Sven Roeder 10:48 Tue Nov 8
1st Test: India v England at Rajkot
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4am start
England (probable) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Haseeb Hameed, 3 Joe Root, 4 Ben Duckett, 5 Moeen Ali, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 Gareth Batty or Steven Finn
England have confirmed Hameed will make his debut in the state where his brother got married last week, Duckett will bat 4 and Ballance is dropped
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VirginiaHam
3:57 Fri Nov 25
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Not seen anything yet; been stuffing turkey down, and drinking red wine.
Amazing, if you have the ability to land the ball on a very small table cloth you may be able to play test cricket. Otherwise, don't bother.
Before that, if you can't bowl above 135km try bowling spin.
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East Auckland Hammer
11:39 Thu Nov 24
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Typical, Pakistan win the toss and bowl.
Raval edges Amir for 4 first ball
Beats the bat 2nd ball
Dropped at first slip 3rd ball
Nearly bowls him 4th ball
Leading edge for a single on the 5th ball
Latham caught at first slip 6th ball
Pretty good start Amir.
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East Auckland Hammer
10:18 Thu Nov 24
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I love watching test cricket for that exact reason VH - T20 is less an examination of a batsmans technique and more an examination of how good at swinging across the line he is, and even ODI's are now heading that way a little bit.
Pretty wet in Hamilton today, so not much chance of play. Pitch looks quite green, although not worryingly so.
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VirginiaHam
10:09 Thu Nov 24
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I enjoyed watching Cook. He looked like he could get out to any ball, then he got out to one of at least 10 no-balls and was reprieved. After that, he started moving his feet.
Contrast that with both Duminy and Faf, whose foot work was really good, Faf especially. reassured, positive, all in the right place.
Test cricket is such a forensic examination of batsmen. As a bowler (you are close to not being able to see what's happening down the other end because your head is facing down) so you rely on what the batsman does and what fielders tell you. Guesswork for bowlers, but if you get the ball in the right place.......
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East Auckland Hammer
9:00 Thu Nov 24
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I agree.
More fans all over the world should be like the NZ fans.
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Sven Roeder
8:57 Thu Nov 24
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Personally I have never booed anyone at a Test match and although I can understand him getting a mixed reaction when he came out ( he was found guilty of ball tampering & refuses to accept any responsibility) I don't believe it should go further than that.
Especially after he makes a 100.
If only everyone was like the NZ fans who applaud respectfully when Australian players play well against them.
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East Auckland Hammer
8:50 Thu Nov 24
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Ha ha ha
So, are ALL Aussies fans complete dickheads then Sven, or only most?
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Sven Roeder
8:42 Thu Nov 24
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Blimey, dry your eyes Jonah.
Being rattled around by an earthquake seems to have turned you into an even bigger jessie.
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East Auckland Hammer
8:32 Thu Nov 24
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Yeah it would seem to. He reckons it was the best hundred of his career. Even better than the other year where he batted for hours to save a test.
Of course, that's probably just a little metaphorical two-finger salute to the arsehole Aussie fans and media who've harassed him and booed him.
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VirginiaHam
8:13 Thu Nov 24
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Commentators thought booing Faf wound him up a bit more. 'Spose 100 confirms that.
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East Auckland Hammer
7:35 Thu Nov 24
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East Auckland Hammer 9:15 Thu Nov 24
Of course, I suggested declaring a few hours earlier.
Warner had a shoulder problem? Was the problem they couldn't find any shoulders? He's like an arrow with Downs syndrome.
Good booing of Faf you classy Aussies.
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East Auckland Hammer
7:25 Thu Nov 24
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Maybe he doesn't care about their race?
Unusual in Australia, I know.
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VirginiaHam
6:47 Thu Nov 24
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Very clever by FdP. Must be the first out of the box thinking by the saffas for about half a century. Apart from Warner missing, there's a 20 year old starting his first test. Australia were annoyed, yet every single commentator was talking about an early declaration and what a good idea it was. That was before the Warner issue.
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Sven Roeder
3:45 Thu Nov 24
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As said the plan in day/night cricket seems to be to get the other team to start their innings in the post-dinner session.
You'd think but .....seems Warner had been off the field getting treatment for a shoulder injury and he only declared because he overheard Smith and Warner asking the umpire whether he had been back on the field long enough to be allowed to bat straight away.
Too busy trying to tweak the rules and then doesn't notice that Australia sent a Pakistani and an Englishman out to bat.
Ha !
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VirginiaHam
3:29 Thu Nov 24
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Very cheeky declaration by Faf, especially when he's 118 not out. KP should never be allowed to commentate again. He is utter fucking shit.
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Sven Roeder
9:35 Thu Nov 24
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The secret of day night cricket seems to be to make the other team bat in the final session when the ball moves around.
Still think they should have another 3 years of testing and ball improvement before having Tests but the CA marketing department like having 120,000 attend 3 days and Channel 9 want to broadcast cricket in the evening in the eastern states so the players have been completely ignored.
As I recall last year NZ only batted in daylight, Starc only bowled 9 overs in the match due to injury and the dismal Kiwis still lost.
They go to Brisbane for a day night Test v Pakistan next which will be even more of a lottery if they get some rain & humidity.
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stewie griffin
9:22 Thu Nov 24
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Are they actually using a proper cricket ball in this series?
No doubt nect years batch will be back to normal
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paolo
9:21 Thu Nov 24
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Hahaha
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East Auckland Hammer
9:15 Thu Nov 24
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157 is probably enough. They should declare.
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Grumpster
9:08 Thu Nov 24
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Oz on top in this test, though looks like all the nonsense has wound Faf up in a positive way, as he's 62 NO out of the 157-6 total.
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VirginiaHam
9:47 Wed Nov 23
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Sven Roeder 8:50 Wed Nov 23
My favourite sweet incident was the jelly bean fiasco of 2007.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phay_dcGBfw
What's so annoying about a jelly bean?
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