The Official Brisbane Test Thread

[ptc]

Heyden ?

[Grunt]

Besides, have you seen the size of his ego?

No, I've never seen him naked.

[Rocker]

If we go to 90 overs then I reckon we are looking at 4/345 - Ponting 114 n.o. Clark (with an E) 9 n.o.

Cheers

Hmm, not a bad prediction, just a tad pessimistic, though. 3/346 was the score at stumps.

Rocker

[craigb]

How about tomorrow the poms get "Freddie" to bowl at both ends?

He seems to be all that they've got. :rolleyes:

[bitingmidge]

England won the toss because they're good at it. The tossers.

At lunch they are 3 for 82.

Note to file:

Grunt is not the best tipster.

end note.

P:p

[Grunt]

I tipped that the Poms are Tossers. Got that one right. :)

I tip that England will be 3 for 112 at lunch on day 3.

[bennylaird]

Did anyone see the Barmy Army? Might need a search party?

[Flowboy]

Beny!, pace yersel' lad. Its still 2 1/2hrs till play. As Geoff Boycott always said, "Ye've got to graaaft an innings son"!

[bennylaird]

I've been ready to go since 5.30am. Lets go cmon what we waiting for?

Gotta rip into the Poms when you have a chance like this.

I think Harmison was last seen rowing out to the Kiwi icebergs to hide?

[JackoH]

Ha! Ha! Ha!.:D

[Andy Mac]

I think Harmison was last seen rowing out to the Kiwi icebergs to hide?

Yep, I'm wondering how Harmlesson will pull up this morning!

Cheers,

[Shedhand]

My tip is that punter will either be out 1st ball or he'll make 300+. Australia will declare at 7/650 at Tea. Poms will be all out for 76 (Flintoff n.o 63), follow on and be all out for 98 (Flintoff n.o. 54) in the 2nd with 12 mins of play to spare. Flintoff will resign and the Barmy Rabble will eat Harmimself. In other words a 2 day test. :D

[namtrak]

England fightback.

Australia all out 463

England 191 for 3

Cheers

[craigb]

I'll go Australia bat 'till an hour before stumps then declare at 6/580.

Poms will be 4/48 at stumps. :D

[Gumby]

Poms will be 4/48 at stumps. :D

rating them a bit high aren't you ?:D

It often happens that when 2 batsmen who are well set, begin again the next morning with great hopes for a huge score, one or both go quickly. I think one of them will be out before 3 overs are bowled, and Freddy will get him.

then, another quick kill as the 'Pup' goes cheaply (again), before Gilly blasts a quick 50, Lee and the others have a go and we declare or are all out at tea.

Edit at 12.18pm: Oh well, it was a nice theory at the time. :D The Pup will still go cheaply.

[bennylaird]

Clever bugrs, I see it all now, throw a series in the old Dart to get the interest up.

Heard a pommy comentater say he arrived yesterday before 10 and the place was packed.

So definately worked well.

Explains how they managed to win last time.

[bennylaird]

Good thing these guys live in Engerland, who else but Freddie would get a guernsey if they played out here?

[Gumby]

Hussey gone.
4/407



I told you it would be Freddy. ;)

[bennylaird]

Seems Freddie is the only talent there?

[bennylaird]

Harmison's loses his line again and places another wide three feet outside Ponting's off-stump. Weirdly he's not giving up many runs because none of the batsmen can reach any of his deliveries.

[jow104]

Its unfortunate that Janet and I are not able to assist the English test team this year, we only have ABC television channel available, and as you know we both have had very good powers in the past with our tV actions.

[bennylaird]

Get down to the ground, you would get a place in the team and do a better job.:D :D :D

[Flowboy]

That last four down the ground by Cluck(e). Did the ball drop on him or did he just misjudge it d'ya reckon? He seemed to expect it higher up.

[bennylaird]

Can't see it on the radio very well:D :D :D

[Felder]

Punter out on 196? :(

[bennylaird]

And Gilly couldn't be bothered hanging around:D

Wants to get them out here to see them all out for 67?

