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    I like this article about Australia having the mentality of going for the win, instead of a draw.
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-0...?section=sport

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    Pity ability doesn't match the mentality

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    I like this article about Australia having the mentality of going for the win, instead of a draw.
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-0...?section=sport
    Good article, particularly in closing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    I like this article about Australia having the mentality of going for the win, instead of a draw.
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-0...?section=sport
    If the Australian cricket team was a club golfer they would attack the pin all day, make plenty of birdies, and then try to reach a well protected par 5 in two with a 3 wood and fall agonisingly short of the water carry. Then they would reload and do it again. Then they would reload with a driver off the deck and try for that extra metre.

    Every minute of Warner's run a ball 30 must have had the Saffers in stitches.
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    I can see it both ways, Chris Rogers went into it a little on 720.

    Getting out is often a result of a mistake, so you try and limit them.

    Warner is clearly a guy that makes less mistakes when he plays positive cricket, and that was a freak runout.

    I can also see why people get annoyed when guys don't try and bat time and it clearly is an issue for this team (Smith's shot in particular was pretty bad).

    Really the issue is the ****ing horrendous collapse in the first dig.

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    I just saw Hashim Amla appeal for a catch at slip from a wide bowled by the spinner.

    Obviously it flicked the keeper's glove on the way through, but considering everything else it was just about the only thing I've had to smile about in this game.
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    Lets not forget our inability to contain and take wickets in the 2nd innings.

    Our bowling attack looked meek at best

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    Listening to Michael Clarke trying to put a positive spin on this test is making my ears bleed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toxic View Post
    Lets not forget our inability to contain and take wickets in the 2nd innings.

    Our bowling attack looked meek at best
    For mine this is linked back to the collapse, while they should be right to go the bowlers do need a bit of a spell.

    It is also a good batting track.

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    Listening to Michael Clarke is making my ears bleed
    fixed that for you
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    SMarsh out of the next test with a broken finger. Burns and Ferguson in the squad. Doubts over Voges' fitness too

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    From bad to worse Shaun Marsh is out for Hobart (broken Finger) , in comes Fergerson and Burns

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    I can't resist asking this question. Which finger?

    I've always liked Callum Ferguson as a batsman, but every time he was poised to be picked he either started a form slump, or got injured.

    Either way, I'm not filled with enthusiasm. South Africa will be better if Morkel is fit, and we'll be worse, both in form and in confidence. Maybe it will be a weather-affected draw. That will seem like a win at the moment.
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    I think Morkel for Steyn makes them weaker. Some weren't convinced fitness held him out after the day before they said he was fit and in contention the day before.

    Really looking forward to the night games and the ball hooping about. Should be short games LOLOL
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    CA need to take a big look at themselves.

    We've generally done well in Brisbane. So they move the first test to Perth (where SA knocked us off previously).
    Give our players basically no lead in shield games to get their longer form cricket working.
    Then they set us up with a night test despite our players generally not going well against the ball that swings or cuts, both of which seem to happen more in the evening.
    Announce an unchanged team for the second test before the first test is over. How about we wait till the game is finished to see whether we are satisfied with the performance of all players.
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    CA only schedule the first test at the Gabba when they know we have a better fast bowling contingent than the opposition , the Waca was a batsman's paradise last season and that was our best chance at winning . The ball is meant to move its a test match ? and the amount it moves comes down to the skill of the bowler .
    What I really want to know though is how come other countries can produce 21 year old stars and we cant produce 25 year old anythings , Rabada was the best thing I have seen in cricket in Australia for ages , where are ours?

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    Ours are all broken or rested so they dont break

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    So they can retire at the ripe old age of 28 for the IPL

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    It a bit fanciful to suggest CA scheduled the test at Perth to give Australia an advantage.
    Scheduling revolves primarly around profits and logistics. The report was the last brisbane test had a very poor attendance so they wanted to do a day/night test in the school holidays.
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    So they have one in Hobart? Remember the last attendance joke there ?
    Both flat track batting pitches Mark
    As for profits they make more out of a 20/20 than a 5 day test and thats what the programming is about

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coopers Country View Post
    CA only schedule the first test at the Gabba when they know we have a better fast bowling contingent than the opposition , the Waca was a batsman's paradise last season and that was our best chance at winning .
    We had actually lost our last two Tests against South Africa at the WACA prior to this one.
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    What I am trying to say is you could put in an indoor cricket net it wouldn't have mattered , where we play is not the problem with the team
    It was in answer to briswesty's statement

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    Lost the toss and in on a greentop this could be interesting

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coopers Country View Post
    Lost the toss and in on a greentop this could be interesting
    Or predictabe LOL
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    Geez if only we had Mitch Marsh to come in and save the day


 

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