Cricket - Oz vs India
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Great weather at the MCG.. 1st day 70,000+ fans saw a great performance by both sides with Kumble emerging the star with a handy 5 fer. Things were all square though with 340+ from the world No1's.
Day 2 has seen things turn bad for the injins though
as the Aussie pace lads carved them up for under 200 giving Punters boys a fair chance of successive win number 15 - only 2 left to get the record (set by us of course) 
Out of interest.. what's England's successive test victory record? Gotta be some fans still willing to raise their heads surely?
Go the Oz!
Day 2 has seen things turn bad for the injins though
as the Aussie pace lads carved them up for under 200 giving Punters boys a fair chance of successive win number 15 - only 2 left to get the record (set by us of course) Out of interest.. what's England's successive test victory record? Gotta be some fans still willing to raise their heads surely?
Go the Oz!
Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Thursday 27th December 14:52
stimmers said:
Didn't know it was on !! Is it being played at the Massive Convict Gathering
yup.. none less than the worlds greatest cricket arena (certainly for huge atmospere)Boxing day is a firm fixture as the 1st day of the annual melb test match. Most years, day one will top 90,000 people if the weather is fine, esp if its vs the soap dodgers, sheep shaggers or the southern clog wearers.
Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Thursday 27th December 21:21
HSVGTSCoupe said:
stimmers said:
Didn't know it was on !! Is it being played at the Massive Convict Gathering
yup.. none less than the worlds greatest cricket arena (certainly for huge atmospere)Boxing day is a firm fixture as the 1st day of the annual melb test match. Most years, day one will top 90,000 people if the weather is fine, esp if its vs the soap dodgers, sheep shaggers or the southern clog wearers.
Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Thursday 27th December 21:21
hmmmm.. maybe Punter is overconfident declaring with 3 wickets in hand... India have 2 days to get another 490 - doable with their class batsmen. I guess that's the thing about Punter though - he shows faith in his team and 9.9 times out of 10 they deliver for him. 
could be a tight finish
could be a tight finish
stumps day one in Sydney - belting last session from Hoggy & Symo gave us the honours for the day at 376/7. Was looking a bit shaky 1st uppa with both openers falling early doors - Phil Jaques must be well pi555ed going for a duck as he was looking for his 7th consecutive 50. Punter & Huss steadied things for a bit but then the wheels fell off again & the Injins had us on the ropes at 134/6! Almost a run-a-ball 7th wicket ton was superb and swung things back our way. Love us or loathe us, it's the depth of our batting side that keeps shining through.
Bring on day 2 - lets hope its a great test. OK, I'll be honest.. lets hope we belt them again & its all done & dusted by end of day 3!
Bring on day 2 - lets hope its a great test. OK, I'll be honest.. lets hope we belt them again & its all done & dusted by end of day 3!
HSVGTSCoupe said:
stumps day one in Sydney - belting last session from Hoggy & Symo gave us the honours for the day at 376/7. Was looking a bit shaky 1st uppa with both openers falling early doors - Phil Jaques must be well pi555ed going for a duck as he was looking for his 7th consecutive 50. Punter & Huss steadied things for a bit but then the wheels fell off again & the Injins had us on the ropes at 134/6! Almost a run-a-ball 7th wicket ton was superb and swung things back our way. Love us or loathe us, it's the depth of our batting side that keeps shining through.
Bring on day 2 - lets hope its a great test. OK, I'll be honest.. lets hope we belt them again & its all done & dusted by end of day 3!
Yep a good day all round.Bring on day 2 - lets hope its a great test. OK, I'll be honest.. lets hope we belt them again & its all done & dusted by end of day 3!
Got Brewongle tickets for day 2 ( same spot every year ) should be excellent, hopefully an hour or two of hot batting and then heat with the ball for the rest of the day
SYMO 162 and still standing at the end... an absolute fcukin legend.
To end up getting us to 463 after being 134/6 aint too shabby in anyones books!
