deepuparayil
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It's all now depend on how long Watson gonna stay out there.
Dec 16-20: 3rd Test - Australia v England at Perth
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ferg512
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Which ever team lost the toss was going to struggle on this pitch.
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pcfan123
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If they get Hussey before lunch then there is a good chance of England batting today
Params, or whatever your name was (sorry, I forget), I was joking about the 700 wickets, to show how dumb we were for dropping Hauritz.
People became frustrated with him too quickly because he is not as good as Shane Warne, and that annoys me, he is a good bowler, still the best spinner we have.
Was funny seeing Ponting's heart sink when we lost the toss, his 5 pacemen "plan" up in smoke already, before a ball has even been bowled.
People became frustrated with him too quickly because he is not as good as Shane Warne, and that annoys me, he is a good bowler, still the best spinner we have.
Was funny seeing Ponting's heart sink when we lost the toss, his 5 pacemen "plan" up in smoke already, before a ball has even been bowled.
ajdude
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Haha good work Channel Nine, showing the head to head bowling line up with Beer in instead of Siddle...
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it's not really about form with hughes. His technique is so absymal that it's frankly shocking he was able to achieve anything at all.
Bopara was a complete failure for england, but you can at least see where they thought he might succeed.
Smith is also coming into the squad with 40+ FC average.
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pcfan123
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Will be interesting to see Smith and his awful technique against Tremlett. He's even crabbier than Hughes
angryangy
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But bear in mind Hughes averages about 66 in England too
angryangy
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At least at this stage it looks like an interesting pitch. It doesn't look overly fast, but there is strong bounce, movement off the seam and that little something to just mess with the batsman's timing. However, the test of any Test pitch is not how it plays in the first session, but how it plays over 5 days. One expects that sooner or later, a lot runs will be found out there and not only does that put pressure on the batting having lost wickets, but looking forward, it might cast a little doubt on the bowling selections.
For the moment, it's no where near green enough to say anything good about Australia's batting, but Hussey and Smith do look like they're doing it tough. To say Smith is playing and missing because of technique is to ignore the guy at the other end, scoring largely off the edge of the bat.
Of course, it's hard to see it not being a bowl-first wicket. There'd be doubts over batting first even when the pitch looks flat; in each of the last two matches against South Africa, it seemed no target would have been enough for a win. Never mind if it's actually possible to get a very big first innings advantage. We'll just have to wait and see if it plays at the end like first class matches have suggested.
For the moment, it's no where near green enough to say anything good about Australia's batting, but Hussey and Smith do look like they're doing it tough. To say Smith is playing and missing because of technique is to ignore the guy at the other end, scoring largely off the edge of the bat.
Of course, it's hard to see it not being a bowl-first wicket. There'd be doubts over batting first even when the pitch looks flat; in each of the last two matches against South Africa, it seemed no target would have been enough for a win. Never mind if it's actually possible to get a very big first innings advantage. We'll just have to wait and see if it plays at the end like first class matches have suggested.
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