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  1. LongHopCassidy

    Informed player management

    Do you really think the selection panel is chopping and changing quicks according to the latest declassified physio reports? Moreover, is this a reasonable approach when we're getting smashed? It's a workable philosophy on its face (and Corey has been vociferous in claiming overbowling any...
  2. LongHopCassidy

    Official 'Katich and Rogers to open' thread

    Let's look at this on its face. A major reason the Aus top four has sucked so convincingly is because nobody is there to breathe down their neck. I'd go so far to say that the golden years happened not only because of the talent and dedication of the first XI's batting, but the knowledge that...
  3. LongHopCassidy

    The 'unfairly shafted by Australian selectors' XI

    We may have enough for eleven now. Let me check: 1. Simon Katich 2. 3. Rob Quiney 4. Brad Hodge 5. 6. David Hussey 7. Brad Haddin 8. Stuart Clark 9. Nathan Hauritz 10. Steve O'Keefe 11. Nathan Bracken Almost. Can anyone fill in the gaps?
  4. LongHopCassidy

    Fast bowling actions: side-on vs. front-on

    Which, in your opinion, is the generally more effective one? Obviously a hypothetical, but it'd be fascinating (not least to me) what their respective strengths and weaknesses are. Obviously, there are greats such as Lillee and Trueman who made side-on the fast bowler's orthodoxy for decades...
  5. LongHopCassidy

    Is there a 60 posts per page option?

    What it says on the tin. Would like to see it in this age of broadband.
  6. LongHopCassidy

    How does a professional slips cordon train?

    It's very nice of our captain to chip us gentle catches from five metres away, but how would a top-grade/FC team manage to polish their close catching skills when a match situation has rock-hard balls flying at their faces at 140 km/h? The only thing I can think of is firing a bowling machine...
  7. LongHopCassidy

    ICC tactics thread - share what's worked for you

    Might be worth compiling a little database of tricks to avert those depressing 1-wicket defeats. Feel free to contribute yours! Playing ICC 2009 (don't like 2012 because they binned the Pro League), chugging into 2015 with Northants (had a 2030 campaign with Derbyshire but the save file got...
  8. LongHopCassidy

    Luke 'Benedict Arnold' Ronchi poised to play for NZ

    Features : Brydon Coverdale talks to Luke Ronchi, who hopes to play for New Zealand | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo How unseemly.
  9. LongHopCassidy

    Do opposing teams still socialise with each other after games?

    Or has professionalism, modernity and public displays of venom wiped that out of international cricket? Genuinely curious, and hope this ignites a discussion.
  10. LongHopCassidy

    Are specialist captains an asset in Twenty20s?

    Obviously there's the dilemma of the not being worth their place in the side on merit alone (see Brearley et al.). In the case of Bailey, would you argue that a) he's a better tactician than Clarke and b) that his tactical acumen alters the course of more Twenty20s than not? Are Twenty20s more...
  11. LongHopCassidy

    Perhaps increase the time limit before your post gets tagged as edited?

    I think the current time limit is 30 seconds. Generally I'm led to believe the tags are there to stop people covering their arses when they get contradicted or some such. A reasonable time frame for that, even in a thread going at ridiculous pace like an Ashes match thread, would IMO be at...
  12. LongHopCassidy

    Battle of the Infamous

    Not enough blind hate in Cricket Chat these days, so let's start a battle for us to vent at the players we despise the most. I think over the past 11 years we've discussed at least 64 cricketers as contenders for the highest tier of douchebag, but I'm happy to settle for 48 and condense the...
  13. LongHopCassidy

    Mark Taylor vs. Saeed Anwar

    Along with Kirsten, probably the pre-eminent openers in the era of the best pace bowling in history. Would venture to say this is fairly justified given that no regular Test opener averaged close to 50 during the 1990s. On pure batting, Anwar was probably a better player of spin and had no...
  14. LongHopCassidy

    Estimating balls faced from number of minutes at the crease

    I think it's fairly common knowledge that a lot of older Test scorecards don't show balls faced - only minutes at the crease, which makes it difficult to properly assess a batsman's actual strike rate apart from 'he was fast' and 'he was slow'. I do have a proposal which I think our statistical...
  15. LongHopCassidy

    Why can't anyone decide on two openers in an all-time Australian XI?

    Very similar to the last thread I posted, but every single Australian XI I've seen posted has a different combo of these: Hayden Morris Trumper Lawry Simpson Ponsford Rarely rated but extremely good nonetheless: McDonald Woodfull Bardsley Langer Please arrive at a consensus within 10,000...
  16. LongHopCassidy

    Best batting shots

    May as well make a corresponding thread. Only players that I've seen, mind. Cover drive: Vaughan (especially in 2002-03 Ashes) or Lara On-drive: Ponting Straight drive: Tendulkar Back foot drive: Tendulkar Pull/hook: Ponting Cut: Sehwag Late cut: Dravid Clip off pads: Laxman Whomp over long-on...
  17. LongHopCassidy

    What do you consider when picking ATG openers?

    Seems like the most common picks for ATG XI opening bats among seasoned cricket tragics seem to be Hobbs, Hutton, Gavaskar and (v. occasionally) Barry Richards. They all, however, seem to have automatic disqualifiers under each person's criteria: Hobbs: Played in the 1920s with very few...
  18. LongHopCassidy

    What bat do you use?

    So, gentlemen, which stick?
  19. LongHopCassidy

    What, exactly, is the difference between a $70 bat and a $700 one?

    Shameless nightwatchman here, so I'll never know the difference beyond your anecdotes. Right now I'm touting a Kashmir willow ICC-certified POS, and I couldn't really imagine how much further or faster a FC quality bat could hit a ball - assuming the same shot is played to the same delivery...
  20. LongHopCassidy

    Best place to acquire old cricket balls

    Been doing a bit of casual tweaking n the nets and came across a rude surprise when I actually bowled in a game for the first time this season. The practice balls I've been using are too light and bounce far too much. When I use the same action on a game ball the extra weight makes it drop...

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