Re: Shaun Tait- Just saw the 1st over....

by OP Tipping Mon 12 Jan 2009, 01:55

Pretty hard to get called these days unless you've got three elbows.

by JGK Mon 12 Jan 2009, 01:59

Aye - if the current Saffie T20 captain is OK...

by horace Mon 12 Jan 2009, 02:41

hmm...I looked at spuds action too...was hard to tell but i think any action at normal speed that looks a bit suss, it is likely to be so...did think his action looked a bit akimbo..

did not really watch botha's action so can't comment on that...

ps botha looks like an extra from a movie set in Berlin circa 1944

by OP Tipping Mon 12 Jan 2009, 02:45

Hard to pick Botha.

Geddit! Pick Botha! (wipes away tears of self-amusement.)

I'm so funny I should be on ABC radio.

by Red Mon 12 Jan 2009, 02:46

PP, we only need Tait if he can bowl sustained spells of variety in the longer form of the game. His "I'm buggered after one over" comment didn't bode well for a smooth transition into the test form. Once he tires, he becomes easy to hit and he lacks control. And all that is assuming that his body stands up to the rigours of test cricket. Steyn in contrast was profligate in his first spell but was able to back up in his final two overs with good pace and control. And he can do that for long periods in tests. Ditto Siddle for that matter.

by horace Mon 12 Jan 2009, 02:49

OP Tipping wrote:Hard to pick Botha.

Geddit! Pick Botha! (wipes away tears of self-amusement.)

I'm so funny I should be on ABC radio.

...lol...you would have to come from New South africa Wales to get a gig on the abc

by Zat Mon 12 Jan 2009, 03:31

OP, You're so funny you should be on channel Ten.

by embee Mon 12 Jan 2009, 03:46

Zat wrote:OP, You're so funny you should be on channel Ten.

Red is funny enough to be on Channel 7

by PlanetPakistan Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:01

Demelza wrote:No, PP my son is 17 and doesn't give a shit, but thanks for your concern. It was me that found it a bit heavy going. It's much nicer now

say hello to your son.

How fast does he bowl?

Red wrote:PP, we only need Tait if he can bowl sustained spells of variety in the longer form of the game. His "I'm buggered after one over" comment didn't bode well for a smooth transition into the test form. Once he tires, he becomes easy to hit and he lacks control. And all that is assuming that his body stands up to the rigours of test cricket. Steyn in contrast was profligate in his first spell but was able to back up in his final two overs with good pace and control. And he can do that for long periods in tests. Ditto Siddle for that matter.

yeah Tait should take some responsibility and stop acting like a girl from the under 13 team powder football team.

by Zat Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:06

embee wrote:
Zat wrote:OP, You're so funny you should be on channel Ten.

Red is funny enough to be on Channel 7

Harsh but fair.

by PlanetPakistan Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:14

is channel 7 owned by rupert murdroch?

by Invader Zim Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:19

FFS are people really suggesting that the soft pie chucker (who did bowl magnificently in the last World Cup) should be in the Test XI?

by OP Tipping Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:22

"FFS are people really suggesting that the soft pie chucker (who did bowl magnificently in the last World Cup) should be in the Test XI?"

On form, no.

by PlanetPakistan Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:22

Invader Zim wrote:FFS are people really suggesting that the soft pie chucker (who did bowl magnificently in the last World Cup) should be in the Test XI?

tell that to Kallis and AbrahamBD

hope he isn't wasted like Zahid or Ngam.

by Invader Zim Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:23

Do you understand Test cricket at all?

by OP Tipping Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:35

Tait has had a pretty sub-ordinary season in the Shield.

Good luck to him in the ODIs and rubbish, but I don't feel we can carry a pure "shock" bowler in the test team at this time.

by Zat Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:36

PlanetPakistan wrote:is channel 7 owned by rupert murdroch?

It's owned by the poor man's Murdoch, Kerry Stokes.

by PlanetPakistan Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:41

Invader Zim wrote:Do you understand Test cricket at all?

thing is that there isn't too much to lose(especially if Clark drops out of the tour)

but i do agree that he needs to fix his attitude

by PlanetPakistan Mon 12 Jan 2009, 04:52

Zat wrote:
PlanetPakistan wrote:is channel 7 owned by rupert murdroch?
It's owned by the poor man's Murdoch, Kerry Stokes.

horrible...Australian public deserves better.

by JGK Mon 12 Jan 2009, 05:19

Tait is NPFAA in Tests but will be first picked in the lesser forms.

If he's smart, he will find a good agent to tape his first over yesterday and send it to all the IPL franchises.

by OP Tipping Mon 12 Jan 2009, 05:35

If he's smart, he will find a good agent to tape his first over yesterday and send it to all the IPL franchises.

What will he do if he's from South Australia?

by PlanetPakistan Mon 12 Jan 2009, 05:39

feel glad that he isn't a queenslander

by horace Mon 12 Jan 2009, 05:44

hehehehehe...

PP I saw a bit of Gul bowling the other day for the Wozzies...got carted a bit (by hodge) but looked in good nick...he seemed a really cheerful sort of bloke and to have fitted in really well with his team mates

by OP Tipping Mon 12 Jan 2009, 05:55

Phurt. A Queenslander is the only bowler certain of selection in the coming months.

by embee Mon 12 Jan 2009, 05:55

JGK wrote:Tait is NPFAA in Tests but will be first picked in the lesser forms.

If he's smart, he will find a good agent to tape his first over yesterday and send it to all the IPL franchises.

If ABdV was smart ....he'd send the tape to HIS IPL team

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