LET THE CRICKET BEGIN

[The Mint Man]

and Hogg is on his way there

Maybe not
Ahh well, a good knock no matter which way you look at it, got us out of alot of trouble.

 

[chops_a_must]

Maybe not
Ahh well, a good knock no matter which way you look at it, got us out of alot of trouble.

Well as Slats said, it's Brad Hogg day.

You could even say, he was hogging the strike for a while.

Lets hope the Indians get back in the game and tie the series up.

P.S. - I hope the Western Australians do well, while the others get smashed.

 

[2020hindsight]

Granted, symonds has had a couple of lucky breaks..... but who cares:
Symonds just bought up his 100 and Hogg is on his way there

Cheers

MM,
see
I personally think that it would be bush justice if Symonds was called out wrongly this innings - just to even up the ledger
imo

PS I mean , the press keep telling us "what a great game it is" lol ...
sheesh - they have a vested interest !

Since those lousy umpiring decisions in our favour
I'm just treating is as a bit of entertainment in the background
but a joke as far as a serious game is concerned

 

[chops_a_must]

Since those lousy umpiring decisions in our favour
I'm just treating is as a bit of entertainment in the background
but a joke as far as a serious game is concerned

And now we have a racism claim.

Like the Aussies have never been guilty of this. Sheesh. Just open a an of worms.

More proof the Aussies can't handle anything back in return.

Like when Mcgrath got ruffled in the Windies:

Mcgrath: What does Brian Lara's dick taste like?

Windies Batsmen: I wouldn't know. How about you ask your wife?

I mean sheesh. I wonder what the Aussies said to Harbajan while he was smashing them around. I suppose it wouldn't have been good.

And now we have a self admitted liar making claims about another player. Geez. Like you have any credibility left mate!

And Clarke not walking when he cuts one to slips! Horrible. Absolutely atrocious! Totally shameful the way the Aussies have behaved this match.

And when you get horrible umpiring in any sport, things get out of hand. Like they have here...

 

[cuttlefish]

obviously we can't know the exact details of what occured but it does seem pretty lame for the aust team to go crying to mum when someone gives a bit back to them. Slater was carrying on a fair bit about it today - seems pretty hypocritical - its not as if the aussie team hasn't given it out over the years.

 

[2020hindsight]

chops and cuttlefish
so

you reckon it's not as if he said anything during a darts match for instance !!

like my brother-in-law usually does
just as you are about to throw a bludy dart ! sheesh

(compare talking while someone puts in golf I guess - hanging offence)

Think I agree with you - maybe they should let him off with a warning - otherwise he'll never stop saying it.

 

[chops_a_must]

chops and cuttlefish
so

you reckon it's not as if he said anything during a darts match for instance !!

like my brother-in-law usually does
just as you are about to throw a bludy dart ! sheesh

(compare talking while someone puts in golf I guess - hanging offence)

Think I agree with you - maybe they should let him off with a warning - otherwise he's never stop saying it.

It's just that if the same standards are applied, you would probably have half of the Australian team permanently suspended.

Classic bully boy scenario.

P.S. - how is calling someone a monkey racist? Who decides that it is? I can remember being called that during sport as a kid, and calling other kids rangas on the footy field. I never remember it being a reference to race. And you can't tell me Symonds isn't baiting some kind of comment with the way he dresses up his lips...

 

[2020hindsight]

It's just that if the same standards are applied, you would probably have half of the Australian team permanently suspended.

Classic bully boy scenario.

P.S. - how is calling someone a monkey racist? Who decides that it is? I can remember being called that during sport as a kid, and calling other kids rangas on the footy field. I never remember it being a reference to race. And you can't tell me Symonds isn't baiting some kind of comment with the way he dresses up his lips...

Lol - spitting image of Al Jolson
Maaammmiiii,,, my lill mammmmiiii

Al Jolson - My Mammy 1927


I notice he survived another loud call :-
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/05/2132362.htm

Hayden lifts Australia to commanding position
Posted 2 hours 36 minutes ago
Updated 1 hour 56 minutes ago

..... At the close of the fourth day, Australia were 213 runs ahead at 4 for 282 with Mike Hussey poised for his eighth Test century on 87 and first innings centurion Andrew Symonds not out 14.

Ailing Hayden, 36, completed his 29th Test century and fifth against India, including the last two in successive Tests.

He was out on the reverse sweep to Wasim Jaffer at point off Kumble, who whipped out Michael Clarke next ball off an outside edge to Rahul Dravid at slip.

Symonds saw off the hat-trick but only after a huge shout for leg before wicket.

Hayden restored the innings after the jolting loss of skipper Ponting for one with a 160-run partnership with Hussey. etc

 

[petervan]

I watched cricket for years and after awhile I thought some of these games gotta be rigged.Then I found every man nearly playing is betting on results.When you have the captain of a country with a serious gambling problem you have alot of rigged results.Since then Australia has marched to world domination leaving games very predictable and boring.Even to go has been destroyed by the fun police.Agree with chops about over appealing and bully behaviour in the field.

