South Africa are for the taking at the moment. Great effort from Sri Lanka to go there and be competitive. The problem is if you make your pitches crazy bouncy with lots of grass you turn average bowlers into world class ones. Maybe South Africa will re-think their approach. Some of their bowlers have averages close to 20 at home but Rabada for instance averages about 28 away from home.
If South Africa lose here, a 2-0 win versus Bangladesh should take us second in the world.
@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Sri Lanka are 147/2... go you good things!
Very good batting from Mendis and Fernando (O). Very impressed, played straight and looked good doing it
Only one team in the world that are better than us in the format that matters.
Savour that I think
@Siam said in Other Cricket:
Anyone else ever read the true story of Ntini's alleged rape case?
He's commentating and apart from his, no real insights/excitable role, he makes my skin crawl
Any links? Wasn't aware of it and find it easier to ask than to google 
Not sure if anyone's following, but England and Windies are going nuts at St Georges
Windies set 419 to win, they need antoher 187 at 7s, with 6 wickets in hand. Monster 6s all day, it's just nuts. Anyone know if the ground is 'NZ' sized?
also, Gayle doing his 'good Gayle' impression; 127 off 66 so far. Insanity.
Edit:
Mark Wood’s figures are 6-0-34-4. The rest have combined figures of 18-0-195-0.
Hear Butler got to fifty then got his next hundred runs in 32 balls or something!!
Morgan with a 'slow' hundred in 88 balls!
Would be amazing to watch a game like that - essentially 50 over 20/20!
@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
Gayle gone, cleaned up by @MN5 favourite ginger World class alrounder
Jason Holder has black hair.
Glenn Maxwell beat India 2-0 in the T20 series, as it turns out.
There is a clip of his highlights on this page: https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/india-vs-australia-second-twenty20-international-live-blog/news-story/84f17e4eae917ff069889d85734b7b3f
The second last shot for 6 is just freakish. Got to 100 off 50, sure (113 off 55 in the end), but that shot epitomises how freakish he is; strides down the wicket and short-arm bunts the pace bowler for a maximum. Just fucking wow.
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
Glenn Maxwell beat India 2-0 in the T20 series, as it turns out.
There is a clip of his highlights on this page: https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/india-vs-australia-second-twenty20-international-live-blog/news-story/84f17e4eae917ff069889d85734b7b3f
The second last shot for 6 is just freakish. Got to 100 off 50, sure (113 off 55 in the end), but that shot epitomises how freakish he is; strides down the wicket and short-arm bunts the pace bowler for a maximum. Just fucking wow.
Everyone beats India in T20s these days...
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
Gayle gone, cleaned up by @MN5 favourite ginger World class alrounder
Jason Holder has black hair.
you love the black guys aye
that's a mental card by the way. Chris Gayle with the all important "hundred in a losing effort"
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
Gayle gone, cleaned up by @MN5 favourite ginger World class alrounder
Jason Holder has black hair.
you love the black guys aye
if you say so pink shirt
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
Gayle gone, cleaned up by @MN5 favourite ginger World class alrounder
Jason Holder has black hair.
you love the black guys aye
if you say so pink shirt
what is your problem with pink? It says way more about you than it does me.
@mariner4life he can't wear pink because he's a ranga
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@Virgil said in Other Cricket:
Gayle gone, cleaned up by @MN5 favourite ginger World class alrounder
Jason Holder has black hair.
you love the black guys aye
if you say so pink shirt
what is your problem with pink? It says way more about you than it does me.
you've replied aggressively defending yourself. my work is done.
@MN5 @mariner4life one day I'd like to get you two together for beers.
But I'd leave before the homo gear starts.
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life he can't wear pink because he's a ranga
not a full ranga. partial at best.
Best of all I'm not grey.
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 @mariner4life one day I'd like to get you two together for beers.
But I'd leave before the homo gear starts.
I let @NTA stay at my country house. A bald Australian guy who seemed like an arsehole online.....
Fuck if that doesn't make me a good fluffybunny I don't know what does.
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
A bald Australian guy who seemed like an arsehole online.....
A lot of superfluous words there... 
@antipodean said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
A bald Australian guy who seemed like an arsehole online.....
A lot of superfluous words there...
like all my best and worst posts
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life he can't wear pink because he's a ranga
not a full ranga. partial at best.
Best of all I'm not grey.
Ranga over grey? Call me unconvinced ...
Dig my silver hair. Especially in my leather jacket whilst driving the caterham.
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 @mariner4life one day I'd like to get you two together for beers.
But I'd leave before the homo gear starts.
I let @NTA stay at my country house. A bald Australian guy who seemed like an arsehole online.....
Fuck if that doesn't make me a good fluffybunny I don't know what does.
