Opinion NMFC Board Cricket Thread III

[Marstermind]

Id have to double check but i think the whole season was if maxwell passes 30 runs they win if not they lose.

Not quite.

He scored 32 in the first game against the Sixers which they lost. He also scored a golden against the Heat coming in with only 4 runs needed.

Maxwell also got 20* off 10 in the first game against the Renegades - but came in with about 40 needed of four overs and got them over the line.

 

[Passmore]

Surely this kid gets drafted to play AFL by Geelong…

 

[krakouers]

‘Player who defined his generation’: Ex-Aussie skipper Michael Clarke’s Hall of Fame nod

‘Player who defined his generation’: Ex-Aussie skipper’s huge Hall of Fame nod

www.foxsports.com.au

“Michael’s career will forever be remembered fondly by the Australian public“

That’s an interesting opinion, has time changed it?

 

[Samsquanch]

That’s an interesting opinion, has time changed it?

No.



I saw something about that on the news as I turned the TV off.

Nobody in Australia likes or has any fondness for Michael Clarkes.

 

[Sillygit]

decent chance of england jagging a DLS win here

 

[Ichiro #51]

No.



I saw something about that on the news as I turned the TV off.

Nobody in Australia likes or has any fondness for Michael Clarkes.

Ultra flog

 

[Samsquanch]

decent chance of england jagging a DLS win here

For anybody who doesn't want to know the result, look away now.


AUS Women won by 6 runs (DLS method)


I should have said, for any England supporter who doesn't want to know the result, look away now but too late.

 

[Sillygit]

For anybody who doesn't want to know the result, look away now.


AUS Women won by 6 runs (DLS method)


I should have said, for any England supporter who doesn't want to know the result, look away now but too late.

And then it was 10 - nil

 

[Hearts to hearts]

That was fascinating - I haven’t watched a game since the DLS got so sophisticated with the ball by ball calculations, and it added to the tension and drama. Loved Grace Harris giving no sympathy - England ran off when they were ahead of the required rate and the rain was the same as when they were sent off behind the rate and wanted to stay. It was a shame for the game because I think Australia would probably have won by more if they’d finished the last over, but Australia really had it once Schutt took out the dangerous set pair. Also Knight won the toss and bowled knowing the weather was likely to be a factor in their innings. Ashes won, move on to the next game.

 

[ferball]

Ultra flog

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The look on that horse says it all.

 

[McKuursma]

‘Player who defined his generation’: Ex-Aussie skipper Michael Clarke’s Hall of Fame nod

‘Player who defined his generation’: Ex-Aussie skipper’s huge Hall of Fame nod

www.foxsports.com.au

“Michael’s career will forever be remembered fondly by the Australian public“

That’s an interesting opinion, has time changed it?

To play devil's advocate, the quote references his career rather than the person. The career in isolation (which is still entwined with large amounts of flog) produced well above its fair share of aus cricket folklore. Triple century from 3/fk all against india, three wickets at 7 down with 10mins to go on day5 against india (which equalled the record for 16 consecutive test wins), four double centuries in a calendar year, best bowling figs of 6/9 and so on

My personal fav was the 161* against SA in capetown where he got beaten up by morkel peppering him around the wicket, took it, and fought back. He took the hits at 140km+ rather than risk his wicket early on, then put them in the dirt and still dug deep when needed further into the innings. There is a heap of shinboner-adjacent moments in aus cricket (potentially an idea for a thread), but being too young for AB and most of the 90's/early00's for it to have an impact, it's a clear stand out amongst my favourite fighting innings that i've seen. It also seems to be a skill that has rapidly disappeared from test match cricket in favour of being more aggressive with the bat rather than sheer mental and physical application, which is a shame. I digress, it was an art form, but maybe it's better for the long run.

At the risk of sounding even more like a sycophant, he battled pretty hard to represent the badge through debilitating back injuries for a fair chunk at the back end of his career. He was a terrific fielder as well which probably would have been highlighted more had punter not raised the bar a half generation before him.

But as a person, still a f*****t of a bloke. I think the large amount of very obvious plastic surgery can attest to that alone