 

[AussiePaul72]

G'day Guys,
Lets get back to the game! I just wanted to say that this test has been the best test match all summer from a competitive point of view. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing the Aussies win - they are indeed the best cricket team in the world currently. However, there is nothing like seeing a close game that really tests both teams and India thankfully have stepped up to the mark in Sydney.
Australia was really tested while batting today. I thought India bowled well today in general with plenty of turn on a wicket that is starting to play more and more tricks. Some balls keeping low, some really rearing up are signs that the last days play tomorrow will be very intriguing. Australia did very well to consolidate and build a reasonable lead, even though they were lucky on a number of occasions.
I'm leaning towards a draw at present but if things go well Australia are in the box seat to possibly win the test aswell. I think a lot depends on how Hoggy bowls, although I think Stuart Clark could be amongst the wickets if the ball starts keeping low with LBW's on the cards!!
Anyway, here's to another great day of test cricket that could go down to the wire for a result!!!

 

[2020hindsight]

paul
maybe this youtube can give Symonds a clue on how he can get even with Harbajan
- all as posted on the umpiring technology poll thread .

what'ya mean too high ump - it hit him on the knee! lol
appeal for LBW

 

[Wysiwyg]

Gilchrist ripped off severely there.Rudi Kuertzen making mistakes more often now.

 

[doctorj]

Gilchrist ripped off severely there.

The Indians call Symonds a cheat for not walking when he should have been out, but I didn't see them calling Gilly back for what was very obviously a wrong decision...

A case of do as we say, not as we do.

 

[prawn_86]

Couple of dodgy decisions there agian today.

Was a pretty poor batting performance by Aus however. Best I have seen India bowl for a while imo

 

[2020hindsight]

Some strange prices for the various players - and lol - I thnk Ricky is a bit pissed off he'll only made a fraction of what Symonds will make.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article3406195.ece

Symonds then announced that he would not be making himself available for Australia's proposed tour to Pakistan next month, citing security fears.
......
Andrew Flintoff, making his recovery from an ankle injury, said yesterday that he had no interest in taking the Indian rupee. “It's not an option for the English players,” Flintoff said. “Lancashire and the ECB have looked after me well and my concern is to get on the field for them.”

Yet there is a worry among the chief executives of the 18 first-class counties that the money being splashed out on the IPL signings will skew the market for recruiting overseas players. Hampshire are resigned to being without their captain, Shane Warne, who fetched a disappointing £232,000 when he joined Jaipur yesterday, until halfway through the season

A heap of funny comparisons here
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/...hes-15m-indian-premier-league-cricket-auction

MUMBAI (AFP) - India one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni went for a huge 1.5 million dollars on Wednesday as some of the world's best players were auctioned off for the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Chennai paid nearly four times the wicketkeeper-batsman's base price of 400,000 dollars in the opening round of the novel sell-off, held before the lucrative tournament's debut in April.

Eight franchise owners, including corporate tycoons and Bollywood actors, bid for 77 cricketers in a pioneering process that some observers believe will change the face of the game.

Retired Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne was bought by Jaipur at his base price of 450,000 dollars, while compatriot Adam Gilchrist went to Hyderabad for 700,000 dollars.

Record-breaking Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was bought by Chennai for 600,000 dollars, while his national captain Mahela Jayawardene went to Mohali for 475,000 dollars.

Kolkata bought controversial Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for 425,000 dollars as bidding, orchestrated by English auctioneer Richard Madley, continued at a five-star hotel.

The spending of eight teams -- Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Mohali -- is capped at five million dollars for a maximum of eight overseas players.

Each player will receive his auction price as an annual wage over the initial three-year contract.

The tournament, starting on April 18, will be the first time international cricketers will ditch their national allegiances to play for privately owned sides, after organisers raised more than a billion dollars to fund the venture.

A total of 13 Australians are up for grabs, with many expected to attract fierce bidding based on their competitive reputation.

Also in the fray are 25 Indians, 11 Sri Lankans, 11 South Africans, eight Pakistanis, five New Zealanders, three West Indians and one Zimbabwean.

Indians Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag have been given 'iconic' status, which means they will not be auctioned off and will lead their home teams.

Each will get 15 percent more than the highest-paid player in his side.

Cricket Australia's restrictions that bar more than two of its players from appearing in the same team also adds to the competitive flavour of the 44-day tournament to be played in 12 Indian cities.

The IPL was conceived to counter the rebel Indian Cricket League, which recently held its tournament in northern India with big names like West Indies' Brian Lara and Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq.

It is the brainchild of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is backed by the International Cricket Council

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080222/sports/sports9.html

Bangalore: x-Rahul Dravid, India, US$1.035 million, Jacques Kallis, South Africa, US$900,000, Anil Kumble, India, US$500,000, Cameron White, Australia, US$500,000, Zaheer Khan, Bangalore, US$ 450,000, Mark Boucher, South Africa, US$450,000, Nathan Bracken, Australia, US$325,000, Dale Steyn, South Africa, US$325,000, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies, US$200,000, Wasim Jaffer, India, US$150,000.

