Cricket !!

JLC · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:49 am

I go for South Australia and love Darren Lehmann. I used to love David Hookes, Glenn Bishop, and the like. However i personally would have gone with a younger player. Its important to keep developing the youth. This is the perfect time to develop a young batsman for the future and let him learn from Steve Waugh etc.

Martin Love of Queensland may get a chance soon

There is a Clarke guy in NSW who is meant to be promising

Brad Hodge from Victoria and Matthew Elliot may get another go.

I dont want to see a situation like what happened with the West Indies where they were dominant but didnt develop the youth. Then when their greatsd like Richardson, Haynes, Grenidge, Richards retired they didnt really have the youth coming through and the same applied to their bowling. At least in the bowling department the aussies are developing Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken and there is a young leg spinner named Cameron White starting for Victoria.

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

Donny · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:49 am

Love is probably the best batsman not to have played Tests. He's real class but is nearly 29 m8. Unless Ricky cops an injury, he's unlikely to ever wear the green baggy.

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

Donny · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 12:13 pm

England all out for 79. 7 wickets between 4.00 and 5.10. 1-0.

On to the 'G'.

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

couragous cloke · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 12:27 pm

DAMN!! atleast the poms showed in there first batting innings that they can make a score! hopefully we'll c a closer second test in hobart i think it is!! GO WESTINDIES ( and anyone who plays against australia)

footy ROX!

ramjet21 · Joined: 31 Mar 2002 Location: perth

will australia A beat the poms?

[This message has been edited by ramjet21 (edited 10 November 2002).]

Cam · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 1:24 pm

next test in adelaide

Nov 2002
Thu 7 - Mon 11 Australia v England Brisbane Cricket Ground 1st Orange Test
Fri 15 - Sun 17 Australia 'A' v England Hobart Tour match
Thu 21 - Mon 25 Australia v England Adelaide 2nd Orange Test
Fri 29 - Tue 3 Australia v England W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 3rd Orange Test
Dec 2002
Fri 6 (D/N) New South Wales Blues v England Sydney Cricket Ground Tour match
Sun 8 (D/N) Australia 'A' v England Sydney Cricket Ground Tour match
Tue 10 Prime Minister's XI v England Manuka Oval, Canberra Tour match
Fri 13 (D/N) Australia v England Sydney Cricket Ground VB Series
Sun 15 (D/N) Australia v England Melbourne VB Series
Tue 17 (D/N) England v Sri Lanka Brisbane Cricket Ground VB Series
Fri 20 (D/N) England v Sri Lanka W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth VB Series
Thu 26 - Mon 30 Australia v England Melbourne 4th Orange Test
Jan 2003
Thu 2 - Mon 6 Australia v England Sydney Cricket Ground 5th Orange Test

Hard at it. The Collingwood way.

Donny · Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 2:36 pm

Thanks Cam. Forgot the famous Boxing Day Test tradition for a sec.

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

Brown26 · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 3:49 am

Anyone who goes against Australia Corageous Cloke?

you must enjoy losing!!

I think Roebuck pointed out that including Bichel and Lehman at the expense of Waugh and Lee hasn't made the side any better, it's just swapping players, I personally would've brought in a young guy, maybe not Clarke cause he needs a good state year to feel confident, Hodge is and has done very well the last few years, Arnberger (not sure sp.) is playins excellently for Victoria, I'd love to see him get a crack at opener, but not until Langer get's dropped by the look of it.

I reckon anyone could bat well with Hayden, he's a machine!!

GO AUSSIES!!!!

- Ben

Pies for Premiers 2002, 3, 4, 5, 6....

Donny · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 8:26 pm

For those who don't visit the bored board:

Hayden is heading for a new record for a series against the Poms and with Adelaide (read > good batsman's paradise) coming up, he could well be 500+ after two Tests !!

And next day >

For those of you interested in how many Hayden needs. The totals are a little higher than I thought so he still would have to hit big heaps, 675, in the next four Tests.
Most runs in a 5 Test series, Australia vs. England:

974 The Don 1930
905 W Hammond (E) '28/29
834 Neil Harvey '52/53
810 The Don '36/37
806 The Don '31/32
758 The Don 1934
734 H Sutcliffe (E) '24/25
732 D Gower (E)1985
696 Arthur Morris 1948
680 The Don '46/47
Mark Taylor scored 839 but played 6 Tests in 1989.

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

Brown26 · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 2:42 am

how good must Don Bradman have been - he wouldn't have got 10 innings to bat either!

- Ben

Pies for Premiers 2002, 3, 4, 5, 6....

Abi · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 3:20 am

Great batting by Hayden but hard to assess its relative value given our bad the English attack are. They were one bowler down and that Hoggard is a disgrace. He hasn't really been challenged in terms of facing good bowling and early in his career he struggled against some good pacemen. He has improved though.

Pie fan forever

ramjet21 · Joined: 31 Mar 2002 Location: perth

good call abi. you can only play against who the oppositon throw up but its been pretty woeful. hayden's problems in his early years were against the likes of curtly ambrose, allan donald etc. they were seriously good bowlers - it must feel like backyard cricket to him in comparison now. what odds for him to score the 675 needed to break Sir Dons record? i'd just about put money on him.

SPARKIN TARKYN · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 4:18 pm

bring back brett lee!!!!!!!
go aussies

JLC · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 5:06 pm

I think the tour of India made Hayden as a test cricketer. He held the Australian batting together and took his game to another level and made the indian spin attack look easy while most others struggled.

Sure the England attack isnt great due to injuries to Gough and their prmosing quick being cut down by injury. However there are not too many good pace attacks around the world. Pollock for South Africa is world class. Ahktar for Pakistan when in full flight is brilliant. That spell he bowled in Pakistan was breath taking and one of the best spells of genuine pace bowling i have seen. Besides McGrath and Gillespie i dont see any other good pace bowlers in the world.

jlc

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

couragous cloke · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 5:47 pm

brown 26,

soon a new era will arise and the great West indies will be superia once again!!! now is just a re building stage and i will happily put up with the losing but soon my turn will come!!

GO WEST INDIES AND BRIAN LARA!! oh and he was just cleared of match fixing!! ( gotta luv lara!) and samuels!!!!!

Bernie williams rest in peace!

footy ROX!