Who will be McGrath's 500th wicket?

[Mister Wright]

It might do, it all depends on the circumstances.
And the circumstances being Australia's attack, I'd say it's exceptionally unlikely that anyone would score said score except very rarely (such as the Chanderpaul case).

Circumstances is the key word here Richard. Given the right circumstances Sehwag could very well do it. That is the great thing about cricket, it is not played on expectation nor is it played on paper, there are many circumstances that can change the game. Something, I think, you are yet to truely grasp in your analysis of this great game.

 

[Hoggy31]

Flintoff...

 

[tooextracool]

Well, seeing as Flintoff is out, I'd say he's a certain to make his Test debut against Bangladesh.

if im correct, i think richard's referring to how b'desh isnt test cl***, hence his first unoffiial test is against australia.

 

[tooextracool]

on a side note, i like how we've got the a** censored, which means we cant use the word 'cla**' anymore without the censoring, and the fact that the most disgraceful footballer ever has his name censored in my signature.

 

[iamdavid]

I predict he will bowl the very first ball of the series to Andrew Strauss on an overcast July morning at Lords having sent England in.

The ball will pitch on off stump angling away and bounce way more than Strauss anticipates, causing him to stand on his crease and push at it meekly with hands well away from his body, the resulting inside edge will then neatly remove the off bail leaving Strauss with a dumbfounded look on his face and England with another great Ashes start.

 

[tooextracool]

I predict he will bowl the very first ball of the series to Andrew Strauss on an overcast July morning at Lords having sent England in..

thats all fine and good, except that tresco will face the first ball.

 

[iamdavid]

Hmm then my prediction dosent really add up then does it......ok Trescothick will somehow forget his box and not realise until he gets to the middle.
He will call for it but it cant be run out to him until the end of the first over...he therefore invites Strauss to face and hopes for no singles....

 

[Mister Wright]

Hmm then my prediction dosent really add up then does it......ok Trescothick will somehow forget his box and not realise until he gets to the middle.
He will call for it but it cant be run out to him until the end of the first over...he therefore invites Strauss to face and hopes for no singles....

Or Trescothick could just be injured and Strauss as the senior opener will face first. A lot more logical and easier to work out...

 

[iamdavid]

True.....but I prefer my original explanation.

More comical, indicative of England's ashes fortunes over the last decade and a half.

 

[Richard]

Why not? The dropped catch aside, he pounded McGrath.

No, nothing puts aside dropped catches.

He also had an excellent time of it in India more recently being aggressive against McGrath. Not to say McGrath didn't pick him up a few times as well, but Sehwag scored far more runs than any of the more defensive and technically correct Indian batsmen. Dravid for example looked all at sea against McGrath from start to finish in that series.

He did indeed, and all the other aggressive batsman struggled as well as Dravid.
It was nothing other than coincidence, and not a very surprising one given that Dravid is the only "defensive" batsman in the Indian team, that Sehwag was the only one to succeed against McGrath.

 

[Richard]

Well, seeing as Flintoff is out, I'd say he's a certain to make his Test debut against Bangladesh.

No, you can't play proper Test-matches against Bangladesh.

 

[Richard]

Or Trescothick could just be injured and Strauss as the senior opener will face first. A lot more logical and easier to work out...

Just because Strauss is the senior opener doesn't mean he'll face first.
There's no way at all of being able to tell who'll face first in an opening pair until they've opened a few times together.

 

[Richard]

Circumstances is the key word here Richard. Given the right circumstances Sehwag could very well do it. That is the great thing about cricket, it is not played on expectation nor is it played on paper, there are many circumstances that can change the game. Something, I think, you are yet to truely grasp in your analysis of this great game.

No, cricket is not played on paper, but it is summarised there, or there'd be no point playing it at all.

 

[Mister Wright]

Just because Strauss is the senior opener doesn't mean he'll face first.
There's no way at all of being able to tell who'll face first in an opening pair until they've opened a few times together.

Does it really matter?

 

[Mister Wright]

No, cricket is not played on paper, but it is summarised there, or there'd be no point playing it at all.

It was played for many years before they decided to use scorebooks and keep statistics. It is played in the backyard as a little one for years before you even think about scoring on paper or keeping your own statistics. So there is a point to playing cricket without 'paper'.

 

[Pratters]

It will be Trescothic in the fift over of the inning out caught in the slips after having made 7 or 8 runs.

 

[Richard]

Does it really matter?

I find the lack of knowledge of opening pairs exceptionally irksome.

 

[Richard]

It was played for many years before they decided to use scorebooks and keep statistics. It is played in the backyard as a little one for years before you even think about scoring on paper or keeping your own statistics. So there is a point to playing cricket without 'paper'.

And why do you think they started keeping scores...?

 

[Richard]

It will be Trescothic in the fift over of the inning out caught in the slips after having made 7 or 8 runs.

Once again - I doubt it, Gillespie is the guy who gets Trescothick out barring exceptional circumstances.

 

[Mister Wright]

And why do you think they started keeping scores...?

Because it became competitive.

You missed my point, that cricket (in its truest form) is just played in the backyard with a few mates, a couple of beers and a bbq if possible.