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| Fran... |
 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:56 pm |
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Sure Australia is entitled to be satisfied at having done the job, but
really, apart from some telling passages of play here and there,
Australia have won without being compelling. At no point has their
batting or their bowling looked consistently threatening. It has been
for the most part a mixture of the insipid and the competent.
And that Tim Paine century? 111 at (no spam) 75? Again, in the context of the
game, a solid effort and one can assume he'd be happy at his effort,
but really, it's not one of those coruscating Gilchrist-style knocks
that live in the imaginations of those who see them.
Maybe it's time this format was quietly phased out.
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| Bob Dubery... |
| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:46 am |
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On Sep 19, 12:56 am, Fran <fran.b... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Sure Australia is entitled to be satisfied at having done the job, but
really, apart from some telling passages of play here and there,
Australia have won without being compelling. At no point has their
batting or their bowling looked consistently threatening. It has been
for the most part a mixture of the insipid and the competent.
I agree with you in the round - but for me there's one exception.
That's Ponting. Since he returned from his break and rejoined the side
he has played at a level higher than "largely competent". |
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| Fran... |
| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:10 pm |
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On Sep 20, 1:46 am, Bob Dubery <megap... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: On Sep 19, 12:56 am, Fran <fran.b... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:> Sure Australia is entitled to be satisfied at having done the job, but
really, apart from some telling passages of play here and there,
Australia have won without being compelling. At no point has their
batting or their bowling looked consistently threatening. It has been
for the most part a mixture of the insipid and the competent.
I agree with you in the round - but for me there's one exception.
That's Ponting. Since he returned from his break and rejoined the side
he has played at a level higher than "largely competent".
Ponting is doing enough, and then some, to hold his place in the team
as a batsman, but he's clearly not the force he once was with bat in
hand, and I'm not sure that batting at 5 or even 6 wouldn't be better
for the team. I'd have Ferguson bat higher and lose Hussey.
Can anyone comment on whether Paine looks tidier with the gloves than
Haddin? He didn't look a lot different to me. He still conceded a lot
of byes/fine snicks to the boundary -- and if batting at 60-70 runs
per 100 balls is his caper ... hmmm
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| Fran... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:28 pm |
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On Sep 21, 10:52 pm, Mike Gooding <michaelgood... at (no spam) yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Quote: On 18 Sep, 23:56, Fran <fran.b... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:> Sure Australia is entitled to be satisfied at having done the job, but
really, apart from some telling passages of play here and there,
Australia have won without being compelling. At no point has their
batting or their bowling looked consistently threatening. It has been
for the most part a mixture of the insipid and the competent.
And that Tim Paine century? 111 at (no spam) 75? Again, in the context of the
game, a solid effort and one can assume he'd be happy at his effort,
but really, it's not one of those coruscating Gilchrist-style knocks
that live in the imaginations of those who see them.
Maybe it's time this format was quietly phased out.
How can you call the England ODO team mediocre ferchrissakes ? They
can only dream of being mediocre.
Mike Gooding
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Their dream was realised in the last of the matches. The potential to
play this well for a whole game was clearly immanent.
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| Bob Dubery... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:20 pm |
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On Sep 20, 8:10 am, Fran <fran.b... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Ponting is doing enough, and then some, to hold his place in the team
as a batsman, but he's clearly not the force he once was with bat in
hand, and I'm not sure that batting at 5 or even 6 wouldn't be better
for the team.
Maybe for Tests, but not for ODIs. He and Clark are the most reliable
batsmen and you want to give them time in which they can score their
runs. Maybe 4 for Ponting, but then you've got the problem of who to
bat at 3. |
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