2016/17 Summer of Cricket

[Bazal]

Maybe you should go and top up the hot water and put on some whale songs. I think we'll need a few more from the tail here.

Are you calling his missus a whale? Uncool

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

It's ok. She gone to listen to an audio book. We've done heaps better since she stopped watching.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Seriously.....if there's only going to be 1 over.....why not bowl Cummins? Happy to be wrong.

 

[Bazal]

Seriously.....if there's only going to be 1 over.....why not bowl Cummins? Happy to be wrong.

Personally I'm not upset that the single over went to the best pace bowler in the world at the moment.

I wouldn't be upset had it gone to Cummins either, but Hazelwood is comfortably our best quick so fair enough IMO.

 

[TheParraboy]

India will get a massive first innings lead - nothing surer. Will end up winning the series 2-1

Parra getting tanked last night

terrible terrible weekend

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Personally I'm not upset that the single over went to the best pace bowler in the world at the moment.

I wouldn't be upset had it gone to Cummins either, but Hazelwood is comfortably our best quick so fair enough IMO.

Hazlewood is predominantly (but not exclusively) a 'pressure' bowler. When there's only a single over to bowl I'd go for the guy who caused them the most trouble in the last test and stick a short leg fielder under their eye.

 

[Twizzle]

pretty impressive debut from Kuldeep Yadav, very good variation and excellent control

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Yeh, he was really good. Can't remember him bowling a half-tracker.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Yesterday's speed gun was very generous to the bowlers. Interesting to see if that continues.

 

[Bazal]

Hey look, Negative Nath is back after 2 deliveries!

What earthly reason does he have for going around the wicket to right handers? Dumb, defensive bowling

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

We really didn't need the dropped (missed) catch.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I think Lyon has been pretty good thus far.

 

[Bazal]

I think Lyon has been pretty good thus far.

Once he stopped bowling around the wicket, he got some wickets. What a magical coincidence....

Of course, it makes it all the more mind boggling that he's currently gone back around the wicket.

 

[Eelementary]

Why do the Indian crowds cheer for every single that is hit?

It's irritating!

 

[Bazal]

And he goes back over the wicket and gets Rahane.

Put a shock collar on him and give him a belt whenever the stupid merkin tries to go around the wicket.

 

[Basil Brush]

Basil Brush, you are kidding yourself!

Whether or not anyone watches any cricket at all, the numbers on the SOK vs Lyon thing speak for themselves. SOK has a better FC record, and, unsurprisingly, a better test record. In both formats SOK is more economical, has a better strike rate, and gets more wickets per game.
You say Lyon hasn't played much FC cricket? He was played 46 non-test FC games, SOK has 62. There really isn't much of a difference.

The aim of the game as a bowler is, ultimately, to take wickets. SOK gets more of them, faster, at a cheaper rate than Lyon. That's the story. You can't write it any other way.


I spoke to this bloke years ago who was convinced that Neil Harvey was a better batsman than Don Bradman. Was it you Basil Brush????

Haha.

Look at Lyons record in real cricket i.e. test cricket and come back to me.

Lyon is a far better bowler than O'Keeffe.

 

[Bazal]

Haha.

Look at Lyons record in real cricket i.e. test cricket and come back to me.

Lyon is a far better bowler than O'Keeffe.

Yawn. It's not that clear cut, both sides of the argument need to stop pretending it is.

 

[Basil Brush]

Once he stopped bowling around the wicket, he got some wickets. What a magical coincidence....

Of course, it makes it all the more mind boggling that he's currently gone back around the wicket.

Lyon's biggest issue is his ball speed.

When around 80-85 kph, he is unbelievable.

However a lot of cricket fans in aus don't rate him for some reason.

 

[Bazal]

Lyon's biggest issue is his ball speed.

When around 80-85 kph, he is unbelievable.

However a lot of cricket fans in aus don't rate him for some reason.

No, a lot of cricket fans get unbelievably frustrated by him because;

-He goes through long periods of being worse than a grade cricket offie with no consequences
-He goes through periods of bowling defensively and not even trying to get a wicket
-He has an obsession with bowling around the wicket which makes it almost impossible for him to get a wicket
-He has the variation of a straight line
-He rarely turns the ball

At his best, he's a solid bowler. He's very rarely at his best.

 

[Eelementary]

Urgh...Matthew Wade...

One of these days, one of his teammates will Tonya Harding him, deadset...