You can still be a good fluffybunny and be gay.
Jury is out on ranga, tho like you said, you're not the full carrot.
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 @mariner4life one day I'd like to get you two together for beers.
But I'd leave before the homo gear starts.
I let @NTA stay at my country house. A bald Australian guy who seemed like an arsehole online.....
Fuck if that doesn't make me a good fluffybunny I don't know what does.
You can still be a good fluffybunny and be gay.
Jury is out on ranga, tho like you said, you're not the full carrot.
I'm not gay. We slept in separate rooms. I had a woman in mine at the time too.
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 @mariner4life one day I'd like to get you two together for beers.
But I'd leave before the homo gear starts.
I let @NTA stay at my country house. A bald Australian guy who seemed like an arsehole online.....
Fuck if that doesn't make me a good fluffybunny I don't know what does.
You can still be a good fluffybunny and be gay.
Jury is out on ranga, tho like you said, you're not the full carrot.
I'm not gay. We slept in separate rooms. I had a woman in mine at the time too.
Bi, then. WHatever. No shame.
@MajorRage said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life he can't wear pink because he's a ranga
not a full ranga. partial at best.
Best of all I'm not grey.
Ranga over grey? Call me unconvinced ...
Dig my silver hair. Especially in my leather jacket whilst driving the caterham.
what colour are your driving gloves?
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@MajorRage said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life he can't wear pink because he's a ranga
not a full ranga. partial at best.
Best of all I'm not grey.
Ranga over grey? Call me unconvinced ...
Dig my silver hair. Especially in my leather jacket whilst driving the caterham.
what colour are your driving gloves?
Black. Polar fleece from decathlon, 1.99 GBP.
Scottish heritage, you see.
9 days later
Australia chase down 358 to draw the series in India 2-2.
Ashton Turner with 84 off 43.
There is a feature in the new KaySports app that allows you to skip forward to the 6s and Wickets - with an Indian crowd that means either raucous acclaim or stunned silence.
It is quite the contrast.
@NTA Yeah - I was just looking at that scorecard. Some kid I've never heard of comes in and goes at a 200 strike rate to cruise home.
Add Warner and Smith to this team - maybe Hazlewood and Starc - and not playing in India. Putting down a reasonable marker to win the CWC.
Best value bet at current odds?
Astounding to see Kohli with a single figure score. You just expect him to score every innings. The bloke is a freak.
Aus have turned this around massively, and I am starting to think they will do damage in England. Add Starc and Hazlewood to Cummins and Richardson and it's a lethal set of quicks.
Now that they are finding runs again...
Fucking Aussies. Never down for long.
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
Fucking Aussies. Never down for long.
The All Blacks of the cricket world - just such a massive production line of talent coming through
@NTA said in Other Cricket:
Ashton Turner with 84 off 43.
He was meant to be carrying drinks. Stoinis had a last minute injury
The partnership between Khawaja and Handscomb was great. They didn't panic.. which is unusual for recent Australian sides. Also unusual was Khawaja having two good scores in a row
Turner's inning was fun but he did benefit from the wheels falling off Inida's fielding
Ashton Turner has been putting a few runs in during BBL I'm told.
Has an ODI average of 105 now.
So we won the series 3-2 after trailing 2-0 - apparently never done against India in India before in a 5-match series or some shit. Anyway, here is the message conversation between me and a mate starting last night:
10PM last night
Me: "Fuck just turned on the cricket - that isn't enough runs"
7AM today
Him: "Turns out it was. India sucked"
Me: "Myes. And ten years ago I would have said 'Of course - fucking STRAYA mate' but these days I just think 'bookie'"
Him: "Ah. Yes."
That's my thinking at the moment - we've been slapped around for too long to think otherwise. Having watched the "Moments" in the Indian run chase, I must say there is some interesting shot selection, particularly the two stumpings.
Pitch was a bit of a nightmare though. I watched the first 20 overs or so and the comms were insistent that 250 would be a pretty tough score to chase. Or maybe they were in on it too.
Nice to see Usman finding form. Winning an ODI series in India without Warner and Starc is pretty impressive.
That’s a very good series win for Australia. Waj excellent and their bowling lineup stepped up.
What was impressive is that there were several moments in the series where I thought OZ hadn’t done enough or allowed too much and then were able to find a way to win. Langer’s playing career really!
coming back from 0-2 to win a series has barely ever happened, so it's a pretty big deal.
To do it in ODI cricket on the back of the Waj's bat makes it even more inbelievable. Proving to the Aussies that there is still room in the top order for a guy that plays cricket shots, you don't just pick 6 guys who moon it around in the big bash. (you would think Kohli scoring like 20 technically correct hundreds against them would have drummed the lesson in).
