Re: Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SCG, January 3-7

by Henry Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:20

To be fair, Kaneria has been rubbish for a good part of his career, but he seems to be in pretty good form at the moment.

by horace Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:22

no just the spiv and spiv wannabe XI who will turn up on Sunday.

by DJ_Smerk Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:23

Henry wrote:To be fair, Kaneria has been rubbish for a good part of his career, but he seems to be in pretty good form at the moment.

Leg spinners mature as they get older remember. If anything, the best of Kaneria is yet to come.

by horace Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:25

he showed a lot on the last tour here as an inexperienced bowler

by DJ_Smerk Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:27

horace wrote:he showed a lot on the last tour here as an inexperienced bowler

7fer at Sydney. Can't fault it. His time at Essex is certainly helping him. I just hope he hasn't picked up any of the local dialect.

by horace Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:29

and if he starts singing a certain Ian Dury song we will know he has spent too much time in Essex

by DJ_Smerk Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:32

horace wrote: and if he starts singing a certain Ian Dury song we will know he has spent too much time in Essex

You never know, it might be on his IPod. An in joke with the Essex massive.

by JKLever Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:35

DJ_Smerk wrote: His time at Essex is certainly helping him. I just hope he hasn't picked up any of the local dialect.

He'll be ok as long as its a North Essex dialect. There are some distinctly Aussie-like sounding accents from the south east of the county!!

by horace Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:37

...from Bilarickie??

by JKLever Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:39

Yeah, I believe 'Strewth' 'Barbie' 'Shrimp' and 'Ute' are widely used.

by horace Thu 31 Dec 2009, 03:44

to describe CoE, londoner sportsmen, every second Essexette who is called jean and ute as in what their backsides resemble?

by Zat Fri 01 Jan 2010, 00:12

Rikki please Jay...

by Zat Fri 01 Jan 2010, 01:55

Hass wrote:A couple of years ago Cricket Australia decided to have a minimum of 3 days between back-to-back tests.

A couple of the fish and chip wrappers this morning are laying the blame at the feet of the ICC. It seems that the mandarins in Dubai have mandated a minimum of 3 days between Tests.

by Fred Nerk Fri 01 Jan 2010, 02:22

horace wrote: and if he starts singing a certain Ian Dury song we will know he has spent too much time in Essex

Would that be 'I Wanna Be Straight' or am I not being lateral enough?

by Invader Zim Fri 01 Jan 2010, 05:18

Zat wrote:
Hass wrote:A couple of years ago Cricket Australia decided to have a minimum of 3 days between back-to-back tests.
A couple of the fish and chip wrappers this morning are laying the blame at the feet of the ICC. It seems that the mandarins in Dubai have mandated a minimum of 3 days between Tests.

Aye, given that Yarp/Yarp 2nd XI Test is also staring on the 3rd would suggest it's an ICC thing and not CA.

by Henry Fri 01 Jan 2010, 05:19

So based on what happened at durban, I guess South Africa is the yarp second XI?

by Zat Fri 01 Jan 2010, 05:40

Well, the good players seemingly left...

by JGK Fri 01 Jan 2010, 23:50

Bump...

24 hours to go.

by Blackadder Sat 02 Jan 2010, 00:51

Could be some rain about on day one and day five looking at the forecast, but not enough for any extended delays.

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