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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,168
    Here are my two cats playing with a cricket ;):lol:

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Plus, he is going out with a mates sister, so I hope he does well on the count too...

    What? That's allowed? lol


    Come again?

    Pattinson injury is a shame... Big loss... and Geez I wish Cummins was fit, I want to get a look at him. Must be frustrating for him...

    Sorry did you mean your mate or his mate lol?
    I thought dating friends sisters is a no-no.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Another of our quicks injured, faaark!
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    haaha... my mate's sister is dating nathan lyon...

    The other week on facebook, it came up with 'people you may know' Nathan Lyon...
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    haaha... my mate's sister is dating nathan lyon...

    The other week on facebook, it came up with 'people you may know' Nathan Lyon...

    What a misunderstanding lol
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  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I feel incredibly sorry for Lyon.... He actually bowled so well today.. and I didn't realise until he changed ends that we was bowling from the wrong end... spinners always bowl from the Randwick end at the SCG, he bowled all day from Paddington...

    And I think he is the best of a not so great bunch... Doherty, Haurtiz... Lyon has game... He just needs to slow it down a touch....

    If he got Tendulkar out with that close LBW, or had someone near 45 for sachins sweep that went wrong, then we may be talking differently....

    Plus, he is going out with a mates sister, so I hope he does well on the count too...

    Too many young spinners have this thing of thinking they need to put the ball through as quickly as they can, they learn (often too late) that different paced deliveries are a valuable part of their arsenal. We had a young lad here in England a few years ago, Chris Schofield, who was going to be the next big thing. Never happened because he got "found out" and didn't develop his game beyond trying to bowl the fastest leg breaks he could...

    Lyon looks more than useful, you guys should stick with him for a while.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    ilockyer wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I feel incredibly sorry for Lyon.... He actually bowled so well today.. and I didn't realise until he changed ends that we was bowling from the wrong end... spinners always bowl from the Randwick end at the SCG, he bowled all day from Paddington...

    And I think he is the best of a not so great bunch... Doherty, Haurtiz... Lyon has game... He just needs to slow it down a touch....

    If he got Tendulkar out with that close LBW, or had someone near 45 for sachins sweep that went wrong, then we may be talking differently....

    Plus, he is going out with a mates sister, so I hope he does well on the count too...

    Too many young spinners have this thing of thinking they need to put the ball through as quickly as they can, they learn (often too late) that different paced deliveries are a valuable part of their arsenal. We had a young lad here in England a few years ago, Chris Schofield, who was going to be the next big thing. Never happened because he got "found out" and didn't develop his game beyond trying to bowl the fastest leg breaks he could...

    Lyon looks more than useful, you guys should stick with him for a while.


    I agree, its funny though cause he still seems to flight the ball even when he puts it through quickly... I was watching him live, and every ball just seemed to go through too quickly. I think he was a bit too defensive against the indians. On the last day of the sydney test, he slowed by 3 or 4, and he looked really good. He was testing laxman well, had a good lb shout against sachin and sachin also top edged one which went straight up, but short of the man.

    In Aussie cricket, the blokes who have followed Warne, Mcgrath and Gilchrist have all be unfairly compared...

    Lyon is no Warne, so we can't expect him to rip through oppositions. And Warney had a tough start to his career. Lyon has taken 24 wickets at 30... Swann is averaging 28. so not too much difference there. And he is in the toughest series he will have. India in Australia...

    But he is the best of a not too impressive spinners in Australia... He is like the smartest student in the dumb class...
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  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    pjfan31 wrote:
    In Aussie cricket, the blokes who have followed Warne, Mcgrath and Gilchrist have all be unfairly compared...

    Lyon is no Warne, so we can't expect him to rip through oppositions. And Warney had a tough start to his career. Lyon has taken 24 wickets at 30... Swann is averaging 28. so not too much difference there. And he is in the toughest series he will have. India in Australia...

    But he is the best of a not too impressive spinners in Australia... He is like the smartest student in the dumb class...

    I still think the most balanced attack I've watched an Australian team have was when they came over here in 1993 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian ... nd_in_1993), Tim May and Shane Warne worked really well together. Brendon Julian was a good variation as well, and obviously there was Merv and McDermott.

    In a lot of ways, I don't think May was ever really replaced. MacGill was another leg spinner, never in the same league as Shane but did OK over here in club cricket and I saw him play 2nd XI games for Somerset a few times, always impressed.

    We had an Aussie off-spinner called Dan Cullen for a season, what happened to him? He came over with Cameron White...
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    YEh he did no good... he played one test I think... Against Bangladesh and only took one wicket, so can't be any good...

    White was no good either... just bowled fast, flat leggies that were more like top spinners.

    MacGill was great... If it wasn't for Warne he would have 450 test wickets. he got 208 in limited opportunities, and he would have been in any other test team...
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I made 1441 today playing Cricket 2010 on PS3.
    Top scorer Watson with 424.
    I then bowled WI out for 62, they are now following on.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    hahaha... the sad thing is I could see that happening in test cricket...
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Twenty20 Tests.
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  • Idris
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Good hearing you talk about it... Mcgrath and Warner were phenomenal.. Canada play in the odd world cup. Jon Davidson did well, hit the fastest ODI century one year... But he was practically Aussie... a fake Canadian...
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Good hearing you talk about it... Mcgrath and Warner were phenomenal.. Canada play in the odd world cup. Jon Davidson did well, hit the fastest ODI century one year... But he was practically Aussie... a fake Canadian...

    fake Canadian :lol:

    Counterfeit Canuck.
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  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    yeh another ring in redback.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Went to the big bash tonight, and the umpiring was disgraceful...

    So Usman Kawaja gets out, caught behind, me and the rest of the crowd thought he missed the ball, but that I can take, that is an umpiring error but hey shit happens....

    Next over Gayle gets given not out after a caught behind appeal. Then out of nowhere they refer it... What the fuck? He signals he missed it, I see a replay it looks like he missed it, infact I am confident he missed it, and 13000 fans at the ground thought he missed it, and then it would could only be described as farcical he is then sent on his way... after the 3rd umpire sees it.

    This one I can not take...I am fairly confident he didn't hit it, but how could the 3rd umpire have no doubt in his mind and then send the biggest draw card on his way? I went to see Chris Gayle bat, and I, as a fan got ripped off. It affected the match, Sydney were all over. The game from that point on died a slow death. The worst officiating I have seen.

    Luckily we got a great display by Mitch Marsh. That kid has game.

    And Couter-nile is a gun in the field wow...
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  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    Another fantastic display of Cricket by the Aussies! 8-)
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    It's good to see them killing it....

    All we need now is consistency, we have the talent there... but its no good if one test the top order performs, then the next test they don't.... same with middle order and the bowlers...

    So excited... :D
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  • runchaser
    runchaser Posts: 112
    Poor old India.....couldn't happen to a nicer bunch :lol:

    Be interesting to see what attack we go with against Pakistan now Monty seems to have his mojo back , think i'd go with Tremlett . Not convinced at all by Morgan as a test batsmen.

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