Celebrating the great Australian empire

by PlanetPakistan Thu 01 Jan 2009, 05:49

The empire which collapsed on DEC 30th 2008 AD.

1- Your favorite AUS win during the reign?
2- Your most hated AUS win during the reign?
3- Your favorite AUS defeat during the reign?
4- Your favorite AUS cricketer during the reign?
5- General thoughts about the reign and how it compares to the W Indian empire of the 80s and the early 90s?

My answers
1- Hobart 1999
2- Hobart 1999
3- Edgbastan 2005
4- Shane Warne( greatest cricketer of the era as well)
5- Later....

by philcric Thu 01 Jan 2009, 07:06

2 - Sydney 2008 v India
3 - Perth 2008 v India
4 - Warnie

by Invader Zim Thu 01 Jan 2009, 07:33

Who cares...the past is for losers.

by Hass Thu 01 Jan 2009, 10:56

Considering we are now losers I'm going to venture into the past.

Favourite win:
Hobart 1999

Most hated defeat:
Calcutta 2001

Favourite cricketer:
Adam Gilchrist

Most Valuable Player:
Glenn McGrath

by JGK Thu 01 Jan 2009, 12:48

Fave win: Sabina Park 95 - the start of it all. Closely followed by Port Elizabeth 97 which cemented our No 1 spot (and it was just about the only close match we one in 13 years).

Hated loss: Edgbaston 05 - great fightback sawn off by Aleem Dar and even then TGM nearly got us home.

Fave player: Warne - once in a lifetime player. Special mention to SRW, Gilly and Pidge.

MVP: Warnie (McGrath was a better bowler but more easily replaced)

by doremi Thu 01 Jan 2009, 12:53

1- Your favorite AUS win during the reign? - Can't say
2- Your most hated AUS win during the reign? - Sydney 08
3- Your favorite AUS defeat during the reign? - Kolkata 01
4- Your favorite AUS cricketer during the reign? - Gilchrist

by furriner Thu 01 Jan 2009, 15:39

PlanetPakistan wrote:The empire which collapsed on DEC 30th 2008 AD.

1- Your favorite AUS win during the reign? Don't care
2- Your most hated AUS win during the reign? The -one- in- which- Symonds- cheaped- the- value- of- a -century-against- India- and won the Test.
3- Your favorite AUS defeat during the reign? Kolkotta 2001
4- Your favorite AUS cricketer during the reign? Warne
5- General thoughts about the reign and how it compares to the W Indian empire of the 80s and the early 90s? Both great teams. Preferred the Windies. To me Australia was = Warne + S Waugh + plus a few decent individuals + plus a whole lot of utter c*nts.

by Guest Thu 01 Jan 2009, 16:21

1- Your favorite AUS win during the reign? Lords 2005, but only because of what followed, I don't enjoy Australia wins.
2- Your most hated AUS win during the reign? Adelaide 2006
3- Your favorite AUS defeat during the reign? Trent Bridge 2005, due to combining my two favourite activities throughout most of the test ie. watching cricket and the obvious...
4- Your favorite AUS cricketer during the reign? Gilchrist
5- General thoughts about the reign and how it compares to the W Indian empire of the 80s and the early 90s? I think the Australia team probably just about has an edge over the West Indies team due to Warne and Gilchrist, but I preferred watching the West Indies. Best pace attack ever.

by PlanetPakistan Thu 01 Jan 2009, 18:34

Border deserves a lot of credit for getting them back on track after the retirements of some of the greats in the mid 80s.

by Guest Thu 01 Jan 2009, 18:53

Favourite win by Aus:
None of them

Most ~~hated~~ loved defeat:

The one where Headley got a 6fer and Swaugh hunted red ink

Favourite cricketer:

AB

Most Valuable Player:

Hawaii

by Big_Bad_Bob Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:12

JGK wrote:Fave win: Sabina Park 95 - the start of it all. Closely followed by Port Elizabeth 97 which cemented our No 1 spot (and it was just about the only close match we one in 13 years).

