as they couldn't bowl for toffee........
as they couldn't bowl for toffee........
Wait this has finished??? Godamit. South Africa were 1/10 to win but was on a call with my manager.
Jesus...that was quick work for SA.
Definitely a stunt, no question. Any genuine devastation on their part will be about the ban and the IPL contracts they are missing out on. And, I suppose, their reputation in the game (less of an issue for Warner who was already despised by pretty much everybody).
Yup. Fairplay to the IPL, actually. They didn't have to put the boot into Smith and Warner, but they did rather gratifyingly. I suspect that came as a nasty shock to them. :hehe:
Actually, I must admit that the depths of contempt clearly felt for David Warner throughout world cricket have surprised even me.
I thought Michael Vaughan was rather 'firm' on the matter. Certainly gives me the impression that some of what goes on behind the scenes and away from the stump mic is as bad as has been suggested. I noted he walked a long way towards the stand to give Jimmy Anderson a bit of verbals when he came out to bat. Clearly stuff he didn't want the stump mic picking up.
Basically, a real piece of ****.
A guy I work with bumped into a few of the england lads in a bar in Cardiff after the Ashes test there. He got chatting with Stokes who was basically telling him that there is no respect between them and the Aussies- they absolutely hate them.
I think the phrase regarding Mitchell Johnson was something along the lines of 'the biggest **** I have ever met'........
I was thinking the other day about the gigantic ****ing stink they kicked up over Broad not walking in that test over here. Even at the time that was ridiculous but looking at it now.....
There's been a preening arrogance to them for a while now - since the Clarke era, basically. Oddly, it hasn't necessarily had anything to do with their on-field prowess. They were as objectionable when we were handing them their arses as when they were handing us ours.
The biggest crime ever committed is getting caught
Have to say I am shocked at the levels of vitriol on display here.
He bowls a decent pace and a very consistent line. Against NEw Zealand he was clearly uncomfortable bowling full and kept dropping too short. When they convinced him to bowl full in the second innings he was over pitching. It is probably a confidence thing. The bowlers in my side always hated pitching the ball up and you had to bully them into it.
If he can sort out his length he can take a lot of wickets. He is definitely different from the standard English trundlers.
THen there are the injuries. Very few quick bowlers have the kind of kneesand ankles that can stand the strain they put on them. People like Curley and Allan Donald are just physical freaks as well as world class bowlers.