He's the best English cricketer in the world by a million miles..
thank fcuk his folks had the nouse to ship him to Oz at a young age! Soapdodgers can keep their superstar tosspot K "figjam" P, some deluded pom was trying to convince me today that KP is a far better and more valuable cricketer than Symo... EEEJIT! Rather have one Symonds instead of 5 figjams any day. ETA... fine ton from Laxman at end of the day too... hope we get some early wickets day 3 to pump the presha back on.
Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Thursday 3rd January 07:53
Well finally go home from the game, found a lot of pubs between the ground and the station so just ever so slightly sozzled.
Not a bad day, six wickets and some three hundred runs.
IMHO, the Indian bowlers and Laxman, Ganguly and Tendulka belong on the world stage Jaffer has quite a way to go and Dravid has lost it badly, 186 balls for 50 odd runs on an absolute belter is a sad indication of just where his mental state is at the moment.
The Indian quicks unfortunately just aren't, my park side can send them down quicker, but these guys are young, bowl a reasonable line and do look to have a lot of potential but can't win this series for them.
Rain is predicted and falling as I type so I suspect that a draw will be the result in this one unless there is a stunning collapse by either side.
Not a bad day, six wickets and some three hundred runs.
IMHO, the Indian bowlers and Laxman, Ganguly and Tendulka belong on the world stage Jaffer has quite a way to go and Dravid has lost it badly, 186 balls for 50 odd runs on an absolute belter is a sad indication of just where his mental state is at the moment.
The Indian quicks unfortunately just aren't, my park side can send them down quicker, but these guys are young, bowl a reasonable line and do look to have a lot of potential but can't win this series for them.
Rain is predicted and falling as I type so I suspect that a draw will be the result in this one unless there is a stunning collapse by either side.
Actually, who am I kidding, it will be a result as the Aussies will never play for a draw in this situation. The Aussie batsmen are gonna go hell for leather to post 350+ after 75 overs or so (or as Mikey quite rightly says - go out in a flurry trying! 
) and then put the injins in for a few late overs and give them the last day to chase it down. Should be a good finish and if the weather stays good.
) and then put the injins in for a few late overs and give them the last day to chase it down. Should be a good finish and if the weather stays good.HSVGTSCoupe said:
Actually, who am I kidding, it will be a result as the Aussies will never play for a draw in this situation. The Aussie batsmen are gonna go hell for leather to post 350+ after 75 overs or so (or as Mikey quite rightly says - go out in a flurry trying! ) and then put the injins in for a few late overs and give them the last day to chase it down. Should be a good finish and if the weather stays good.
Saw the highlights in the gym this morning. Im no big cricket fan or expert but it seems the Aussie bowlers really put the pressure on and the Indians couldn't cope and played some really dumb shots. ) and then put the injins in for a few late overs and give them the last day to chase it down. Should be a good finish and if the weather stays good.It may be the jail birds but thats some record
Jeez, just caught up with this and can't believe it - !
Cue HSV and some crowing later on ...
Haven't seen anything since I went to bed at 12.20 last night with Hussey and Simmo batting so don't know how bad the batting was or the umpiring decisions - apparently Bucknor gave two out - one for an edge when he was several inches from it and another for a dubious catch - they said on the BBC that even Ponting was raising the finger to give the batsmen out - FFS - the fcuking cheeky midget!
Cue HSV and some crowing later on ...
Haven't seen anything since I went to bed at 12.20 last night with Hussey and Simmo batting so don't know how bad the batting was or the umpiring decisions - apparently Bucknor gave two out - one for an edge when he was several inches from it and another for a dubious catch - they said on the BBC that even Ponting was raising the finger to give the batsmen out - FFS - the fcuking cheeky midget!
Edited by MikeyT on Sunday 6th January 11:02
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7174122.st...
Holy Crap. Indians suspend their tour of Australia
Holy Crap. Indians suspend their tour of Australia
Edited by stimmers on Monday 7th January 09:48
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