That still feels like a long way away with the current lead being 47 and four wickets down.batmanbegins wrote:Just need to get 100 to 120 ahead and your huge favourites.
by The Dark Knight » Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:46 pm
That still feels like a long way away with the current lead being 47 and four wickets down.batmanbegins wrote:Just need to get 100 to 120 ahead and your huge favourites.
by Armchair expert » Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:46 pm
by stan » Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:21 pm
by The Dark Knight » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:58 am
by whufc » Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:28 am
stan wrote:Christ the pitches this tour have been a bloody disgrace.
Good grief balls keeping low and exploding off the pitch in the first session.
by LaughingKookaburra » Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:44 am
whufc wrote:stan wrote:Christ the pitches this tour have been a bloody disgrace.
Good grief balls keeping low and exploding off the pitch in the first session.
Whilst its hard to disagree about the pitch i dont mind it.
More often in test history i believe we have seen pitches far to favorable to batters so watching a few tests where batters scramble is nice. Plus I find when watching there is actual excitement about each run we score as the lead edges one run ahead at a time. I think it makes much more entertaining viewing albeit we will see a day or two less of cricket.
by whufc » Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:49 am
LaughingKookaburra wrote:whufc wrote:stan wrote:Christ the pitches this tour have been a bloody disgrace.
Good grief balls keeping low and exploding off the pitch in the first session.
Whilst its hard to disagree about the pitch i dont mind it.
More often in test history i believe we have seen pitches far to favorable to batters so watching a few tests where batters scramble is nice. Plus I find when watching there is actual excitement about each run we score as the lead edges one run ahead at a time. I think it makes much more entertaining viewing albeit we will see a day or two less of cricket.
There’s nothing exciting about watching games on pitches like the ones that have been produced this tour. The best cricket matches you see at Test level are the ones that are over in the 4th and 5th day. The pitches this tour are shithouse and the team that bats first are consistently in the firing line because it’s a dead set lottery and you don’t know what to expect.
by Brodlach » Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:36 am
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by whufc » Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:40 am
Brodlach wrote:Easy to blame pitches in Australia, especially Adelaide, but you’ve got to look at the opposition. No matter what the pitch was in Adelaide the West Indies were never going to be competitive
by tigerpie » Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:54 am
stan wrote:Christ the pitches this tour have been a bloody disgrace.
Good grief balls keeping low and exploding off the pitch in the first session.
by Brodlach » Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:56 am
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by whufc » Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:03 am
Brodlach wrote:100% disagree with your assessment of the Adelaide Oval pitch
by Brodlach » Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:17 am
whufc wrote:Brodlach wrote:100% disagree with your assessment of the Adelaide Oval pitch
You can't seriously say you enjoyed that period in the 1990'- 2000's where on more occasions than not both teams would make well over 300 in the first innings and then the game relied on declerations to get a result.
Just looked between 2000 - 2014 only two times did a team score under 330 in their first innings.....it was ridiculous. It probably goes back even further but i got bored looking when i reached 2000. They were all runfests until the second innings.
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by RB » Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:28 am
Hardly any of those matches ended in draws.whufc wrote:Brodlach wrote:100% disagree with your assessment of the Adelaide Oval pitch
You can't seriously say you enjoyed that period in the 1990'- 2000's where on more occasions than not both teams would make well over 300 in the first innings and then the game relied on declerations to get a result.
Just looked between 2000 - 2014 only two times did a team score under 330 in their first innings.....it was ridiculous. It probably goes back even further but i got bored looking when i reached 2000. They were all runfests until the second innings.
by whufc » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:10 am
by whufc » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:11 am
Brodlach wrote:whufc wrote:Brodlach wrote:100% disagree with your assessment of the Adelaide Oval pitch
You can't seriously say you enjoyed that period in the 1990'- 2000's where on more occasions than not both teams would make well over 300 in the first innings and then the game relied on declerations to get a result.
Just looked between 2000 - 2014 only two times did a team score under 330 in their first innings.....it was ridiculous. It probably goes back even further but i got bored looking when i reached 2000. They were all runfests until the second innings.
First of all you are referencing 25-30 years ago, how far do you want to go back?
Secondly I loved seeing that, that’s what Tedt Cricket is all about. I probably attended most of those days. It’s an equal battle between bat and ball, didn’t favour either aspect
by Dinglinga75 » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:21 am
by Brodlach » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:42 am
whufc wrote:Brodlach wrote:whufc wrote:Brodlach wrote:100% disagree with your assessment of the Adelaide Oval pitch
You can't seriously say you enjoyed that period in the 1990'- 2000's where on more occasions than not both teams would make well over 300 in the first innings and then the game relied on declerations to get a result.
Just looked between 2000 - 2014 only two times did a team score under 330 in their first innings.....it was ridiculous. It probably goes back even further but i got bored looking when i reached 2000. They were all runfests until the second innings.
First of all you are referencing 25-30 years ago, how far do you want to go back?
Secondly I loved seeing that, that’s what Tedt Cricket is all about. I probably attended most of those days. It’s an equal battle between bat and ball, didn’t favour either aspect
Both Teams hitting over 350 in their first innings every time is not an equal contest between bat and ball!
There was even a few occasions where both teams hit over 500 in their first innings including amazing Adelaide which was the biggest snore test for 3 days
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by Armchair expert » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:51 am
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