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Cricket by Hung One On
Cricket, the game played all throughout the universe. I mean what would Christmas be if there were no cricket. Think about how sad we all would be. Lets face it without cricket Christmas would be cancelled. Cricket is bigger than God and dare I say even bigger than Elvis.
Now I can hear all wailing “Surely not bigger than Elvis” but yes, it’s true trust me. So the test match starts tomorrow at the MCG( Moronic Cricket Ground) , oh yes five days of sheer boredom mixed with skill and beauty, beer, sunshine, seagulls and of cause the ultimate bore in Richie Benaud. Why they trot Richie out every summer is totally beyond me. Surely we have all heard every opinion he has plus some. What a shame that the days are gone when one could listen to the ABC and watch the game on TV. Thanks to those spoiled brats at Channel Nine there is now a delay forcing us to listen to the repetitive drone of Ian Chappell, Bill Lawry and Tony Greig. Three of the biggest dingbats ever to play the game however what is worse is still to come in Shane Warne, a drip with ears if ever there was one. How’s this trick, Chappell sees the spinner doing his warm up routine but you can’t see that at home. He then grabs the mike “You know if I was the Australian captain I’d bring on the spinner”, next over the spinner comes on “You’re a genius Ian, still got what it takes” yeah right.
Now lets look at the team. After years of total world domination we are now the also rans and about time too. The only problem with the state of world cricket is the Poms, they are rated number one, how disgusting is that, we must do something about this, fire a letter off to the local member like Beryl or even better just beat the bastards. Anyway the team. We are going through what they call a rebuilding phase. The only problem is no one has told Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey. These yesterday men are holding out the future, driven by greed they have become an anathema, what ever that means. Then we have all the old players saying things like Ponting and Hussey have been such great servants of the game they can retire on their own terms. How ridiculous is that, can you see Ponting aged 90 fielding in the slips. The commentators also come up with this furphy, we need the older players experience to keep the team together, bullshit. If you get to 20 years old and you don’t all you need to know about cricket then you are never going to know, rocket science it ain’t, score more runs than them, was that hard, no didn’t think so. This how silly the situation has become, Khawaja is dropped for not scoring enough runs but is averaging more runs in the last two years then Ponting, work that one out. Khawaja is the future, Ponting is the past. Time for the axe and that time is now.
Also lets look at Phil Hughes, treated so badly by the selectors he is now gone between the ears. You don’t score two centuries against South Africa in South Africa against the best pace attack in the world if you don’t have talent. Then some pommy bastard works him over in England all of a sudden there is a problem. Leave the kid in there, let him work it out but no the selectors jettisoned him like a piece of doggy do, now his problems are all mental. He will be back, bigger and better but no thanks to the pathetic bunch of mental crimps called the selectors.
The captain Michael Clarke is the second weakest link in the team behind the inconsistent openers. Yes he has made some good scores but fails when we need him most. Clarke needed to win the Hobart test against New Zealand. As a kid my coach taught me it is not just getting out but how and when you get out. Clarke needs to examine this part of his game. Steve Waugh or Alan Border would have won that game.
The wicket keeper in Brad Haddin is the worse wicket keeper I have seen play for Australia since Greg Dyer. Lets through to many byes and worse he is a sledger, I hate sledgers, they are weak bullies and are a blight on the game. We would bowl at their heads in my day and on mats that can be dangerous, get rid of him.
The bowling group looks good with Cummins and Lyon being great finds and the old saying is true bowlers win matches, batsmen save them. This young group looks like it has the ability to win us a few games. If we can get the batting group to be the same world dominance will occur again and more importantly we will beat those pesky pommies.
gerard oosterman said:
Here, some type of cricket played during Mozart’s time.
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algernon said:
Tonys in fine form today stating the bleeding obvious. His comentary ion the “graphics” is outstanding.
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Hung One On said:
Did you like the comment that everyone was worried that Bill wasn’t coming back, the best laugh I have had for a while
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algernon said:
I wonder if the rest were hoping he wasn’t coming back.
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algernon said:
Tony on to p of his game just now. Ponting can place that ball anywhere he likes as the they ran through for two leg byes.
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Hung One On said:
Clarke out playing on for the fourth time this summer
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algernon said:
Hussey and Cowan were out caught behind without hitting the ball. Indians don’t trust the technology apparently. All other test nations do. Watch the whinge we there are close calls on some catches close to the ground. For Hussey the third duck in eight innings.
