The 2022 Cricket Thread officially here (Part 3)

Bloody hopeless, what a shambles.

Ussie deserve so much praise. Been hard done by throughout his career and so awesome to see him go well

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I initially read that as he’d scored slightly over 91 thousand not out in Lahore

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Geez there’s a lot of awards

POTM: Cummins
POTS: Khawaja

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Because they are all only worth about $700 each.
Khawaja got about $2k for player of the series :rofl:

Might have if we didn’t declare. On another level right now.

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Well done to Green getting All-Rounder of the match!

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No way is it $5k, barely $2k

Damnit. You caught me before the delete! My mistake :joy:

Lucky the test wasn’t in Sydney. It would be a wash again. Heaving down here again

funny game cricket

Ali

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Well this is a delightful surprise for me and I’ll gladly eat crow.

I was dead wrong about the declaration.
I was dead wrong about us being incapable of getting 20 wickets on this pitch.

Well done Cummins.

Koala had a 10/10 series.

Pakistan are a disgrace and I am so fking pumped they lost despite their disgusting pitches and tactics.

Just the possibility of them stealing this after their behaviour had me apoplectic from the injustice.

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He’s definitely stepped into the role like a natural. Should enjoy success over the next few years.

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Test Cricket goes alright.

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The last 2 tests have produced sensational 5 day test matches. On both occasions all 3 results were possible for large parts of day 5. So good to watch.

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They have, it’s just a bit of a shame it all had to be player driven (declaration) rather than a result of the pitch.

Still, was a bloody good watch today.

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The Lyon of Lahore!

Apologies to Imran Khan.

Superb to win a series in Pakistan. Make no mistake, that was 15 days of really hard slog, and the boys should be real proud of their efforts. Bowlers stuck to their tasks, batters played according to conditions. Khawaja just next level. Cummins captained well, and really - without his declarations, Pakistan wouldn’t have really been anywhere near winning a match. Completely outplayed them.

The only negative was probably the fielding but then, slip fielding in the subcontinent is bloody tough, and maintaining concentration in heat like that is hard yards. I don’t expect it to bea continuing trend, so I’m inclined to lean towards forgiveness. Particularly as we won the series…

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Should have been fed a steady stream of cold drinks and icy poles and Sensodyne.

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