Might as well start up the thread for this...
Please try to keep it civil.
http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2014/2/3/alex-doolan-poised-to-face-proteas-pace-attack-at-first-drop
Doolan's debut on the cards. :D
Bring it on! Hopefully Hughes knocks some runs in the tour game so they pick him over Doolan ;)
Hughesy and Gaz in the team please.
JP Duminy 8)
Quote from: specky92 on February 03, 2014, 05:34:38 PM
JP Duminy 8)
+1, one of the only reasons Ill be paying attention. Love him.
Quote from: Scrads on February 03, 2014, 05:16:10 PM
Bring it on! Hopefully Hughes knocks some runs in the tour game so they pick him over Doolan ;)
Yes hahahha my wishes also! And AB I absolutely love him, he's a star!
Will be intriguing to see who wins out of Clarke & Warner v Amla & AB and Johnson, Siddle, Harris v Steyn, Philander, Morkel
We win those we in 3-0 simple as that.
Posting to keep updated
The South African squad needs some Kock in it. De Kock that is :(
Come on Aussies! So pumped. 8)
Quote from: KoopKicka on February 03, 2014, 05:43:30 PM
Quote from: specky92 on February 03, 2014, 05:34:38 PM
JP Duminy 8)
+1, one of the only reasons Ill be paying attention. Love him.
What not because Australia are playing? ::)
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on February 03, 2014, 09:09:45 PM
Quote from: KoopKicka on February 03, 2014, 05:43:30 PM
Quote from: specky92 on February 03, 2014, 05:34:38 PM
JP Duminy 8)
+1, one of the only reasons Ill be paying attention. Love him.
What not because Australia are playing? ::)
He did use the plural and say 'reasons'. I'm sure speck didn't wanna be captain obvious. ;)
Quote from: NigeyS on February 03, 2014, 09:55:42 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on February 03, 2014, 09:09:45 PM
Quote from: KoopKicka on February 03, 2014, 05:43:30 PM
Quote from: specky92 on February 03, 2014, 05:34:38 PM
JP Duminy 8)
+1, one of the only reasons Ill be paying attention. Love him.
What not because Australia are playing? ::)
He did use the plural and say 'reasons'. I'm sure speck didn't wanna be captain obvious. ;)
Im a nice guy but Im no speck ;)
Quote from: KoopKicka on February 03, 2014, 09:57:07 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on February 03, 2014, 09:55:42 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on February 03, 2014, 09:09:45 PM
Quote from: KoopKicka on February 03, 2014, 05:43:30 PM
Quote from: specky92 on February 03, 2014, 05:34:38 PM
JP Duminy 8)
+1, one of the only reasons Ill be paying attention. Love him.
What not because Australia are playing? ::)
He did use the plural and say 'reasons'. I'm sure speck didn't wanna be captain obvious. ;)
Im a nice guy but Im no speck ;)
I actually looked over it twice before I posted to not flower that up haha. ::)
Whoops, my bad. :P
Quote from: Scrads on February 03, 2014, 05:16:10 PM
Bring it on! Hopefully Hughes knocks some runs in the tour game so they pick him over Doolan ;)
And just when people thought things were going Hughes' way, the tour match gets cancelled. :o
Doolan is a top order player from what I gather, so surely that confirms that Watson will be going down to 6?
Doolan is actually a middle order batsman
Quote from: Cicjose on February 04, 2014, 02:04:52 AM
Doolan is actually a middle order batsman
Usually bats at 3 or 4.... so right on the cusp of being a top order/middle order.
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 03, 2014, 10:37:38 PM
Doolan is a top order player from what I gather, so surely that confirms that Watson will be going down to 6?
Yeah, as Oss said, Doolan's usually first drop.
Quote from: NigeyS on February 04, 2014, 09:39:01 AM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 03, 2014, 10:37:38 PM
Doolan is a top order player from what I gather, so surely that confirms that Watson will be going down to 6?
Yeah, as Oss said, Doolan's usually first drop.
Lately it has been 2nd drop with Cowan back in the team
Quote from: ossie85 on February 04, 2014, 09:42:43 AM
Quote from: NigeyS on February 04, 2014, 09:39:01 AM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 03, 2014, 10:37:38 PM
Doolan is a top order player from what I gather, so surely that confirms that Watson will be going down to 6?
Yeah, as Oss said, Doolan's usually first drop.
Lately it has been 2nd drop with Cowan back in the team
There's no Cowan in the Aus team though. ;D
Opened for the Renegades a few times, but that won't happen with Warner and Rogers in the team.
Quote from: NigeyS on February 04, 2014, 09:47:02 AM
Quote from: ossie85 on February 04, 2014, 09:42:43 AM
Quote from: NigeyS on February 04, 2014, 09:39:01 AM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 03, 2014, 10:37:38 PM
Doolan is a top order player from what I gather, so surely that confirms that Watson will be going down to 6?
Yeah, as Oss said, Doolan's usually first drop.
Lately it has been 2nd drop with Cowan back in the team
There's no Cowan in the Aus team though. ;D
Opened for the Renegades a few times, but that won't happen with Warner and Rogers in the team.
Yea hes picked on where he bats for the Renegades ::)
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on February 04, 2014, 08:18:41 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on February 04, 2014, 09:47:02 AM
Quote from: ossie85 on February 04, 2014, 09:42:43 AM
Quote from: NigeyS on February 04, 2014, 09:39:01 AM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 03, 2014, 10:37:38 PM
Doolan is a top order player from what I gather, so surely that confirms that Watson will be going down to 6?
Yeah, as Oss said, Doolan's usually first drop.
