The Cricket Thread

Super Cronk · Post by **Super Cronk** » January 26, 2005, 6:13 pm

WI in bat 2/24....

Super Cronk · Post by **Super Cronk** » January 26, 2005, 8:56 pm

and aussies win

just bowled WI all out for 196
...lee got 4 wickets

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 26, 2005, 11:16 pm

awesome
hewy and the cricket team step up
2/3 aint bad and had it not been for lines man molik would have won!

Post by **greeneyed** » January 26, 2005, 11:22 pm

I always felt Molik would squib on it.......... lol.....

No, she did amazingly well today.............

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 26, 2005, 11:32 pm

Molik will be in the top 5 soon enough
mark my words on that one
she can do in the williams and davenport on her day, clijisters and hennin might give her an awesome run

paulquinn49 · Post by **paulquinn49** » January 27, 2005, 8:37 am

Shire is taking on the world

THE battlelines are drawn for the local version of War of the Worlds.

A group of friends has decided to make the rivalry between the Shire and St George area an international event when they stage a Shire vs Rest of the World cricket match on Australia Day at Woolaware Oval.

The Shire team is being captained by options trader Ryan Thompson and the Rest of the World team by his girlfriend Sarah Jane Becroft who lives in the St George area.

The friends started the competition 3 years ago as the Shire vs St George. Since then some of the St George tem have moved out of the area so their team name has been changed to Rest of the World.

A lot is riding on the outcome. â€œAfter the match the winner has the right to make fun of the losing team for the rest of the yearâ€ Sarah Jane said.

Ryan said the match is all in fun but there is a lot of pride in defending the reputation of the Shire.

**************

Oh boy I hope the Shire killed them. Anyone here not going for the Shire?

By going against me remember you are supporting Tonio and possibly Stu. Who are now my enemies after hearing of this cricket match.

Canâ€™t wait till *'s Leader to see if we (The Shire) won. 8)

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 27, 2005, 5:50 pm

The Shire sucks!

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » January 30, 2005, 7:57 pm

Matthew Hayden is terribly out of form - i reckon the best possible opening pair at the moment would be Gilchrist and Clarke.

and how bad is Andrew Symonds going?? the guy needs to be dropped. not only is he getting low scores, he looks awful in getting them too. and i've never rated his bowling.

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 30, 2005, 8:34 pm

Yep.. Finals = Hayden and Symonds GONE

1. Gilchrist
2. Clarke
3. Ponting
4. Martyn
5. Lehmann
6. Katich
7. Watson
8. Hogg
9. Lee
10. Gillespie
11. McGrath

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 30, 2005, 9:00 pm

come on boys

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » January 30, 2005, 9:04 pm

Raiders_Lover_18 wrote:Yep.. Finals = Hayden and Symonds GONE

1. Gilchrist
2. Clarke
3. Ponting
4. Martyn
5. Lehmann
6. Katich
7. Watson
8. Hogg
9. Lee
10. Gillespie
11. McGrath

nice team, but i'm not big on Katich. i'd bring back Bevo, whack him in at no.6. also, i can't for the life of me understand why Justin Langer's not in contention for the one day side.

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 30, 2005, 9:06 pm

True That.... I would happily slip Langer into the team! I'd love to have Bevo back but its not going to happen!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 30, 2005, 9:07 pm

yea good point kris, why no langer

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 30, 2005, 9:17 pm

Whatever happened to Martin Love?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 30, 2005, 9:17 pm

Raiders_Lover_18 wrote:Whatever happened to Martin Love?

the less said about him the better as far as im concerned
he was ordinary IMO

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 30, 2005, 9:24 pm

as long as Marto stays im happy.. if he doesnt win the Alan Border Medal its an absolute joke!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 30, 2005, 9:29 pm

Marto **** me
gets 10000 chances then comes good for a while before getting another 1000 odd chances

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 30, 2005, 9:33 pm

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » January 30, 2005, 9:57 pm

Martyn was out of form for a fair while there, but wasn't dropped 'cos other guys around him, such as Ponting and Hayden, were in stellar form. it didn't really matter that our no.4 batsman was slightly out of form.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » January 30, 2005, 10:01 pm

Kris_man wrote:Martyn was out of form for a fair while there, but wasn't dropped 'cos other guys around him, such as Ponting and Hayden, were in stellar form. it didn't really matter that our no.4 batsman was slightly out of form.

he was more than "slighty out of form"
he was in piss poor form and should of been dropped 100 times over IMO

Post by **greeneyed** » January 30, 2005, 10:05 pm

Who won the cricket?

