Isn’t it great test cricket is back.
Mind you I didn’t see any of it live.
I was at the races today, and I got drunker than Freddy Flintoff during a world cup.
Damn free booze.
What are we talking about?
But after the Oaks day spectacular, great perving day, I decided to come home and watch the cricket vie my hard drive replay.
Regular readers of the blog will understand, women first, cricket second.
Lets talk about Phil Jacques, not because Michael Slater likes him, but because he is actually good.
He looks as solid as Queen Latifah against the quicks.
So far his form against Murali isn’t quite as solid, more Halle Berry than Queen Latifah, but a hundred is a hundred.
Jacques didn’t celebrate like a virgin with his first conquest, he celebrated like a professional cricketer who has finally got his chance. Which is odd because he doesn’t bat like a Probot.
Mind you he is still less annoying than any Michael Slater celebration (apparently a few drinks makes me bag Michael Slater even more). He reminded me of Slater when he went out though. Charging Murali like a heroin addict.
This was probably the ugliest and most boring hundred I have ever seen Jacques play.
Infact he probably has the worst top order technique since Greg Ritchie. However if Greg Blewett and Darren Ganga have tough us anything its that techniques mean nothing.
It seemed to take him forever to get off the mark, I’d give you an exact figure, but all the beer and port makes it hard to look at, or remember figures.
Even on 4 times the natural speed it seemed a long time. See if they had opened with Brad Hodge he would have got out by now. Victorian cricketers aren’t selfish like that.
The Gabba pitch was tricky early on. Its one of about 5 test pitches in the world that’s current characteristic isn’t flat and easy to bat on. Remember the old days of 2002 when pitches actually did some something.
Australia should have been in a better position, sure Sri Lanka missed some chances, but how often to Hayden and Ponting get starts in the first test and not make the opposition pay for it.
Why did I press the enter key over and over again.
Memo to Sri Lanka, average teams have half chances, really good teams just take wickets. Sri Lanka isn’t quite Lee Marvin, more like Donald Sutherland at this stage.
In the probing rain delayed interview, McGrath mentioned before the game he is playing for the IPL (the official league) not the ICL, what a nerd. Seriously just once I wish he’d do something controversial, well other than disappear to the country when his missus got the cancer.
Fernando bowled like, well, I don’t know, how do I describe it. $hit perhaps?
Fancy leaving Malinga out. Seriously why not give Australia the series. Stupid motherf*ckers.
Some times I am convinced test nations don’t want to beat Australia.
Overall was a wet day of test cricket, weather wise and with 2 class players giving up starts and Jacques doing his best Michael Atherton impersonation.
Murali looked good, and if he doesn’t get his 7 wickets for the remainder of this series he should hand back his chucking licence.
Even on replay this looked like an average day of test cricket, so still 4 times better than the average day of cricket out of South Africa.
Tomorrow, do I go to the G to watch Victoria or sit at home and watch Australia.
Life is tough folks.
If none of this made sense I apologise for writing while I was still clearly a little less than on top of my game.
Ps, if you watch the cricket with the sound turned off, the commentators don’t really annoy you. True story.
