tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post5206762425680018487..comments2023-11-02T18:51:25.885+11:00Comments on Down the wicket: A New BeginningCris Cochranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966824752959729517noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-77749803729558342772009-03-06T06:25:00.000+11:002009-03-06T06:25:00.000+11:00Hilfs waywardness down leg side won't be as much o...Hilfs waywardness down leg side won't be as much of an issue in test... but, yeah, he needs more control consistantly- i want to see him pitch one 12" wide of off and land it on a batsmans back foot before i'm totally convinced!Cris Cochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966824752959729517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-60738832621982676072009-03-05T23:37:00.000+11:002009-03-05T23:37:00.000+11:00I agree with Sledgie about Hussey's need to justif...I agree with Sledgie about Hussey's need to justify his place. Hard to imagine North would keep his place if he didn't make a score for several tests. I think this policy of carrying blokes is nonsense. I don't care if Lee and Clark are declared fit in 2 months, without proving their worth in competition they should not be automatically slotted back in. Hey Diddle Siddle, Bolly and Hilfie have done very well. Stoph - I reckon Hilf has done enough to impress with some great wicket-taking balls, but he needs to have more control, bowl a tighter line more of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-51510545515451375812009-03-05T12:58:00.000+11:002009-03-05T12:58:00.000+11:00mmm 15 year old scotch!either that old Bundy madne...mmm 15 year old scotch!<BR/><BR/>either that old Bundy madness for a banana bender!Cris Cochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966824752959729517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-51477146109592222812009-03-05T12:31:00.000+11:002009-03-05T12:31:00.000+11:00Huss needs to be dropped, it'll do him good.I reck...Huss needs to be dropped, it'll do him good.<BR/>I reckon with a batting average higher than his bowling (29 - 27) that Johnson should be considered an all rounder already.<BR/>Thanks to Symonds for his career. <BR/>Same for Brett Lee.<BR/>Same for Watson.<BR/>Clean slate...exciting times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-69026866581713190112009-03-04T22:26:00.000+11:002009-03-04T22:26:00.000+11:00Huss MUST make runs in a test NOW!Huss MUST make runs in a test NOW!Cris Cochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966824752959729517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-36587138728600795812009-03-04T22:24:00.000+11:002009-03-04T22:24:00.000+11:00Nospmas Lihp said... It certainly was a well fo...Nospmas Lihp said...<BR/><BR/> It certainly was a well fought victoy although I suspect Saouth Africa were given more of a chance simply becase of the abomination in Perth. Everyone who knows cricket also knows 5th day wickets like that are rare as rocking horse turds. Melbourne came down to some poor catching and bowling changes.<BR/> And so it is we rejoice not just an Australia victory on foreign soil but also the dawn of a new generation of the baggy green. Whether it was by design or injury finally we have some new blood. Watson and Symonds have been fine cricketers but both have flaws in their genis. For Watson it is a body 15 years older than his head and for Symonds I believe it is a 15 year old scotch. Clark may force his way back in but it will take a tonne of wickets. I wonder if Johnson can make the step to genuine all rounder and make runs when he is expected to? Imagine the scope we would have to include either another genuine bowler or batter as the conditions demand. I can't recall a bowling all rounder in my time. How exciting!! Time will tell if the selectors have the nodules to follow that through. I suspect not with this bunch.<BR/> And s to the 2nd test where injuries to key bowlers rear their ugly heads. I suspect it is a bit of a beat up, I hope anyway. It would be a chame to lose through injury. I am tipping a big score to Hughes, Hussey to fail and Johnson to get another bag.Cris Cochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966824752959729517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691219939930045300.post-43319154132024777292009-03-04T22:22:00.000+11:002009-03-04T22:22:00.000+11:00now that the long tradition of cricketers being sa...now that the long tradition of cricketers being sacrosanct is over it is obvious that politics will wash over the game more so in the region.<BR/><BR/>As Nospmas Lihp said in Test of Tests, let's hope that our newly established bowling line up isn't too injured (or that it is more beat-up than reality), Hilf is yet to impress me -but he is worth running with in the hope of having his swing for england- Siddle is a really honest and thinking bowler (the way he worked over Duminy shows the depth of his thought process), and Bollinger should be handy in blighty too.<BR/><BR/>what all of this shows is that an overhaul was totally needed- as i've banged on about since India! it is a pity it took until Sydney to get into the process.<BR/><BR/>Nospmas, i'm going to c&p your Test of Test comment over here as it has lots of relevance here too.<BR/><BR/>stoph verismo<BR/>downthewicketCris Cochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966824752959729517noreply@blogger.com