*Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

[Flem274*]

TV over here just said they're sticking with him.

[Ruckus]

Originally Posted by morgieb

Hilf will probably still play tbh - may not though.

tbh I'd have dropped Hilf before Johnson - Hilf bowled fair rubbish and even when he bowls good he doesn't take a lot of wickets. At least with Johnson he can still take wickets with rubbish balls.

Yeah that's true, by the sounds of it he is likely to play. Really don't get that though, because it will probably be a very flat pitch in hot Adelaide conditions. He is mainly a swing bowler, and I doubt there will be any swing on offer.

[LongHopCassidy]

Originally Posted by tridibans

Wow! Cook and company might be itching at the prospects of an even more toothless aussie attack....

Teeth not a prerequisite for wicket-taking ability, I think you'll find...

[vicleggie]

Originally Posted by Spark

Furious, eh? Good. Now direct that anger against whoever WA is playing next.

Too few people realise that being dropped can sometimes be the spark/impetus that a player needs to really take it to the next level. Look at Katich. Clarke. Hayden. Ponting himself. The list goes on...

bingo.
its the bottom line, fear based, impatient mentality in the current team. they dont understand this - they think its all about 'making the team' and everythign will be sweet- instead they should be concentrating on being the best cricketers they can, no matter what.

thats why i like bolly n harris- they seem to know their game well, and harris himself said that his fc match last week was more important to him then the gabba test- good attitude.

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by vicleggie

the only reason aus had such a good home record as of late was that they were bloody well prepared when the touring team landed. now, theyre not. they have no idea what theyre doing, are in denial and are poorly led, by both the captain and the 'coach'.

Well, that and the fact they had some of the best players in the last two decades going around. No amount of preparation will make our current batch play in the same manner.

Agree on England being potentially the stronger of the two outfits. Could easily see Australia going down if things don't change. Having said that, we were inconsistent in England last year too, things could quite easily change around this test.

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by Spark

Furious, eh? Good. Now direct that anger against whoever WA is playing next.

Too few people realise that being dropped can sometimes be the spark/impetus that a player needs to really take it to the next level. Look at Katich. Clarke. Hayden. Ponting himself. The list goes on...

Yeah I agree.

As long as he's furious and not shocked...surely he must've seen it coming when he was moping around the Gabba during the test bowling a steaming pile of ****.

If the report is true, not wanting to bowl to the team before the next test is pretty piss poor (unless it interferes with the domestic schedule of course). It seems getting dropped is ok for some but not others.

[NUFAN]

Originally Posted by outbreak

Hauritz didn't really bowl against a strong side for those wickets....i wouldn't be rushing to recall him yet.

I could understand this if he got Beer, Hogan, Mitch Marsh out, but he got the two key batsman in Shaun Marsh and Voges out. Good signs for Hauritz.

[LongHopCassidy]

I'd lay a twenty on less than 25 wickets falling this Test.

[Howe_zat]

Originally Posted by LongHopCassidy

I'd lay a twenty on less than 25 wickets falling this Test.

I'd take that. Lightning twice, etc...

[pasag]

Will be interesting with declarations as well. I doubt we'll see too many adventurous first innings declarations and setting a total will also be highly conservative. Hell, could see the first team ever chasing down 500 to win the match late next week.

[vicleggie]

Originally Posted by Son Of Coco

Well, that and the fact they had some of the best players in the last two decades going around. No amount of preparation will make our current batch play in the same manner.

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fair enough
but even warne himself has said that the difference between someoen that plays 1 test and someoen that plays 100 tests is their attitude towards their training, preparation and their motivation to become the best cricketer THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE

i dont think this current lot have the right attitude. for the ashes and looking past that in the future- have seen it coming for a while- was evident in india.

just seem to not be adequately prepared and planned for whats coming. ie jonson, clarke, the way theyve dealt with spinners, north .

[Jayzamann]

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

He's dropped, according to Sports News First. Hilfy apparently working with a questionable hamstring too.

Johnson is expected to return to his adopted state of Western Australia and he will, ironically, play against his old state Queensland in a one-day 50-overs-a-side match at the WACA in Perth on Friday.

**** off. It would only be ironic if all the batsmen in the QLD side were English, they were playing at the Gabba, on an identical pitch, and he takes a 10-fer

[superkingdave]

Bad feeling about this game, reckon Aus will rack up 600+ if they bat first and from then on its not so much about the pitch but whether we can stand up to the pressure. Hope we win the toss and bat

[GIMH]

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

He's dropped, according to Sports News First. Hilfy apparently working with a questionable hamstring too.

Johnson is understood to have been furious at his omission and indicated that he would not train with the Aussies in the Adelaide nets in the besieged team’s last full workout before an optional session on Thursday, the day before the match starts.

What a ****ing prima donna. Should realise that bowling turd tends to get you dropped,

[Howe_zat]

Originally Posted by Jayzamann

**** off. It would only be ironic if all the batsmen in the QLD side were English, they were playing at the Gabba, on an identical pitch, and he takes a 10-fer

Yeah, that pissed me off too. There is literally no interpretation of irony that could mean that would fit.