Opinion NMFC Board Cricket ThreadII - Windies, Big Bash, Pakistan.

[KekiRoo]

This is insane.

 

[krakouers]

Cummins No Wickets...

Woke... sub him off

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Cummins No Wickets...

Woke... sub him off

Can't believe people still bitch about his captaincy after one bad session in the field.

 

[Hojuman]

How many test wickets these 4 got in total playing together ?

 

[Sillygit]

Hazelgod

 

[shinboner magic]

If this wicket was in India they’d cop a canning
Not good enough

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

12 for 78, absolutely ridiculous.

Defensive techniques have never been poorer.

 

[krakouers]

How many test wickets these 4 got in total playing together ?

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[Kangaroos4eva]

 

[Dan]

Game changed in the space of 6 minutes.

#Hazlewood

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

 

[DuckYeah]

Did they? Cummins has was great but Lyon didn't threaten, Hazlewood has was just tidy and Starc bowled some trash. From 4/49 Pakistan took hold of them.

Shouldn't rely on bowlers for runs but you should expect more than 5/10 in 20 balls. Six of the top 7 got 34-60, one of them needed to go on a bit but on this pitch 5/289 was OK and heading for 350+.

I think the pitch in the first innings was obviously favourable to whoever won the toss and elected to bat. Day two though? Bowlers did a pretty good job, what would be a par score for India on day one of that pitch? 3/380?

Punter was correct in saying 300 is a decent score as the pitch would deteriorate. Other than the flat spot in the middle of the wicket (needs to be rectified in future, but we never get to play cricket on the SCG, its probably been an issue for beat part of a decade. But now we know) it really was a great pitch for batting. Then spin played late.

Definitely two sessions of batting paradise on day 1.

Bowlers did well in first innings

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Shukri Conrad: 'If SA20 doesn't happen, we are not going to have Test cricket anyway'

South Africa's Test coach says both he and the players have accepted the importance of the T20 franchise league to the game's financial sustainability in the country

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[Marstermind]

12 for 78, absolutely ridiculous.

Defensive techniques have never been poorer.

Some of Pakistan today was fantastic.

Some of Pakistan today was utter balls.

If Pakistan were an AFL team, they'd regularly be 5 goals down 20mins into the first quarter. They'd then get to half time level. having dominated the second quarter kicking 8 goals to 2. They'd then go 3 goals down but then kick 6 goals in row only to give up 2 goals in time on. They'd then cough up 3 more goals early in the last, get 2 back, and then totally collapse and lose by 6.

 

[krakouers]

Some of Pakistan today was fantastic.

Some of Pakistan today was utter balls.

If Pakistan were an AFL team, they'd regularly be 5 goals down 20mins into the first quarter. They'd then get to half time level. having dominated the second quarter kicking 8 goals to 2. They'd then go 3 goals down but then kick 6 goals in row only to give up 2 goals in time on. They'd then cough up 3 more goals early in the last, get 2 back, and then totally collapse and lose by 6.

That’s what I’ve always loved about them, never know what they will score

 

[krakouers]

Shukri Conrad: 'If SA20 doesn't happen, we are not going to have Test cricket anyway'

South Africa's Test coach says both he and the players have accepted the importance of the T20 franchise league to the game's financial sustainability in the country

www.espncricinfo.com

Like having players called up to test team not released for BBL?

Like marketing key players you have?

Like ensuing pathways for developing players to come through?

Or, rather than blowing $5 million on a handful of big players playing 1-2 games, having a collection of lower paid players playing a good level of cricket?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Some of Pakistan today was fantastic.

Some of Pakistan today was utter balls.

If Pakistan were an AFL team, they'd regularly be 5 goals down 20mins into the first quarter. They'd then get to half time level. having dominated the second quarter kicking 8 goals to 2. They'd then go 3 goals down but then kick 6 goals in row only to give up 2 goals in time on. They'd then cough up 3 more goals early in the last, get 2 back, and then totally collapse and lose by 6.

Sounds a lot like us, yikes.

 

[Samsquanch]

How many test wickets these 4 got in total playing together ?

If you watched the match you'd know. Because they shove it down your throat every half hour on the dot with graphics and Jamie Brayshaw screaming out the numbers at the top of his lungs.

 

[Samsquanch]

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Thanks Jamie.

 

[zoomba23]

Sounds a lot like us, yikes.

Without the sustained periods of quality

 

[Samsquanch]

 

[Sillygit]

Sounds a lot like us, yikes.

Even worse, what we used to be.

 

[krakouers]

Thanks Jamie.

 

[krakouers]

If you watched the match you'd know.

I’m beginning to think Hojuman watched the Aussies bat this morning

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Just finished work and caught up on some of the highlights.

Bloody hell, how bad have some of the umpiring decisions been this series?

Gives Marsh out LBW when it hits him mid quad. The blokes like 15 foot tall.