ADELAIDE TEST: Australia v India Dec 9-13 2014

[Twizzle]

Sunshine to the rescue

 

[madunit]

Greg Matthews averaged 48 with the ball in Test Cricket :shock:

I wouldn't rate Greg Matthews as a full time spinner, like Lyon and Tufnell were.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

I wouldn't rate Greg Matthews as a full time spinner, like Lyon and Tufnell were.

Yeah true

 

[WaznTheGreat]

...and averaged just as much as Mark Waugh with the bat.

And scored the same amount of centuries as Watto in less games :crazy:

 

[madunit]

Watson's bowling average is doing what his batting average should and his batting average is doing what his bowling average should

 

[madunit]

What a splendid pie by Watson

 

[undertaker]

And scored the same amount of centuries as Watto in less games :crazy:

very true

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerId=1109
http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerID=3017

Matthews: 4 centuries from 33 tests at an average of 41.09
Watson: 4 centuries from 53 tests at an average of 36.02

Also, Matthews batted most of the time at 6 and 7 and played against better bowling lineups and less batter-friendly pitches during his era (1983-93), compared to Watson who has batted as either opener or 3 since making his way back into the test team during the 2009 Ashes, and played against weaker bowling lineups and flatter pitches. Hence Matthews had less opportunities for centuries.

I would've really loved to have seen how Watson would've went against all those great West Indian fast bowlers on pitches that Matthews had to face, rather than flat-tracks like Adelaide: Ambrose, Walsh, Bishop, Marshall, Holding etc. Watson would probably have retired hurt (hurt from a bruised ego) before he faced a single ball from them

 

[Hutty1986]

Now edges dropping short. Brilliant.

 

[undertaker]

There's the breakthrough. A bit luck finally goes our way

 

[WaznTheGreat]

The man child gets a wicket,the ladies don't know whether to date him or burp him.

 

[Twizzle]

Thats not luck says Tubby

f**k off, it went between his legs, off the pads and off the front leg

 

[Hutty1986]

The man child gets a wicket,the ladies don't know whether to date him or burp him.

:lol:

 

[Twatface Magee]

Went to the toilet and missed it.
So I'll take credit for the wicket.

 

[undertaker]

Thats not luck says Tubby

f**k off, it went between his legs, off the pads and off the front leg

Exactly what I was thinking. What on earth was Tubby talking about????

 

[ellskimore]

Well bowled Lyon. Abit of luck but well deserved.

 

[Twizzle]

Sunshine gets hooked after 2 overs

MMarsh back on

 

[Someone]

Exactly what I was thinking. What on earth was Tubby talking about????

It was good bowling and bad batting. there was an element of luck in there, but there's an element of luck in everything.

 

[undertaker]

also, why doesn't Nathan Lyon bowl around the wicket a bit more to the right-handers? He did it in the Ashes last year with more success

 

[Hutty1986]

Bit of turn and bounce here for Lyon by the sounds of it. Really need him to convert this into more wickets.

 

[8Ball]

Lyon has always been like this. Spells where he's looked completely useless, and spells where he's looked really really dangerous. For one reason or another though, he can't seem to take a bag of wickets to turn a game during his dangerous spells like the top quality spinners...