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Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
The ever-so-*cough*-very-very-slight-*cough* drop of quality in our bowlers over the years has shown here. Frankly I don't hold any more hopes for this round, but I have been watching these new players make their debut with interest.
Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
Emperors Faithful wrote:The ever-so-*cough*-very-very-slight-*cough* drop of quality in our bowlers over the years has shown here. Frankly I don't hold any more hopes for this round, but I have been watching these new players make their debut with interest.
Its a chicken and egg thing though isnt it?
If the batsmen put up decent totals then even the most mediocre bowlers could become a bit more dangerous.
Maybe Cricket Australia can reverse the current teams roles. The averages probably wouldn't change but at least the loses would be more 'heroic' for the plucky no hopers?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Just had a thought
What the feth are Cricket Australia paying Justin Langer for exactly?
Justin Langer
Australia batting/leadership coach
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I would just like to say that Alistair Cook went to my school when he was younger, and there were BBC News crews interviewing the sports scholars here today
Mr. Burning is rgiht, not even Mcgrath, Warne, lee etc. could have worked with the batting performances Australia put in this series. You can have the best bowlers in the world but it doesn't mean ef all when your batsmen are getting bowled out for less than a hundred, that's why they are called bowlers instead of miracle workers.
Owned.
Bring on India.
Albatross wrote:
whatwhat wrote:It won't be ker-ching untill the win the series.
...literaly, I have twenty quid on it.
Woah. You'll be like, a millionaire or something!
Hmm not quite, was 9/4 when I placed the bet at the start of the series (the ausies were odds on to win at the time) so I will get fourty odd quid. So a few beer tokens to celebrate with.
Aye ww i stuck a tenner on with betfair after you said they would win months ago!
Good effort mate, you certainly know your cricket!
We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels.
I never 'got' cricket, even when I was back in England, even when it was part of my Secondary school's PE curriculum. It's weird it's one of two sports I find incredibly boring both to watch and to play (and I'm a sports junkie.) I'm happy to hear England is finally doing well against Australia, after all the post-Botham years were so dire thanks to Australia's unbelievably nasty bowling dominance.
Merv Hughes (I think) had the bes mustache in all sports for a while...
We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels.
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:What do you call an Aussie with a hundred to his name?
A bowler.
What do you call an Australian that's good with the bat?
Spoiler:
A Vampire.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
let us celebrate the genius that is Mitch Johnson.
Warning NSFW.
This Mitchell Johnson.
'He bowls to the left
He bowls to the right
That Mitchell Johnson
Is fething Sh*&e!'
The Mitchell Johnson who...
Asked if he was happy with the referral system on no-balls, Johnson replied: "Personally, I guess, being in that situation, probably not. It can be frustrating, I guess. If the umpires know it's a no-ball I think they should call it, instead of waiting to call it."
He added: "I think everyone's going to have different opinions on it. My opinion is, I suppose it's not a bad thing, but it can be frustrating if - I suppose you've just got to get your foot behind the line."
He supposes he should get his foot behind the line?
Australia's bowlers frequently no-ball at training.
"We're always trying to find ways to get behind the line," Johnson said after yesterday's play.
Calling the bowling coach
"Whether we feel enclosed with the nets being there, I don't know what it is, but I'll still bowl half a foot over in the nets. I don't know how we can fix that.
"Obviously it's coming into play out in the middle and we need to keep finding a way to fix these problems, whether it's doing more centre-wicket practice or being more strict at training.
No fething gak Sherlock!
"I don't know what the England side are like with their no-balls at training, but it's obviously a problem we have and we need to fix it as soon as we can."
heh, mickey taking aside though he is a class bowler. That's why he's so high in the world rankings. He just failed to turn up outisde of perth. Where, lets be fair, he was class.
whatwhat wrote:heh, mickey taking aside though he is a class bowler. That's why he's so high in the world rankings. He just failed to turn up outisde of perth. Where, lets be fair, he was class.
I dunno.
It appears that Johnson is only in the world top 10 (bowling) through his performances in 2009. every other member in that list has had a stellar 2010.
Cricket Australia should really ask what the feth their bowling coaches are doing...and keep the boy away from press conferences.
"Whether we feel enclosed with the nets being there, I don't know what it is, but I'll still bowl half a foot over in the nets. I don't know how we can fix that.
For some reason that quote above is still very amusing and baffling and scary at the same time.
Boycs was talking about that on TMS too - the nets issue, that was. As long as we keep David Saker from them - I bet he could fix that issue, but he's ours now, ours, you hear me you Aussie Cooley-thieves!
Though guards may sleep and ships may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.
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