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Clearly they need to sack Joe Root.
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I only caught the afternoon session with the Windies batting yesterday and didn't find it boring at all. Good contest between bat and ball.
Hopefully that continues today.
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Agree with that. It was quite a battle going on.
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With Curators having to prepare so many short form pitches compared to test pitches...is it just a dying art?
Most curators are now 2+ generations separated from the guys who only ever prepared pitches for 5 days of play.
I don't think this Perth pitch has been a road actually. Windies bowled without much luck, they did generate quite a few chances but ran into "kissed on the d**** version of labu. They have also lacked a bowler with the pace to hurry our batsmen, not the pitches fault. Windies bats have had a pretty torrid time of it but held firm...dare I say it - they have been tested.
The Pakistan pitch...
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I wouldn't call the wicket a road. Good bounce, occasional jag, plenty of swing around. Just a good wicket from what I can see.
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I suspect the curator has produced a fairly benign pitch because the match started on a Wednesday and they're hoping to have a crowd on Saturday and Sunday.
I think the Windies bowling efforts made the pitch flatter than it probably is. There was some assistance for the Aussies yesterday.
The Pakistan pitch isn't helped by the fact that Pakistan's used bowlers have 34 test wickets combined.
England's attack is Anderson, Robinson, Leach, Stokes and Livingstone.
England's attack is Anderson, Robinson, Leach, Stokes and Livingstone.
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Haze drives a wedge in the door, bagging the debutant.
Mmarsh out for 3 months after ankle surgery. Marshes and Injuries, name a more iconic duo?
Mmarsh out for 3 months after ankle surgery. Marshes and Injuries, name a more iconic duo?
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Salt's injury saves the Scorchers from themselves.
First Evans, now Salt - Mills must be looking over his shoulder
First Evans, now Salt - Mills must be looking over his shoulder
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May as well see if Ian Bell is free.
WA gets rorted with all Australian sport organisations
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Hockey Australia has done pretty well by us. The NBL / Super Netball haven't rorted WA specifically in ****ing over all their sport's fans.
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QLD are 3/166 after the second session after being sent in. Paris has been excellent with 3/21 in 17 overs. Scoring has been slow with a run rate of just 2.27. Yesterday was washed out so it’s just a 3 day match, so a draw looks pretty likely. Which frankly wouldn’t be a bad result for WA, since QLD and Tassie look like the next-best Shield sides aside from WA.
Another piece of good news is that Tassie trail South Australia by 181 after the first innings. We still have two matches against Tassie so they’d be most likely to overtake WA for a home final.
Another piece of good news is that Tassie trail South Australia by 181 after the first innings. We still have two matches against Tassie so they’d be most likely to overtake WA for a home final.
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What a joke by CA
Anyway, can't wait to see us or Freo get 6pm Thursday/Friday night games when the fixture is released next week.
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As if the 17th placed side will get a look in on Thurs / Fri.
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Carlton the past decade would beg to differ.
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We'll get a Thursday (and 21 Sunday 2.40s)
2:40 would be nice. They've rolled that slot back even further to 3:20 more commonly of late.
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An article on cricinfo said that Pakistan’s debutant spinner is a guy who so far this season had taken 13 wickets in 5 matches, averaged 45.76 and allowed 3.58 runs per over. The other main spin option is his teammate in domestic cricket (so playing on the same pitches), that guy’s numbers this season are 43 wickets in 7 matches, average 21.95 and 2.97 runs per over. Easy choice except Pakistan picked the guy who sucks because he “had been in the team environment for a year, came close to playing without getting an opportunity…. We don’t want to break a queue and fast-track someone when someone else has been waiting their turn for a year.”
Now this is absolutely moronic team selection, your job is to put the most competitive team on the field, not give a match to a guy who has carried drinks for the past 12 months. Lo and behold, the debutant went for more runs than any other debutant in Test history. (He also took 4 wickets, two of whom were bowlers)
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