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Reply #1305 –
Quote from: crashlander – on
They are prepared over there to be spin friendly. Simple as that.

If it was only that it wouldn't be a problem, some of those pitches were crumbling, corrugated and pot-holed cement dust roads placed in the middle of a lush green oval! You could find a better pitch on the mud flats in Western Port Bay at low tide!

But our gutless media and the specialist commentators wouldn't bite the BCCI hand that feeds them by offering such public feedback. Hard evidence that money corrupts I suppose!
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Reply #1306 –
Langer, really? ??? ??? :o

Does this means cricket is institutionalised?
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Reply #1307 –
Quote from: LP – on
Langer, really? ??? ??? :o

Does this means cricket is institutionalised?

He's a yes man......I hope he surprises me, but I won't hold my breath.  gee I wish Ponting had been free to take on the role.
Life is pain....... anyone who says differently is selling something.

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Reply #1308 –
Quote from: malo – on
He's a yes man......I hope he surprises me, but I won't hold my breath.  gee I wish Ponting had been free to take on the role.

I would have preferred Jason Gillespie, but he probably doesn't fit the family!
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Reply #1309 –
Wouldn't exactly say he's a yes man. I can say he is a very disciplined individual who sets very high standards....but yeah, he's hardy a 'fresh start' - which is what I would have preferred to see (eg Dizzy).

Finals, then 4 in a row!

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Reply #1310 –
Time shall tell ... his press conference was repetitive and from script.  His shot at McGrath was uncalled for IMO

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Reply #1311 –
I never saw it, what did he say re McGrath?

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Reply #1312 –
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I never saw it, what did he say re McGrath?

He listed McGrath as a player who was involved in sledging incident that went too far, but he didn't say whether it was McGrath doing the sledging or the one being sledged.
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Reply #1313 –
McGrath was not a smart sledger and Sarwan's response nailed him.   Unfortunately Jane McGrath had cancer at the time so Pigeon was most aggrieved..... But he only had himself to blame in that case. If you sledge expect it back with interest.
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Reply #1314 –
I note that CA rolled over to the BCCI re next summer's test schedule.   Expect roads over here and potholed dust pits next  time we tour.

Appears Indian batsmen are allergic to the merest hint of a blade of grass on a pitch,  something about their averages falling apart.
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Reply #1315 –
Quote from: LP – on
I would have preferred Jason Gillespie, but he probably doesn't fit the family!

Langar is more of the same as Lehmann , its one neanderthal replacing another...Gillespie is too outspoken and free thinking to get the job.
Agree with the Prof on McGrath, not real great at sledging...the Eddo Brandes famous sledge is about the best thats ever gone down in cricket history...

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Reply #1316 –
Quote from: LP – on
He listed McGrath as a player who was involved in sledging incident that went too far, but he didn't say whether it was McGrath doing the sledging or the one being sledged.

I think he implied it though ... in any event, there were a lot more incidents he could have highlighted and though McGrath was no saint, Sarwan crossed the line IMO.  

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Reply #1317 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Langar is more of the same as Lehmann , its one neanderthal replacing another...Gillespie is too outspoken and free thinking to get the job.
Agree with the Prof on McGrath, not real great at sledging...the Eddo Brandes famous sledge is about the best thats ever gone down in cricket history...

I thought Lillee's "sh1t end" sledge was quite clever, because it worked so often in many circumstances!

You can go back through the old footage and find batsmen after batsmen looking at the toe of their bat.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #1318 –
It's been said before, but I don't get how putting Langer in as coach is changing anything.
He was a massive tool when he was playing, very intense and very aggressive. Infamously took offence against someone, can't remember who now, and put on the whole "I'll fight you out the back of the sheds" routine.
Interestingly I heard Voges on the radio this morning saying he has changed and adapted, hopefully that's the case.

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Reply #1319 –
Geez, we had the Poms 8/114 in the 30th over and lost!

Are we shell shocked, or did we just pick a sh1t week to give up cocaine?



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