[martrix]

ang Noddy for a golden!

"Waarney......waaarney..........waaaarney"http://www.ubeaut.biz/icon_nworthy.gif

Hoggard was gettin some nice movement in that over...theres hope yet!

[bennylaird]

And they dropped him:p :p :p :D

[martrix]

Harmison and freddie will be on any minute...
The ball is starting to swing.:eek: ...

oh oh, its not gonna be a replay of the nightmare reverse swing is ithttp://www.ubeaut.biz/uhoh.gif.

[bennylaird]

Reverse swing on an Aussie pitch? :confused: :confused:

Your dreaming:D :D :D

[Felder]

Clark (no E) - 29 off 14!

The tail is wagging.........

[Cliff Rogers]

Declared 9/602.... nice start.

[ptc]

Early days yet !

[craigb]

350 odd to avoid the follow on with 7 wickets in hand.

Not a chance. :D

The only question is will it finish on Sunday or will they manage to drag it into a fifth day?

[Prince Charles]

Owhh please, you colonial chaps are so funny.
We are just playing hard to get dont you know.

Mummys team will turn around and give you chaps a thorough trashing, just you watch you bunch of colonists.

Charles.

[bennylaird]

Oh so sad, I'm so sorry for the Barmy Army, here you lot have a tissue.....

Next time see if you can find more than one cricketer to send out, seriously.

[Prince Charles]

Next time see if you can find more than one cricketer to send out, seriously.

Owwwh Cricket?

We thought it was a beer swilling contest, thats the team we sent out..

Charles :confused:

[bennylaird]

Might be over there next year, got a spare cot you can put us up in mate? Nothing fancy?

[ozwinner]

Gees that Charles is a pompus prick isnt he.

Al :p

[bitingmidge]

Ok chaps here's a report from the Gabba as I saw it today:

Security- no eskys allowed in, no drinks in cans, no backpacks, no cameras "with telescopic lenses" whatever that means.

Fun Police: - no trumpets or noise makers, no Mexican Wave, specially no beach balls, SMS a particular number and Mr Plod will come and stop anyone smiling if they are annoying you. Don't sell tickets in blocks so that the Barmy Army and the Fanatics are scattered through the ground....... what happened to the hill, if you bought a ticket there you knew what to expect and if you didn't want to be part of it, you sat elsewhere.

I go to watch the cricket, and always sit in a no alcohol area so can't be accused of being one of "them", and I know it's not a one-dayer, but it's a bit sad when the atmosphere is killed so artificially. At one point a notice on the big screen warned about the consequences of racial villification!

I guess that means we can't say the poms are hopeless any more! :mad:

So anyway, I turned up with my stuff in a clear plastic bag (as requested), no bottles or cans, no knife, left my camera at home because I didn't want to have it confiscated because of it's "telescopic" lens, wore a beige shirt and put on my dullest face, and took my seat.

It was hard not to smile even when the score hit 500, then at 600 I did (briefly) but by then the boys in blue were busy ejecting the bloke in front of me who had snuck in a third of a cup of light beer so I got away with it. Gotta love the SMS thing and video surveilance.

Then someone must have doctored the pitch during the changeover, because it got a bit harder for the poms, but with all the security cameras on the patrons, I guess they didn't find who did it!

Top day, shame about all the rules.

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

[Prince Charles]

Might be over there next year, got a spare cot you can put us up in mate? Nothing fancy?

No problem old chap we can clap you in irons for your stay, most pleasent.

Charles. :D

[namtrak]

Ok chaps here's a report from the Gabba as I saw it today:

...........


You were at the cricket? Fantastic!!!

Are you going again today Mr Funbags?

[bitingmidge]

Nah, today my grandson is watching it ball by ball with me on tele, and listening to the ABC coverage.

At five weeks, he can already play better than half the pommy team.

