Australia in the West Indies

[lemmon]

Re: Australia in the West Indies

Some really sharp catching. From the highlights it looked like a classic Aussie fielding performance, on their toes and catching everything that came their way. Apart from the bowling how was the fielding in the first session lem? First morning sets the standard for the series.

Catching was excellent, the ground fielding left a bit to be desired. Clarke's take was vital in swaying the game, Bravo had just hit Hazlewood for a few boundaries and was starting to settle so removing him was a real game changer, same for the Marsh catch as that gave Johnson's confidence a boost and his bowling was noticeably tighter afterwards. The ground fielding wasn't great, Lyon made a few diving stops at point but balls you'd expect to be stopped burst through Warner once and a few other guys in the ring made some sloppy errors.

I think you can mark a lot of it off to rustiness and this is all based on the first session but a better side than the Windies would have walked in at lunch far ahead of 3/90 odd, and even they were rollicking along at 4.4 an over till Clarke took that screamer.

[Twodogs]

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Thanks lem.

[lemmon]

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Smith beaten all ends up by Bishoo. He came down earlier in the over and smoked him straight, pre-meditated again and Bishoo saw him coming. Some very disciplined bowling this morning has been rewarded.

Let's see how Watson goes starting against spin

[lemmon]

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That's a b.e.autyyyy from Bishoo to dismiss Haddin. Out of the top drawer

[Remi Moses]

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Might have been a mistake not going in with the two spinners.
Bishoo has got 6

[SlimPickens]

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Outstanding innings from Voges on debut 130no. His experience really showed batting with the tail.

[SlimPickens]

Re: Australia in the West Indies

Once again the tail painted over the cracks in the top and middle order. Need Clarke , Warner and Watto to get amongst the runs in the second dig and second test.

[Mantis]

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Outstanding innings from Voges on debut 130no. His experience really showed batting with the tail.

You wouldn't expect this from a debutant.

[Twodogs]

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You wouldn't expect this from a debutant.

It's weird. Debutants for baggy greens are getting older and older and younger and younger. It seems like only teenagers and mid 30s can apply.

Maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up but I just can't let it go. I'm only 51...

[SlimPickens]

Re: Australia in the West Indies

You wouldn't expect this from a debutant.

Maybe maturity would be a better word.

[Bornadog]

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Maybe maturity would be a better word.

Also his experience in First Class Cricket helped him

[lemmon]

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I thought we played arrogant cricket (apart from Voges). The need for Smith and Watson to 'dominate' the spinner really had no consideration for the situation. Bishoo was into a good spell, the deck turning big and Jerome Taylor had settled into a solid spell at the other end, really poor game sense.

It really does make me wonder, is the Lehman/Clarke ultra aggressive approach able to win games against good opposition on these slow and low decks? They haven't done it thus far

[Twodogs]

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I thought we played arrogant cricket (apart from Voges). The need for Smith and Watson to 'dominate' the spinner really had no consideration for the situation. Bishoo was into a good spell, the deck turning big and Jerome Taylor had settled into a solid spell at the other end, really poor game sense.

It really does make me wonder, is the Lehman/Clarke ultra aggressive approach able to win games against good opposition on these slow and low decks? They haven't done it thus far

It got sat on its arse against Pakistan early last year too in Dubai(?) in a test series that just seemed to pass by in a flurry of cricket and its a loss that has never been properly analysed or even talked about.

[lemmon]

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It got sat on its arse against Pakistan early last year too in Dubai(?) in a test series that just seemed to pass by in a flurry of cricket and its a loss that has never been properly analysed or even talked about.

Not to mention they tried to go the other way and bat Maxwell at 3. I remember reading in Gilchrist's biography that when he captained the series win in India the key was to 'out-patience them', they went with a 7-2 field, bowled wide and let the game come to them. Seems like that's gone out the window

[Remi Moses]

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Talk about lack of application .
By Jesus the modern cricketer cannot go an over without getting on top of the bowling.
Just sometimes conditions and the bowling require some application and patience .
That's why it's called Test cricket
Well done to Adam Voges and the tail for applying themselves