Australia A v India

horace wrote:apparently Les Burdett is having a hol in Briz

Looks like it.

horace wrote:snorefest over....Board gets another ton

Which is exactly why you shouldn't play cricket in the middle of winter.

taipan wrote:

horace wrote:snorefest over....Board gets another ton

Which is exactly why you shouldn't play cricket in the middle of winter.

aye ........but Brisbane is quite temperate - crisp mornings and low 20s

UT Yadav c Lynn b Cutting 90 66 11 5 136.36

Deary me, another allrounder-getting-all-the-runs-fest. Ojha another ton, plus 90s from Yadav, Fork and Witty.

horace wrote:

taipan wrote:

horace wrote:snorefest over....Board gets another ton

Which is exactly why you shouldn't play cricket in the middle of winter.

aye ........but Brisbane is quite temperate - crisp mornings and low 20s

Did'nt Brisbane recently record its coldest temp in 100 years?

Lyon 0/147. I see all that work with Murali is really paying off.

Big Dog wrote:Lyon 0/147. I see all that work with Murali is really paying off.

has clearly been working out with XDoh...finally seems to have mastered the straight ball half tracker

Umesh Yadav made 90?? This after Jimmy Anderson made 81 the other day., Has the world gone mad?

On a flat dead pitch that even bowlers can score 90s on, Fuse is cashing in after 3 failures. Why am I not surprised.

Nice to see Alex Doolan showing some form. Off the back of his unbeaten 90 in game 2 v India A, he is currently 94* in the 1st JAMODI of the 4-way series in Darwin. Fingers heavily crossed that he can emulate the last great Taswegian no. 3.

And more-miss-than-hit Fuse failed again. Interesting to see ShyT opening. Still, it is just a JAMODI.

Lil Bog going OK again. How grouse would it be if he turned into a Test class allrounder??

Having now become used to the utter opacity of nicks such as Fuse, Bog, Donga-Dinga, Ratcatcher, HerpesBait and suchlike, it confuses me when an Aussie says things like 'Alex Doolan'. I'm not sure which player they're referring to.

It'd be nice if Donga-Dinga, Ratcatcher & HerpesBait lived up to their massive potential & started performing.  

I recommend consulting the Glossary, furburger.   

Herpesbait? Ratcatcher?

Wtf is furburger? Does he bat or bowl?

Hell hath no furburger like a woman scorned.

another Australia A series v India:


The four-day squad features nine players with senior Australia experience, including NSW Blues trio Stephen O'Keefe, Gurinder Sandhu and Nic Maddinson.

Australia A four-day squad

Usman Khawaja (c), Matthew Wade (vc), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Patrick Cummins, Andrew Fekete, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Stephen O'Keefe, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis.

Australia A one-day squad

Usman Khawaja (c), Matthew Wade (vc), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Boyce, Joe Burns, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Patrick Cummins, Callum Ferguson, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa.

Faulkner not in the squad for the Ashes, and not in the A team. Maxwell in the 4 day squad, but not the ODI squad. Some sort of strategy there, I guess.

fallen by the wayside: Doolan, Silk, Sayers, Cutting, Holland, Muirhead, Ferguson, Cooper.

Khwaja as cappo- does that mean he has a chance at the Test or ODI side still, or is he there to chaperone the young's with his experience?

How much will it take to buy a Gurinder Sandhu? We're willing to trade him for a Lalit Modi.

Also, is Maxwell becoming the whenever Australia f*ck up in the subcontinent/UAE specialist pick?

tricycle wrote:How much will it take to buy a Gurinder Sandhu? We're willing to trade him for a Lalit Modi.

No than you very much, sir.

Maxwell has not played any first class cricket since November...he needs the practice on the funky sweeps.

What sort of season did Usman have ? I can't remember his name being spoken of much.

Big Dog wrote:What sort of season did Usman have ? I can't remember his name being spoken of much.

Trev was away.