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » January 30, 2005, 10:11 pm

Raider_69 wrote:
Kris_man wrote:Martyn was out of form for a fair while there, but wasn't dropped 'cos other guys around him, such as Ponting and Hayden, were in stellar form. it didn't really matter that our no.4 batsman was slightly out of form.
he was more than "slighty out of form"
he was in piss poor form and should of been dropped 100 times over IMO

he wasn't that bad - look at the stats. he got plenty of starts just never went on with them.

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 31, 2005, 11:29 am

Pakistan won with Abdul Razzaq leading them to victory.

Butters · Post by **Butters** » January 31, 2005, 11:31 am

Yes Martyn was out of form but look at him now. IMO the best player of 04. Without a doubt.. 69, HAyden deserves to be dropped aswell. Exactly the same situation. Once critics and the like jump on someones back its hard to get back on track. Martyn is there now, has worked hard and deserves to be there. Keep going strong champ!

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » January 31, 2005, 12:22 pm

Raiders_Lover_18 wrote:Yep.. Finals = Hayden and Symonds GONE

1. Gilchrist
2. Clarke
3. Ponting
4. Martyn
5. Lehmann
6. Katich
7. Watson
8. Hogg
9. Lee
10. Gillespie
11. McGrath

actually now i think about it, i'd have Kasper in there somewhere, too. this'd be my team:

1. Gilchrist
2. Hayden
3. Ponting
4. Martyn
5. Lehmann
6. Clarke
7. Hogg
8. Lee
9. Gillespie
10. Kasprowicz
11. McGrath

i ended up going with Haydos - i think he's better than Katich. plus, with the strength of our batting line up and a tail that can wag, i dont believe we need an all rounder such as Watson. why not use our strengths and have a 5 pronged bowling attack?

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » February 4, 2005, 2:32 pm

3/79 - Symonds is going great guns! i thought Kasper was extremely unlucky not to make the team, though. i'm very confident he would have and could have contributed much more to the team than Shane Watson.

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » February 4, 2005, 2:35 pm

gee Symonds looks awesome when in form and striking the ball well. i reckon these two will put on a partnership of at least 100. i'm tipping a century from one of them, probably Symonds.

Timbo · Post by **Timbo** » February 4, 2005, 2:51 pm

Symonds is saving himself at the absolute 11th hour, no way was he going to NZ IMO.

I hope Kat makes some runs.

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » February 4, 2005, 4:12 pm

seriously Timbo, i just don't understand why you like Katich so much

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » February 4, 2005, 4:16 pm

Kris_man wrote:gee Symonds looks awesome when in form and striking the ball well. i reckon these two will put on a partnership of at least 100. i'm tipping a century from one of them, probably Symonds.

damn, i was close!

Greenblooded · Post by **Greenblooded** » February 4, 2005, 5:19 pm

Kris_man wrote:
Kris_man wrote:gee Symonds looks awesome when in form and striking the ball well. i reckon these two will put on a partnership of at least 100. i'm tipping a century from one of them, probably Symonds.
damn, i was close!

Good call considering I don't think you would have had him in the team after your comments in the other thread

Greenblooded · Post by **Greenblooded** » February 6, 2005, 1:26 pm

How on earth was Gilly not given out in the 1st over, you couldn't be mre plumb.

Post by **greeneyed** » February 6, 2005, 1:57 pm

I am watching "The Natural". Amercians make such great sports movies. This is one of my favourites.

Canberra Milk · Post by **Canberra Milk** » February 6, 2005, 6:09 pm

i'm tired of Katich and Watson. quite simply, they're not up to international standard. a bit like Symonds before he got that 150 or so against Pakistan in the World Cup. Symonds was a rare case of someone **** turning excellent - i doubt htis will happen with Katich. Watson, possibly, but i can't see it happening any time soon, although his bowling has improved a lot.

put Langer or Haydos down the order - they may be opners, but they're still batsmen, i'm sure they could bat well anywhere in the order.

Greenblooded · Post by **Greenblooded** » February 6, 2005, 6:15 pm

I think the easy option would be drop Katich, Clarke go down the order again, and reinstate Hayden.