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    Godder
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    @Virgil said in Other Cricket:

    @booboo said in Other Cricket:

    Legend.

    Stuff

    He’ll be gutted he never got the ton
    Great cricketer, perfect foil for paddles.
    Not many sportsmen nearly die on their debuts.

    And, like Sir Don, he was out for a golden duck in his last innings!

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    MN5
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    @Godder said in Other Cricket:

    @Virgil said in Other Cricket:

    @booboo said in Other Cricket:

    Legend.

    Stuff

    He’ll be gutted he never got the ton
    Great cricketer, perfect foil for paddles.
    Not many sportsmen nearly die on their debuts.

    And, like Sir Don, he was out for a golden duck in his last innings!

    Ha. An average NZ player compared to Bradman. Only on the fern.

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    Mark Waugh calling McCullum a lucky fluffybunny

    ..and an older Waugh accidental swear

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    Paekakboyz
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    @Duluth ha ha he totally dropped the C word. But it's for a largely aussie audience so I don't know why he rephrased!

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    Smudge
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    @Godder said in Other Cricket:

    @Virgil said in Other Cricket:

    @booboo said in Other Cricket:

    Legend.

    Stuff

    He’ll be gutted he never got the ton
    Great cricketer, perfect foil for paddles.
    Not many sportsmen nearly die on their debuts.

    And, like Sir Don, he was out for a golden duck in his last innings!

    I hate to be that person, but I will. Actually, who am I kidding - I love being that guy.

    The Don was out for a second-ball duck...

    BBC SPORT | Cricket | 1948 - Bradman's final innings duck

    Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series - Wikipedia

    Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series - Wikipedia
    Bradman needed only four runs from his final innings to have a Test batting average of exactly 100, but he failed to score, bowled second ball for a duck by leg spinner Eric Hollies.[1]```
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    @booboo Fucking sub-editor could have run with Chats suggested headline.

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    MN5
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    @Duluth said in Other Cricket:

    Mark Waugh calling McCullum a lucky fluffybunny

    ..and an older Waugh accidental swear

    Ha. Fuck that is class comedy from Junior/Afghanistan/Audi......

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    I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?

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    @Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:

    I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?

    He got four ducks in a row vs Sri Lanka.

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    Crazy Horse
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    @MN5 said in Other Cricket:

    @Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:

    I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?

    He got four ducks in a row vs Sri Lanka.

    Thanks. Between you and me, saying it's because he got four ducks didn't help me one bit. I couldn't work out what ducks had to do with Audi! Then google came to the rescue.

    I am from Christchurch.

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    Godder
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    @Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:

    @MN5 said in Other Cricket:

    @Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:

    I am probably going to feel stupid, but how/why is Audi a nickname for Waugh?

    He got four ducks in a row vs Sri Lanka.

    Thanks. Between you and me, saying it's because he got four ducks didn't help me one bit. I couldn't work out what ducks had to do with Audi! Then google came to the rescue.

    I am from Christchurch.

    So am I, but even I managed to work that one out... (unlike the above golden duck mistake - will just have to settle with sharing a duck in the last innings).

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    England rolled by the Windies again on a pretty green deck.

    The ball that got Root was a beauty, as was the team catch in the slips.

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    @mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

    England rolled by the Windies again on a pretty green deck.

    The ball that got Root was a beauty, as was the team catch in the slips.

    Windies at 30 without loss at stumps. Looks a tough pitch to bat on so England aren't out of it.

    I've been enjoying this series, nice see West Indian quicks with their tails up. England played 3 wicket keepers and just as well because one has already been injured.

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    Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.

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    @KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:

    Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.

    They've got more shots, but less "technique" if that makes any sense. The scourge of T20 cricket?

    It makes Kohli and Williamson stand out even more (Steve Smith is the outlier there)

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    KiwiPie
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    @mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

    @KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:

    Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.

    They've got more shots, but less "technique" if that makes any sense. The scourge of T20 cricket?

    It makes Kohli and Williamson stand out even more (Steve Smith is the outlier there)

    Smith's technique is odd but he matches KW in that he plays the ball late - too many Guptills out there, plant the feet and swing the bat at the line of the ball (before it moves off the seam or swings late).

    But someone like Moeen Ali ends up as a test batsmen (was batting at 3 until recently) who basically plants his feet and hits through the line. He made 50 today but that's purely due to luck - he gives the bowling side so many chances that he is never in or out of form - it just comes down to chance. He has a great eye, and can score fast .. Bairstow and Buttler are similar in that English side.

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    Siam
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    @KiwiPie Trescothick defied all technical logic for a fine record too

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    Cyclops
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    @KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:

    @mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

    @KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:

    Looks like all test top orders are struggling to make runs these days. To my old fart eyes, the batting techniques are hopeless, the feet go nowhere and most batsmen can't play the moving ball.

    They've got more shots, but less "technique" if that makes any sense. The scourge of T20 cricket?

    It makes Kohli and Williamson stand out even more (Steve Smith is the outlier there)

    Smith's technique is odd but he matches KW in that he plays the ball late - too many Guptills out there, plant the feet and swing the bat at the line of the ball (before it moves off the seam or swings late).

    But someone like Moeen Ali ends up as a test batsmen (was batting at 3 until recently) who basically plants his feet and hits through the line. He made 50 today but that's purely due to luck - he gives the bowling side so many chances that he is never in or out of form - it just comes down to chance. He has a great eye, and can score fast .. Bairstow and Buttler are similar in that English side.

    I'm not sure what you're including in these day but a decade ago or maybe more we had journalists breathlessly exhorting the declining importance of footwork as Sehwag plundered triple and double tons with a stand and deliver approach. The second coming of Matthew Hayden was similar.

    I feel like there was a period from the late nineties until recently where pitches got better for batting, there weren't many elite swing bowlers (as everyone chased express pace bowlers and mystery spinners) and batting averages crept up while technique declined. Perhaps that's what is causing the decline in averages now as some elite bowlers have popped up and there's a reaction to flat decks.

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    MN5
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    Windies wrap up the Poms....

    Whisper it quietly but they might be on the way back.

    Also Jason Holder is now test crickets number one all rounder. First time someone from the Windies has been there since Gary Sobers in 1974 which surprised me a bit. I guess all their legends are generally very much batsmen or bowlers. Not both.

    Good on him though, he's come a long way since Adam Voges padded his average to ridiculous levels against a terrible WI team.

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    Would love to see (and be slightly scared by 🙂 ) the West Indies rising again. After growing up on the 86/87 version an onwards, watching their decline was disappointing.

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