* And it is bucketing down. the players run like the overpaid, hair-gelled fiends they are...while the good, honest, hard working folk of the world (me) are left to watch Dallad re-runs and that friggin' underarm game AGAIN.
The science of covering the pitch is being turned on its head out there. There are 42 groundsman for each square metre. There are gaps between the covers and it seemed cruel to have 85-year old men having to run 150 metres dragging a ton of plastic out to the middle. but the younger generation are probably paying their pensions, so they can earn their keep.
0/68 - I'm glad there's no third man. he'd be exhausted by now. And here comes the rain. Watson bowled six balls and gave an anguished cry after each one. did he almost get a wicket? No. Did he bowl a good over? No. The man is an mystery, wrapped inside an injury.
* I'll give him this - Watson can give a brooding stare. He then bowled six balls in the exact same spot...unfortunately this is a left/right hand pair.
* Johnson v Sehwag really is a test of strength. Both just muscle the ball around. But Mitch plays for WA, so will win out.
Watson is on as B&B starts to look for a run out. Watto brings the princely bowling average of 61.5...what a player!
* India off to a very solid and fast start. Just what they need. Australia will look to build the pressure and make some things happen. Either way, this will be a terrible pitch on which to bat last. Mark Waugh wants White to have a bowl...I think his hair piece must be starting to take root.
* 0/55, what has B&B got against 3rd men...the Aussies always bleed runs there. Haddin just said he hadn't taken a catch despite some loud appealing. I suspect that was a dig at Sehwag. Unfortunately he has broken a team rule...look for Huss to keep the second dig. BTW - Clarke looks pissed...interesting. And here comes the massive Foster cans!
* Sehwag really smacks everything. He's like Ijaz Ahmed, who used to log chop everything through point. I'm tearing up.
* We're reflecting here on how good Brazen is. He can seem dull...but not to me. He hits the gaps, which creates different gaps. Then he say's 'fuck you very much' and puts the ball there. I swear, he was making Sehwag run just for shits and giggles. I'm being hosted by two Tasmanians who suggest he may have Tassie blood. Maybe, but only on his knuckles.
* 0-41 - several tight overs, which was what was needed. This pitch is really starting to keep low. Bet Australia wished they'd gone with a spin bowler.
* 0/36 - A Bollywood slow ball goes past at ankle height...which is weird because Sehwag was jumping to fend down a bouncer. Goes just down leg. Sehwag looks a little sheepish. Bollywood is starting to go red...that always makes me smile.
* 0/25 There are some tight singles being taken...and each time the batsman starts with a hesitation. Gambhir also has an adorable habit of playing a defence shot and trying to look for a run without actually knowing where the ball is (usually its right near his feet). Cute. His Seanness is out...I blame the CIA.
* 0/17 Sehwag tries to run himself out. Then 9-irons one back over the bowlers head. Sehwag is trying to usurp Inzi as the world's worst runner!
* NSW all out for 177 (top score Bracken with 60-0dd batting 10!). His Seanness leading the WA riposte.
0/10 Sehwag plays a magnificent cover drive for four. Then shows the footwork of a camel off the next ball. Clarke is zeroing in as the next one almost bowls him off the edge.
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