Cricket Discussion - Part 2

[philreich]

Shastri: Bumrah has gone for the most amount of runs he's conceded for some time.

O'Keefe: Do you think they'll pick him in Sydney?

 

[raptalia]

Steven Smith you are an absolute star.

Once again elements in the Eastern States media have egg on their faces. Those who pushed for Smith to be installed as an opener know nothing and the selectors are even bigger idiots for bowing to the pressure.

Keep going champ.



PS Well done to Carey, Cummins and Starc for hanging around while Steve stuck it up 'em.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Steven Smith you are an absolute star.

Once again elements in the Eastern States media have egg on their faces. Those who pushed for Smith to be installed as an opener know nothing and the selectors are even bigger idiots for bowing to the pressure.

Keep going champ.

PS Well done to Carey, Cummins and Starc for hanging around while Steve stuck it up 'em.

Opening the batting is a unique skill, as is batting at #3. Get back to picking openers to open and ‘grooming’ a number 3 at 6, yes I think Cam Green is our next #3. Then that allows us to play McSweeney, Davies, Hunt, No name NSW junior yet to play a first Class match.

 

[Festerz]

Smith very unlucky there. Going the tonk 4 metres down the pitch and played on off his legs. But great innings.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Why would you not declare now?

 

[raptalia]

All out 474 is a reasonable total. It might have been better had Steve Smith not had a brain fade and been dismissed in the most bizarre fashion. Smith must have played on from 3 or 4 metres down the wicket.

 

[Festerz]

Nine papers reporting that Virat Kohli was never in danger of missing a Test match for his shoulder bump on Sam Konstas because of a secret change to cricket’s disciplinary code after the Australian team's ball tampering scandal.

"Match referee Andy Pycroft – coincidentally the same match referee who presided over the fateful Cape Town Test in 2018 – charged Kohli with a level-one offence for “inappropriate physical contact”, the most lenient grade of the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct and only punishable by a reprimand or a fine."


"That option was only available to him because the code was subject to a raft of changes in the months after Newlands. At the time, the most-publicised tweaks were to impose heavier penalties for ball tampering, but the introduction of a lesser charge for physical contact took place without any fanfare. Previously, physical contact was an automatic level-two offence, which can be penalised with a ban."

The secret post-sandpaper-gate change that saved Virat Kohli from suspension

Andy Pycroft – who also presided over the Cape Town Test in 2018 – charged Kohli with a level-one offence for “inappropriate physical contact”, the most lenient grade of the ICC’s code of conduct.

www.theage.com.au

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Steven Smith you are an absolute star.

Once again elements in the Eastern States media have egg on their faces. Those who pushed for Smith to be installed as an opener know nothing and the selectors are even bigger idiots for bowing to the pressure.

Keep going champ.



PS Well done to Carey, Cummins and Starc for hanging around while Steve stuck it up 'em.

I thought all were saying the main person pushing for Smith to open was Smith...

 

[EskimoPAFC]

From wanting it, to not: the curious case of Steven Smith's opening career

There is also the intriguing question of what would have happened if the selectors had said no from the start

www.google.com

"It has been lost somewhat that Smith drove the move. He requested to open the batting initially. He put it on the public agenda. The captain and coach both expressed their preference that Smith stay in No. 4 in the immediate days after Smith flagged his interest. Only after he confirmed his seriousness in undertaking the challenge did the team hierarchy conclude that it was worth doing to accommodate the selection of Cameron Green at No. 4 without forcing someone else to open against their wishes.

There will be plenty of people who will say the decision-makers abdicated their responsibilities in that moment and that they should have told Smith it was a bad idea that wasn't going to be entertained."

 

[raptalia]

I thought all were saying the main person pushing for Smith to open was Smith...

In which case the selectors should pick a side not the players. I suspect Smith was' only agreeing with what some sections in the media were proposing. As I read it Smith was saying, 'I will open if I am asked- he should not have been asked. Either way it did not work and Australia is a better side with Smith at 4.

Yea, Cummings strikes again - bring out Kholi. India 2/51.

 

[Rising Power]

Off topic, but seeing Gilchrist interview Carey at tea made me think, how many keepers between these two having the gloves? Without going to the statsguru...

Test:
Haddin
Manou
Wade (+ Hughes and Warner when he bowled)
Nevill
Paine

White ball, all of the above plus:
Handscomb
Bancroft
Philippe
Inglis
(and if you include since Gilchrist's debut, Healy, Maher, Campbell, Ronchi)

Any others?
Edit: Maaaybe Ben McDermott

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I've always been a Kohli fan, he deserves a level of respect for making it to the top of cricket both in a country of over a billion, and internationally.

But I hope we fly the flag and give him everything after tea. Worst behavior Ive seen. Cowardly, sniper shit against a teenager. Make his life hell.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Not a good session, need wickets ASAP!!!

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Not a good session, need wickets ASAP!!!

Happen to be rubbing a magic lamp as you posted this?

 

[Greasyrhys]

Happen to be rubbing a magic lamp as you posted this?

It’s what I do best

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Looks like Kohli doesn't like any young player, not just ours

Both countries want him fired into the sun now

 

[philreich]

Glorious finish to the day - hopefully we can take the last 5 wickets in the first hour tomorrow.

 

[Festerz]

Looks like Kohli doesn't like any young player, not just ours

Both countries want him fired into the sun now

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I was so sick of the incessant metaphorical wristies the commentators were giving him, it was disproportionately pleasing to see him dismissed. After running out Jaiswal.

 

[Festerz]

I was so sick of the incessant metaphorical wristies the commentators were giving him, it was disproportionately pleasing to see him dismissed. After running out Jaiswal.

“Toto, Virat I've a feeling we're not in Kansas Mumbai anymore.”

(abusing a player from behind a fence is cowardly BS in itself though)

 

[JimmyBC]

Smith looks to be getting the fluency back in his game as opposed to Usman & Marnus looking laborious & scratchy still.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Smith looks to be getting the fluency back in his game as opposed to Usman & Marnus looking laborious & scratchy still.

Marn is done, don’t count a champ out, but Marn is done