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The Cricket Thread

Dear oh dear, lucky I'll be asleep when the loss happens.

Shows how stupid it was not playing Monty in the first wicket.
 
Punter's last test of his career ends in a defeat for the Aussies..

Amazing career, didnt like him too much but massively respected his game and his attitude towards playing cricket, competitive to the max..
 
Best hook and puller of the ball I've ever seen. Immense player overall, kind of sad to see him go so bad in the latter stages, same with Sachin.
 
Shane Warne has said he would answer a call to arms from Michael Clarke if he was needed to bolster Australia's Test spin options.

The leg-spinner, who is the second highest wicket-taker of all time in Tests with 708 scalps, called time on his Test career following Australia's 5-0 Ashes whitewash of England in 2007.

However, the 43-year-old insists he could still perform at Test level and has not dismissed a return to the side skippered by best friend Michael Clarke.

"If your best friend says 'mate, I want you to seriously consider making a commitment to Australian cricket and coming back out of retirement', (to) make myself available for selection, that's a different scenario," Warne told an Adelaide-based website.

"Especially with back-to-back Ashes coming up next year, it could be a 12-month thing where you take three spinners with you and say, 'Righto, work with these spinners and see how you go for 12 months.' That's a different kettle of fish.

"I'm definitely not asking for Michael Clarke to come out and say that - that's a different scenario.

"You asked me if I think I could still play international cricket if I wanted to just turn up, do my bowling and if the first Test match was in three weeks, do you think I could play? I'd have no hesitation in saying yes - and I think I'd do pretty well.

"From a purely bowling perspective, I don't think my form would be the concern, it's just the time and actually making that commitment again."

Warne admitted he found it painful watching Australia's recent series defeat against South Africa, where off-spinner Nathan Lyon did little to enhance his chances of regular selection in the defeat in the third Test in Perth.

"I felt like I wanted to jump off the couch and grab the ball," Warne added. "When you've got international bowlers bowling one or two full-tosses an over and half-volleys, I felt for Pup (Clarke), I really felt for him."
 
I think he'd be alright actually, he didn't really dip badly at the end of his career, just got old and a bit podgy.
 
Great day for England 276-7 India, all the commentators kept saying about what a batsmen's paradise this pitch was...
 
319 all out

Eng 60 odd for 0

Cook has in his 5th test as captain, 4 hundreds and currently 50 no, not a bad record
 
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