Lately it has been 2nd drop with Cowan back in the team
There's no Cowan in the Aus team though. ;D
Opened for the Renegades a few times, but that won't happen with Warner and Rogers in the team.
Yea hes picked on where he bats for the Renegades ::)
...
I was simply listing places that he's batted. ::)
He probably had a bowl back in under 13s have we got an AR on our hands?
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on February 04, 2014, 08:48:21 PM
He probably had a bowl back in under 13s have we got an AR on our hands?
Quit with the sarcastic and snide comments.
Yes boss!
good to see we're off to a good start in this thread ;D
Rawr.
I'm cranky recently so don't get this thread going in the same direction as the Ashes one, we (The Mods) aren't going to be as lenient this time around.
Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on February 05, 2014, 03:32:20 PM
Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?
I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 05, 2014, 04:17:50 PM
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on February 05, 2014, 03:32:20 PM
Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?
I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years
Was initially, but now I'm intrigued.
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on February 05, 2014, 05:52:50 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 05, 2014, 04:17:50 PM
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on February 05, 2014, 03:32:20 PM
Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?
I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years
Was initially, but now I'm intrigued.
http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,48465.0.html
Luke Ronchi moved from Australia to New Zealand and managed to play. Pietersen would have to wait 4 years before he'd be able to legally play
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 05, 2014, 06:35:29 PM
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on February 05, 2014, 05:52:50 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 05, 2014, 04:17:50 PM
Quote from: Kellogscrunchynut on February 05, 2014, 03:32:20 PM
Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?
I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years
Was initially, but now I'm intrigued.
http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,48465.0.html
Luke Ronchi moved from Australia to New Zealand and managed to play. Pietersen would have to wait 4 years before he'd be able to legally play
Yeah, and I can't see him resurrecting his career at 38.
I could see him trying at 38, cant see SA wanting him though :P Maybe he can try NZ with Ronchi.
In other news, Sangakkara just passed 300* against Bangladesh looking to go into the record books
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 05, 2014, 07:03:36 PM
In other news, Sangakkara just passed 300* against Bangladesh looking to go into the record books
out for 319. Sri Lanka all out 587
Quote from: brad on February 05, 2014, 07:36:43 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on February 05, 2014, 07:03:36 PM
In other news, Sangakkara just passed 300* against Bangladesh looking to go into the record books
out for 319. Sri Lanka all out 587
Fastest player to 11000 runs I believe it was (beating Lara by 5 innings). Also puts him at equal 2nd (with Lara) on most double hundreds, behind Bradman.
A triple century against Bangladesh :/
Stats should be based on matches against the big 8.
.... except for Dizzy's double century.
With the ICC forcing matches against developing countries stats to compare against the greats of previous eras will be very insignificant. Also with the number of tests being played these days Total runs scored, centuries etc will also increase.
The only true comparison is Batting average over all tests and no one comes close to Bradmans 99.94 and Bradman played in the era of uncovered pitches as well.
Imagine what Bradman would have scored if he had more than the 80 tests available to him,
Back on subject though I think the result will be decided by which batting lineup handles the relative pace attacks better and hate to say it on current form South Africas batsmen appear more capable than our fragile top order. It was still there exposed by England and where would we have been without Haddin.
Quote from: ossie85 on February 06, 2014, 08:47:35 AM
A triple century against Bangladesh :/
Stats should be based on matches against the big 8.
.... except for Dizzy's double century.
Only 3 of the top 100 scores of all-time in test cricket have been against Bangladesh. Sanga certainly deserves it one of the best wicket-keeper batsman of all time
Quote from: ossie85 on February 04, 2014, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Cicjose on February 04, 2014, 02:04:52 AM
Doolan is actually a middle order batsman
Usually bats at 3 or 4.... so right on the cusp of being a top order/middle order.
Owned.
how dickhead? Doolan bats at 4 or 5 for Tasmania in First Class cricket
he opens in T20 but that form shouldn't count towards test selection
Let's refrain from the name calling cic :)
1-4 is the Top order, so he is more or less a top order batsman....
Bowling is more or less the only thing Watson has going for him, so Doolan taking his spot and Watto moving down would be ideal.
I don't think Hughes will be in the first XI either, considering he's more or less a replacement for Marsh's spot in the selector's eyes
1-3 is top order
4-6 is middle order
7-9 is lower order
10-11 tail
::)
1-4 top order
5-7 middle order
8-11 tail. Because there bowlers.
With the way Warner and Watson play number 4 is basically top order anyway.
Batting against the SA attack will be tough, so it's not a hard guess to say Doolan will be thrown in early to the innings at least once or twice...
Quote from: Cicjose on February 07, 2014, 01:21:52 AM
1-3 is top order
4-6 is middle order
7-9 is lower order
10-11 tail
this is right
Quote from: brad on February 07, 2014, 01:12:14 PM
Quote from: Cicjose on February 07, 2014, 01:21:52 AM
1-3 is top order
4-6 is middle order
7-9 is lower order
10-11 tail
this is right
Can tell you from the many years of cricket that this is not right. Why would the middle order as you call it not be in the middle???
The median of 11 is 6. 6 is therefore the middle one either side of this is 5-7. Therefore 5-7 is the middle order. From here you have a top and a bottom( or tail).
That is like saying 1-2 is top, 3-4 is higher order and blah blah. Just stupid. Ever heard the commentators say the tail is wagging when number 8 and 9 batstmen are in before?? plenty of times. ..
Tards!.
pfft, all semantics. Think we can move on...
many years of cricket? can't be too many if you don't know what is classed as top and middle order
and don't call me a tard