New Zealand v Australia, 2nd Test, Hamilton, Mar 27-31

Of course Mudge declared that England winning 3 Tests out of 6 in the same period was worth 8/10...so the Aussie performance must be worth at least 14/10.

Yeah for us.

Sometimes Zim sounds like "Talking like a Pirate Day" is here ... all that's lacking is ".. me hearties, arrrrrr!"

Invader Zim wrote:Of course Mudge declared that England winning 3 Tests out of 6 in the same period was worth 8/10...so the Aussie performance must be worth at least 14/10.

Yeah for us.

Yeah, go the English Rednecks!

JKLever wrote:

Invader Zim wrote:Of course Mudge declared that England winning 3 Tests out of 6 in the same period was worth 8/10...so the Aussie performance must be worth at least 14/10.

Yeah for us.

Yeah, go the English Rednecks!

so both bodyline and zimmy are moving to London?

JKLever wrote:

Invader Zim wrote:Of course Mudge declared that England winning 3 Tests out of 6 in the same period was worth 8/10...so the Aussie performance must be worth at least 14/10.

Yeah for us.

Yeah, go the English Rednecks!

I'm really insulted at being called that word ....







...and I'm not too happy about being called a redneck either

horace wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Invader Zim wrote:Of course Mudge declared that England winning 3 Tests out of 6 in the same period was worth 8/10...so the Aussie performance must be worth at least 14/10.

Yeah for us.

Yeah, go the English Rednecks!

so both bodyline and zimmy are moving to London?

We couldn't be that unlucky.

hehehe...don't start me bas

horace wrote:hehehe...don't start me bas

Don't be silly Horrie, the nurses won't let you out of the ward - never mind out of the southern hemisphere

Clarke may move to No.4: Ponting

GREG BUCKLE
April 1, 2010 - 7:24PM
AAP

Ricky Ponting says he's warming to the idea of promoting Michael Clarke to No.4 in the Pakistan series to allow him to adjust to the role before the Ashes.

Australia have this week completed a 2-0 sweep of their Test series in New Zealand.

Now Clarke, who filled his boots with 259 runs at 86.33, is poised to slot into the crucial No.4 spot for the two-Test series against Pakistan in England in July.

The series represents Ponting's last chance to tinker with the side before the first Ashes Test in Brisbane in November.

While Mike Hussey (871 runs at 43.55 in Australia's past 13 Tests including the 2009 Ashes) remains solid at No.4, the West Australian is 34 years old and may only have two years left in the national side.

Clarke, by contrast, turns 29 on Friday.

"It's something I've been thinking about this week," Ponting said after the second Test in Hamilton.

"He (Clarke) has handled a lot of situations particularly well the last couple of years and in most conditions.

"There are a few other little things we think about as well as far as the placements in the batting order is concerned but Michael is doing everything right to get up the order, certainly one more spot, anyway.

"We'll see what happens in England and certainly leading into the Ashes series.

"He probably has been our best and most consistent player with Simon Katich so we'll definitely have a look into that.

"The next games we play are against Pakistan and we don't want to be making moves like that on the eve of the Ashes so if we do it, that would be a good time to do it."

In Australia's past 13 Tests, Clarke leads the runscoring table with 1171 at 65.05, closely followed by opener Katich with 1145 at 57.25.

Australia's figures for the eight-Test summer tell a similar story, with Clarke (723 runs at 65.72) and Katich (804 at 67.00) topping the list while Hussey (595 at 49.58) is also thriving.

But after Clarke was Australia's leading runscorer in the 2009 Ashes, it's clear his technique and his mindset are not over-awed by the English attack.

As shown by the way Clarke piled on 168 in Australia's first innings of the first Test in Wellington following a massive media circus over his broken engagement to celebrity model Lara Bingle, the vice-captain's mental strength can also see him through off-field dramas.

Clarke has scored 4375 runs including 14 centuries in 60 Tests and averages 51.47.

Ponting, the game's third-leading runscorer, started his own Test career at No.5 before settling at the crucial No.3.

Nice one by Drunky to distract people from his diminishing returns at 3...

Yeah would have been better if he had said "I'm going to 5 and Pup and Hussey are moving up one".

Damn straight. Unfortch, the squnt has too big an ego to slip down to 5.

Zat wrote:Nice one by Drunky to distract people from his diminishing returns at 3...

for which fleas is a significant contributor

That, and, the GFC, and Global Warming....Fleas makes more significant contributions than Brian Burke....

The avatar you see of wee pig boy here is what I had printed on a t-shirt and wore to the Hamilton test, not sure he saw it but I like to hope he did.