The Cricket Thread 2016

[OzVilla]

What a bunch of whinging pussies.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/the-ashes-2015-pitch-at-the-oval-for-fifth-test-draws-criticisms-from-frustrated-australians/story-fnia3gmj-1227490253295

Hi Oz,
I was in Noosa last month for a couple of weeks. Is that close to you?

Yep, that's about half an hour away.  We live in Caloundra just down the Coast.

What did you think of Noosa?   

[JD]

What a bunch of whinging pussies.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/the-ashes-2015-pitch-at-the-oval-for-fifth-test-draws-criticisms-from-frustrated-australians/story-fnia3gmj-1227490253295

Whinging underarm bowling pussies.

[andrew08]

What a bunch of whinging pussies.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/the-ashes-2015-pitch-at-the-oval-for-fifth-test-draws-criticisms-from-frustrated-australians/story-fnia3gmj-1227490253295

Hi Oz,
I was in Noosa last month for a couple of weeks. Is that close to you?

Yep, that's about half an hour away.  We live in Caloundra just down the Coast.

What did you think of Noosa?   

The beach was nice, the Main Street was not my kind of thing really but we stayed a mile or so out at Castaways Beach in a house right on the sea. Had the whole beach to ourselves most of the time as the locals thought it was too cold😀

I really like the whole region, we drove upto 1770 and did the reef thing which was great. I've four kids all under 13 and to give you an idea of what they're like they thought Aussie World was the highlight of the holiday so I don't think we're quite ready for the Gold Coast yet!

I arrived in Perth just as we won in Cardiff. When I'm on holiday I wear a beat up old England baseball cap to keep the sun off. Not one person mentioned cricket up until the moment we got dicked at Lords. Then I got loads of comments, handshakes of commiseration etc until I finally reacted to a bloke in a garage who I advised to 'wait until you get to my town and you've got 10000 pissed up Brummies putting your bowlers off'. I actually emailed a shop on the Davy Lowe Way when we clinched the series.

It's a great part of the world and we'll be returning at Easter hopefully, depending on how the Villa are doing.

[paul_e]

Typical Australia really, I like the suggestion that they don't do it, it just so happens that fair pitches are perfectly suited to their front foot players who like to drive the ball.  It also just so happens that they get bouncy pitches when Mitchell Johnson is in form and flatter pitches when he's struggling.

[OzVilla]

Glad you enjoyed your stay Andrew08.  We could do with some more H&V's here. Anything below 22c is considered cold.

Welcome to my world. They are quiet as mice when they lose and never shut up when they win. The also whine like a Lancaster Bombers when things don't go their way but reckon we are all whingers. They make hypocrycy an art form.

Great place to live though, good lifestyle and by and large the Aussies are a very good lot.

[PaulWinch again]

Typical Australia really, I like the suggestion that they don't do it, it just so happens that fair pitches are perfectly suited to their front foot players who like to drive the ball.  It also just so happens that they get bouncy pitches when Mitchell Johnson is in form and flatter pitches when he's struggling.

Yeah it's hilarious. I don't think we've every turned up in Australia with pitches suited to English conditions, likewise I doubt India have ever turned up in Australia and played on massive turning pitches.  It's the nature of the beast, you have to adapt to conditions. We did it appallingly in Australia and they've done it terribly here. Get over it whingeing Aussies.

[PaulWinch again]

Lots like a definitie win the toss and bowl day.

[PaulWinch again]

Potentially big toss for us to win there. Now bowl well England and knock them over again.

[spangley1812]

Not much in pitch so far

Convicts team looks stronger with Siddle and Mitch Marsh in

Broad bowling too much down legside

[OzVilla]

Both sides starting with the same mantra. Be patient.

[PaulWinch again]

Proper Test cricket at the moment. From the start it actually looks like batting first is probably best.

[spangley1812]

Agreed Paul looks like a good pitch

[passitsideways]

Typical Australia really, I like the suggestion that they don't do it, it just so happens that fair pitches are perfectly suited to their front foot players who like to drive the ball.  It also just so happens that they get bouncy pitches when Mitchell Johnson is in form and flatter pitches when he's struggling.

Yeah it's hilarious. I don't think we've every turned up in Australia with pitches suited to English conditions, likewise I doubt India have ever turned up in Australia and played on massive turning pitches.  It's the nature of the beast, you have to adapt to conditions. We did it appallingly in Australia and they've done it terribly here. Get over it whingeing Aussies.

I'm not sure you can take the opinion of our Murdoch rag as indicative of general public sentiment (I know Rogers is quoted in there, which is odd given that he's been just about the only batsman who's been relatively clued-in as to how to manage the conditions.) Every person I've talked cricket with has focused their annoyance upon the awful way they've gone about trying to play on English pitches.

[taylorsworkrate]

I don't even think the Trent Bridge pitch was that green. England did score 390 on it after all.

I don't think there has been a proper green top in England for decades

[PGW]

This is the 23rd toss that we have won in an Ashes test at the Oval and only the 2nd time that we have
chosen to bowl first!!!