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Re: Pitches Boris- i take your point about the doctoring. i think that if the pitch is prepared the same way for years on end then it is a little difficult to get upset about it for a team to go there and find that it is what it always has been. generally speaking i think that when a pitch...

Re: Anyone remember this? and where do you get the idea that i was advocating that Donald should slow down or bowl half volleys? is targeting a batsmen for injury a recognised form of dismissal? my objection is that the batsman was deliberately targeted for injury.

Re: Anyone remember this? i am not the one twisting it around- my point is that it is a game. in this case there was a deliberate and premeditated assault on an opposition player. had the ball come off his bat or slipped out of the bowlers hand then i would be the first to say, "should have...

Re: Pitches then i suppose that it comes back to what we do about fixing that- should the game have been abandoned? shifted? impose a penalty on the home team? as i said previously- i think the pitch resulted from a mistake by the curator. perhaps a financial penalty?

Re: Anyone remember this? you are advocating violence- you are saying he got what he deserved. if i go out to bat i don't expect to be targeted by the opposing bowlers for injury. that is precisely what happened here. "Al, this guy's asking for it," snarled Pat Symcox as Zarawani strode...

Re: Member Feedback Poll i think that the moderators need to jump in and clamp down on the exchange of insults and flames more. i also think that some of the threads are a little repetitive.

Re: Member Feedback Poll i think that the moderators need to jump in and clamp down on the exchange of insults and flames more. i also think that some of the threads are a little repetitive.

Re: Pitches it was not a perfect pitch; it was not an attrocious pitch. it was a pitch that required work to bat well and for three innings the two sides batted with the required skill and concentration to produce good scores. me- i wish more pitches were like that. i want to see the players...

Re: Anyone remember this? this sort of thing merely demonstrates what we are losing from cricket as it becomes more and more about the money; once upon a time the game stood for a way of life. "it's just not cricket" was a phrase known throughout the world to mean that something was not right...

Re: Pitches there is some truth to the notion that the state of the pitch on the second day may have contributed to a poor mindset for the Australian batsmen; but does this really excuse their performance? i don't think that the quality of the game was ever going to be particularly edifying...

Re: Anyone remember this? once upon a time it was considered bad form to target a batsman for physical harm. it was also bad form to bounce a non-specialist batsman. the thing that really bothers me about this incident is the obvious lack of sportsmanship displayed by the South Africans. the...

Re: Pitches it is a bit of a stretch to say it was doctored if it was going to reward whoever won the toss- as a 50-50 chance then Australia had as much chance of using the pitch as the English did. my definition of a doctored pitch is where it clearly favours one side over another regardless...

Re: Pitches i think that a good pitch is one that makes both the batsman and the bowler work for their success. however, with the amount of cricket likely to ramp up and the more stresses this will impose on bowlers' bodies perhaps it is best if the pitches actually favour the bowler rather...

Re: Pomersbach charged with assault the Perth magistrates Court shows its spine again. Luke Pomersbach back on road | PerthNow

Re: Referral System i absolutely hate it and far from being good for the game it will actually do more damage than good. eventually the guys in the middle are going to go and we'll have the umpires up in the stands watching monitors and replaying each ball; it will slow the game to a crawl and...

Re: ICC Champions Trophy 2009 I am hoping the Kiwis get up and win- it would be good motivation for some of the weaker sides in future tournaments.

Re: Mohammad Asif - should he play international cricket again? two thoughts- a) if he has done his time under his ban there should be no impediment to his playing again- otherwise we may as well ban all drug cheats for life on the first attempt and i don't know how fair that would be in cases...

re: Australian Test XI - Selection Thread actually Australia dominated in the early 60's and the mid 70's before WSC. this last period of domination was about as long as the WIndies from the early 80s to mid 90s. the last period where there was a good balance between nations was probably that...

Re: Ferguson: The Next Aussie Saviour? No- Jesus was pretty average with the willow- that's why he went into coaching and motivational speaking with his team, The Nazarene Disciples. if anything he is like Judas- pretty dodgy in his early career but had a good run in the middle years- only...

Re: The most awaited cricket world cup, 2011 India and South Africa in the final- India to win. should be the closest world cup ever. Australia, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan all have good chances.