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suthol said:
292 to win with plenty of time, should be an interesting finish.
Interesting note on Cricinfo that in the last 49 years at the MCG no team has successfully chased more than 200 to win a test.
200, wow. Fair do's that is some stat. Despite not knowing that the initial gut feel for me is that the Indians will come up 50 short.Interesting note on Cricinfo that in the last 49 years at the MCG no team has successfully chased more than 200 to win a test.
hornetrider said:
suthol said:
292 to win with plenty of time, should be an interesting finish.
Interesting note on Cricinfo that in the last 49 years at the MCG no team has successfully chased more than 200 to win a test.
200, wow. Fair do's that is some stat. Despite not knowing that the initial gut feel for me is that the Indians will come up 50 short.Interesting note on Cricinfo that in the last 49 years at the MCG no team has successfully chased more than 200 to win a test.
DJRC said:
Who would have thought an Indian pace attack on Aussie soil would be ripping out the home side?
Interesting that the Saffer batting line up is being consistently torn to shreds over the course long format series aswell.
We weren't so much torn to shreds as stupidly generous. I think 1 of the 10 wickets we lost in the first innings was to a genuine good delivery. The rest were all fInteresting that the Saffer batting line up is being consistently torn to shreds over the course long format series aswell.
king Christmas presents. What SA lack is a mental toughness. I hope they find it soon.
Victor McDade said:
Terrible batting display by the Indians. Didn't even get close. Well played Australia.
Even worse from the Saffers today. We batted like fat pigs wallowing around in st. Proof, if any was needed, that the fans are not thought of by these overpaid cretins. And fk Prince. fk him repeatedly with a red hot poker.Carfolio said:
Even worse from the Saffers today. We batted like fat pigs wallowing around in st. Proof, if any was needed, that the fans are not thought of by these overpaid cretins. And fk Prince. fk him repeatedly with a red hot poker.
I'm not keeping up with SA cricket... what's the issues?t. Proof, if any was needed, that the fans are not thought of by these overpaid cretins. And fk Prince. fk him repeatedly with a red hot poker.hornetrider said:
I'm not keeping up with SA cricket... what's the issues?
being bowled out twice for under 200 by a pop-gun Sri Lankan attack on a batting paradise wicket, and showing no spine. Also, Prince ran Amla out - Amla, the only man to have batted with any degree of fluency for us, when he could have and should have sacrificed his wicket. Utterly despicable.Suddenly Im looking forward to the next Saffers series a whole lot more 
Incidentally, the Crim victory and the Bok choking has just gauranteed we stay at the top of the rankings tree irrespective of what happens in the rest of those series now
I dont see us losing to Pakistan in Dubai, so without too much bother, we should finish the summer top of the tree
Incidentally, the Crim victory and the Bok choking has just gauranteed we stay at the top of the rankings tree irrespective of what happens in the rest of those series now
I dont see us losing to Pakistan in Dubai, so without too much bother, we should finish the summer top of the tree
hornetrider said:
Ah yes, I knew the match situation, I thought you were referring to a wider malaise.
If it's a wider malaise you're after, the appointment of Gary Kirsten is a minor catastrophe. We need someone who will be tough with this bunch of spoilt, selfish, sense-of-entitlement players. That's not a guy who's been teammates with most of them. In my book, Ray Jennings is a better option. He was coach and kicked out because he was too tough on the poor widdle players. In Kirsten they have a buddy, not a coach. It's wrong-headed.Another catastrophe is the insistence of playing players who aren't cutting it. Prince, Boucher, Rudolph - all must go.
A longer term issue is that still, today (and despite what KP would have you believe), non-white players have to perform miracles to be selected consistently. Alviro Petersen and Lonwabo Tsotsobe to mind. Amla and Philander are the only 2 non-white players guaranteed selection, and that's because they've performed so brilliantly that any thought of dropping them is banished. Morne Morkel, as much as I like him, really needs to be dropped to sort out his no-ball issue. Rudolph needs dropping too, and so does Boucher.
A further long-term issue is that the inevitable replacement for Boucher is not being looked at seriously. We're going to be stung on this one, mark my words.
Victor McDade said:
The Indians have put in another pathetic performance away from home and the Aussies should go 2 nil up now. And Ponting gets his first for god knows how long.
SA-SL looks like its heading for a high scoring draw. 6 wickets have fallen in 2 days.
Looking rather more interesting now though.SA-SL looks like its heading for a high scoring draw. 6 wickets have fallen in 2 days.
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