Both sides scored the same amount in approx the same number of overs at a very good scoring rate

Still its another lifeless wicket and I dont think they are good for TEST cricket. Test cricket is suppose to be a TEST between bat and ball

Anyway, maybe the wicket will crumble a bit on days 4 and 5 and we may end up getting a true TEST

On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2:01:30 AM UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
> Both sides scored the same amount in approx the same number of overs at a very good scoring rate

I heard a rumour that their "fast" bowlers managed occasionally to break 70 mph

RH

On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 8:36:14 PM UTC+10, Robert Henderson wrote:
> On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2:01:30 AM UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Both sides scored the same amount in approx the same number of overs at a very good scoring rate
> I heard a rumour that their "fast" bowlers managed occasionally to break 70 mph
>
> RH
nah, they are not as fast as Robbo

On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2:01:30 AM UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
> Both sides scored the same amount in approx the same number of overs at a very good scoring rate
>
> Still its another lifeless wicket and I dont think they are good for TEST cricket. Test cricket is suppose to be a TEST between bat and ball
>
> Anyway, maybe the wicket will crumble a bit on days 4 and 5 and we may end up getting a true TEST

Yes the wkt is def helping the spinners more in the last 2 days.

rather like the men england made it far more difficult by missing loads of chances
in both oz innings, so having to chase 268 in the last, but they lost all their best batters
yesterday evening, so oz must be fav to finish them off today. if only the men had
a bowler like eccles! Most of englands other bowlers bowled either side of the wkt, but
filer showed impressive pace: almost as fast as stokes and yobbo in the last test ;)

mike

On Monday, 26 June 2023 at 04:15:47 UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:

> nah, they are not as fast as Robbo

Lauren Filer isn't far off at times.

Also - what sort of dolt is actually expecting the women to bowl as quickly as the men?

On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 5:59:40 AM UTC+10, Richard Dixon wrote:
> On Monday, 26 June 2023 at 04:15:47 UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > nah, they are not as fast as Robbo
> Lauren Filer isn't far off at times.
>
> Also - what sort of dolt is actually expecting the women to bowl as quickly as the men?

One who thinks that the military mediums from the 50s would be effective in current men's tests

On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 5:59:40 AM UTC+10, Richard Dixon wrote:
> On Monday, 26 June 2023 at 04:15:47 UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > nah, they are not as fast as Robbo
> Lauren Filer isn't far off at times.
>
> Also - what sort of dolt is actually expecting the women to bowl as quickly as the men?

Rhetorical question I assume Mr Holmes

But then again I had though it was just "non-whites" that the Hen hated

On Monday, June 26, 2023 at 7:49:49 PM UTC+10, mike wrote:
> On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2:01:30 AM UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Both sides scored the same amount in approx the same number of overs at a very good scoring rate
> >
> > Still its another lifeless wicket and I dont think they are good for TEST cricket. Test cricket is suppose to be a TEST between bat and ball
> >
> > Anyway, maybe the wicket will crumble a bit on days 4 and 5 and we may end up getting a true TEST
> Yes the wkt is def helping the spinners more in the last 2 days.
>
> rather like the men england made it far more difficult by missing loads of chances
> in both oz innings, so having to chase 268 in the last, but they lost all their best batters
> yesterday evening, so oz must be fav to finish them off today. if only the men had
> a bowler like eccles! Most of englands other bowlers bowled either side of the wkt, but
> filer showed impressive pace: almost as fast as stokes and yobbo in the last test ;)
>
> mike

a good win for Australia considering one of their strike spin bowlers was out injured for the last innings

Still, looked at the fumbled stumping and must say surely the benefit must go to the bat ... on youtube you can slow the slowmotion replay down and I cant see the bail beating that mm of a bat from Jones

On Monday, June 26, 2023 at 8:59:40 PM UTC+1, Richard Dixon wrote:
> On Monday, 26 June 2023 at 04:15:47 UTC+1, wlsut...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > nah, they are not as fast as Robbo
> Lauren Filer isn't far off at times.
>
> Also - what sort of dolt is actually expecting the women to bowl as quickly as the men?

If women were serious about sexual equality in sport they would be clamouring mixed male and female teams chosen on merit. They don't do that because they know full well that women would not get much or any look in.

In the case of cricket the game which women's play is tedious in the extreme because so much of its attraction is on the power of bowling and hitting/ In short it is a sham.

RH

On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 6:15:32 PM UTC+10, Robert Henderson wrote:
> In the case of cricket the game which women's play is tedious in the extreme because so much of its attraction is on the power of bowling and hitting/ In short it is a sham.

Today? I agree.
Cricket is relatively new to them.
I can foresee a time, though, when a woman batter would be good enough to make a men's Test team.
Also a woman spin bowler.
Also a woman medium pacer.
Also a woman keeper.

Basically any element of cricket apart from fast pace, which is the most physically demanding element of cricket.

On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 9:19:15 AM UTC+1, jack fredricks wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 6:15:32 PM UTC+10, Robert Henderson wrote:
> > In the case of cricket the game which women's play is tedious in the extreme because so much of its attraction is on the power of bowling and hitting/ In short it is a sham.
> Today? I agree.
> Cricket is relatively new to them.
> I can foresee a time, though, when a woman batter would be good enough to make a men's Test team.
> Also a woman spin bowler.
> Also a woman medium pacer.
> Also a woman keeper.
>
> Basically any element of cricket apart from fast pace, which is the most physically demanding element of cricket.

Oh it's much , more complicated than that. For example, women's cricket has shorter boundaries and a smaller ball. RH

On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 7:37:31 PM UTC+10, Robert Henderson wrote:
> Oh it's much , more complicated than that. For example, women's cricket has shorter boundaries and a smaller ball

A trivial adjustment.