Australia vs West Indies 1st Test

[bulldogtragic]

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Blood bath from Aussie openers. 62 runs off 51 balls to start the morning.

[Sedat]

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3/121 at lunch. Warner out, so that makes things interesting.

[Mantis]

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3/121 at lunch. Warner out, so that makes things interesting.

Off only 24 overs.. Here is a way to fix up up test cricket.. Improve the *!*!*!*!ing over rates.. It's pathetic that they bowl 12 overs per hour.

[Ozza]

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Off only 24 overs.. Here is a way to fix up up test cricket.. Improve the *!*!*!*!ing over rates.. It's pathetic that they bowl 12 overs per hour.

Agree. The fast bowlers just crawl through their overs, wandering so slowly back to their marks.

[LostDoggy]

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It is frustrating. The penalties seemed to be harsher a few years ago and captains would visibly hurry everyone along when teams were slipping behind the over rate, needs another shake up.

[bulldogtragic]

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It is frustrating. The penalties seemed to be harsher a few years ago and captains would visibly hurry everyone along when teams were slipping behind the over rate, needs another shake up.

How about every hour short of 15 overs, say if it was 12 or 13 overs (ie. 2 or 3 overs short), gets a no ball for every said over. So after the drinks break the batsmen get 2 or 3 no balls to re-start their innings. Could be a momentum changing punishment.

[Ozza]

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Voges nudging his test average over 60 as of right now....that really snuck up!

[westdog54]

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How about every hour short of 15 overs, say if it was 12 or 13 overs (ie. 2 or 3 overs short), gets a no ball for every said over. So after the drinks break the batsmen get 2 or 3 no balls to re-start their innings. Could be a momentum changing punishment.

A two or three run penalty for slow over rates? Seems kind of redundant.

[Remi Moses]

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Gee the windies once bowled 60 overs a day and used to bowl teams out .
Or terrified them into submission

[LostDoggy]

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A two or three run penalty for slow over rates? Seems kind of redundant.

It would give the batsmen 2 or 3 free swings to start the hour though which would be a huge advantage and good entertainment.

Can't see it happening though. Batsmen can influence the over rate (excessive sideboard changes, glove/bat changes, backing away in bowlers run up etc), if you give them a direct benefit for slowing the game down, the results would not be good.

Think penalties need to be in the form of fines, suspensions as well as more flexibility in extending playing hours, break lengths etc.

[Twodogs]

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It would give the batsmen 2 or 3 free swings to start the hour though which would be a huge advantage and good entertainment.

Can't see it happening though. Batsmen can influence the over rate (excessive sideboard changes, glove/bat changes, backing away in bowlers run up etc), if you give them a direct benefit for slowing the game down, the results would not be good.

Think penalties need to be in the form of fines, suspensions as well as more flexibility in extending playing hours, break lengths etc.

Thats a good point about batsmen slowing the game down. That's what I would do. Not all the time but every now and then.

[bulldogtragic]

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I believe the term for my cricketing competence is 'gumby'. But I reckon I'd be good for a 50 or more against this uninspired bowling.

[Bornadog]

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Shaun Marsh, Century

[bulldogtragic]

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If I were a gambling investigator, I'd be looking at today. No balls were infrequent in the NZ series, but several overs today started with no balls and a heap through the day. And not just over, some were 10-15cm over seemingly to make sure. Add in suspicious strategy and not taking the new ball to limit the scoring and you've got to wonder if it's pathetic bowling and pathetic captaincy with unfortunately timed big no balls or whether it's something else.

[comrade]

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If I were a gambling investigator, I'd be looking at today. No balls were infrequent in the NZ series, but several overs today started with no balls and a heap through the day. And not just over, some were 10-15cm over seemingly to make sure. Add in suspicious strategy and not taking the new ball to limit the scoring and you've got to wonder if it's pathetic bowling and pathetic captaincy with unfortunately timed big no balls or whether it's something else.

Got the feeling West Indian cricket is rife with money hungry shysters, with many big names refusing to make themselves available for Test cricket in favour of the quick T20 cash.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if some of their players were using this trip to fatten their wallets.