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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Awards 2026
Last post by DJC -
The Wiz is Jeff Farmer.  It’s a travesty to use that label for the Hawthorn bloke.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by Professer E -
Last session from Oz stank, awful captaincy, over bowled Starc and Boland (bowling rubbish ATM) and stalled all day with woeful over rates.  Felt English effort average - wickets given away with windy drives and Stokes bbq'ed.  They will end up a bit short I reckon.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
A bit of mutual admiration from probably the two best left arm quicks to have played Test cricket:

Starc declined to call himself the GOAT of left-arm pace, saying Wasim Akram was "still a far better bowler than I am."

While Akram tweeted, "Super Starc! Proud of you, mate. Your incredible hard work sets you apart, and it was only a matter of time before you crossed my tally of wickets . I am pleased to give this to you! Go well, and keep soaring to new heights in your stellar career."
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
It certainly makes a difference when you go into a Test with two openers with a positive, get on with the job, attitude.

There was an interesting discussion about wangers on the wireless before play started.  Boof explained how relying on wangers at practice got batsmen looking in the wrong direction and not being able to judge a bowled ball's trajectory.  He wasn't saying that they should be used but that it's easy to overuse them.

I'm a fan of Nathan Lyon but his petulance about being left out of the Test is over the top.  He bowled two overs in Perth (admittedly there wasn't much opportunity for more) and the pace bowlers did the job.  You certainly couldn't leave out Starc, Boland or Doggett and Neser did OK.  Lyion should take a leaf out of Boland's book and take the rough with the smooth.

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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Awards 2026
Last post by kruddler -
It'd be good if they released the top 10, rather than just the top 5.

Hendrie the big surprise from the bunch. Everything else pretty much as expected.