Cheers,

Funbags (actually he'll have a crack at them at every drinks break :eek: )

:D :D :D

[craigb]

.... watching it ball by ball with me on tele, and listening to the ABC coverage.



I tried to do that yesterday arvo but now bloody Channel Nine is delaying their coverage by at least 10 seconds so the bowlwer has bowled and the batsman played his shot by the time they show it on telly. :mad:

I thought it was promoted as "live" coverage. Bloody breach of the Trade Practices Act if you ask me. :mad: :mad:

[Gumby]

Top day, shame about all the rules.



It does seem an over the top reaction but I think it's just another of our freedoms lost because of a dickhead minority. It's been getting gradually worse each year.

[martrix]

hey Midge, did you email the ABC with your complaint? They read one out this morning which sounded exactly like yours!

Sounds like the Gabba crew are run by Family First fun police.

Barmy Army aren't allowed to do any chants, yet at half time its OK blast out advertising about how crap and whingeing the poms are?
Even the trumpet man got the boot, wheres the culture gone?


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[bitingmidge]

hey Midge, did you email the ABC with your complaint? They read one out this morning which sounded exactly like yours!

Sounds like the Gabba crew are run by Family First fun police.

No it wasn't me, but I wasn't alone by a long shot!

Champ's songs are funny "between consenting adults in private" or as a retort to the barmy army but when promoted by the fun police when the barmy army has been neutered, are just over the top crap! (There. I've said it!)

Actually the crowd booed them off the paddock after the two song concert!

I did get as far as drafting one to Cricket Australia, but didn't send it. By and large the rules are from them, although you have to work really hard to find them:
http://cricket.com.au/_content/document/00000078-src.pdf

I defy anyone to convince a boofhead security guard that the 18-200mm lens on the Nikon isn't "telescopic" even though it is quite clearly allowed under the rules!

I have no problem with the authorities stamping on the dickhead minority, but they are always going to be there.

I do wonder though, how many of the blokes giving away their stash of illegal canned softdrink outside the gate in the morning were part of the dickhead minority!

It was nice of them to put on extra catering to cope with the no esky rule, and at $4.00 for a packet of crisps, they probably didn't lose much money through that innovation either!

I think the best form of defence is to attack. So if you are going to the cricket sometime soon, SMS the secret number and complain about an official near you... that should keep them occupied!

All credit to one (by now former) Gabba Security guard yesterday, who copped the loudest cheer of the Australian innings. A beach ball which had somehow found it's way into the crowd, and defied the efforts of police (yes, police!) to retrieve it, finally landed on the paddock.

This bloke thought he'd do the right thing and quietly flicked it back into the crowd, then discovred that you can't make yourself small while you sneak back 50 metres to your post with 45,000 people cheering their lungs out.

That's how bad it's got.... cheering for a security bloke! :eek:

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

[Daddles]

Peter, Peter, Peter. I listened to a segment on Ch 9 where they interviewd the head goon (or someone like it) and according to him, the rules are all reasonable, no-one suffered or was inconvenienced, the spectators are unanimously behind them, etc. Really, you must have gone to the wrong cricket match.

Richard

[Daddles]

Ponting's decision not to follow on - disgusting. You can't convince me that the marketing gurus haven't had a quiet word in his ear about keeping the match going longer than two days.

Farce, pure farce.

But what would I know, Tony Greig agreed with him ... though I heard a suggestion that Ian Chappell left the commentary booth in a fury :D

Richard

[Gumby]

Ponting's decision not to follow on - disgusting. You can't convince me that the marketing gurus haven't had a quiet word in his ear about keeping the match going longer than two days.

Farce, pure farce.

But what would I know, Tony Greig agreed with him ... though I heard a suggestion that Ian Chappell left the commentary booth in a fury :D

Richard

It seems the thing to do these days. In the past it was unheard of. Then we lost a test by doing it in England (1981 I think) and another in India from memory. Now it's win or draw but in the main, give the others no winning chance.

