The Langer effect
I remember Ishants first tour here and he gave Ponting all sorts of trouble. Not sure what he ended up averaging that series but Punter was struggling against him.
Think it was the same series Agarka (spelling?) Had 4 first ball ducks and a second ball duck?
That was some amazing bowling to Ponting, had him completely lost.
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| 20* | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 400.00 | 5 | not out | 2 | v England | Melbourne | 10 Feb 2018 | T20I # 646 | |
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| 36* | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 257.14 | 5 | not out | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 16 Feb 2018 | T20I # 649 | |
| 18* | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 138.46 | 5 | not out | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 21 Feb 2018 | T20I # 653 | |
| 84 | - | 41 | 7 | 6 | 204.87 | 2 | caught | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 27 Jun 2018 | T20I # 679 | |
| 68* | - | 33 | 4 | 6 | 206.06 | 2 | not out | 2 | v Pakistan | Harare | 2 Jul 2018 | T20I # 682 | |
| 172 | - | 76 | 16 | 10 | 226.31 | 1 | hit wicket | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 3 Jul 2018 | T20I # 683 | |
| 16 | - | 11 | 3 | 0 | 145.45 | 2 | caught | 2 | v Pakistan | Harare | 5 Jul 2018 | T20I # 686 | |
| 3 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | 1 | caught | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 6 Jul 2018 | T20I # 687 | |
| 47 | - | 27 | 2 | 3 | 174.07 | 2 | caught | 1 | v Pakistan | Harare | 8 Jul 2018 | T20I # 689 | |
| 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | 2 | caught | 2 | v U.A.E. | Abu Dhabi | 22 Oct 2018 | T20I # 700 | |
| 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | bowled | 2 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 24 Oct 2018 | T20I # 701 | |
| 3 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | 2 | caught | 2 | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 26 Oct 2018 | T20I # 702 | |
| 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 2 | caught | 2 | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 28 Oct 2018 | T20I # 704 | |
| 7 | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 | 1 | bowled | 2 | v South Africa | Carrara | 17 Nov 2018 | T20I # 711 | |
| 27 | - | 24 | 3 | 0 | 112.50 | 2 | caught | 1 | v India | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2018 | T20I # 712 |
The 3 innings where be batted in the middle order he was a key player who came in and played the way the team needed. He is obviously one of the best batsmen in the world and as an opener can demolish teams, see his game against Zimbabwe, but he is also prone to having long down patches too. I think having someone like him come in 2nd or 3rd drop against an old ball makes us a significantly better team. We also have far more depth with our openers and have struggled to find a longterm middle-order batsman to bat with Stoinis and Maxwell.
Hahaha, “old ball” in a T20 game! Crazy!
He’s an opener, it has always been his prefered position. Also let’s be honest here, there is no such things as an old ball in T20’s. We also may have lots of options to open but most of them have been far worse than Finch.
In t20’s the old ball is still hard, yes, but it doesn’t swing after the 1st four overs, which is his biggest weakness
can’t see them getting any overs in tonight, been awful weather in melbourne all day
Anyone know the size of this ground?
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England Sri Lanka test, I reckon 3 English wickets fell, that, when reviewed for front-foot no-balls, could easily have been given not out. And all from spinners - one left-armer, one right-armer. I reckon 1mm would be overstating it. Last time i heard the third umpire say benefit of the doubt to the bowler, and doubt there certainly was.
Of all inexcusable acts of play in cricket, slow spinners bowling no-balls is right up there.
Sri Lanka are also worse than Shane Watson when it comes to their reviews. Dickwella especially is just awful
Dickwella needs to learn about the rules of cricket. Like if the ball hits the batsmen anywhere or if a batsman plays and misses by half a metre, then it is not therefore out.
5 runs from 32 balls, and the girls will win the T20 World Cup over England.
Scores level, 1 to win
Yep, dunnit! Well done
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Good win by the Aussies. They were not at their best but really still dominated.
Do they get paid the same as the blokes
Why would they?
Don’t know. It was a completely innocuous question designed not to create controversy