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12-19-2020, 04:35 AM
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I guess this thread will be used only by Ben.Daly.
My PM inbox is full. This was easily worst day in 20 years of watching cricket. 
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12-19-2020, 04:53 AM
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And as a bonus a win for Hobart in the Big Bash League this morning, it was also Ponting's birthday, and of course Tim Paine captaining the test team so overall a great day for Australian and more specifically Tasmanian cricket. Now onto boxing day at the MCG, and I mean this in the kindest way possible but India will need all the luck they can get especially without Kholi. Maybe I've jinxed it here but if nothing else hopefully it's a more levelled encounter.
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12-20-2020, 02:32 AM
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Most of us predicting 4-0 whitewash. Like Paine said, they weren't at their best in the match. It's going to be worse from here for Indian team. Kohli is gone, Shami has fractured arm. Ishant was already out of series with injury. I was looking up performances in last 6 years in SENA (South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia). Except Kohli and Pujara, no one has stood up. Rahane has been tailender at #5 for long time and he is mentally shot also. Can't see how it can get better from here. On top of that they decided to play Saha who is walking wicket. Pant - only batsman who has scored 2 centuries in mid-lower order is warming bench. Is Warner joining in 2nd test? It will be painful to watch this sorry bunch. Great day overall for Australian cricket. It was near perfect bowling performance. Somewhat similar to what McGrath did once. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrl2bkxdCiQ Last edited by Merci Alizée; 12-20-2020 at 02:38 AM..
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12-21-2020, 04:06 AM
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https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joe-...dia/2020-12-20 On a side note, I find it annoying that they couldn't play any of the 4 tests in Hobart, Tasmania. I get that the 5 biggest cities with the biggest grounds are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide (the same 5 that always host the 5 ashes tests) but when we've had all these complications with Covid-19 and 1 of the 'big 5' cities is missing out anyway, they may as well take the chance to have 1 of the tests in Tasmania, especially when we're one of the better performing states when tackling the virus.
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12-21-2020, 09:41 AM
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12-21-2020, 09:55 AM
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There are some Big Bash League games played here in Launceston though so I'm able to attend most of those, though we always seem to lose whenever I attend those games, then on the rare occasion I don't attend we end up winning   I went to one about a week ago which was fun, we had some family members visiting so they attended also which was nice.
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12-28-2020, 10:35 AM
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So I am a cricket novice and my terminology might be incorrect, but I have watched some videos of it and find it interesting. I also have an unusual question.
When the "pitcher" throws the ball to the "batter", it bounces off the ground. I assume this is by design. The "pitch" is being thrown at a high velocity and it looks as though putting spin on the ball is part of the pitching strategy. So my question is, what does the ground consist of that is between the "pitcher" and the "batter"? The surface looks as though it would take a beating after a while, with indentations and divots that would affect how the ball bounces as the game wears on. Is this area maintained regularly to smooth it out, or is the unpredictability of the bounce part of strategy?
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05-25-2021, 01:28 PM
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Welcome to the forum in case I hadn't said that before BrightenTheCorners. As you probably noticed, Merci Alizee is a big fan, but he's in India where they are having some tough times with covid so it might be a while before we hear from him.
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