*Official* Warm up Matches Discussion

[grecian]

What the actual ****

 

[Pothas]

Is everyone still gunning for Tremlett? Is Stokes still the next Flintoff? Are Onions and Woakes still terrible?

We get it, you hate Tremlett.

 

[adub]

Good to see horsehead getting a ton batting at 3. I think skidders is getting a bit ahead of himself thinking he'll feature this summer, but fingers crossed he has a massive Shield season because he does look like he could be high quality.

 

[benchmark00]

Don't recall saying he'd feature this summer itbt.

 

[Burgey]

I thought you said yesterday he's "deep in the series".

Not balls deep, just deep.

 

[3703]

Going to be an old fashioned Australian summer this year. Hot and dry, no swing, fast wickets. England hasn't played in these conditions since 2007, bar Perth. Will have a big bearing on the series, as it did in 2010-11 when the 100 year floods, snow and oscillation events produced almost a second winter. Cool, swing friendly with a lot of rain around. Slower decks, lower bounce.

South Africa struggled down here last year. It will be a tight contest I reckon.

 

[Prince EWS]

Going to be an old fashioned Australian summer this year. Hot and dry, no swing, fast wickets. England hasn't played in these conditions since 2007, bar Perth. Will have a big bearing on the series, as it did in 2010-11 when the 100 year floods, snow and oscillation events produced almost a second winter. Cool, swing friendly with a lot of rain around. Slower decks, lower bounce.

South Africa struggled down here last year. It will be a tight contest I reckon.

Yeah I've been thinking about this too. For all the talk of "green wickets", Australian Test wickets have always been climate-dependant more than anything else, not to mention the affect of the weather during the match. We're in for a hot, dry summer as you said so I don't think we'll be seeing much green around - just hard, bouncy wickets with sideways movement hard to come by. It may actually mean some turn at Sydney and Adelaide (if the new drop in is anything like the old pitch) but that aside I think it'll actually suit Australia a lot more than the supposedly green wickets we were going to see.

 

[benchmark00]

I thought you said yesterday he's "deep in the series".

Not balls deep, just deep.

Yeah deep as in he'll come under some consideration if, which I am predicting, he has a good summer.

He won't play though. In the test series anyway.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, you'd think he would need a few injuries to have any shot at all. Was really impressed with his knock the other day. Timed it sweet, like a laaaaaaadddddyyyyyyyy.

 

[benchmark00]

Is cricinfo down for anyone else?

 

[steds]

No. It, much like everyone else, just hates you.

 

[benchmark00]

Borcich multi.

 

[steds]

Rumbled.

 

[Maximas]

Is cricinfo down for anyone else?

The homepage seems ok, but whenever I try to open a scorecard or something it gets ****ty

 

[Daemon]

Wait who's the bowler bowling left arm over atm?

 

[Prince EWS]

Half century for Turner

 

[Daemon]

Ah, they've declared. Cricinfo too slow. Though the numbers on the back of their shirts should've been my first clue, along with the yellow helmet on short leg

 

[andyc]

Yeah Cricinfo been rubbish for me all day.

 

[Maximas]

Half century for Turner

...And everybody else who batted except for Triffit who was not out at the end

 

[benchmark00]

WA should have batted until they were all out just to put the wind up em. Aim to bat for 3 days.