**The Official Cricket Thread** (serious)

[Aussie939291]

**** yes! The urn has returned!


Time to get on the piss gents and celebrate

[JoshyCii]

Yes good end of the year to Australian sport with RWLC too, so pumped, to have the urn back in the place it belongs, outstanding fuarking effort from the boizzz!

[jackm7]

So happy, I seriously thought England were gonna win this test the way they were going this morning..

[JoshyCii]

So happy, I seriously thought England were gonna win this test the way they were going this morning..

Nah no way was that happening bro, we just gave them some hope so that we got to see Broad face Johnson

[G_Train]

****en' Straya!!

[FiLL]

Yes good end of the year to Australian sport with RWLC too, so pumped, to have the urn back in the place it belongs, outstanding fuarking effort from the boizzz!

Yeah brah this is a nice addition to the Urn as well





Was getting nervous there, until Stokes got out

[GableGrip]

You beauty

[necon76]

Dafuq! Just turned the telly back on & it's all over.

[JM3K]

about time we got it back

[sculopasta]

Used all my poverty reps for the return of the urn.

fuk yeah straya!

[jmiddleton96]

Well congratulations guys. You thoroughly deserved it.
BUGGER

Hopefully it's not a whitewash.

When is the next series?

[Doomster23]

Well congratulations guys. You thoroughly deserved it.
BUGGER

Hopefully it's not a whitewash.

When is the next series?

2015

[JoshyCii]

2015

We going to take good care of the urn till than, hoping for a nice 5-0 series to really rub it in to be honest.

[AbusiveParents]

lmao this proves why not just anyone can be a commentator



Ok, I'm in a youtube mood

1) hnnng @ this speed:



2) hnnng @ this sound:

[kiwiguy68]

lmao this proves why not just anyone can be a commentator



Ok, I'm in a youtube mood

1) hnnng @ this speed:



2) hnnng @ this sound:

u fukkin wot m8 at top clip haha.

Love middle one. Seen that quite a bit. Also lol @ these two, sucks NZ haven't had a genuine quick in decades apart from Bond:







Love it how he screams "**** off" at Parore after almost killing him haha.

This is the G.O.A.T "hit batsman" video though... still to this day remember watching this game live and thinking Alex Tudor, u dead brah? From the looks of the video it went straight through the gap between visor and grille, helmet absorbed literally none of the impact by the looks hahaha. Getting hit at that pace must be like jumping off a 20 story building and having your face break your fall lmao, poor bugger



Also, watch this, ****ing funny chit:

[kiwiguy68]

What are your guys predictions for SA v India test series by the way? Haven't really followed those teams lately, feeling seems to be SA's pace attack on quick SA tracks will be too good?

[Bunk247]

We going to take good care of the urn till than, hoping for a nice 5-0 series to really rub it in to be honest.

To be honest, the worst thing for Australia would be 5-0. No way would the older England players survive that, we would be forced to bring in the young talent we have and that is our best chance of moving forward and winning them back in 2015.

Should the older players perform and win a game, maybe two, they would get a stay of execution and stick around for awhile longer, delaying us moving forward.

[AbusiveParents]

fkn lold @ this comment on one of your vids:

"It's a good thing the Kiwis wear black uniforms, you can't see the chit stains."

lolol

[kiwiguy68]

fkn lold @ this comment on one of your vids:

"It's a good thing the Kiwis wear black uniforms, you can't see the chit stains."

lolol

Haha, lot of truth in that. When you go from some of the world's slowest pitches facing Daryl Tuffey (i.e. in our first class competition) to facing Lee at the WACA or Steyn at Johannesburg...pepper your angus

[kiwiguy68]

To be honest, the worst thing for Australia would be 5-0. No way would the older England players survive that, we would be forced to bring in the young talent we have and that is our best chance of moving forward and winning them back in 2015.

Should the older players perform and win a game, maybe two, they would get a stay of execution and stick around for awhile longer, delaying us moving forward.

