Project Raina part 2

[Jono]

Adelaide did spin on day 5 tbh. Anyway he's got as many runs as Steve Smith on the same tracks, only against an attack 5 times as good.

Yeah same criticism not being labelled at Smith when he's faced such a ridiculously inferior attack and had more batting support.

 

[Spark]

Yeah same criticism not being labelled at Smith when he's faced such a ridiculously inferior attack and had more batting support.

can only assume you mean the tail?

 

[Jono]

can only assume you mean the tail?

Harris and Mitch > Raina

 

[Spark]

Harris and Mitch > Raina

why the face

 

[Jono]

Gf asks me that question every day.

 

[OverratedSanity]

#ThankYouShastri
#ThankYouSuresh

 

[Daemon]

What a day for Heef. He can come back to CW now that Blocky's gone and Raina's just completed a pair.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

These are halcyon days my friend, halcyon days.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

This is just incredible, to be perfectly honest. On a supposedly flat pitch, in a test and series which has broken numerous records for batting, Suresh Raina can only bat 4 balls in total. Incredible. It truly is an outstanding performance. It will no doubt secure him the #6 position for years to come.

 

[OverratedSanity]

What a day for Heef. He can come back to CW now that Blocky's gone and Raina's just completed a pair.

Could it really be?

*checks ban announcements thread*

I love today.

 

[cnerd123]

Project Raina 2.0 = Project Raina 2*0.

*badum tish!*

Happy days happy days.

 

[Arjun]

Anybody expecting Raina's Test weaknesses being used against him in ODIs to follow? And the World Cup?

 

[Burgey]

I don't know why they would be. The bloke is a quality odi player isn't he?

 

[Swingpanzee]

Anybody expecting Raina's Test weaknesses being used against him in ODIs to follow? And the World Cup?

Nope I can't possibly imagine anyone bowling well to him this World Cup.

 

[weldone]

He'll do well in the WC.

It's good that he was tried in this test, and not in any test in India in 2015. Hopefully this keeps him away for a long long time.

 

[Gob]

poor bloke.

 

[harsh.ag]

The guy's net worth is at least $4 million fwiw.

 

[Howe_zat]

Anybody expecting Raina's Test weaknesses being used against him in ODIs to follow? And the World Cup?

No, the recieved wisdom generally goes

Good in ODIs => Might be good in Tests, play him
Bad in ODIs => Probably **** in Tests, wait for someone to have a good ODI audition

Good in Tests => Great, keep him there, don't waste him on one dayers
**** in Tests => must be good in ODIs, play him

 

[Daemon]

No, the recieved wisdom generally goes

Good in ODIs => Might be good in Tests, play him
Bad in ODIs => Probably **** in Tests, wait for someone to have a good ODI audition

Haha so, so true

 

[Jono]

poor bloke.

The guy's net worth is at least $4 million fwiw.

Yeah my sympathy isn't too high.