Cricket Thread: Indian Summer

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Cromulant said:
Siraj is such a ****wit.

Bloke has spanked you around the park and you give him a send-off
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I dont even think Indian fans like him based on some comments on facebook. But this is the effect Kohli has had. By being a bed wetting dummy spitter every time a decision goes against you he has taught a generation of Indians to be complete ****wits
 

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adelaidecrows said:
I dont even think Indian fans like him based on some comments on facebook. But this is the effect Kohli has had. By being a bed wetting dummy spitter every time a decision goes against you he has taught a generation of Indians to be complete ****wits
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Kohli has turned them the Waugh era Aussies
 
adelaidecrows said:
except without the talent and class
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They've got talent, how long has it been since we've beaten them in a test series ??

And it depends what you mean by "class". If you mean class players then they've had a few of those. If you mean classy people then you have a weird definition of class. Warne, McGrath, Hayden etc were absolute arseholes to play against.

But because they were our arseholes we gave them a free pass. I loved it, but let's not pretend Kohlis Indian sides were any different. Both had players who've stepped over the line.
 
Cromulant said:
They've got talent, how long has it been since we've beaten them in a test series ??

And it depends what you mean by "class". If you mean class players then they've had a few of those. If you mean classy people then you have a weird definition of class. Warne, McGrath, Hayden etc were absolute arseholes to play against.

But because they were our arseholes we gave them a free pass. I loved it, but let's not pretend Kohlis Indian sides were any different. Both had players who've stepped over the line.
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class as in x factor talent on the field. Yes they beat us but id argue our team has been consistently a shadow of the glory days team.

I disagree. about the last point. Its long since been revealed we were played. Teams cried victim against our bullying tactics until our media drove us into submission only for it to be long revealed not only is every team just as guilty of doing it, they outright lied to play our media against us. India is the classic example. So stop playing the we are the bullys card. We arent and we never really were. West Indies, India, South Africa, England all gave as good if not better than they got.
 
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adelaidecrows said:
class as in x factor talent on the field. Yes they beat us but id argue our team has been consistently a shadow of the glory days team.

I disagree. about the last point. Its long since been revealed we were played. Teams cried victim against our bullying tactics until our media drove us into submission only for it to be long revealed not only is every team just as guilty of doing it, they outright lied to play our media against us. India is the classic example. So stop playing the we are the bullys card. We arent and we never really were. West Indies, India, South Africa, England all gave as good if not better than they got.
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I like the way that Travis Head goes about his bullying.

His bat does all the talking.
 

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Thought Mark Waugh was a little harsh on Gill getting out. That was a dead set cracking delivery, it did little more than straighten in the air and then took a big deviation off the seam, not sure there would be too many getting bat on that one.

In saying that, Gill is a bit of a disappointment as a batter, was meant to be the "new Tendulkar" but I guess with DRS, he wouldn't get the benefit of the doubt on 100% of LB decisions
 
adelaidecrows said:
class as in x factor talent on the field. Yes they beat us but id argue our team has been consistently a shadow of the glory days team.

I disagree. about the last point. Its long since been revealed we were played. Teams cried victim against our bullying tactics until our media drove us into submission only for it to be long revealed not only is every team just as guilty of doing it, they outright lied to play our media against us. India is the classic example. So stop playing the we are the bullys card. We arent and we never really were. West Indies, India, South Africa, England all gave as good if not better than they got.
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We aren't and we never were ??

You're so VERY naive.

Or just dumb.
 
Cromulant said:
We aren't and we never were ??

You're so VERY naive.

Or just dumb.
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Its not me who is naive. You couldn't even name a single example. I grew up watching it in the 80s and 90s. The best sides played here with no problem. Some of the best matches you will ever see. All of a sudden teams start losing. Wow all of a sudden we are mean and bullies. It's a convenient narrative with little factual basis.

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adelaidecrows said:
Its not me who is naive. You couldn't even name a single example. I grew up watching it in the 80s and 90s. The best sides played here with no problem. Some of the best matches you will ever see. All of a sudden teams start losing. Wow all of a sudden we are mean and bullies. It's a convenient narrative with little factual basis.

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No problem ?? Lillee and Shastri, the Underarm, Waugh and Ambrose.... to name but a few.

I love the way we played cricket, I'm not using it as a negative.... but if you reckon the Indians are any different to any of that then yes, you are extremely naive. Or an Aussie Cricket Happy Clapper. "It's only fine when do it"
 
Cap said:
Disappointed for McSweeney.

Kostas needs to debut this season, Smith is cooked, but there is no way we drop him.

Marnus back in the runs is nice.
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McSweeney has shown he has the qualities for a Test opener. One can't undervalue his performance in this innings. He showed grit and character in seeing off the new ball and was instrumental in setting up the innings, then showed another dimension when he belted a few fours. It's not too much of an exaggeration to postulate that we would have got nowhere near that score if he surrendered meekly early.
 
BRL121 said:
McSweeney has shown he has the qualities for a Test opener. One can't undervalue his performance in this innings. He showed grit and character in seeing off the new ball and was instrumental in setting up the innings, then showed another dimension when he belted a few fours. It's not too much of an exaggeration to postulate that we would have got nowhere near that score if he surrendered meekly early.
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He's a 3 or 4, not an opener.

Makes his performance even better IMO.
 
Cromulant said:
No problem ?? Lillee and Shastri, the Underarm, Waugh and Ambrose.... to name but a few.

I love the way we played cricket, I'm not using it as a negative.... but if you reckon the Indians are any different to any of that then yes, you are extremely naive. Or an Aussie Cricket Happy Clapper. "It's only fine when do it"
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I have a problem with Kohli because he was the face of outright ICC corruption favouring indian cricket. If he came from any other country he would have been suspended out of the game.

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BRL121 said:
McSweeney has shown he has the qualities for a Test opener. One can't undervalue his performance in this innings. He showed grit and character in seeing off the new ball and was instrumental in setting up the innings, then showed another dimension when he belted a few fours. It's not too much of an exaggeration to postulate that we would have got nowhere near that score if he surrendered meekly early.
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Absolutely and he's done that for SA (just no one else makes runs as often)

Hoping he gets through this series and is allowed some easier contests to start settling in.
 
BRL121 said:
McSweeney has shown he has the qualities for a Test opener. One can't undervalue his performance in this innings. He showed grit and character in seeing off the new ball and was instrumental in setting up the innings, then showed another dimension when he belted a few fours. It's not too much of an exaggeration to postulate that we would have got nowhere near that score if he surrendered meekly early.
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McSweeney getting through the 1st day last session when the ball was swinging 2x more than earlier was crucial to setting up this test.

It allowed Head to bat the following day in the better conditions.

Ideally we would bring in Konstas to open & move on the likes of Smith whose reflexes are not what they were to be successful.
 
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Eagleboy2011 said:
That clearly missed the bat. No snicko required. Did they all hear a noise?

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Marsh walks off to gift India wicket after baffling non-review

Mitch Marsh chose not to review and walked off despite replays showing he missed this delivery from Ravichandran Ashwin
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Pretty sure Marsh hit his pad with the inside edge of the bat as the ball passed.

No real excuses for him, has the looks of a guy that couldn't remember what he ate for breakfast.
 

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