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Paddington Bear
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At least at this rate I'll get a lie in on Saturday
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
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Insane_Homer
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In fairness to him I think a lot of sides would struggle with Sri Lanka's recent run of bad luck. The injuries during the SA series were mad, and they lost their captain this morning.Big Nipper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:06 am How does Micky Arthur still get coaching gigs? He is the Sam Allardice of cricket
England in a decent position but plenty of work ahead.
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Insane_Homer
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ton up for Root 
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Paddington Bear
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Claim to fame - I played a Sunday league game against Dan Lawrence about 10 years ago. Drove an hour to Chingford, missed a straight one first ball, he hit me for four sixes in my three overs and then I dropped him off my own bowling on 99. Drove an hour home.
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Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
How old was he? About 14?Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:54 am Claim to fame - I played a Sunday league game against Dan Lawrence about 10 years ago. Drove an hour to Chingford, missed a straight one first ball, he hit me for four sixes in my three overs and then I dropped him off my own bowling on 99. Drove an hour home.
I rate him.
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Paddington Bear
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ffs he was 13. Thanks for ruining my daySaintK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:58 amHow old was he? About 14?Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:54 am Claim to fame - I played a Sunday league game against Dan Lawrence about 10 years ago. Drove an hour to Chingford, missed a straight one first ball, he hit me for four sixes in my three overs and then I dropped him off my own bowling on 99. Drove an hour home.
I rate him.
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:24 amffs he was 13. Thanks for ruining my daySaintK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:58 amHow old was he? About 14?Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:54 am Claim to fame - I played a Sunday league game against Dan Lawrence about 10 years ago. Drove an hour to Chingford, missed a straight one first ball, he hit me for four sixes in my three overs and then I dropped him off my own bowling on 99. Drove an hour home.
I rate him.
sorryGreat interview with Lawrence's dad on the radio just now. He didn't realise he was live!
He mentioned how important club cricket was in his son's development. Something about Sunday cricket being good for building your confidence. Or something like that...
He mentioned how important club cricket was in his son's development. Something about Sunday cricket being good for building your confidence. Or something like that...
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Paddington Bear
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Listened as well - Chingford is a very rare club that has a groundsman's house attached to the pavilion. Very serious club with great facilities.
Proper clubs, dedicated coaches and parents is the only realistic way a state school boy will make it pro these days.
My personal view is it creates players with greater determination and cricketing brain than the public schools - there's a lot to be said for playing and learning from people who have made reasonable cricketers of themselves with limited talent and working out how to play on wickets that aren't shirtfronts.
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
Agreed, and it's true even for the privately-educated when playing outside their schools. Last season was particularly good on this front as most pitches were relatively unprepared and therefore more like old-fashioned bowlers' tracks.Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:12 am
Listened as well - Chingford is a very rare club that has a groundsman's house attached to the pavilion. Very serious club with great facilities.
Proper clubs, dedicated coaches and parents is the only realistic way a state school boy will make it pro these days.
My personal view is it creates players with greater determination and cricketing brain than the public schools - there's a lot to be said for playing and learning from people who have made reasonable cricketers of themselves with limited talent and working out how to play on wickets that aren't shirtfronts.
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ScarfaceClaw
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Just flicked on the telly to see the first Plucky Sri Lankan wicket go. Thought Curran was bowling in treacle the pitch was that slow. And then an absolute rank long hop outside off and the batsman did very well to pick out the third man fielder.
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ScarfaceClaw
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And Sibley drops an absolute sitter and Don Key and the other commentators carry on talking because they completely missed it. It was only after a replay that you get “oh, was that a dropped catch”.
Without crowds to watch the ball and go “ooohhh”, even the paid commentators get bored and distracted.ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:20 am And Sibley drops an absolute sitter and Don Key and the other commentators carry on talking because they completely missed it. It was only after a replay that you get “oh, was that a dropped catch”.
Great to see this battered and bruised Indian side fighting so hard. Just 64 behind Australia's first innings total now, with 4 wickets in hand. This excellent century partnership between a couple of rookies is keeping them very much in the game.
Some of the TV commentators were expressing concern at the Aussie bowlers' workload: the same quartet bowled roughly 230 overs in Sydney and now 100 in this innings...could they be running out of gas? In contrast, the Indian attack has been constantly rotating through injury, and the last men standing should be fresh and hungry for Aussie's second dig.
Some of the TV commentators were expressing concern at the Aussie bowlers' workload: the same quartet bowled roughly 230 overs in Sydney and now 100 in this innings...could they be running out of gas? In contrast, the Indian attack has been constantly rotating through injury, and the last men standing should be fresh and hungry for Aussie's second dig.
