I am sitting at home watching the replay of the entire day's play on Sky. Here is a summary of my thoughts while watching:
1. Stephen Fleming looks totally out of touch.
2. Brett Lee's sulky look is almost as good as Shoaib Akhtar's.
3. Craig Cumming is hook happy. I suspect the Aussies will aim to test the shot out during the rest of the series.
3. The miracle that is Hamish Marshall just keeps getting better.
4. Can Ricky Ponting make any sort of decision without his team needing to convene a group conference first?
5. Joe Bennett was the guest on the Dilmah tea party - and the Dilmah tea party is not shown as part of the replay. Bugger.
6. Chris Cairns has absolutely no future in commentary.
Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Yeah. That was a fairly negative sounding assessment from me. It was actually a bloody decent day's cricket from the New Zealanders.
Two highlights for me were when the Australians beautifully set up Cumming. First: Warne goes from 1st slip up to McGrath, tells him exactly what to bowl and runs back to slip. McGrath bowls the exact ball warne wants and ... Warne drops a sitter! Two: Ponting spends an age setting his field, with a very unusual field. Kasprowicz bowls a perfect short ball, getting Cumming to do a mis-timed pull and the ball goes directly to one of the unusually placed fielders on the on-side.
I thought Chris Cairns was a refreshing change from the constant whingeing of Martin Crowe and Ian Smith, who seem to have the attitude that no New Zealand player deserves to follow in their shoes.
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