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  1. Stapel

    *Official* England in South Africa

    Simple First class & Test figures show Swann is a slightly better batsman. However, it is my impression that Swann is more of a slogger and has a higher strike rate, whereas Broad can actually adapt his game to the situation a bit more. It's not going to make a hell of a lot of a difference to...
  2. Stapel

    *Official* England in South Africa

    Did I, yesterday during lunch on day 5, decide to plough my bike through 12 inches of snow to get to The Hague's only proper cricket pub, so I could actually watch some great Test Cricket? Yes, I did :) . The best moment was when my wife came home, noticed I wasn't there, and phoned me to ask...
  3. Stapel

    *Official* England in South Africa

    Breaking news! After 63 balls, Trott just hit his first boundary!
  4. Stapel

    *Official* England in South Africa

    Which players are next in line to bat for England anyway?
  5. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    There are two things not entirely correct in your assumptions: -Replays were not conclusive. Their is no solid evidence either way! -The point of the RS is not to eliminate errors made by the on field umpire, but to eliminate obvious errors made by the on field umpire.
  6. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    Well, I can imagine he really thought he made a proper catch.
  7. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    What are the biggest chases at the WACA? Do the Windies have a chance?
  8. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    I would send Roach' rockets to Ponting! Play the game hard! Well time for Bravo to prove me wrong :) .
  9. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    Yeah, you're right. Even if the target is under 350, Aussies are in a stronger position. However, 350-400 would offer an opportunity, whereas 550+, which was what I would have expected, would offer no chance at all. Anyway, Johnson out, Ponting in at 9!
  10. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    Quite a collapse! At the start of the Aussie innings, I would never have thought this could get even close to a proper, tight test match finish. But right now, the Windies have a realistic chance of a chasable total.
  11. Stapel

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    What's up with Edwards anyway?
  12. Stapel

    **Official** Pakistan in New Zealand (3 tests)

    Hmmm, Imho, the difficulty with LBW decision is the direction movement of the ball, after the bounce. It can be so hard to 'predict' if the ball would have hit the stumps..... But, when judging the impact was outside the line of off, one has to observe a relatively static moment. Apperently...
  13. Stapel

    *Official* Sri Lanka in India

    As promising as a big big first innings might be, one has to fear that 307/1 at tea simply means the track is too flat to get 20 wickets. Well, that's what any report says when a wicket is flat. I'm not saying it won't assist spinners later, but the pitch report is hardly a good indicator. I...
  14. Stapel

    *Official* England in South Africa

    So, what's the forecats for the rest of the day? Will there be a start at all?
  15. Stapel

    *Official* Sri Lanka in India

    Sachin to ton up, followed by a handshake by Sangka..... So Sachin has 25 minutes to score 16 runs. That's what we can expect, I guess. Given the fact that this match started with figures of 32/4 after 8 overs, a draw is a remarkable outcome.
  16. Stapel

    *Official* Sri Lanka in India

    Too late anyway, I think. I would have started slogging possibly even yesterday. Maybe the declaration will come when Prasanna makes 150?
  17. Stapel

    How did you get into cricket?

    Being bored in the summer of 1993, I switched channels continuously..., and only the BBC had something to show. Not having anyone around to explain what it was all about, it took until 1995 before I found out completely. Especially the concept of Bowling from theNursery End puzzled me for a...
  18. Stapel

    *Official* Sri Lanka in India

    No, but I cannot imagine SL will declare so late, that Mahela gets time to score 300.... Bloody unlikely, I'd say. Anyway, the run-rate is dropping. Too bad. But there is some turn now and then, which is good. And we have been on a Big Nelson (555/5) for 13 deliveries, before a single was scored.
  19. Stapel

    *Official* Sri Lanka in India

    Fact is that Sri Lanka got into this test with the combined tests played by their quicks is...... 4 tests. That's always a risk. And I still wonder: Has Malinga really been so badly out of form for 2 years? If Welegedara is indeed the #1 to pick, is it correct to put Prasad before Malinga or any...
  20. Stapel

    *Official* Sri Lanka in India

    The point is that the pitch is expected to detoriate. At least, that's what I've been told. I think 400, 425 or 450 in the 1st innings of a test is not enough to realistically expect the team betting first to either win or draw the test. On a flat pitch, which shouldn't be so flat on day 4 or...

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