[Daddles]

This is well past giving the others a winning chance. What's the lead at the moment? 550 odd? :mad:

Nah, the money men are worried about losing two days of attendance, two days of beer sales and two days of advertising revenue on television.

Richard

[craigb]

Why the hell didn't Ponting put them in for an hour or so before stumps?

Ferchrisakes 600+ lead is enough ain't it?

IF, he's done it because of media commitments, well then we deserve what we get.

Disgruntled of Chatswood.

[bitingmidge]

If Ponting bats beyond lunch tomorrow, I'll listen to you blokes!

In the meantime, no tickets have been sold for the last day (they go on sale tomorrow), and let's face it, the odds of

a) the poms surviving ninety overs

b) anyone paying to watch them slowly die for however little time it takes on Monday

are not great enough to justify such a decision.

On the other hand the odds of getting them out today were also not great, and after fifteen overs of play tomorrow no refunds were necessary....let's see how many empty seats there are.

I think this decision is more about grinding the poor buggers into the ground, and that's been well and truly done, now that Aus has achieved a higher score than the Poms with only a run-out....

Interesting that pitch too. How did they doctor it so that it had so much venom when the Poms were batting? :rolleyes:

Cheers,

P (sorry Jow!)

[Gumby]

Midge is right. It's all about demoralising them. This is a series, not a one test visit.

[namtrak]

........I think this decision is more about grinding the poor buggers into the ground.......

100% and bloody fantastic isnt it. And it goes with Australia's way of playing nowadays. Of their last 7 opportunities to enforce the follow-on they have only done so once. Squeeze all resistance out of them. The game is now for the Poms to bat as long as possible and keep Mcgrath and Warne bowling for as long as possible to tire them out for Adelaide.

[Flowboy]

Midge and Gumby, you're absolutely right.
I think Ponting has decided the following.
1. We scored 602 against their attack
2. We bowled them out for 150 odd
3. Lets get some more batting practise and show the Poms its not that hard even on the wicket they were batting on.
4. Lets bowl them out again in a day and totally humiliate them with bat, ball, field placings and superb fielding.

Regards

Rob

[Studley 2436]

I'm with you Flowboy. I was a bit surprised there was no follow on enforced but there are some good reasons not to. You can rest your bowlers for a bit and how much is it killing the Poms to see Australia go out there and bat successfully on that pitch after they couldn't do it.

Perhaps the English Bowlers got a bit lazy in England where they can get reverse swing happening easily? Different ball here and conditions too. Mind you line and length are what you would call simple discipline for a test bowler. Line and length bowlers McGrath and Clarke did really well. The Poms really need to sort Harmison out. If they get him on target it will be a different game, I'm not sure if he has got his mind on the job at present. That first ball was a clacker and a half. Remember the old West Indies teams. Can you imagine Malcolm Marshall doing anything except giving a delivery that whistled right past the batsmans ears?

Actually I did get to see the first session on day one and when the Poms got it on target something happened, half chance sort of stuff and the batsman obviously having to struggle to deal with it.

Studley

[Buzzer]

Now that players get a %age of Cricket Australia's revenue, tactics by the Australian's will now have a question mark. There will, I believe be some descisions that will have a huge question mark behind them.

During the past twelve months. Ponting has said he has only been thinking about tournaments they have been currently playing in. He let the cat out of the bag the other day, saying they have always been thinking of this ashes series(I don't believe much what he says anymore).

I believe he has been media trained to say standard lines, which are predictable and boring.

I hope the Aussies play well and bring home the ashes. :)

[bitingmidge]

From Crickinfo:


Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 3rd day
Aussies toy with impotent England
Glenn McGrath announced his return to Test cricket with the superb figures of 6 for 50, and Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer added an unbeaten stand of 113, as England's cricketers were stripped of their dignity on an extraordinary day's cricket that verged on the sadistic
read the full summary here http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/269707.html

"To Ponting Cricket matches are like anti-biotics and must run their full course!"


