The Cricket Thread (part 9) - from Dec 2024

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9511

Time for some runs to flow with this new ball.

9512

Has Sri Lanka consideredā€¦. a fast bowler to come into the attack to break this partnership.
Wtf is the gameplay, keep it under 5 an over?

9513

I assume weā€™ll be throwing the ball around a lot more than Sri Lanka.
If youā€™re not getting variation off the pitch, thenā€¦Iā€™m not sure sticking with four bowlers is the way to go.

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9514

Andā€¦ raining.

9515

Iā€™d throw it to a part-timer. Just try something, they might lose concentration and hit a pie straight down the throat of a fielder in the outfield.

Off for rain. 2/330.

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9516

Khawaja could probably use the mental break, but I hope we donā€™t lose too much time this Test.

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9517

Has Uzzie batted all day in a helmet?

9518

Whoah, thatā€™s a lot of covers.

9519

Sri Lanka were as bad as Australia were good.

That was abysmal from the Sri Lankans

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9520

Hard to believe they were in the running for the Test Championship match for so long.
They must play better away, or???

9521

Theyā€™ve won 5 tests this WTC period:
2 vs Bangladesh (away)
1 vs England (away)
2 vs NZ (home)

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9522

Awful fielding and DRS work by them, Aussies gotta be looking at 500 +

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9523

Root is good but heā€™s a few steps below Smith. Smith could be the second best test batsman of all time.

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9524

You canā€™t have him over the little master.

9525

This is what I love about cricket the debate but in my mind
Bradman
Sachin
Lara/ Smith

And iam sure there are smarter people than me that would put sobers or kallis Williamson in that convo aswell

9526

@wimmera1 @Tbone here is my top 10

Bradman
Smith
Sachin
Lara
Viv Richards
Ponting
Kallis
Sobers
Gavasker
G Chapell
(Barry Richards stiff)

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9527

Iā€™ve seen innings from Tendulkar where he doesnā€™t even look like getting out. Youā€™re kind of hoping for a fly to land on his nose or something, because thatā€™s the only way.

Warwick Todd had it right.

Warwick Todd Australian Test Team opposition player assessments.
Player: girl.
Player: girl.
Player: girl.
Tendulkar: tends to lose concentration briefly after reaching a double century.
Player: girl.

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9528

I loved watching Sachin bat as a kid I idolised him and wanted a MRF bat so badly

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9529

I met Sachin a couple of times in Adelaide as my younger brother worked for a mob that produced custom made orthotics and Sachin was a big customer of theirs. He would always visit them whilst in Adelaide and whilst he was there one day we got on to the subject of batting as you do and I asked him what was the key to him being so rarely dismissed LBW in test cricket. He laughed and said that he had a good eye but went on to say that a trick he used was to have custom made pads that were about 1 inch shorter than normal. In Australia especially the umpires wonā€™t give you out of it hits you above the knee roll so with the modified pads when he did happen to get hit on the pads which wasnā€™t often it was above the knee roll and the umps would never give that out :rofl:

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9530

We found a work-around.

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