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Higgins

@Hooroo Yes (and with a large score of the wrong type too), sadly he just seems to never learn.

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Bovidae

England didn't even get to play India.

I was hoping both SFs would be rained off so Aussie missed out on the final too. :grinning_face:

JK

Aus were very lucky and so am I as I've got a couple of big punts that rely on them to win this.

Donsteppa

India will have to follow on at this rate...

antipodean

How fat has Katy Perry gotten?

Gunner

This probably counts as other cricket.

Henry Cooper scored another Plunkett Shield tonne today, the selectors must be taking notice.

Bovidae

Speaking of the Plunket Shield, some history was made in the previous round. It was the first time ever that a player from each team made a century in both innings. The players were Joe Carter (ND) and Mark Chapman (Auckland).

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mikedogz

Lucky i have a lawn at my rental for rugby and cricket with my son.

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SynicBast

"In the first 25 matches of his test career, from his debut in March 2008 to the middle of the tour of England in May 2013, Southee took 81 wickets at an average of 34 and a strike rate of 64.

"In the next 25, from the final match of that 2013 tour to the end of the tour of Zimbabwe in August 2016, he took 91 wickets at an average of 31 and a strike rate of 63.

"Then in his last 23 matches, from the tour of South Africa in August 2016 to the end of India's visit in March, he has taken 112 wickets at an average of 24 and a strike rate of 49."

Okay the next person who tries claiming that Southee is past it or a journeyman at Test level is wearing my walking stick - the metal cored one

shark

@SynicBast I'll give you a really good example of how stats can be misleading.

In the Perth and Melbourne tests last year Southee was statistically our seond best bowler with the quality figures of 12 wickets at 25.75. However, he's an opening bowler. A strike weapon. In the first innings in Perth his first wicket was Matthew Wade. They had 225 on the board. His next wicket was at 325. Hardly the stuff of a genuine strike bowler (ie one who can help his team in all conditions). In the second innings he got David Warner with 44 on the board which was helpful but then next struck at 148. He very nearly claimed a ten-for in this match, FFS! But we were never in it, basically batted out of it in the first innings.

In Melbourne, he got three first innings wickets. Normally that's probably quite a useful return. Except the three were batting heavyweights Starc, Cummins and Lyon and his first was at 435. Nothing in the relatively brief second innings of this match although Wagner got three and even Mitchell Santner burgled a wicket.

Godder

I'd say that's more of an issue that Southee isn't an opening bowler, but he might be good for mopping up the tail.