4th Ashes Test, Boxing Day @ the MCG

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

The entire series though not just yesterday it's been disappointing watching the batsman throw their wickets away like they're playing pyjama cricket having a crack at everything and the bowlers look for 6 wicket balls in an over instead of putting it on a nagging line and length.

 

[myanonymoususername]

agreed TT, some of the shots yesterday were ridiculous. Whilst the game was gone today, seeing Siddle wielding the blade like he was looking for a score reeked of someone looking for self glory was pretty disappointing.

Why the Siddle hate? He and Haddin are probably the only fighters in the team. If some of the pretty boys like Watson, Clarke and Smith put as much value on their wicket we'd be doing a lot better. Plus as a bowler he's the only one to have performed in more than about one innings in the series.

 

[hineyrulz]

Siddle has scored more than the captain this series, bit hard to have a dig at his batting. And he is our leading wicket taker, never been a fan but credit where credit is due.

 

[myanonymoususername]

he's sh*t

a hack

But apart from that, if not for Siddle England would still be batting and about 3/1000.

 

[JJ]

Siddle's been Australia's best in the whole series - easily the best bowler, and looks more useful than Smith and Johnson with the bat

Think it was Yappy that compared Johnson to Santa, I prefer the Easter Bunny - but once a year he leaves you feeling content...

I'd be ditching Hughes, Smith, Hilfenhaus, Beer (because I can only assume he's crap) and Johnson... no idea who you should pick, but if you can't find better than that lot, you're in serious trouble

 

[Gaba]

Damn, I was about to say that Siddle needed to get to 58 to surpass Clarkes series batting average as well.

He has a better batting average this series than:
Johnson, North, Ponting, Collingwood, Hughes, Swann, Doherty, Hilfenhaus, Bresnan, Anderson, Harris, Tremlett, Finn, Broad and Bollinger

also prior who average 16 this series

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Imagine how bad it would've been for Australia if they'd had Demented Downie Dougtard instead of Sensational Siddle.

Smith and Hughes :lol:

 

[Red Bear]

Re England vs Us, they have a few bowlers and batsmen (Cook Anderson and Swann and Bell particularly) showing the benifit of being backed based on their talent and ability, rather than being dropped early after a couple of poor tests (something England were renouned for doing in the 90's a string of three gamers and a rubbish cricket side). As mentioned in the papaer today, Smith shouldnt have been chosen in Perth, but he should've been kept in India so we could get a clearer idea of what he was like. Hughes should've been backed to come good in England but was dumped. And we are at a point where we need to do this. Players like Warne Mcgrath Slater Waugh etc were all backed and given time and it certainly paid off as they became good test cricketers.

When to debut players is a whole other debate but if you are going to choose young talent there is no point then just dumping them the first sign of poor form, no point picking youth if you arent going to back their obvious ability.

 

[beave]

Why the Siddle hate? He and Haddin are probably the only fighters in the team. If some of the pretty boys like Watson, Clarke and Smith put as much value on their wicket we'd be doing a lot better. Plus as a bowler he's the only one to have performed in more than about one innings in the series.

No Siddle hate here at all,he has been excellent for us, I was just using his dig this morning as an example because it was the most recent example to use. But did you think him prancing down the wicket this morning was what was needed?

 

[beads6]

Aussies lost this test on the first day IMO. There was no coming back from day 1.

 

[yappy]

But did you think him prancing down the wicket this morning was what was needed?

No problem with it at all. He's a No.10 and he scored his best test score after taking a 6-fer. He did all that could be asked of him. Much better to slap a couple of runs than try and pretend you're Boycott. If we were 30 behind and 100 run partnership could have at least made it interesting then maybe he should have looked to bat time, but not today.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

No Siddle hate here at all,he has been excellent for us, I was just using his dig this morning as an example because it was the most recent example to use. But did you think him prancing down the wicket this morning was what was needed?

haters gonna hate

 

[Collingwood Storm]

Ponting has scored 4 more runs and faced 15 more deliveries than Siddle with 1 extra inning this series... that extra inning was the 2nd inning half century at the Gabba.

 

[El Diablo]

Victorian alert

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Imagine how bad it would've been for Australia if they'd had Demented Downie Dougtard instead of Sensational Siddle.

Smith and Hughes :lol:

Not quite as bad as losing a series to Bangladesh I would imagine.

 

[IanG]

In Affectionate Remembrance
of
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
which died at the MCG
on
29th DECEMBER 2010,
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances

R.I.P.

N.B.—The body will be cremated and the
ashes taken to England and interred at Lord's.

 

[ANTiLAG]

Not quite as bad as losing a series to Bangladesh I would imagine.

Not so sure - This was a test series at home, as oppossed to an ODI series on tour

Or are you predicting the result of Australia's upcomming tour there?

 

[Panther_Daz]

I am loving the pasting India are copping away from home. Takes the edge off watching our shyteness a little.

We shouldn't feel too bad. India are just as useless on a pitch with a little in it for the quicks. Morkel and Steyn didn't waste any time knocking them over.

:lol:

 

[kia ora storm]

Not so sure - This was a test series at home, as oppossed to an ODI series on tour

Or are you predicting the result of Australia's upcomming tour there?

Good point...the truth is that the Aussies got owned in their own backyard big time.

 

[JJ]

Two tests lost by an innings... that's pretty sad, and one win in which some mysterious left arm quick who could get late swing appeared :crazy:

And then some fans saying that the Poms are only any good on flat decks :lol: what does that say about the Australian bats if the decks were roads?? :crazy: 98 all out, and then 258 held together by Siddle and Haddin