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Re: Bangladesh in New Zealand I was looking at the Bangladesh batsmen's strike-rate for this test. They seem unusually high for test matches - even by today's standards. Perhaps this is one of their problems...

Re: One Day Cricket You wouldn't have this situation if there weren't inherent problems with ODIs. The key problem for me is the tailoring of conditions to make it a batsman's paradise. This tailoring works well for T20 but for 50 overs it makes the game monotonous and formulaic - 15 over...

Re: West Indies in Australia game reduced to 24 overs. Unfortunately there is a huge band of rain heading straight for the SCG.

Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade Then I suggest you start a new thread with that criteria - since this thread is specifically for this decade.

Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade This was always going to be an interpretive exercise, it doesn't really make sense to demand objectivity. I was responding to a specific question about sub-continent players and I rattled off the first players that came to my head. Also, regarding my...

Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade Romesh Kaluwitharana Venkatesh Prasad Parthiv Patel Saqlain Mushtaq - probably about a dozen Pakistani openers Moin Khan - worth a special mention not because he was that bad, but for his efforts during Nasser Hussein's historic series win in 2001...

Re: Pakistan in Australia Afridi must have thought it was an apple... I felt pretty sorry for him listening to his defence - "I was trying to help my bowlers and win a match, one match". You can sort of sympathise with him - 3-0 in the tests, 4-0 in the one dayers now with the last chance of...

Re: Pakistan in Australia either way a moral victory for Pakistan

Re: Pakistan in Australia Afridi biting the ball... I've got a feeling we'll be hearing more about this in the coming days...

Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade who chose Funky Miller?? He was named Australian cricketer of the year one year

Re: Pakistan in Australia Australia batting like millionaires - 2 out to rash shots and a couple more close calls.

Re: Pakistan in Australia Pakistan will be happy with 100 here - over the moon in fact. Like I said, they should have stayed home today. Waste of everyone's time. Still, you've got to admire the way Mark Nicholas can still get himself excited about the procession of Pakistani wickets.

Re: Well done Ricky Ponting :confused: the "feat" perhaps? I don't think he has been given the recognition he deserves. When people talk about the world's best one day batsmen, they usually talk about spectacular sub-continent players like Jayasuriya and Tendulkar. Ponting is probably...

Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade not all players of the 2000s - if you wanted a list of dud Aussie players from the 80s you could fill a rather large book. Greg Blewett - a bit harsh I would rank him as one of Australia's best batsmen of the 90s But if we could stick to the 2000s...

Re: Is this Allowed? I'm guessing they only needed 1 or 2 runs to win and had already completed the runs

Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade interesting exercise though very difficult. I'm thinking England's Chris Read for wicketkeeper - though mainly because he's famous for ducking that yorker while batting... I'm mainly thinking of players from the 90s that were mistakenly given a second go...

Re: Pakistan in Australia Hey Pakistan - do us all a favour and don't bother turning up on Sunday

Re: Pakistan in Australia Is Asoka de-Silva playing? If he is then you can't blame them thinking he'll give another howler like Butt the other night.

Re: Pakistan in Australia so game 4 started already - at 12:30 local time :( - not going to need the lights at all tonight...

Re: Getting Out LBW As if that will stop the umpire. Unfortunately, you practically have to be at the elite level before you get umpires who have any semblance of a clue about LBW. You basically just have to hit the pad and shout very loud to get LBW. My advise if you are batting with...