1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane Nov 21-25, 2013

[Pete Cash]

Guess what? This wasn't the first test in the history of the world with stump mics.

You are too dumb for words.

What were Bailey and Anderson saying to each other ?

 

[El Diablo]

none of this would have happened if Clarke hadn't stupidly declared

 

[Twizzle]

Guess what? This wasn't the first test in the history of the world with stump mics.

and every fielder is always within range, lol

 

[El Diablo]

You are too dumb for words.

What were Bailey and Anderson saying to each other ?

Bailey: see that effeminate looking bloke sitting up in the stand with the huge chin

Anderson: the one wearing the rainbow g banger?

Bailey: that's your father

clearly the fault lies with Bunniesmong

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I think Anderson told Clarke he should have kept batting into the 4th day.

 

[ek999]

Why hasn't it been mentioned that Watto was given an almighty send off by someone (Trott?) in the second innings. Or Johnson absolutely giving it to Root after every ball he bowled at him. Or Anderson and Broad giving it to the batters every time they beat the bat.

 

[Mr Angry]

Pressure on Ungerland to deliver in Adelaide.

A drop in pitch changes everything we know about Adelaide, so winning the toss and batting first there may not be the advantage it once was.

The VFL need to get there own grounds and stop f**king with Cricket grounds.

 

[Pete Cash]

Why hasn't it been mentioned that Watto was given an almighty send off by someone (Trott?) in the second innings. Or Johnson absolutely giving it to Root after every ball he bowled at him. Or Anderson and Broad giving it to the batters every time they beat the bat.

I guess they all must have been asleep when Anderson was constantly sledging Clarke during the second Australian innings.

 

[Dutchy]

Poms whinging, hearing Lyons angelic voice.

We must've won a cricket game!!

 

[RHCP]

:lol: Pommy tears, is there any better kind? Cook and co. need to harden up.

 

[BunniesMan]

The VFL need to get there own grounds and stop f**king with Cricket grounds.

A) This is about Adelaide. So using "VFL" as an insult is more stupid than usual.

B) Drop in pitches have nothing to do with the AFL. Cricket administrators choose to use drop in pitches in stadiums that don't even have AFL teams.

C) AFL teams are partly the reason why there is bigger capacity stadiums for Test cricket. Do you really think Adelaide would have become a 50k stadium for cricket alone? The SCG would be developed much more slowly if it wasn't for AFL money as well. Throw in the MCG and Gabba.

I'm a traditionalist and I also wish drop in pitches weren't used. But that didn't stop the Gabba producing a good pitch for batsmen and bowlers.

 

[Twizzle]

B) Drop in pitches have nothing to do with the AFL. Cricket administrators choose to use drop in pitches in stadiums that don't even have AFL teams.

Name one

 

[jargan83]

I'm a traditionalist and I also wish drop in pitches weren't used. But that didn't stop the Gabba producing a good pitch for batsmen and bowlers.

How would a drop in pitch have stopped the Gabba pitch being a good one for Cricket?

The Gabba does not use a drop in pitch, In fact there is usually an annual time of year when some AFL nuffy has a whinge about it.

I am also fairly certain that the current SCG redevelopment recieved no money from the AFL

 

[ek999]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the only 2 cricket grounds in Australia that use a drop in pitch the MCG and now Adelaide Oval?

 

[ek999]

Also the new Adeliade Oval looks shit IMO. It has lost all the character that it once had. I know why they did it but I don't like it at all

By the way have they changed the dimensions of the oval itself. This picture looks like it is a lot wider then it used to be

 

[BunniesMan]

The WACA is putting in drop ins. AFL doesn't play at the WACA.

Cricket Australia wants to move towards drops in and when fans get pissed off it uses AFL as an excuse.

And about Adelaide specifically, it has always been great to bat on. Drop ins usually favour batsmen. It's hardly going to transform cricket in Adelaide.

 

[jargan83]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the only 2 cricket grounds in Australia that use a drop in pitch the MCG and now Adelaide Oval?

That is correct

 

[jargan83]

The WACA is putting in drop ins. AFL doesn't play at the WACA.

No they're not

 

[Parra]

Best quote regarding this test:



In Brisbane we were confronted with one of sport's great truths. You can execute your plans, bond in the wilderness, and eat all the Moroccan-spiced griddled chicken fillets with lime and coriander mayo that you want; but over the centuries cricket has never come up with a tactic more effective than a truly fast bowler digging one in short at upwards of 90 miles per hour

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...stened-poms-20131125-2y4y3.html#ixzz2lcDW7uG5

 

[hineyrulz]

Surely BM has used up full genius post quota in this thread???

It's amazing how he can find new ways to looking even dumber.