Cricket Thread

[McNamara That Ghost...]

251-6 now. Sammy is on 60.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

New ball taken.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Holding's is the only opinion that holds value there.

Botham and Warne are talking garbage. Viv Richards and Tendulkar might be taking games away when they're set because they were naturally attacking players. Even someone like Boycott or, now, Chanderpaul and Dravid were probably harder to get out because if it's not hitting the stumps, they won't play a shot.

Warne saying Tendulkar is not surprising. He was maybe the most complete batsman in Warne's era, so had more shots to counter him and make him go defensive. Warne got his wicket very few times relative to the number of tests played. For a leg-spinner in particular, getting stone-walled is probably less disheartening than getting carted for runs. I think there's one tour they talk about where Tendulkar kept slog sweeping him into the crowd (Warne was having great success against every other team before this). I suspect the same is true of Botham e.g. you couldn't just knock Richards' head off.

I missed village Sammy all this time. Damn!

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Warne saying Tendulkar is not surprising. He was maybe the most complete batsman in Warne's era, so had more shots to counter him and make him go defensive. Warne got his wicket very few times relative to the number of tests played. For a leg-spinner in particular, getting stone-walled is probably less disheartening than getting carted for runs. I think there's one tour they talk about where Tendulkar kept slog sweeping him into the crowd (Warne was having great success against every other team before this). I suspect the same is true of Botham e.g. you couldn't just knock Richards' head off.I missed village Sammy all this time. Damn!

You're spot on. Bit of a lazy call from me because I didn't consider the actual duals. Tendulkar played warne better than anyone so obviously he would've been the toughest to get out. Sammy is embarrasing. Who does he think he is? The joke has gone on far enough now, just sky one so we can get on with our lives. In probably village, dehli and sehwag are getting violated.

[Dennis Bendtner]

The villager is going to get his hundred before Samuels.

(i think he'll hole out soon but it'd be a larf)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

FFS Sammy, wild swing, completely misses the ball.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Samuels gets his century!

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Congrats Samuels. The best knock by a west Indian for a long time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sammy.

Swings at everything.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

304-6 at the close of play.