Hated loss: Edgbaston 05 - great fightback sawn off by Aleem Dar and even then TGM nearly got us home.

Fave player: Warne - once in a lifetime player. Special mention to SRW, Gilly and Pidge.

MVP: Warnie (McGrath was a better bowler but more easily replaced)

Sounds more like Trent Bridge 2005 to me . . .

by JGK Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:15

Sorry, yes. TB.

Edgbaston was hated for other reasons - ie the real emergence of Capt Idiot.

by Big_Bad_Bob Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:19

by doremi Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:29

RobI, don't think AB was part of the, er, empire.

by PlanetPakistan Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:42

doremi wrote:RobI, don't think AB was part of the, er, empire.

he is possibly a part of the NEW empire

by doremi Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:48

Meh, as a spinner SA don't have anyone good enough to shine Warne's boots. And Steyn, good as he is, is no Mcgrath.

by spangler Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:54

Favourite - Hobart 99

Hated - Sydney

favourite defeat - Calcutta 01 the margin of the loss at Mohali is mighty impressive

Player - Warne, by far.

Over the course of a series the Windies batsmen would see out McWarne to the relatively easier remainder of the attack more often than the Aussies would see off four seamers

by Merlin Thu 01 Jan 2009, 22:28

1. Beating India at Sydney last year.
2. Adelaide '06 (Piles' dropped catch)
3. TB '05 ... the smell of burning toast.
4. Warne.
5. Shaded (just) by WIndies '70's batting but would out-bowl that same WIndies side on todays roads. That was the class of the Aus team - two world class bowlers who, through variation and guile, could make things happen out of nothing and on wickets that generally offered nothing.

Glad it's all over though!
Can only have so much of a good thing before it gets boringly monotonous !!

by Paul Keating Thu 01 Jan 2009, 22:38

Warne wasn't his usual self when playing against the likes of Lara, Hooper, Adams and Chanderpaul.

There is nothing to suggest he would have been that much better against Greenidge, Lloyd, Richards and co.

by Guest Thu 01 Jan 2009, 22:49

doremi wrote:RobI, don't think AB was part of the, er, empire.

I do. He overlapped the McWarne era.

by JGK Thu 01 Jan 2009, 23:01

Paul Keating wrote:Warne wasn't his usual self when playing against the likes of Lara, Hooper, Adams and Chanderpaul.

There is nothing to suggest he would have been that much better against Greenidge, Lloyd, Richards and co.

Other than most of the former were left handed. The latter struggled against Bob Holland and Allan Border.

Warne barely even played against the Windies for the best part of a decade and then he was brought back way too early.

by PeterCS Thu 01 Jan 2009, 23:26

I'd rather celebrate the great Australian umpire.

Arise Sir Darrell Hair.

by doremi Fri 02 Jan 2009, 21:15

Surely Peter Parker.

by Ash Fri 02 Jan 2009, 21:35

PlanetPakistan wrote:The empire which collapsed on DEC 30th 2008 AD.

1- Your favorite AUS win during the reign?
2- Your most hated AUS win during the reign?
3- Your favorite AUS defeat during the reign?
4- Your favorite AUS cricketer during the reign?
5- General thoughts about the reign and how it compares to the W Indian empire of the 80s and the early 90s?

My answers sticking to test matches
1- none really though the celebrations at sydney 2007 were awe inspiring - 2 legends and another fighter bowing out; a great team avenging their defeat with utmost perfection.
2- sydney 2008
3- perth 2008 was more satisfying than kolkata 2001. adelaide 2004 too
4- warne and gilchrist were the most likable; mcgrath the most valuable
5- never saw the windians in action

by PlanetPakistan Tue 27 Jan 2009, 06:20

Look a bit washed up in ODIs too(just going by results as i didn't care to properly follow the recent ODI series)

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