Jan 3-7: 5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney

[Left_Hander]

Am a fan of Beer, nice flight, drift, drop, bounce and spin.
Falls over a bit to the side but not as bad as Dawson did, I think he'll be a good bowler.

Doherty? Or do you mean the English off-spinner Richard Dawson?

 

[Slowcoach]

Dawson, the guy bowling to Steve Waugh in those highlights today, he was useless.
Doherty was useless too, but a whole different kind of useless all of his own.

 

[Left_Hander]

Which one were you referring to?

 

[Slowcoach]

Dawson, he leaned back to the side too far, and got no sidespin because of it, he was all overspin.
Beer is a bit similar, lots of overspin due to leaning back to the side too far, he might get more sidespin if he doesn't lean back so far.
Beer still looks good though, so I don't know if I'd change much if anything.

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Hmm, maybe he's varying it on purpose, the ball he got Cook caught on looked perfect to me, no leaning back at all.

 

[Left_Hander]

Maybe time for another spell from Watson?

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Johnson has the vital wicket of Pietersen and Beer, at least has his first Test match catch!

To get Anderson and or Cook before stumps would be excellent for Australia.

 

[Covvy]

Love it how everybody thinks Doherty's crap now. Watch out England in the ODI's

 

[midgetwars]

I read somewhere in this forum that North is better than Smith...

What the hell??

 

[Lee1981]

Love it how everybody thinks Doherty's crap now. Watch out England in the ODI's

O yeah im cacking my pants, bet the english batsmen are scared ****less.

Hope for your sake your being sarcastic, otherwise major fail on your part.

 

[War]

Also it was quite cringeworthy hearing Mark Taylor crazy rant about how he doesn't like the fact that umpires can review a no-ball for the 2nd time in this series.

Thank god those in england here have skysports down in AUS with its own commentary team. Since the AUS commentators this summer have been terrible in general only Warne & Chappell (at times) seem to make good points.

 

[Krypta]

I'm personally of the opinion that every wicket should automatically be checked for a no-ball. You'd be able to make the decision before the batsmen was halfway off the pitch.

Actually, I don't see why we don't make it the 3rd umpires job to look for no-balls and let the on-field umpires concentrate on what's happening at the other end.

 

[Collingwood50]

Everything crossed for Colly - if this is to be his last innings PLEASE let him get a ton!

 

[pcfan123]

Love it how everybody thinks Doherty's crap now. Watch out England in the ODI's

You mean the guy that averages 102 per wicket in Test cricket? The reverse Bradman?

 

[Will Browne]

It would possibly slow things down and ther could be breakdowns in communication. There hasn't been a really poor decision all series, I think the system is working fine as it is.

 

[sifter132]

Am a fan of Beer, nice flight, drift, drop, bounce and spin.

I liked the look of him Looks like an old school left armer, nice and tall and uses the air unlike the guys who just fire it in *cough* Doherty, *cough* Monty *cough* *cough*

Also it was quite cringeworthy hearing Mark Taylor crazy rant about how he doesn't like the fact that umpires can review a no-ball for the 2nd time in this series.

Thank god those in england here have skysports down in AUS with its own commentary team. Since the AUS commentators this summer have been terrible in general only Warne & Chappell (at times) seem to make good points.

Oh gosh yes. I could have handled it this time, but as you said it's the 2nd time! Same points were made - everything. Get over it! Tubby's generally pretty decent to me, but there are some things he just harps on about which get annoying. eg. spin bowlers speeds. He thinks every spinner should bowl 80kph. It's not an awful idea, but he talks about speeds every time a spinner bowls ...


And...anyone want to comment on Clarke's captaincy? Disclaimer: I'm a Clarke fan boy usually, but I thought he was pretty good. Giving Mitch the new cherry to see how he's going was a good idea (although it didn't really work), he didn't have those stupid long conferences with bowler that Ricky has, and he didn't waste any challenges when he easily could have. He didn't drop back a deep square leg much either, which Ricky can do a lot, even in the first few overs sometimes. I think as an on field captain he's going to be better than Ponting, I just don't think he'll have the same respect in the dressing room.

 

[Covvy]

You mean the guy that averages 102 per wicket in Test cricket? The reverse Bradman?

He's a far better bowler in one day matches.