Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd Test, Kandy, 8-12 Sep, 2011

Ease the new guy in at 3, then when he's ready (or not), drop him down to number 6.


Hussey should be batting there. end of.

Invader Zim wrote:So Swampy will bat at 3.

What ever happened to the 'ease the new kid in at 6' approach? Or do they only do that for (real) dubbers?

Wasn't Ussie the first person to debut at 3 for Aust for a gazillion years?

'half a dozen' in 1977-8 at a guess

Didn't Langer debut at 3 in 1993?

Overall figures
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
TP Horan 1877-1877 1 2 0 32 20 16.00 0 0 0
TU Groube 1880-1880 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0
H Moses 1887-1887 1 2 0 55 31 27.50 0 0 0
RC Allen 1887-1887 1 2 0 44 30 22.00 0 0 0
GHS Trott 1888-1888 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 0 0 1
RL Park 1920-1921 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1
WH Ponsford 1924-1924 1 1 0 110 110 110.00 1 0 0
LPJ O'Brien 1932-1933 1 2 0 21 11 10.50 0 0 0
WA Brown 1934-1934 1 2 0 95 73 47.50 0 1 0
MW Sievers 1936-1936 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 0 0 0
IM Chappell 1964-1964 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0
AP Sheahan 1967-1967 1 2 0 116 81 58.00 0 1 0
GN Yallop 1976-1976 1 2 1 32 16* 32.00 0 0 0
AD Ogilvie 1977-1977 1 2 0 51 46 25.50 0 0 0
GR Marsh 1985-1985 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 0 0 0
TM Moody 1989-1989 1 1 0 61 61 61.00 0 1 0
JL Langer 1993-1993 1 2 0 74 54 37.00 0 1 0
UT Khawaja 2011-2011 1 2 0 58 37 29.00 0 0 0
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We really threw Yallop in at 3 against the 75-76 West Indians, when Big Qunt and Little Qunt were both still in the side?

Qunts.

That's we Poms called Lillee and Thomson too.
Actually, Lillee wasn't playing on Yallop's debut.

Didn't seem to do Oz much harm anyway - runaway winners in 75/76.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=503xvL_2IJQ


Mind you, WIndies immediately decided to fight the four-quick fire with megafire as a result. .... .... taking brutalisation by fast bowling to a new level. Roberts, Holding, Garner, etc. then homicidal Croft and headcases like Patto to follow ....


Half-joking "I want to see blood on the pitch", moves on to a deadly earnest "Brutalise me with (chin) music ..." ?

And that ain't funnehh.

Esp if your name is Gatting ....

Is that because he had multiple targets?

lardbucket wrote:We really threw Yallop in at 3 against the 75-76 West Indians, when Big Qunt and Little Qunt were both still in the side?

Qunts.

I'll have to look at the scorecard. Wonder why Big Qunt didn't bat at 3?

skully wrote:Weather forecast for Kandy for next few days:

Thursday 8/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 30 I 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
50% chance of precipitation

Friday 9/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 31 | 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
40% chance of precipitation

Saturday 10/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 30 | 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
50% chance of precipitation

Sunday 11/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 30 | 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
50% chance of precipitation


Could be the odd interruption.

With the exception of the temperature variation that was the exact forecast for Galle (Galle 29-31)

Hmm, interestingly, Big Qunt and Little Qunt moved one spot down the order from 3 and 4 after Andy Roberts reamed us in Perth in T2. Redpath and Turner opened and McCosker batted at 3 for T3 and 6, while Yallop took 3 for T3 and 4.

Bradman wrote:

skully wrote:Weather forecast for Kandy for next few days:

Thursday 8/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 30 I 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
50% chance of precipitation

Friday 9/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 31 | 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
40% chance of precipitation

Saturday 10/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 30 | 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
50% chance of precipitation

Sunday 11/9/11
Chance of a Thunderstorm 30 | 26 °C
Chance of T-storms
50% chance of precipitation


Could be the odd interruption.

With the exception of the temperature variation that was the exact forecast for Galle (Galle 29-31)

SL is probably like Darwin, which is 33 all year round.

Sounds like paradise. Definately on the cards next time we tour. SL is probably not much bigger than Greater Darwin.

Phurt - Darwin gets into the 20s in June.

Invader Zim wrote:So Swampy will bat at 3.

What ever happened to the 'ease the new kid in at 6' approach? Or do they only do that for (real) dubbers?

stooopid decison from hildy et al...pup should take reponsibility to move up the order...expect he will eventually follow Ksnr's lead of dropping himself down the order to engage in some redinkus maximus activity

of course pup should bat at no.3 S...should lead by example as punter has tried (and sometimes succeeded) in doing...he is curretnly our leading bat and in the leadership position...

I think it is dreadful that bog has been set up to fail.

horace wrote:of course pup should bat at no.3 S...should lead by example as punter has tried (and sometimes succeeded) in doing...he is curretnly our leading bat and in the leadership position...

I think it is dreadful that bog has been set up to fail.

Clarke averages 20 at number four. 20!!! And he's batted about 30 innings there now.

I dont see how you can say a bloke who bats number 3 or opens has been 'set up to fail' by making him bat at number 3

A number 3 like Koaja made to bat at 6 could also say he has been set up to fail

If you are given a baggy green ...take your opportunity

Especially if it comes nicely presented under the table in a nice brown paper bag ....

Marsh deserves his spot ...so does Koaja ...it's up them to score some runs to keep their places

has not come in a bag for bog...

which is the reverse of my daily routines

bog ...bag...come ...

sick puppy

hehehe...at least I am fastidious