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Hung One On said:
Hussey is having no luck and Cowan looks like he has a future
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algernon said:
Cowans steady, I thought he was a rabbit in the spotlights at lunch and maybe out of his depth. After lunch steady as you like barely a rash shot after that though apart from the ball he didn’t hit to get out on.
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algernon said:
Hung , you forgot to mention Bills verbal masturbation and all things Melbourne.
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Hung One On said:
lol
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Big M said:
You can get it lurkin’
You can get it shirkin’
As a matter of fact, I’ve got it now!
You can get it shootin’
(I’ve even had it rootin’)
A Big Long Cricket Test,
Needs a Big Long Cricket Commentary,
Hung
Hung One On
He’s here, now!
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algernon said:
Hung in the 1980’s three great test players left after one test. Shortly after many of the rest went on a rebel tour of South Africa. They ended up putting players little better than grade into the test team. Border tried to build a team but for mine wasn’t a leader but developed into one when Mark Taylor became VC. For the next 20 years Australia dominated. What Australia didn’t do was get rid those jokes of selectors around 2005. Who did nothing to nurture young blokes coming through.
The old principle of my school was head of selectors for CHS NSW he was also president of Northen District CC. He spotted, Taylor, Gilchrist (his brother is still on the coaching staff), Atkinson and Haddin and bought them to the club.
Australias problem is that test players barely play sheild anymore and they’re blooding some of these players too early. I’m a fan of Mitchell Starc. He played juniors for Berala Sports the age division in front of Algy junior in the Northern District Junior competition. He couldn’t get a game in the reps. They were controlled by catholic school for whom fair play was non existant, that they were obliged to play for the school , those who ran the team would cheat tjust to win games. The other club was a valley team of deluded fuckwits. Cronyism was rife. Yet the club he plays for Western suburbs could see what these donkeybrains couldn’t. For all of that I think he’s about 2 years too early for playing for his country, He’s throwing too many pies at that level. I can’t undertand how Hilfy has been bought back, nowadays all he does is throw pies after injury.
I suppose the point I’m making is they’re blooding some of these new players too early, Cummins and Pattinson are the next 10-15 years but they’re only kids. they’ll destroy him. I think they’re well on the way to doing that to Hughes. Khawaja shouldn’t have been dropped. Husseys time has passed and should have been tapped at the begining of the season. Only injuries appear to be keeping him there. Ponting needs to seriously think about his future. But not for a lot of the sporting journalists who wouldn’t know one end of a bat from the other. His stature can no longer keep him there.
Australia will be back at the top in a few years as long as they nurture the team properly. As for this series well Australia is the one place they play badly, that may not be enough this time though. Algy junior and I will be off to the second day in Sydney,
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Hung One On said:
Ricky has been great but is no longer. If we look at the Indian top 4 they are all firing and deserve their spot. Sehwag, Draivd, Tendulka and Laxman, brilliant. Include Gambiar and Dhoni, makes them virtually unstoppable
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algernon said:
I agree Hung, they’re at the top of their game and a pleasure to watch, However India may suffer the same fate soon as their top 4 are all getting on in age, Tendulkar is older than Ricky. Fortunately Harbijhan is not touring, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have bothered watching and certainly wouldn’t have gone out. I don’t pay good money to watch racists.
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algernon said:
My point on Ricky is he has probably two tests at best to find his form or the series at the most. I’d drop Hussey now.
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Hung One On said:
Yeah I’d let Hussey go as great as he was he is a shadow of his former self
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gerard oosterman said:
Good one hung well:
Well, may the best team win. I know a good cricketer by the way they swing the bat or catch the ball, but don’t take my word for it. It was a quiet day around the oval here today.
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Hung One On said:
Gez, I am sure Bradman shares your sentiment
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Emmjay said:
I have a vague feeling of doom about this series, Hung. I think we are a tentative side these days – and I feel you probably have captured the reasons for that in your piece.
We need a larrikin who can actually play really well without appearing to try. I nominate you !
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Hung One On said:
Yes when I played for the Thirroul Under 7’s we had mettle not like these pansies that play for the baggy full of green, hmm
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H said:
At the primary school, maybe year four, the other kids were huffing and puffing and throwing or kicking a ball or something…how could I have known I was picking up flowers…,maybe they were pansies, those little wild ones…
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Hung One On said:
Could well have been H
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