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CroydonDog said:
Crazy. This gives off Tendulkar vibes...

www.theguardian.com

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, makes history with 35-ball IPL century for Rajasthan

Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest centurion in men’s Twenty20 cricket after scoring 101 off 38 balls in the eight-wicket win over Gujarat Titans
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They had the highlights of this innings the other day, so I thought I would record & watch it.

Make no mistake, playing at that level at 14 years of age is a great achievement let alone scoring a century. But there is a however.

From what I saw, he only got 1 decent ball, a yorker from which he was dismissed. All the rest were either far too short or far too full or really wide. He also had a significant amount of luck with plenty of skied balls going over the top of where slips would be. You still have to capitalise on those balls & do it ball after ball, which he did. Add the factor that kids today don't have the fear of getting out for nothing anymore; Konstas showed us that.

He has played 5 first class games & averages 10, with a highest score of 41.

6 list A games averaging 22 with a HS of 71.

5 T20s at 32.80 & a (outstanding) strike rate of 210, but early days. The century wasn't on debut; it was his first century. He had previously scored 18, 34,16 & then 101 & now a second ball duck.

He obviously has a good eye & some talent & at a young age, but time will tell; it may have been a lucky innings. Will he be able to smash good bowling?
 
That seals it; the Australian cricket selectors are officially heavy drug users:

www.foxsports.com.au

Marnus surprise in Aussies’ never-ending Test dilemma as Konstas set to face axe

Marnus surprise in Aussies’ never-ending Test dilemma as Konstas set to face axe
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I would rather that picked Marcus Harris to open. At least he is an opener. If you don't have proper openers at the head of the batting order, it destabilises the whole order. I strongly believe that this is one of the big reasons that Marnus Labuschagne has lost form & to now pick him as opener? A decision like that could cost Marnus his spot (some would say he doesn't deserve to be there anyway).
 
Every position is a specialist position....except when Australian selectors are picking a team.

Wish him well tho but gee he'd have to be on thin ice.
 
He has struggled against the ball over 150 deliveries in. Now they want him to open when the ball has the full shine hmmm
 
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kohli calls time on his test career

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They might try Inglis, a quick scorer who doesn't get bogged down.
Marnarse could do a Boycott in trying not to lose his wicket = one big yawnfest.

More importantly what happened to Berries Berries got binned again i see lol
 
marnus got out for a duck in county cricket the other day caught behind in the slips once again
 
Looks impressive until you realised it was against Zimbabwe..
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Recent match in the UK, and they even won the toss. Lucky they fielded first.

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Anyone else snag tickets for the Ashes pre-sales?

it was stressful enough waiting in the Ticketek virtual cue for around 2 hours but I got myself tickets for three days at the SCG (will be in Sydney right after Christmas visiting my Rellies)
 
Lil Ms Fabulous said:
Anyone else snag tickets for the Ashes pre-sales?

it was stressful enough waiting in the Ticketek virtual cue for around 2 hours but I got myself tickets for three days at the SCG (will be in Sydney right after Christmas visiting my Rellies)
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I'd forgotten all about it, and I rarely miss seeing at least a couple of days on test cricket over summer.

The scg would be in highest demand v number of seats so good idea to get some in pre sale

I think I'll take a punt on jagging a corporate invite to the gabba
 
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chemdog said:
such a shame the test championship isn't on fta or on fox
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Oh yeah prime have got all the ICC champions stuff, luckily i have subscription to amazon, tbh i wouldn't pay for prime, it is pretty ordinary but is free with amazon (it has adds now, you have to pay extra to get rid of those)
 
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