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Exactly. Perfect @blackers.
Alot of misfielding giving us bonus runs here.
Another 10 mins and i reckon send em in.
Garry scores higher than Smith, Head, Konstas and Marsh and Carey. haha.
I’m psyching up for the rest of the backyard game. Gotta get 2 quick wickets and then bat through for at least 150 runs.
My 7yo batting partner is good for a chat but he’s a little prone to getting distracted by big bro’s shit talking and losing his wicket.
I’ve gotta stop hitting it over the fence for 6 and outs…
Also got to work out what deal the missus has made with the Kelpie. Damn dog has been dropping absolute sitters when I’m bowling loopy spinners to the missus and getting little poppy edges.
Sounds like that's where the real action is this arv @etarip!
Might have to get one of those dog buckets(domes of shame) to put over the young fellas head though.
southernraw wrote:
Sounds like that's where the real action is this arv @etarip!
Might have to get one of those dog buckets(domes of shame) to put over the young fellas head though.
It would help in a variety of situations to be honest SR!
haha, "Also got to work out what deal the missus has made with the Kelpie. Damn dog has been dropping absolute sitters."
that's awesome @etarip. anyone into some easy holiday fiction, I really enjoyed this book, two Aussie brothers who become professional cricketers and have a lifelong rivalry forged in boyhood. One brother is a self-destructive ratbag, the other resents always having to pick up the pieces. The whole book has a dark, edgy, seediness via half-recalled childhood memories..
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30271762-the-rules-of-backyard-cric…
Hahaha i bet @etarip!
Ohh cheers @base. Will check it out.
As much as i want oz to bowl, i'm loving seeing them frustrate the Indians. Gotta be a slight psychological edge
southernraw wrote:
300!!!
"Children, gather round! No retreat, no surrender!!"
Amazing how it's completely natural to sit through 5 days of test cricket, yet almost impossible to sit through 5 mins of Saquarema.
WSL and their broadcasters could learn alot from cricket and the way a story is built and enhanced around the play.
The commentary just adds to the story. No camera angle ever missed. Any indiscretions are put into sharp focus and analysed over and over.
Can just imagine Lyon and Boland walking back into the changerooms to all the dismissed batsmen...
'its not that hard fellas'.
I just hope we haven't made it too big a total now with not enough time for India that they just come out and hit singles, block and play for a draw, and if they get close enough, put the foot down. I reckon we're blowing it staying out here right now.
Have they got time for a couple of overs tonight if they get out in the next 10min?
Pitch still looks pretty good.
Lyons is going to go for it now I reckon.
6-91 to 9-205 is pretty bloody good
Actually good point about the pitch.
Will be better tomorrow for a full day of bowling.
Rest up the bowlers tonight.
The Indians are blowing up at each other.
Hugely valuable partnership by these twos.
Exactly what we needed
I love that Boland put the zinc on, as if he expected to be out there a long time. hehe.
These two have nearly scored higher than Austrlaia's top and middle order combined (with the exception of Marnus)
Insane stuff. Two legends!
And they can rest up and be full of confidence in the morning.
What a turn of events!
This is an incredible game.
Australia and India series are awesome.
Highest ever 4th innings run chase at MCG is 332 in 1928.
Boundary on last ball took lead to 333.
Highest ever 4th innings run chase at MCG is 332 in 1928.
Boundary on last ball took lead to 333.
Strarc on ABC radio saying he's fighting fit, no strain or injury. Didn't know - or wouldn't divulge - why Cummins didn't declare and hit the Indian openers with 30 mins of pace.
Big day tomoz - feels like it's gonna be decided in the long shadows.
Yes. I think Taylor would have declared late today if he was still around. I guess there could be some tired/ injured bowlers.
Backyard update:
Chasing 149 to win in the last innings.
We’re currently 1-55
3-78
Also. Kelpie caught a screamer to dismiss the 7yo. The plot thickens.
Nothing wrong with a specialist fielder.
Long as he plays on both teams.
She was much more lively in the evening session.
Came down to the last wicket. 7yo hit a 4 off mum to win for India.
(4 is hitting the side fence)
Action shot from the last couple of balls. Not the match winning shot, but the equalizer.
Note pumped up kelpie at silly mid on
And the ladder for retrieving balls over the fence.
^^ geez a keen in your face fielder in a close mid-wicket there :)
She adjusts her placement based on assessed batting skill. It’s impressive.
7yo has earned himself a metre or so in the past couple of days. She was right under the grill last week.
Great result for the young fella (and yourself). Hope it is not an omen for tomorrow. Love how your fielder is on their toes, ready to pounce on any mistakes.
haha. Exactly how i pictured the Kelpie!
Great shot and a timeless tradition @etarip.
Yeah, real confidence builder.
9yo was a bit deflated at that point, right when he worked out that he was probably going to lose the test. He’d bowled his heart out tho.
That was a 6 hour epic through the day. ABC Radio on in the background. Now they’re watching BBL on the iPad. (Three weeks ago they couldn’t care less about cricket)
Sport is so good for kids.
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