Cricket......

['Dale]

Broad bowling with a 7-2 off-side field. Looking for some control after Kohli and Pujara ran amok against spin

[Capricorn]

anyone else watch that clip on youtube, of a little bowling clinic with Wasim Akram and former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain?

Akram is an incredible talent. Long ago retired, but still ridiculously lethal.

['Dale]

What a batter that Pujara is hey

 

India 248/3

[Napalm]

Q. What do you call an Aussie cricketer with 100 by his name?
A. A bowler.

Q. What do you call an Aussie who can hold a catch
A. A fisherman

Q. What’s the difference between Cinderella and an Australian cricketer
A. Cinderella knew when to leave the ball

Q. What do you call a world class Australian cricketer
A. Retired.

Q. What do you call an Australian with a bottle of champagne in his hand?
A. A waiter.

The Australian bobsleigh team have asked the Aussie cricketers for a meeting. They want to know how they went downhill so fast.

Q. What’s the difference between an Aussie batsman and a formula one car?
A. Nothing. If you blink you’ll miss them both.

Q. What do Aussie batsmen and drug addicts have in common?
A. Both spend most of their time wondering where their next score will come from.

Q. What did the spectator miss when he went to the toilet?
A. The entire Australian innings.

Q. What do you call a cricket field full of Australians ?
A. A vacant lot.

Q. What is the main function of the Australian coach?
A. To transport the team from the hotel to the ground.

Q. Who spends the most time on the crease?
A. The woman who irons the Australian team’s cricket whites.

Q. Why don’t Aussie fielders need travel injections?
A. Because they never catch anything.

Q. What’s the Aussie version of a hat trick?
A. Three runs in three balls.

Q. What is the most proficient footwork displayed by Australian batsmen?
A. The walk back to the pavilion.

Q. What is the definition of optimism?
A. An Aussie batsman putting on sunscreen before going out to bat.

Q. What do you get if you cross an Australian cricketer with an Aborigine ?
A. A boomerang that can’t hit anything.

Q. What’s the Australian version of LBW?
A. Lost, Beaten, Walloped.

Q. Who has the easiest job in the Australian squad?
A. The guy who removes the red ball marks from the bats.

Q. What do you call an Australian who can handle a bat….
A. A vet

Q. Why are Australian cricketers cleverer than Houdini?
A. Because they can get out without even trying.

[Shebeen]

It's probably a case of the Aussies looking for a reason to get back at us and take the shine away from our win. 

 

BUT, Faf has been found guilty of ball tampering before. After the first test the Aussies already started asking questions about how we got the ball to swing so much more than them. And they said the cameramen will be watching the ball closely in the 2nd test. So to go and do anything that might be seen as ball tampering was really stupid. Whether it could have any affect on the ball or not

ja ja ja, can't takw their own medicine

 

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/03/04/faf-surprised-australias-reverse-swing

 

 

 

Mitchell Johnson says Australia's fielders like to throw the ball into the turf during Test matches to help accelerate wear and tear and make reverse swing more likely to occur.

[Oxter]

It's probably a case of the Aussies looking for a reason to get back at us and take the shine away from our win.

 

BUT, Faf has been found guilty of ball tampering before. After the first test the Aussies already started asking questions about how we got the ball to swing so much more than them. And they said the cameramen will be watching the ball closely in the 2nd test. So to go and do anything that might be seen as ball tampering was really stupid. Whether it could have any affect on the ball or not

Well their own commentators answered that queation. They did not pick true swing bowlers exept for starc. Mennie is a line lenth bowler and Hazelwood can move the ball, but he is not known for swinging the ball, more a good line length bowler as well.

 

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[Oxter]

India vs Eng, 2nd test

 

194/2 for the hosts after losing their openers very early

I watched the game this morning and the first few overs went well for Eng. Commentator even said that Eng can be happy to jave broad and Anderson back as a team again and that they migjt cause havoc. Just check in again and wow did pujara and kholi change that haha. TBH I dont know who I want to win between India and ENG. Can I choose neither.

 

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['Dale]

I watched the game this morning and the first few overs went well for Eng. Commentator even said that Eng can be happy to jave broad and Anderson back as a team again and that they migjt cause havoc. Just check in again and wow did pujara and kholi change that haha. TBH I dont know who I want to win between India and ENG. Can I choose neither.

 

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It'll be cool for Eng to bust up India

Just to unsettle that top spot and bring those log ratings down for the Proteas ????

['Dale]

The pitch has played well contrary to all expectations, but it is still on track for the curator's prediction: big turn from around lunch on day two. If that happens, India will love it. The only silver lining for England is that the turn is slow. We are hearing that unlike Rajkot this pitch will crumble, and once it goes it will go.

 

Cricinfo

['Dale]

150 for Kohli

 

317/4

India on top on a pitch that will deteriorate later

['Dale]

The day belongs to Kohli and Pujara. They got together at 22 for 2 and were separated at 248 for 3.

['Dale]

Yoh ????

 

Kohli's last six hundreds: 141, 169, 147, 103, 200, 211

['Dale]

Meanwhile

 

Far will find out by Sunday if he will face a charge for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after South Africa's stand-in captain was shown on camera shining the ball with what appeared to be a sweet in his mouth.

['Dale]

It's probably a case of the Aussies looking for a reason to get back at us and take the shine away from our win.

 

SNIP

Whether it could have any affect on the ball or not

Although Cricket South Africa has not made an official comment on the matter, it is understood the board is confident du Plessis was acting within the laws of the game. Cricket Australia has also not commented, neither has it registered an official complaint.

['Dale]

This is not the first time du Plessis has come under scrutiny.

In 2013, five penalty runs were awarded to Pakistan, the ball changed and du Plessis fined 50% of his match fee for rubbing the ball close to the zipper of his trouser pocket during a Test in Dubai.

[GLuvsMtb]

Meanwhile

 

Far will find out by Sunday if he will face a charge for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after South Africa's stand-in captain was shown on camera shining the ball with what appeared to be a sweet in his mouth.

I'm waiting for him to take the sweet out of his mouth, hand it to the square leg umpire, shine the ball, and then put the mint back into his mouth. (or at least that's what I would have done).