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The Sports Desk / Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
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Fair point on Kohli, he is a great batsman, ok captain tactically but about the worst sook/sore loser in cricket. His go to plan when all else has failed is go the man in this case Paine and try and get him engaged in all this on field BS. It's time umpires warn him for his
childish antics and give him a holiday to think about his on field behaviour. He is great for cricket with his flair and skill and brings people to the game but brings the game into disrepute nearly every game he plays and the establishment need to reign him in.

Agree with most of that - but don’t know if anything really crossed the line from either side in this test, I do think it has been blown up by the media.

He does carry on like a peanut at times... his reaction to getting out in the 1st innings was like when you cracked the sh1ts after a dodgy dismissal in the backyard. He could pull a WG Grace soon and just keep batting!
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The Sports Desk / Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Quote from: JonHenry on
Why do we have to adapt to 20/20?
The Australian cricket team is not judged on its results in 20/20.
What the players do in the Big Bash or IPL is of little consequence.
Maybe the golden era was a result of preparing the players, for the first time in Australian Cricket history, in the right way?
Then we stopped it....

20/20 isn’t going away Jonny.

Probably more for the players to adapt to playing the different forms.

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The Sports Desk / Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
To be fair, the time Ponting is referring to is an absolute golden generation of talent.

The Grade Cricketer has a running joke that most commentary from those guys (eg. Waugh & Warne, not Punter who I think is an excellent commentator) boils down to “why don’t they just go out and dominate... like us?”

Cricket is a lot different to the 80’s & 90’s... a lot more cricket is played in India... spin bowling is far more prevalent... we have to adapt to 20/20... i’d hope we are adjusting to the new reality. Evidence suggests we aren’t.



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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: KAYO
 Thanks for posting guys...  although this is a Foxtel streaming service, it’s not branded as Foxtel... i’d also imagine that there is less chance of an Optus-style World Cup debacle as they are not going to be exclusively showing live events?

I’d be interested to see how it goes when one of the Foxtel exclusive cricket matches is on... and what is the picture quality like on a TV?
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Victorian State Election
Quote from: laj on
He was very clear he was not building it at the time legal or not. It was an attempt by the Libs to wedge him knowing they weren't going to win the election. No business case, no anything, they just signed it. No ifs or buts on that no matters how it is spun. That was the Liberals fault and it cost a billion bucks.

... and they signed the contract 1 month before the caretaker period for the election started.






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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Victorian State Election
They have copped an absolute pounding, will most likely be in opposition for the next decade, but if they end up with Kroger getting the arse it will actually be a positive night for the Liberals.

Old mate Jeff asking him to resign in live TV (to his face) followed by Dan Andrews smack down on Insiders this morning is just about my political highlight for the year.

Absolutely detest him.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Winx
Agree Jim... maybe they give her a farewell campaign next year, but it wouldn’t be the Melbourne Cup.

If it was me I wouldn’t risk running her again... nothing to prove, she has won $20+ million, get her breeding!

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The Sports Desk / Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Quote from: Professer E on
We're so lucky in this country to have Langer picking the test side,  he is so insightful, so wise.... Wouldn't pick Maxwell as he is an "unreliable" player,  yet continues to pick the spud brothers,  who have both stunk with the bat,  shelled a vital catch and the so called all rounder bowled a mere handful of innocuous overs. Chuck in two debutants who lasted 11 balls for zero runs.

Well done Langer,  you've really inspired us with your selections......NOT!

Not happy Prof?  :D