Cricket Thread

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Sammy.

He is a running joke. But I don't think he'll do that badly with the ball. Praveen 70mph Kumar did well in England, and he if anything swings it too much. Line and lenff innit. Plus we can't forget the maverick batting. Fidel Edwards looks lame though.

Atherton made a good point ( ) that Edwards and Roach would be a lot better if they were taller. You can always come forward to these two because it's never going over your shoulder. And when they do bang it in, they have to bang it in so short that you can spot it from a mile away. The only way a fast bowler can be short is if he gets good swing like Gough. Going way back, Larwood was supposed to be the best fast bowler around and he was a midget but then again he bowled at the era of the village so cricket didn't exist then.

The Kumars at 42mph is garbage. Makes me sick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What an awful decision to give a wicket there. Good thing the review system is in place.

It goes back to 13-0.

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Have a day off Aleem. He's not an Indian batsman ffs.

[Dennis Bendtner]

The Kumars at 42mph.

Very good.

I would have Ravi Rampaul ahead of Edwards and Roach. He must be injured, I guess.

Gayle
Barath
Chanderpaul
Edwards
Darren Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
pub-team keeper of choice
Rampaul
Narine/Bishoo
big fast bowler of choice
big fast bowler of choice

That'd make this series relatively interesting. Sorry Sammy

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You forgot Sarwan.

It's ridiculous. They've got a much better team not playing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Having said that, when that much better team has played, they've been routinely annihilated. The side they have playing now has more XP than the one that played against the Aussies recently and they were good matches, generally.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Windies are only on 22-0, bloody hell.

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They would've lost regardless. But it would've been a bit closer (even though Gayle's not a test player, he'd get the odd quick-fire 50 - natural ability is worth a bit). It would've been good to see Narine, in particular. This 'mystery spinner' is fantastic - the Aussies just couldn't pick him.

At the very least, Windies would be more fun to watch with Gayle and Bishoo/Narine, Pollard (?), Bravo in. They've been boring the shit out of everyone so far. A few Barath cover drives apart, there hasn't been any decent shotmaking.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not being able to knock off the Aussie tail is where they mainly faltered along with the weather, probably.

It's not a huge surprise they aren't knocking the cherry around to all parts of the ground though, for many of them they've never played against swing for such a sustained period before. As long as they learn from it unlike England forever sweeping a spinning ball they should be alright.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great throw from KP, Barath dives in Brian Lara Cricket style though. Not out.