Andrew Johns Playing 20/20

[ripper868]

Disappointed they're not showing the 20/20 game Johns is participating in on TV today. Was hoping to witness his batting and the simultaneous loss of all credibility for the format.

Just cant win em all can we.

 

[AussieDominance]

OH what has this world come to.

(17th over) Bowler: Andrew Johns. Right arm slow. Ryan Harris is dropped by Christian at deep mid wicket second ball.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Hope he gets smashed,like anyone outside qld or new south wales ever knows the chump.
If i was lehman i would bowl him a bouncer or a beamer and knock his bloody head off .
He has like 1 training session with nathan brakken and he thinks thats good enough practice what a wanker and a half .

Watching him on the news I don't think he thought one practice session was good enough practice at all, and he said so himself. Oh...sorry...right we'll stick with what you said.

 

[speirz]

Johns bowled one over, 0/9 including a catch dropped off his bowling.

So far he's faced 1 ball and was almost stumped

13 off last over needed

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Tepid last over played out by Katich.

One feels that the square-leg umpire didn't fancy a lynching that day!

 

[Stumped]

we're most people listening to on the radio? i was there everyone cheered johns when he fielded etc and katich the idiot didnt give him any strike

 

[James90]

Worst over in the history of cricket. Just pathetic. Katich can't hit three boundaries in an over and everyone wanted to see Johns bat. Lost all respect for Katich.

 

[Blewy]

you actually had some?? I never did... cant stand him...

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Katich making a point?

 

[brockley]

Andrew johns 0 runs from 1 ball 9 runs off 1 over,you could argue he was the difference,what a difference hauritz would have made.Does anyone really believe johns would have won us the game.
To prove a point open him with the batting and bowling next game.

 

[Blewy]

Andrew johns 0 runs from 1 ball 9 runs off 1 over,you could argue he was the difference,what a difference hauritz would have made.Does anyone really believe johns would have won us the game.
To prove a point open him with the batting and bowling next game.

Not the point at all... Needing 13 off the last over was a tough ask yes.. But even after the 1st 3 balls in the last over when Katich refused singles to retain the strike leaving 13 off 3 nigh on impossible he didnt even give the crowd what they wanted.. a chance to let Joey have a crack..

If this was what they were going to do why pick him in the 1st place?? Pointless.. If you give him a go at least the crowd go home happy.. As it were, Katich was Boo'ed off the field and Joeys role in the game well tbh could have been filled by any joe bloggs from the crowd...

 

[Stumped]

matt johns did say he would be there as reg....liar!, although there was a "wanne be" reg

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I find it a bit hard to believe that Katich would have refused the singles solely on the merits of the game. One feels he was making a point about the inclusion of a player who can't bat or bowl in the lineup because he's a celebrity.

 

[Jono]

LOL! I reckon Katich would play the best heel in the WWE. He knows how to get the crowd to hate him.

Lovely stuff that.

 

[Stumped]

katich just didnt want to showed up by joey

 

[LongHopCassidy]

TBH, there's a case to be made for a media darling being protected against a mad, frothing fast bowler clocking up the mid-140s.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Has anyone actually seen the over he bowled? 9 runs of the seventeenth over of a 20/20 isn't that bad really.

 

[brockley]

Has katich ever been popular.
The whole andrew johns thing has proved to be very much a failure even if you consider katich wouldn't trust him with the strike.
The experiemnt never should have happened,newcastle fans will be turned off 20/20,and maybe if hauritz had played we would have won.It cheapened the game.

 

[Butterteeth]

Should've played the Kelpie instead....

 

[brockley]

Funnily enough johns said he was glad katich took the strike as he didn't want to face the fast bowler and get hurt.Maybe the newcastle crowd were actually baying for andrew johns' blood on the pitch .