***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

[G.I.Joe]

Radio presenter harassed every night on quiz, audience answers with "India". [VIDEO]

 

[dermo]

i really can't see d00lander succeeding in the UAE at all

 

[Valer]

i really can't see d00lander succeeding in the UAE at all

Smarsh to return

 

[Jono]

australia is **** = such a likeable team
australia wins = unlikeable

keep on hating

Nah make no mistake, when Australia was losing to India 0-4 with Maxwell, Wade, Warner and Twatto as captain, they were an extremely unlikeable team.

 

[Jono]

ITT: drunk Jono.

nah

 

[Cabinet96]

Radio presenter harassed every night on quiz, audience answers with "India". [VIDEO]

What the **** have I just listened to?

 

[Jono]

Haha that is amazing. The bloke that uses a megaphone

 

[GIMH]

Mitchell Johnson's return to Test cricket since November summed up IMO

 

[Agent Nationaux]

What a feeling. Doesn't matter if AB smashes a triple to win it tomorrow,the glorious climax of the series has already happened

Agreed.

I really don't like this trundler who acts as if he is the next Malcolm Marshall.

 

[Jono]

I don't get it. Everyone in 2006 was lamenting how we had no good fast bowlers left in world cricket, and now when we get good bowlers we want to continuously say they are **** and actively cheer them to fail - see Philander, Anderson

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Its his arrogance.

Acts just like his partner Steyn; without any class. But at least Steyn is ATG.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

And I like Jimmy, and want him to do well.

 

[Top_Cat]

I don't get it. Everyone in 2006 was lamenting how we had no good fast bowlers left in world cricket, and now when we get good bowlers we want to continuously say they are **** and actively cheer them to fail - see Philander, Anderson

Jesus Christ, you've been around 'people' before haven't you?

 

[Second Spitter]

But a lot of myths or overestimated factors in sport are logical but ultimately wrong or misleading. Hell, half of Moneyball was theories that made sense to people who had been in baseball for years and years. But there were results which showed the contrary to what they believed.

There's no empirical data that contradicts Moneyball because:
- it predicts its benefits are temporary in nature (unless other inefficiencies were found).
- it never guaranteed championships, but used "competitiveness" as its benchmark
- it acknowledged its own limitations (since labour is an imperfect resource)

Also, the baseball fraternity was quite slow to embrace its virtues outside of the Sabermetrics circles, even after the books publication.

 

[Valer]

Nah Philander is legit, favorite (current) fast bowler tbh. Him not taking stacks is the worst thing to happen all series.

 

[Riggins]

Its just such a cricket myth that is perpetuated constantly to the point where its just accepted as fact. You have to score runs and put the bowlers off their length or upset them etc. Otherwise you are not playing your natural game and will go out.

Apparently just tiring the mofos is doesn't work. Oh wait, Faf, BJ Watling etc.

I almost hope AB bats the day and scores another 25 runs and we don't even win.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Does Moneyball work during playoffs? My understanding is that all those myths about mental strength and x-factors stand justified when it comes to crunch games

 

[OverratedSanity]

I don't get it. Everyone in 2006 was lamenting how we had no good fast bowlers left in world cricket, and now when we get good bowlers we want to continuously say they are **** and actively cheer them to fail - see Philander, Anderson

He's a fantastic bowler, and I love watching him bowl but the fact that I want him to be smashed has little to do with how good he is ,and more to do with what a massive **** he is. The send off to Rahane did it for me. And no, I don't want a bowler outperforming Steyn

 

[Spikey]

well it's a small sample size with massive implications.............

 

[Arachnodouche]

Philander is really military medium though. For all the comparisons to Mcgrath, the great man certainly had more gas during the early days and even at the end his delivery trajectory never seemed as "loopy" as Philander. Vernon P is going to struggle every time he comes up against an attacking batsman with a decent technique. Not many of those going around so he should be good for a while.