3rd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 14-18 1050hrs @ The Gabba

[Donakebab]

Great knock Smudge! Patient innings has paid off.

Where have all the haters gone?

 

[new breed]

Rain stays away Aussies firm favourites .

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Boys are going to town on the new ball.

How many more overs are meant to be bowled today??

Cricinfo says 31.

Spinners from both ends soon.

 

[BGman]

Smudge with a confidence building century. His 33rd.

 

[Iceman!]

Not the best 100 by any means but one of my favourites! Not much better than an all time great with his back to the wall rising to the occasion!

 

[TY24]

Yep. Now do it outside the comforts of Australia.

I seem to remember him scoring centuries against India in India and in England.

 

[darko]

Well done Smith

 

[brutus76]

Onya Smudgey - worked his absolute *** off to dig in and hang about like a real fighter does

 

[freo_leo29]

So he has as many centuries outside his home nation as Jerome Taylor, the West Indian fast bowler who averaged about 12 at test level, and Yasir Shah.

Except they did it against teams who were hosting them. Head’s century was in a neutral match.

Come on mate. It was a great innings and he’s absolutely slaying it ATM but he needs to do it more than once away from home before those comparisons from that post made a little while ago by that other poster

It was in a WTC final

the 2 best teams of the 3 years prior


Someone said do it outside of Aus, he did it on the big stage

 

[PhatBoy]

The point is,
a) they didn't actually affect the ball, the umpires inspected it and they continued using it.
b) they were banned for a year, every other player that has ever got it got 1 match

Take that up with the Australian board, not the people who handed out suspensions to the other players

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The point is,
a) they didn't actually affect the ball, the umpires inspected it and they continued using it.
b) they were banned for a year, every other player that has ever got it got 1 match

The ICC offered Smith only one match, it was CA that suspended them for a whole year.

 

[danielnajdek]

What a player!

You wanted him dropped.....

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

A welcome relief to see Smith play like this again

 

[TY24]

Sure, he may have one of the better careers we've seen, but eventually you just need to pull the plug, he's not up to standard anymore.

Looking extremely substandard today!

Thanks for putting the moz on him.

 

[yabsy]

What a player!

Not so "cooked" now

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[greatwhiteshark]

So pleased for Smith, champions are champions.

 

[grumbleguts]

You mean how overall he averages 32 outside Australia? You clearly forget that fact. You have a poor feel for the game.

Um... you said he doesn't perform overseas. I showed you a stat that shows he can and does. Maybe don't be stupid? Just a suggestion.

 

[Cmarsh]

Absolutely. Did you know he bribed Charles Bannerman to play for England. Bannerman just took his money.

From what I've read, Grace was so narcisstic that he would refuse to walk off after being given out, claiming that the crowd were there to see him bat.

 

[Joffaboy]

The point is,
a) they didn't actually affect the ball, the umpires inspected it and they continued using it.
b) they were banned for a year, every other player that has ever got it got 1 match

We banned our cheats for a year, the English got MBE's from their dead German inbred for their Murray Mints cheating of 4 years culminating in cheating us out of the 2005 Ashes.
Absolute hypocrites.

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[Natho]

Great knock. Battled his way to 50 odd then turned it on

 

[nobbyiscool]

Absolutely wild. From his first couple of overs to that. There is no greater example of playing your way back into form than that innings.

 

[JimmyBC]

Wound back the clock today. Some vintage smudge shots too. Onya smudge!!

He's looked like the old Smith since he got past the 50 hump.

 

[smasha]

What a turnaround.
Trav and Steve,you've done it again.

 

[Lunchtime]

I seem to remember him scoring centuries against India in India and in England.

Not your best response. His highest score in India is 90. He has only scored one Test century outside Australia. If you can't comprehend that then that is a reflection on you and your lack of knowledge about cricket plus a poor feel for the game.

 

[MJG14]

Didn't think I'd see him make Test hundred #33.

Fantastic knock