Mr Casson
Cricketer Of The Year
You and me both.Neil Pickup said:Either I've not been paying attention, that happened whilst I were on the toilet, or Cricinfo's talking pants again.
You and me both.Neil Pickup said:Either I've not been paying attention, that happened whilst I were on the toilet, or Cricinfo's talking pants again.
That means the ball was too short (it was also slow, wide, and a pie, Kallis' loosener). Strauss disposed of it past backward point with great ease.Samuel_Vimes said:Probably the latter.
Straight after drinks, though...
Nowegians?Neil Pickup said:That means the ball was too short (it was also slow, wide, and a pie, Kallis' loosener). Strauss disposed of it past backward point with great ease.
Norwayans... useless
No, you can't spell it either...Neil doesn't want to try.Mr Casson said:Nowegians?
That's how we spell it in English!Samuel_Vimes said:No, you can't spell it either...Neil doesn't want to try.
Unless you want to churn through cricketarchive, probably not.Pratyush said:So no where can we get the stats of the highest aggregate runs made by test batsmen after 20 complete innings?
No, it's not. It's Norwegians.Mr Casson said:That's how we spell it in English!
Hehe.. good pointSamuel_Vimes said:No, it's not. It's Norwegians.
I'm not on about whether he would have gotten a start or not - it's pointless arguing that, I'm on about if he was suddenly available for Australia tomorrow he'd waltz into the Australian side.FaaipDeOiad said:Hard to think who he would replace. He might make the Australian test side now in place of Lehmann, based on his performances in test cricket, but whether or not he would make the Australian side to begin with is debatable given the number of great domestic cricketers in Australia who never get much of an opportunity.
Yes. If he were suddenly availble tomorrow he would go into the Australian side in place of Lehmann, in my view. He would probably have to bat at 5 or 6 until Langer or Hayden retired mind you, since none of the top 4 would move for anybody.Scaly piscine said:I'm not on about whether he would have gotten a start or not - it's pointless arguing that, I'm on about if he was suddenly available for Australia tomorrow he'd waltz into the Australian side.
especially with hayden doing so brilliantly there with all his failures on non-flat wickets.Scaly piscine said:To think that someone was arguing that Strauss wouldn't make the Australian Test side the other day...
That was easy.Samuel_Vimes said:No, it's not. It's Norwegians.
Samuel_Vimes said:Does have a thing about nervy 130s, though - 136 this series, 137 HS, dropped on 130 here (if I'm reading cricinfo rightly)...I suppose, if he gets there every time, no problem!
Neil Pickup said:Either I've not been paying attention, that happened whilst I were on the toilet, or Cricinfo's talking pants again.
Samuel_Vimes said:Probably the latter.
To clarify...Neil Pickup said:That means the ball was too short (it was also slow, wide, and a pie, Kallis' loosener). Strauss disposed of it past backward point with great ease.
Norwayans... useless
He's had a start more sensational than most, that's certain.Loony BoB said:If Andrew Strauss either finishes this innings with an unbeaten score or else achieves his 1159th run (he's on something like 1134 at the moment), he would finish his innings and be able to say that of any player who has played at least 20 innings in test matches, he is second in the current history of cricket when it comes to test averages behind the great Don Bradman.
Before this test, he was in 8th place - still ahead of any current player with a tidy 58.61 average.
Tee hee hee.Richard said:replace Graeme Smith as the potential next-best-after-Bradman.
FaaipDeOiad said:He's 27 and his first class average is 44, and that's in the English county system. I don't think that would get him a start in the Australian test side at all, given the number of players with averages around 50 over long periods who haven't been given a significant opportunity.