Australian International Summer 2024/25

[am Bays]

Basically Deano arked up on 16/1/93, 16 days later west Indies had cleaned up

Waugh poked the bear at Port of Spain in the 3rd test in 1995, West Indies won by nine wickets.

Next test Waugh let his bat basically do the talking for an innings win.

[dedja]

So does poking the bear work or not?

[another grub]

Poking pigs doesn't .... I can vouch for that

[mal]

So does poking the bear work or not?

Only if its a booboo?

[whufc]

Wouldnt happen on AB's watch

Didn’t Dean Jones ask Ambrose to take his wrist band off under Borders watch.

Yes he did, it was in the first final of the World Series Cup in 1992-93

Deano came in at 1-41 chasing 247. He asks Ambrose to take off his sweatbands Ambrose then goes ballistic and we’re all out 160 runs later Ambrose takes 4 wickets gets five for the match.

Next final we get rolled. Ambrose takes 4 wickets, West Indies win the trophy

Next test in Adelaide we’re 1-0 up in the Frank Worrell trophy as AB and Richie R toss the coin, Ambrose takes 10 wickets we lose by one run and he get MOTM

Off to Perth next, he takes nine wickets for **** all we lose by an innings and there goes Frank he gets MOTM and MOTS

In three weeks 4 games he basically takes 26 wickets st under 10.

Within a year Deano plays his last game for Australia….

So yeah it’s reallllll smart to sledge good players!!!

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wes ... nd-results

Yeah because that was the only times the windies beat the Aussies and Ambrose performed well against Australia.

[dedja]

Wouldnt happen on AB's watch

Didn’t Dean Jones ask Ambrose to take his wrist band off under Borders watch.

Yes he did, it was in the first final of the World Series Cup in 1992-93

Deano came in at 1-41 chasing 247. He asks Ambrose to take off his sweatbands Ambrose then goes ballistic and we’re all out 160 runs later Ambrose takes 4 wickets gets five for the match.

Next final we get rolled. Ambrose takes 4 wickets, West Indies win the trophy

Next test in Adelaide we’re 1-0 up in the Frank Worrell trophy as AB and Richie R toss the coin, Ambrose takes 10 wickets we lose by one run and he get MOTM

Off to Perth next, he takes nine wickets for **** all we lose by an innings and there goes Frank he gets MOTM and MOTS

In three weeks 4 games he basically takes 26 wickets st under 10.

Within a year Deano plays his last game for Australia….

So yeah it’s reallllll smart to sledge good players!!!

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wes ... nd-results

Yeah because that was the only times the windies beat the Aussies and Ambrose performed well against Australia.

[am Bays]

So does poking the bear work or not?

Ask Grizzly Adam’s or Daniel Boon

[mal]

There was a time an opposition team was actually very nice to a batsman
It happened in 1948 In England
The Australian batsman batsman needed to make 4 runs + to have a Test average of a100
Those English pricks gave him a guard of honour , and a clap just b4 The Don took guard
Soon after Eric Hollies got The Don out for a duck

[dedja]

Lots of disagreements on Konstas, but I’m sure we can all agree that Joel Wilson isn’t a great umpire, although to be fair, nowhere near Bucknor’s league.

[another grub]

Bucknor was on the take

[mal]

There was a time an opposition team was actually very nice to a batsman
It happened in 1948 In England
The Australian batsman batsman needed to make 4 runs + to have a Test average of a100
Those English pricks gave him a guard of honour , and a clap just b4 The Don took guard
Soon after Eric Hollies got The Don out for a duck

Then there was the time early in The Dons career
I reckon it was the Dons debut
An English player said words to the effect that Bradman cant bat
DONT POKE THE BEAR !

[The Dark Knight]

Day 1 stats, mostly showing how bad India's batting has been.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus- ... ia-1467590

[am Bays]

Yeah because that was the only times the windies beat the Aussies and Ambrose performed well against Australia.

Umm, Australia are leading the test series and were the highest ranked team in the triseries up to that point.

Yes for the previous six series post WSC the Windies dominated but that was the turning point of the summer. 26 wickets at under 10 in 16 days is a fair effort

You don’t sledge good players

[am Bays]

Bucknor was on the take

But he wasn’t Billy Bowden bad…

[dedja]

Bucknor was on the take

But he wasn’t Billy Bowden bad…

In my best John McEnroe voice … you cannot be serious

No-one was in Bucknor’s league.

https://youtu.be/yF3Ss2e9KCk?si=WWYEZ2J_IO6YoSW7

[mal]

Bodyline Series 1933-1934
Bill Woodfull " Theres 2 teams out there but only ones playing cricket"
England didnt lose a test in that series after Bill poked at Douggie Jardine

But if The Don averaged 99 that series .....

[mal]

Yeah because that was the only times the windies beat the Aussies and Ambrose performed well against Australia.

Umm, Australia are leading the test series and were the highest ranked team in the triseries up to that point.

Yes for the previous six series post WSC the Windies dominated but that was the turning point of the summer. 26 wickets at under 10 in 16 days is a fair effort

You don’t sledge good players

Umm
So why did Curtly Ambrose sledge Steve Waugh ?

[another grub]

I'm just glad Adam poked Eve FFS

[mots02]

Did Trav poke all of India or put his finger on ice?

[jackpot jim]

Watching the Uzi dismissal again, why was he jumping to a ball that was pitched up?

Cos he has a terrible technique. Cant remember him ever playing forward . Plays everything off the back foot whether ball is full or short.
Looks terrible every time he snicks off with lack of feet movement.

As for Konstas
As others have said, results will speak for themselves i guess. .
We mock the Poms for playing Bazzball and ridicule them when it doesn't come off.
Just cant see his current style being sustainable tho cant be judged fully on such a small sample size.
Don't like the way he enters the field with his partner to bat and then immediately runs out to the centre leaving his partner behind.
It's as if he's abandoning him and reeks of "It's all about me".
Even if he was South Australian i think i'd struggle to warm to him the way he's carrying on.

on a side note i dont think i can recall a Summer in Australia so tough for batting.
All 5 pitches played on so far have been favourable for pace bowlers generally throughout the matches.
Spinners have hardly got a look in.
Been a few great tons against the odds but generally the batters from both sides are bruised, battered and devoid of confidence with some falling by the wayside and career ending as well probably? (Rohit, Khawaja, Marsh) . McSweeney should get another chance. Kholi has been exposed and the end is near.