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Insane_Homer
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After some good resistance batting from SR, the inevitable wicket brings 2.
297/7
lead by 10
297/7
lead by 10
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Insane_Homer
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excellent stumping. that's out.
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Insane_Homer
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Eng 3-1 chasing 74 to win
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Paddington Bear
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Engaging cricket this
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Insane_Homer
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12-2
PANIC!!!
PANIC!!!
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Insane_Homer
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Root run out?
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Out 14-3
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Even England can't fuck up a chase of 74, can they?
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No, but had SL batted properly in the first innings, or restricted root to under 150, then it would be a completely different game.
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What an absolutely intriguing 4th day of test cricket we have ahead at the Gabba. Australia have to play their natural attacking game in going for the win, quick runs are needed. The forecast for Brisbane is an 80% chance of 8-25mm of rain today and tomorrows is not much better. How does Paine decide how many runs are needed to set a total, and with the weather about its a perilous decision. India will be banking on a draw and would be happy with that to keep the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
Australia you feel will never settle for a draw and IMO all out attack from ball one is the only way to get a result. A rapidfire 200-250 in 40-50 overs will make 300 odd to chase and maximise the overs the bowlers have to attack. Pity I'm at work this morning
Australia you feel will never settle for a draw and IMO all out attack from ball one is the only way to get a result. A rapidfire 200-250 in 40-50 overs will make 300 odd to chase and maximise the overs the bowlers have to attack. Pity I'm at work this morning
If recent history's any guide, Australia will need to give themselves at least 100 overs to bowl out India, and hope the weather holds. That's assuming they don't collapse for a low score first, of course...JPNZ wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:03 pm What an absolutely intriguing 4th day of test cricket we have ahead at the Gabba. Australia have to play their natural attacking game in going for the win, quick runs are needed. The forecast for Brisbane is an 80% chance of 8-25mm of rain today and tomorrows is not much better. How does Paine decide how many runs are needed to set a total, and with the weather about its a perilous decision. India will be banking on a draw and would be happy with that to keep the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
Australia you feel will never settle for a draw and IMO all out attack from ball one is the only way to get a result. A rapidfire 200-250 in 40-50 overs will make 300 odd to chase and maximise the overs the bowlers have to attack. Pity I'm at work this morning
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mrbrownstone
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Live about 10 minutes from the Gabba and the clouds are threatening. The prediction is for storms around 2 so I'd say very little chance of playing the final session. With any common sense they'd shorten lunch to make up a few extra overs before rain arrives, but will never happen. Forecast is a bit better for tomorrow so fingers crossed.
From an NZ perspective, a draw is the worst possible result.
If Aus win, India would have to beat England 4-0 to qualify for the WTC final. A draw or loss knocks them out of contention. In that scenario Aus still need at minimum 1-0 against SA to guarantee qualification, but 2-1 would also do.
If India win, Aus would need 2 wins and a draw in SA to qualify. A loss would knock them out. They would also need that tour to actually take place, as if not they wouldn't qualify. In that scenario, India only need to beat England either 2-0 or 3-1.
With a draw Aus still need to win 2 games in SA to qualify, but have leeway for one loss, while India would need 3 wins and a draw against England.
From an NZ perspective, a draw is the worst possible result.
If Aus win, India would have to beat England 4-0 to qualify for the WTC final. A draw or loss knocks them out of contention. In that scenario Aus still need at minimum 1-0 against SA to guarantee qualification, but 2-1 would also do.
If India win, Aus would need 2 wins and a draw in SA to qualify. A loss would knock them out. They would also need that tour to actually take place, as if not they wouldn't qualify. In that scenario, India only need to beat England either 2-0 or 3-1.
With a draw Aus still need to win 2 games in SA to qualify, but have leeway for one loss, while India would need 3 wins and a draw against England.
I don't understand why Australia batted on after the rain/dinner break rather than declaring. Now the total's far too big for India to consider chasing down, and they won't have to bat for as long to get the draw than they would've. Then there's the weather. I guess the Aussies are just being as supremely confident as only they can be, though. Confidence, or hubris?
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mrbrownstone
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Covers coming on and looking out the window would hold very little hope of them coming back off. Makes Australia's decision to bat after tea all the more strange.
Yep, it was very strange. Almost like they thought India needed to chase the win, rather than themselves.mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:38 am Covers coming on and looking out the window would hold very little hope of them coming back off. Makes Australia's decision to bat after tea all the more strange.