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NSWales bleed gold coins
A great football coach one used a great quote from a great film made by a great action star about a great alien when he said “if it bleeds, we can kill it”.
In India this side Victorian side is worth a bit of cash, in Australia you get a a Victorian player with a happy meal.
So the fact that they got out the Australian opening batsmen, the number 4, and the next wicketkeeper on the first day, was a big deal.
They also got the state player of the year out. Made Brett Lee look silly and have the mighty speed blitz blues at 8 for 266 at stumps.
Generally you can tell on the first day what sort of final you are going to get.
If the home side win the toss and are 3 for 350 on the first day, then its going to be shocking.
But this is a match.
According to Jacques the days honours were even.
What a massive load of bullsh1t.
NSWales came in with two ways of winning the title, Victoria had one, on Stumps of Day one we now know that a draw is out of the picture, and NSWales are not the golden gods the media made them out to be.
Victoria are not out of the woods yet. Even if they do bowl NSWales out cheaply, they still have to face Lee, who will be angry at his treatment from siddle. Bracken who will be confused by a red ball, Clark who will be glad Quiney is not playing, and MacGill who is playing for wine money.
It will not be easy.
But this Victorias day, this was a flat pitch, and it took good bowling from all three quicks to get into this position.
The ball did reverse, but no non pakistani team can make the ball reverse better than the Vics with mints.
Then good news is, Bryce did not have to bowl great today for Victoria to be in a good position.
He got the prized scalp of his bunny (ahum) the Krab Katich, but all in all he did not look that bad.
Now all the Vics need is a hundred by one of the main 3 and anything could happen.
Former potential future PM averages over 80 against NSWales.
Bring on day two, the paupers are enjoying taking on the millionaires.
Read here for who the main players were.
malinga vs predator
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One over can sometimes show you everything you need to know about a test. Two overs can explain a series. Three overs can explain a generation. Four overs can explain the very meaning of life it self.
Five overs is a bloody long spell for Shoaib Ahktar.
Sorry I got lost there, I was trying to talk about a spell Malinga (alien) bowled to Hussey (predator).
Malinga bowled really well in the first session, he should have had Hayden LB, he got Jacques to get a bottom edge, and he beat the bat continually.
In the second session he dropped off, but he also didn’t have the new ball.
By the time the third session was around, the Lankans were drooping. The first session erectness had gone, the second sessions semi hardness was waning.
Malinga tried to do what good quicks do, he tried to re-establish some dominance by bowling short.
It all started with a ripping bouncer that Hussey tried to hook, instead he got a top edge that flew fine and safe. He followed that up with another bouncer that was neither well bowled nor scary.
Next ball though he was at it again. This time Hussey stood up and gangster slapped it forward of square for a boundary.
Malinga’s next over started with a full one. That obviously didn’t do anything for him, so he thought he ‘d pop in one more bouncer, and it was dispatched like a gay man at a Pentecostal church.
After that King Probot decided that Malinga needed to be taught a lesson, so he smote a couple more cover drives just to show who was boss.
In 7 balls he had 16 runs, and Mahela slung Malinga back towards the paddock.
Game over man, game over. (Bill Paxton impersonations encouraged).
Editors note: In no way am i saying Michael Hussey reflects a Predator, he is a boring probot, however if Futurama has taught us anything it is that even robots can get angry and vicious. Which is what Hussey did for the 7 balls he resembled a Predator. Thank you to John for pointing this out.
