1st Test - Australia v India at Melbourne Dec 26-30, 2011

[hineyrulz]

smh

People blaming Clarke already



You'd think the cricket know it all would know that

Halla needs to lift her game.

 

[Hallatia]

yes

hands not allowed

Yes he may, but he's not allowed to take runs from such an action.

yeh, no problems

I don't like it, I don't see a significant difference between that and "handling the ball" which constitutes a wicket

 

[Twizzle]

thems the rules, you can hit it away with the bat, or kick it away

 

[Hallatia]

Halla needs to lift her game.

I know, I am so embarrassed.

 

[Red Bear]

It just looked odd cos of the ball was still falling, you see people knock the ball away when rolling towards the stumps all the time

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Also I realise that Cowan is on debut but how exactly is his current run rate any different to Khawaja? All this does Marsh's duck/Cowan's run rate is make the selectors look like geese for dropping Usi. Matter of fact there was no real need to drop the kid for 2 close to 30 year olds.

 

[hineyrulz]

I thought India had no bowlers??? This guy looks pretty handy.

 

[innsaneink]

Ponting looking the goods, a ton on the way

 

[Mr Angry]

Why do i love appreciate good fielding so....

I guess cause i was always third man.

 

[hineyrulz]

Double figures, that will get him another 5 tests.

 

[Hallatia]

It just looked odd cos of the ball was still falling, you see people knock the ball away when rolling towards the stumps all the time

yeah, with the bat which probably also shouldn't be allowed (unless it's the first hit of the ball) given hitting the ball twice is meant to constitute a dismissal

 

[El Diablo]

did Marsh play in the PMs XI game? Hes not yet at the status to just warrant coming back after 3 months off probably. Actually theres probably not a guy in our XI who is.

no

he just had to play a T20 and if he got through that he was OK

pretty silly really

Cowan might put me to sleep

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Clarke's decision to bat is looking ordinary now.

The old saying in test cricket is that if you win the toss 9/10 you choose to bat straight away on the other occasion you think about it for a second then bat anyway.

This pitch has no demons, let's see if the Australian batsmen have any.

 

[Twizzle]

Ponting has already gone past Cowan

 

[hineyrulz]

Nice shot by Cowan, he's doing his job well atm.

 

[El Diablo]

yeah, with the bat which probably also shouldn't be allowed (unless it's the first hit of the ball) given hitting the ball twice is meant to constitute a dismissal

so you think they should just stand there and have to watch the ball roll into the stumps :crazy:

 

[Desert Qlder]

The old saying in test cricket is that if you win the toss 9/10 you choose to bat straight away on the other occasion you think about it for a second then bat anyway.

This pitch has no demons, let's see if the Australian batsmen have any.

All I was seeing all morning was intermittent showers and clouds, not to mention the Brisbane-like humidity of the last few days. I was thinking 'yep, send em in'.

Happy to be proven wrong though.

 

[Twizzle]

Bill and Tony together again

 

[hineyrulz]

Bill and Tony together again

Maybe they barricaded the commentary Box????

 

[AlwaysGreen]

yeah, with the bat which probably also shouldn't be allowed (unless it's the first hit of the ball) given hitting the ball twice is meant to constitute a dismissal

The hitting the ball twice rule harks back to the start of cricket when players were allowed to have as many hits of the ball as they liked. When the game developed in the nineteenth century this rule was brought in to stop that.

That it remains in the rules is just one of cricket's quirks.

You can use any part of your body/equipment to protect your stumps bar the hand.