The Poms really need to sort Harmison out. If they get him on target it will be a different game, I'm not sure if he has got his mind on the job at present. That first ball was a clacker and a half.
One of the interesting tele things yesterday was an overlay of the first six balls Harmison bowled. Lets' just say they were sprayed everywhere!

Then the follow up of McGrath's opening, was so precise it had to be rigged. Every ball landed in exactly the same spot! :eek:

At the ground on Friday the track looked so flat that the odds of England making a million was pretty good. On tele yesterday morning it looked so ugly that they could have been excused for going out for double figures.

Then it was their turn to bowl again, and it looked flat again! Can Freddy bowl from both ends?

P:)

[Gumby]

One of the interesting tele things yesterday was an overlay of the first six balls Harmison bowled. Lets' just say they were sprayed everywhere!

I'd love to have seen one on Jeff Thomson. Not even he knew where they were going to land. :D

[bitingmidge]

... but he was 20% faster than these guys! :eek: :eek: :eek:

P

[Flowboy]

If you look at "The Guardian" today, you'll probably the biggest understatement of the test.
" Bell says - England will have to bat extraordinarily well to stay in this test":eek: :confused: :D

[namtrak]

There is a major caveat with all of this. The last Ashes started off in a similar vein, with the Poms getting written off in every quarter. And I think this Pommy team will have the maturity to forget the previous game and the next game is much more likely to be even - and even more reliant on the coin toss.

[Gumby]

Langer 100 NO, Ponting 60 NO declared at 1/202

So the run chase begins. Only 648 to get, so put the heads down boys. :D

I think it will be an early finish. Maybe Tea. :rolleyes:

[craigb]

I think it will be an early finish. Maybe Tea. :rolleyes:

Well you wouldn't bet on them getting through to stumps would you? :cool:

[bitingmidge]

If Ponting bats beyond lunch tomorrow, I'll listen to you blokes!
Phew!

P
:rolleyes:

[Gumby]

Well you wouldn't bet on them getting through to stumps would you? :cool:

OK, what are the stakes ?

I bet they go before stumps.

[namtrak]

they'll get through to lunch tomorrow

[Gumby]

Alright, it's a nearest to the pin competition.

Place your predictions here: What time are they all out?

I say Tonight, after a 30 minute extension of play. 15 Minutes later. All Gorn. :D

[Flowboy]

Midge,

Do you have a cousin in Vic called gnashing gnat? Just a thought.

[craigb]

Alright, it's a nearest to the pin competition.

Place your predictions here: What time are they all out?

I say Tonight, after a 30 minute extension of play. 15 Minutes later. All Gorn. :D

I'll say 6.00 pm (although with Warne bowling there might not be overtime tonight)

The'yre 3 fa at the moment.

[Rossluck]

It seems the thing to do these days. In the past it was unheard of. Then we lost a test by doing it in England (1981 I think) and another in India from memory. Now it's win or draw but in the main, give the others no winning chance.


I may be panicking a bit but I'm starting to worry about the poms hanging in there for a draw. As Jeff Thompson has been predicting for a few days now, there's a storm looming for tomorrow (Mon). I was OK about batting again, but I would have liked the poms to have batted for half an hour yesterday afternoon.

It's damned hot here today. 34.5 C in my shed.

[jmk89]

My money is on just about lunch tomorrow, weather permitting (which it should, as Brissy storms tend to come in in the late arvo)

[Rossluck]

3 for two hundred, 4 specialist bowlers, 35 degrees, thunder outside ....


:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Shedhand]

draw

[Shedhand]

I ' m o n d i a l - u p ... g a w d i t ' s s l o w.......z z z z


c h e e r 's f r o m h i l l b i l l y h e a v e n :mad:

[bitingmidge]

If the poms can get 350 this innings, then it's game on for the rest of the series!

P
:D :D :D

[bennylaird]

They all think it will go like last time, loose the first and take out the Ashes.