Calcutta: x-Sourav Ganguly, India, US$$1.092 million, Ishant Sharma, India, US$950,000, Chris Gayle, West Indies, US$800,000, Brendon McCullum, New Zealand, US$700,000, David Hussey, Australia, US$625,000, Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan, US$425,000, Murali Karthik, India, US$425,000, Ricky Ponting, Australia, US$400,000, Ajit Agarkar, India, US$350,000, Umar Gul, Pakistan, US$150,000 Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwe, US$125,000.

Chennai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India, $1.5 million, Jacob Oram, New Zealand, US$675,000, Albie Morkel, South Africa, US$675,000, Suresh Raina, India, US$650,000, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka, US$600,000, Matthew Hayden, Australia, US$375,000, Stephen Fleming, New Zealand, US$350,000, Michael Hussey, Australia, US$350,000, Parthiv Patel, India, US$325,000, Joginder Sharma, India, US$225,000, Makhaya Ntini, South Africa, US$200,000.


Delhi: x-Virender Sehwag, India, US$833,750, Gautam Gambhir, India, US$725,000, Manoj Tiwari, India, US$675,000, Mohammad Asif, Pakistan, US$650,000, Daniel Vettori, New Zealand, US$625,000, Dinesh Karthik, India, US$525,000, Shoaib Malik, Pakistan, US$ 500,000, Glenn McGrath, Australia, US$350,000, A.B. de Villiers, South Africa, US$300,000, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka, US$250,000, Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lanka, US$225,000.


Hyderabad: Andrew Symonds, Australia, US$1.35 million, R.P. Singh, India, US$875,000, Rohit Sharma, India, US$750,000, Adam Gilchrist, Australia, US$700,000, Shahid Afridi, Pakistan, US$675,000, Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa, US$575,000, V.V.S. Laxman, India, US$375,000, Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka, US$200,000, Scott Styris, New Zealand, US$175,000, Nuwan Zoysa, Sri Lanka, US$110,000, Chamara Silva, Sri Lanka, US$100,000.

Jaipur: Mohammad Kaif, India, US$675,000, Graeme Smith, South Africa, US$475,000, Yusuf Pathan, India, US$475,000, Shane Warne, Australia, US$450,000, Munaf Patel, India, US$275,000, Younis Khan, Pakistan, US$225,000, Justin Langer, Australia, US$200,000, Kamran Akmal, Pakistan, US$150,000.

Mohali: x-Yuvraj Singh, India, US$1.064 million, Irfan Pathan, India, US$925,000, Brett Lee, Australia, US$900,000, Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka, US$700,000, Shantakumaran Sreesanth, India, US$625,000, Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka, US$475,000, Piyush Chawla, India, US$400,000, Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies, US$225,000, Simon Katich, Australia, US$200,000, Romesh Pawar, India, US$170,000.

Mumbai: x-Sachin Tendulkar, India, US$1.121 million, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka, US$975,000, Harbhajan Singh, India, US$850,000, Robin Uthappa, India, US$800,000, Shaun Pollock, South Africa, US$550,000, Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka, US$350,000, Loots Bosman, South Africa, US$150,000, Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lanka, US$150,000.

 

[2020hindsight]

..... Just playing with those names and numbers .. firstly, the teams, and their international members :-

 

[2020hindsight]

Then the players sorted by salary..
As someone said - full of strange numbers - like David Hussey (never played a test) on $625K .
his brother Michael only on $350K -
and Shane Warne only on $425K
Matthew Hayden only on $375K etc

 

[JPC]

What about South Africa .... they to have strange prices for the various players...

 

[2020hindsight]

What about South Africa .... they to have strange prices for the various players...

1 Kallis (US$900K) = 3 de Villiers (US$300K) .
Then again de Villiers has been in semi-retirement for the last 10 years (apparently)

Does that mean that if de Villiers does a third as well as Kallis, he still has a clear conscience?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanie_de_Villiers

1994-95 was an outstanding season for De Villiers. In five Tests, he took 36 wickets averaging 17.47. In the Test against Pakistan in Johannesburg, De Villiers became the first ever South African to score a fifty and take ten wickets in the same Test, scoring 66 not out and taking 6 for 81 and 4 for 27. He was subsequently named the South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year in 1995, an award he had previously won in 1989.

A popular player, de Villiers was known by the nickname Vinnige Fanie (Fast Fanie) by his Afrikaans-speaking fans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallis

With 29 Test centuries, equal to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, Kallis has definitely established himself as one of the modern greats of the game. .....

In 2007 Kallis scored 5 centuries in 4 Tests, making him just the fourth man after Bradman, Ken Barrington and Matthew Hayden to score 4 centuries in 4 Tests on two different occasions. That Kallis holds these records belies his reputation as a defensive, unadventurous batsman of the old-fashioned type, something Kallis himself is determined to erase.[7] Regardless of style, Kallis has a remarkable batting average of over 58, and is rated as one of the best batsmen in the world. Although still a very capable bowler with over 200 Test wickets, he has impressed mostly with the bat in recent years