The opinion of cricket fans in my local ranged from "fucking hell, what a batsman" to "fucking hell, what a batsman. Cheating cunt mind". At least opinion isn't divided on the first part. Personally I'm in the primary camp. We're in the presence of genius here.
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Warner coming back must mean that they have no faith in their batting reserves at all. His Test career was meant to be toast after the sandpaper disgrace.
I'm not sure he will last the series, though.
I'm struggling to believe Starc is not a better bet than Cummins in England.
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I honestly think the sandpaper thing has been massively overplayed. Warner is a deeply unpleasant man by all accounts, but he got caught out doing something that most test-playing countires do, took the hit and is back for selection. For the Australians not to pick him now would be perverse. He is world class, after all - batting reserves don't come into it.
I think Starc is going to play a large part in this series, but (I think) the thinking was that he's best suited to flatter, less responsive pitches where his abitiy to reverse swing the ball will come into play. Both teams wil be using their reserves to rest certain bowlers and bring in fresh supplies when necessary.
These really are two very similar test sides - strong on pace, a bit flaky in the batting. I honestly can't call this series yet.
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The time depends on the start time and a couple of other factors. The maximum overs per day is usually 90, but if time has been lost to rain on other days then it can be more. Today was 18.30 cut off time or 90 overs. The 18.30 time deadline "won" (I think they bowled 88 overs)
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A standard test day is 90 overs long, which are supposed to be bowled at 15 overs per hour. So there should be 6 hours of play, plus an hour for the lunch and tea intervals. But teams rarely bowl their overs as quickly as they are supposed to.
(This is a complementary response to ad hoc's which is correct)
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Well it's different crowds on different days. There's only 25-35 home Test days a year for England (though that's more than anyone else) and it's quite a special thing to get to see. So people will take a day off work just to go to one.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostDo they sell pies?
You can actually take your own food in, and towards the end of the day it's not unusual for people to start sharing stuff they haven't used, with complete strangers, so they don't have to carry it home. There is a complete, or in some ground almost complete (think some places still allow a couple of mini bottles of wine in a picnic basket) ban on bringing your own alcohol. This is primarily to protect the bar sales, but also because back in the day people would march in with entire crates of beer for the day, and chaos would ensue.
There is also a big corporate angle around big matches, with hospitality suites, boxes etc - not quite on the scale of what you'd know from US sports but still a big source of revenue for the host.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostHow many people stay all six hours? Who has the time?
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Geoff Lemon argues for law change.
Just hit the stumps.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...ames-pattinson
Can't say I agree.
Freak occurrences, if freak they are, are what makes sport interesting.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostHow many people stay all six hours? Who has the time?
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That was shocking from Moeen. I mean fair enough you're not expected to be the best batsman in the world but that was the sort of leave that would make you look an idiot if you'd only just been taught how to hold a bat for the first time at a sunday afternoon picnic game in the park.
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