JP Duminy Why won't they pick Cam White? He's a decent allrounder, with more National Team experience than Ronald McDonald. Cos tighty whitey can't bowl (fook that hurts to say that about our fearless skipper) he doesn't even bowl himself which is a shame as he was dubbed the next Shane Warne as an 18 yr old, but turned himself in to an all rounder now a very good bat
Ultra Posted 6 January 2009 Posted 6 January 2009 Morne Morkel as an opening batsman? As if that was ever gonna work..
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 7 January 2009 Author Posted 7 January 2009 Wow whey!!! what a test match. At work all day, all the guys were getting up dates on our computer, then things were getting tence with still a wicket to get 4 overs in the day and the impending storms that had been hovering over the game all day look like it was going to hit leaving the game as a draw. Left work with 3 of us briskly walking to catch our train watching the cricket on my mates phone, as we walk past about 20 guys in suits peering in to a shop window watching the match. Then on the 11th ball left in the test match Mitchell Johnson bowled Smith who went out to bat with a broken arm just to save the test match when every one on the train started cheering once we told them the news. Was really a great day and a perfect example of why Test match cricket is and always will be streets above the other forms of the game, 5 days of cricket leading til the second last over, all the drama of will Smith bat or not, will it rain a dodgy LBW decsion, a dropped catch really is what Cricket is about
marko Posted 7 January 2009 Posted 7 January 2009 a dodgy LBW decsion Understatement of the century, blimey it would have missed another set!!! but what was AB thinking??? should have just left it well alone. I'm looking forward to the ashes now, should be relatively well matched teams. Will Haydos be making the short trip soccerroo??? or is that him done and dusted. Mind you if he does just bring back Hoggy!!! Haydos=Hoggy's bunny.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 8 January 2009 Author Posted 8 January 2009 Understatement of the century, blimey it would have missed another set!!! but what was AB thinking??? should have just left it well alone. I'm looking forward to the ashes now, should be relatively well matched teams. Will Haydos be making the short trip soccerroo??? or is that him done and dusted. Mind you if he does just bring back Hoggy!!! Haydos=Hoggy's bunny. Haydos will be picked for South Africe, god knows why he doesn't deserve to. The one day squads got selected today with no Haydos maybe it is signs to come but i doubt it.
ACF Posted 9 January 2009 Posted 9 January 2009 fack, great test, edge of seat stuff in the final 5 overs. but fair play to smith, survived a lot longer than i thought he was going to with his finger and elbow. such a good test, didnt give a crap bout the result. BUT the pitch was a load of crap, cracks galore on day 3, by day five it was almost unplayable.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 11 January 2009 Author Posted 11 January 2009 David Warner on debut playing against Saffas in the 20/20, 52no off 19 just awesome
Solihullfox Posted 11 January 2009 Posted 11 January 2009 This Warner guy is unreal, never played a first class game and is smacking them all round the MCG - 86 runs off 41 balls !!!!!
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 11 January 2009 Author Posted 11 January 2009 Shaun Tait's 155km an hour thunderbolt that hit De Villers in the hip, causing him too drop fall down in pain dropping his bat on the stumps was a sight to behold
Mickyblueeyes Posted 11 January 2009 Posted 11 January 2009 David Warner on debut playing against Saffas in the 20/20, 52no off 19 just awesome The Aussie production line does it again!
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