Come on give me a break, the boys are just playing with them. 5 nil or maybe a rained out draw (well we need the rain).

They just allowed them to prolong their suffering into a 5th day to grind there noses in it.

[Studley 2436]

I couldn't help feeling at the time that 500 was good time to declare the first innings.

Would have thought you enforce the follow on but perhaps Ponting felt the pitch would really turn to rubbish on the last day and he didn't want to bat on that. Fair enough

Anyway it looks like the Poms are playing themselves in. I think Australia will win at 1.30 tomorrow but the Poms will be feeling like they can play a bit.

Mind you their main problem this match was their bowlers weren't up to it

Studley

[bitingmidge]

It seems the spectacle of a patron being arrested in Brisbane for trying to incite the crowd to chant Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi oi oi... was too much even for Cricket Australia, who have just announced that Trumpets, backpacks AND the Mexican Wave will be allowed in Sydney.

wow.

P
:confused: :confused: :confused:

[namtrak]

Any cane toads got a weather report?

[MurrayD99]

Any cane toads got a weather report?

Yeah, what's occurring? Nice blue sky?:D

[bitingmidge]

Nice Blue Sky.


P
:D :D :D

[bitingmidge]

From BOM

Forecast for Monday
Mostly fine. A possible late afternoon or evening thunderstorm. Light to
moderate N to NE winds, fresh at times near the bay.

Precis: Possible late storm
City: Max 31
Bayside: Max 29
UV Index: 12 [Extreme]

Please note: "late afternoon thunderstorms" don't usually arrive till late afternoon!

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

[bennylaird]

It seems the spectacle of a patron being arrested in Brisbane for trying to incite the crowd to chant Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi oi oi... was too much even for Cricket Australia, who have just announced that Trumpets, backpacks AND the Mexican Wave will be allowed in Sydney.

wow.

P
:confused: :confused: :confused:

It's like trying to ban the friday thread lol

[silentC]

Please note: "late afternoon thunderstorms" don't usually arrive till late afternoon!
Which is evening here!

[MurrayD99]

Nice Blue Sky.


P
:D :D :D

Excellent!

[bitingmidge]

Pietersen gone in the second over. Sixfa... maybe there'll be refunds all round for today's play after all!

:eek: :eek: :eek:
P

[bennylaird]

Oh dear so sad:D :D :D

[bennylaird]

7 gone:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[bitingmidge]

Never thought I'd say this, but it's great to hear the Barmy Army in full song in the background on the radio too! Brought about by the seats being released yesterday I guess, so not so much control over who gets them.

Like Kerry O'Keefe said, wouldn't they have been great to cheer everyone up on the Titanic!

cheers,

P

[bennylaird]

They must be singing funeral songs, or just so pussed they cant see the scoreboard:D :D :D :D

Hope they keep them split up in the rest of the tests, too much like soccer having that going on all the time.:p :p :p

[MurrayD99]

Is a lament!

[silentC]

Fricken ABC Country hour. Fricken QLD and its no daylight savings policy.

[MurrayD99]

Seems to be all over. Well done men!

[fxst]

Its alright Silent its all over now :D :D
Pete

[bitingmidge]

Don't you blokes get ABC radio on the internet down there?

Or watch the ball by ball on BaggyGreen?

Anyway, 10.1 overs should mean a refund on today's ticket prices?

cheers,

P (I slept an hour longer than you, so I'm not as grumpy!:p )

[Cliff Rogers]

SilentC is on ISDN.

[silentC]

Broadband next week :D. Or the week after :) I hope :(

But even if I was streaming it over the Internet, it would still be the stoopid ABC country hour at 12:00 wouldn't it? Or is that priviledge reserved for us rural types?

[Cliff Rogers]

...even if I was streaming it over the Internet, it would still be the stoopid ABC country hour at 12:00 wouldn't it? ....
Good question, how do they tell where you are in the world? :confused:
Nah, you should be able to get it from the cricket page on the net.