Fried Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Seen a bit of that Caribbean 20/20 too. Some nice lusty hitting there. Congrats to England for emphatically winning the Ashes and congrats to Watson for finding some form with the bat in the final Test. A little late I guess. Hoping it's a different series when England come down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Thought Clark did alright setting up a finish on the last day. The light looked fine on the telly. And congrats to England for winning the Ashes, I just feel that this series will be remembered more for some incompetent umpiring than any great feats on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewok_3000 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 I watched the final of the CPL on Sunday - it was between the Jamaica Tallawahs (led by Chris Gayle) vs the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Jamaicha went on to win the inaugural tournament, beating Guyana 129-3 (17.5 overs) to 128-5 (20 overs). Overall it was a good tournament. Hopefully if they do it again next year, they get Danny Morrison again on commentary, or as a sideline commentator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb. Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Aaron Finch gets the highest international T20 score. England have been shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Third Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Bit disappointed that I missed Finchy's knock. Good to hear that my favourite Aussie cricketer is proving his worth though, even if it is only in T20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Congrats to Sachin who announced his retirement overnight. Great player and a thorn in many a side no doubt. Classy batter. Read something that hotspot has been canned for the next Ashes series (because the pom's are cheats and use silicone on the side of their bats) Can't be far off now until it starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 James Faulkner blasting 30 off one over against India helping the Aussie's win and so far lead the series 2-1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRf0n8ENFks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 1st Ashes Test starts tomorrow in Brisbane. KP's already done his bit of promotion for the game by coming out and saying Brisbane city is "boring". heh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Anyone going to be following it? First test underway, Australia batting early on the first day and already down for 1/29 with Rogers gone for 1. Watson and Warner batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizpop Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Broad bowled fantastic today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb. Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 No bad for a medium pacer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Possible rain/storms up in Brisbane later today. heh... But honestly, top line bowling by England and at times inept batting from Australia. Haddin and Johnson made it at least respectable towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb. Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 England are so bad in their first innings of first tests. Becoming a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Thought there was some good bowling by Johnson in particular. Trott's dismissal in the second innings was a bit strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizpop Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looks like Australia have found Trott's weakness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 It seemed a few of them couldn't deal too well with persistant high fast ball. England tried the same to Clark and when it didn't work initially they seemed to give up. heh...Front page of the local newspaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb. Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Not many players in the world can play a ball that high and fast to be honest. Think the Aussies have made a bit of a mistake with the intensity of the sledging already. Threatening to break somebody's arm (said by the captain strangely) and calling people weak is a bit much after one match. Just hope it doesn't feed an already apparent undertone that overshadows the series in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I can sort of see that with the sledging. Generally I've got nothing against sledging if it's kept to a sort of genial level but who knows, maybe there's a lot more said that isn't picked up by the stump microphones. I remember a while ago one West Indian batter telling David Boom something along the lines of "are you going to get out or am I going to have to come around and kill you". I think there's a fine line before it gets out of hand. Saying that though, there's not much room for amping it up when you've already told someone you're going to break their arm. I'm sure it'll fire England up for the next Test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 2nd Test kicking off from Adelaide later today in a few hours. Was a bit upset to see Trott go back home, hope he bounce back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb. Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Stokes get his test debut. I've been calling for this for a while now, so expect him to get a king pair and 0/200 in both innings. Root to 3, Panesar in as well apparently which again I think is a mistake. Obviously Stokes playing allows for the selection of a "pure" bowler, but I had hoped that would be Finn considering the extra pace he has that can be key on dead pitches. Even Bresnan would have been a better selection but I suspect he might not quite be fit enough yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 2 spinners seems a good choice for Adelaide. Don't know how the pitch will play but heard there was a bit of rain about earlier. Australia won the toss and will bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thought it was a pretty even first days play yesterday. England could of been on top if they caught their catches. Two tough chances but one in particular looked like a sitter. Thought Monty's wicket ball was a ripper. Hoping Australia bat and bat and bat today. Heard their still might be a bit of rain about down there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Early rain didn't hang around for long. Broad out end of first over of play. Really impressed with Johnsons bowling this test. My complaint about the Australian cricket team was that I thought they didn't have the bowlers to bowl teams out twice. Obviously a bowler taking 8 wickets in a test helps a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Pommie melting 38 degrees over in Perth today for the start of the Third Test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb. Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 DRS is becoming pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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