Who do you think needs to go? Prior is obviously under most pressure, followed by Anderson and Swann probably? Which seems kind of ironic given it is probably the batsmen who have failed the worst

[Bunk247]

Who do you think needs to go? Prior is obviously under most pressure, followed by Anderson and Swann probably? Which seems kind of ironic given it is probably the batsmen who have failed the worst

Yeah the bowling is hard to judge, when they're constantly being let down by the batsmen and are behind in the game it's tough.

Pietersen probably has to go, it looks like the fight has gone. Trott probably won't be back, Carberry has done ok but age is against him and he's not the answer. Prior as you mentioned needs time off, Haddin went through that a few years ago and he came back so there's still hope.

There are good batsmen about. Chopra, Ali (who bowls good offspin), Borthwick is a leg spinner who has batted at 3 this season and scored 1,000 runs which is useful. There's Robson and Ballance too. Bairstow seems to be the one they want to keep wicket but i'm more of a Buttler fan.

Cook
Root
Robson
Bell
Balance
Ali
Stokes
Buttler
Broad
Finn
Mills

That's my team for the future. Great depth in batting, two spin options, two all rounders, players who can take the game away from the opposition in a session (something Pietersen used to do) and 4 bowlers who can bowl 90mph and over. Mills also gives you the left arm pace option.

With the way Test cricket is going, the balance and options those 11 bring is the way forward. There's still Cook, Root, Bell and Broad to give you the leadership and experience so it's a nice mix imo.

[AbusiveParents]

Sam Robson is a really nice guy too, at training he'd always talk to the guys in lower grades than him. I'd be pleased for him to get a start.

[JazB]

Hoping aus rest harris, johnson and couple of batsmen to give some youngsters a chance. Those guys need rest for south africa tour !

[AJL1]

It will be interesting to see what England do in regards to some of their underperforming senior players, Pietersen in particular. Obviously it's easy to sit here behind a computer and make assumptions on what goes on inside his head, but it comes across as if he takes his spot in the side for granted and figures that he can get out doing stupid things with no consequence. It's tough, because on one hand he is England's best (albeit not most consistent) player; are Taylor/Robson/Ballance/etc. really going to perform any better? On the other hand, I'm sure those guys would be dying to get a go at international level.

I think it should really come down to a heart-to-heart between Cook and KP as to whether he really REALLY wants to play at that level, or would rather persue T20 opportunities.

[Bunk247]

Sam Robson is a really nice guy too, at training he'd always talk to the guys in lower grades than him. I'd be pleased for him to get a start.

Good to hear. Having talent is great, but character plays a big part in Test cricket. You never really know how players will handle it until you throw them in at the deep end, Stokes has always had the talent, but he's shown he has fight in him too. Some of the older players may have lost the desire they used to have.

Hopefully some of the younger players who hopefully come in over the next year see how Stokes stood up to Johnson in Adelaide and his performance on that horrific looking pitch where Harris was hitting the cracks, producing 88mph off cutters can come in and do the same.

There are good players out there, they just need the chance. Might aswell get them in now and have them come through together.

[AbusiveParents]

So I should be finding out soon if I get to do the net bowling again. I'd fancy myself getting a few of these poms out haha.

I've posted this before, but this was from almost 2 years back now:



I hope I get to do it again, it's hard to get a spot though.

[kiwiguy68]

Good to see Shiv get a 100. He is a legend in a team of muppets..

Taylor is going full beast mode. Currently averaging 400 in the series (in 3rd match now)..

[gangaslayer]

Good to see Shiv get a 100. He is a legend in a team of muppets..

Taylor is going full beast mode. Currently averaging 400 in the series (in 3rd match now)..

was well deserved. watched the first session yesterday and was shocked when i saw today what they ended up making. WI cricket has so many problems now, could become another basket case like Zimbabwe.

[JoshyCii]

Anyone getting pumped for the Big Bash League 20/20, fuarking froff on my 20/20 cricket

[Roody12]

Anyone getting pumped for the Big Bash League 20/20, fuarking froff on my 20/20 cricket

Realised during the first minute of anchorman 2 that there was big bash cricket on tonight .. Wasn't happy but the movie was good.