*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[Spark]

Nah I agree - those three fours were waist/chest height. The first one was head height and KP didn't enjoy that one as much.

Reversing? Very early if so.

What a weird offside field.

[hazsa19]

Originally Posted by social

Didnt realise that Ponting bowled the long hops

That was definitely a case of the bowler getting pummeled for bowling ****

nah that was Ponting thinking he needed strange tactics. Since about the 15th over hes telegraphed what they're going to do and forced the bowler to bowl to strange fields.

[Briony]

Originally Posted by King Pietersen

KP's a genius.

Enjoyed the footage of Warne coaching Borthwick. That's one thing I really like about Warne, he's very happy to help out young bowlers, especially leggies. Must be pretty damn awesome for Borthwick too, couldn't ask for a much better coach than Warnie. Bumble just topped the whole segment off with his little show just outside the 'Comm box too, WAFG.

At the Adelaide Oval against this attack - no dispute there.

Against some Pakistani swing in English conditions and Steyn and Morkel in SA conditions - maybe have some reservations.

It's a pity for SA fans that their selectors couldn't spot genius.

[Jacknife]

Originally Posted by Briony

Unless Strauss declares, Australia may not have two full days with all the weather interruptions expected on Monday and Tuesday. The latter is predicted to be more rain than dry weather.

They were saying on Sky, that they were talking to the groundsman and he said that they weren't expecting bad weather, till Tuesday, so who knows.

[pskov]

Originally Posted by Briony

BTW, as ordinary as Punter's captaincy has been, what would Strauss do with this attack on this pitch, in the prevailing weather conditions?

Probably exactly what he did once the ball got older. Set 6-3 fields with men ringing the offside, ask your bowlers to stick to bowling one side of the wicket and wait for the batsmen to get themselves out.

He also probably wouldn't have told the selectors to pick a spinner averaging 48 in FC cricket because he's from the same state and looked half decent in a couple of ODI games against Sri Lanka.

[Marcuss]

Originally Posted by GingerFurball

So that makes Tendulkar crap then?

edit: those weren't career highlights. They were examples of tough runs made by KP.

And Kallis

[four_or_six]

A bit of swing, turn out of the footholes. Nice.

[hazsa19]

Spin and bounce

[social]

Originally Posted by hazsa19

nah that was Ponting thinking he needed strange tactics. Since about the 15th over hes telegraphed what they're going to do and forced the bowler to bowl to strange fields.

Sorry but it's a guarantee that Ponting did NOT ask his bowler to deliver waist-height long-hops

That's like criticising a captain's field placings because a bowler is serving up full tosses

[King Pietersen]

Originally Posted by Briony

At the Adelaide Oval against this attack - no dispute there.

Against some Pakistani swing in English conditions and Steyn and Morkel in SA conditions - maybe have some reservations.

It's a pity for SA fans that their selectors couldn't spot genius.

It's a pity for SA fans that they couldn't spot sarcasm.

[Briony]

Originally Posted by Marcuss

And Kallis

The crucial difference is though that nobody calls Kallis a genius,some even dispute his greatness,yet he has often come in in swinging conditions, especially at home and made tough runs, even if they weren't at a quick rate. And he's batted at #3 before.

KP sulked on the last tour when he was moved up to the #4 spot and promptly made very few runs in tough batting conditions - much tougher than the flat pitches in Brisbane and Adelaide where he prospered.

[zaremba]

Ton up for Ruggie.

Ruggeh.

[hazsa19]

Originally Posted by social

Sorry but it's a guarantee that Ponting did NOT ask his bowler to deliver waist-height long-hops

That's like criticising a captain's field placings because a bowler is serving up full tosses

I'm not saying he was asking him to bowl long hops, but it was clear it would be short. Another favourite was 3 short covers yesterday.

He's also continuously placed a 7-2 field, which is tough to bowl to!

[Briony]

Originally Posted by social

Sorry but it's a guarantee that Ponting did NOT ask his bowler to deliver waist-height long-hops

That's like criticising a captain's field placings because a bowler is serving up full tosses

Agree there, Punter's captaincy has not been inspiring but he's been handicapped by the conditions, poor fielding and poor bowling. He had the fieldsmen in the right position to dismiss Trott early but was let down.

The bowling has been cod ordinary.

Strauss hasn't been tested yet with his four man attack, apart from the Hussey/Haddin partnership in Brisbane and he seemed to be short on answers there.

[social]

Originally Posted by Briony

The crucial difference is though that nobody calls Kallis a genius,some even dispute his greatness,yet he has often come in in swinging conditions, especially at home and made tough runs, even if they weren't at a quick rate. And he's batted at #3 before.

KP sulked on the last tour when he was moved up to the #4 spot and promptly made very few runs in tough batting conditions - much tougher than the flat pitches in Brisbane and Adelaide where he prospered.

Kallis is a genius

What else would you call someone with his record?