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The difference is the quality of the ball, and the impact of bowling. In the 50 over game they use 2 balls, one from either end, but they wear and soften quickly. 50/50 game is a batting dominated game, with pitches prepared accordingly, rarely do we see a bowler get much from it, and or it last past the opening overs.

Test's would be a real problem I would have thought. A hard new ball, that can retain its shine, can be swung, and later can be spun effectively balances the game such that quality bowling has an influence on the game.

I don't have a problem with a day night Test. But I would have a problem it we lost the balance and influences of the game.

But there are.  A lot of day nighters in India (or at least used to) have an extended drinks break so they can remove the dew from the ground.  I doubt there would be an issue in OZ unless you extended the season to October or march.

It's got little to do with the dew on the ground it's the atmosphere.

Look at our guys in the test, they can't swing the ball an inch.
get them at night and the pill swings and seams.

It's the same in many one day games as well.

The last match was an example. the ball did a lot more for the aussies at night than it did the pakis during the day

Although there has been far more in the pitches this summer for the bowlers compared with last summer, would a swinging ball be even better for test cricket ?

Lets face it, the game is far too in favor of batting these days, perhaps a swinging ball would be a good thing ?

Apologies for some of the language. 

And Wily, I think he's a decent player and deserves his spot in the team.  But that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve most of these.




"I love my bling, and of course the AB medal will just look great with my outfit on the night, I might even pimp it out and make butt plug out of it". Shane Watson

"I'm withdrawing my name from the award". Allan Border

"Shane Watson's so lame, Indians bash him" - Kevin Rudd


"I think Shannon Noll is incredibly talented.... In fact, I'd go as far as saying that - I am to Australian cricket what Shannon Noll is to Australian music." - Shane Watson

"shane watson gave me those herpes" shoab akhtar

While Shane Watson is in the Australian Cricket Team, it is imperative that we teach the word 'kunt' in our schools.." - Minister for Education

"We've finally figured out what caused the Global Financial Crisis - someone by the name of Shane Watson from Australia bought out the world's supply of bleach, lubrication, gay porn and batteries... China and the US went into meltdown.." - World Economic Forum report, 2009.

"It was no coincidence that the Tasmanian Cricket team won our inaugural Sheffield Shield once Shane Watson pissed off back to Queensland. What I want to know though is who recruited the prick in the first place?" David Boon

"Watson has forced our hand - capital punishment is back on the agenda." - Kevin Rudd

Twatto is the most succesful person with no talent since Rove McManus and John Williamson." - Rove McManus and John Williamson

"Shane Watson? Yeah he's easily the biggest kunt I've seen". - Paris Hilton's Gynaecologist.

 "Well, yeah, the conditions are pretty tough but every cloud has a silver lining.. That's 20 years I don't have to see that dip sh*t Shane Watson." - Renae Lawrence

"This is exactly why we requested that Shane Watson to drive the team bus" Togo Soccer Team Official

Although he begged us, and admittedly, he was kinda cute, we didn't accept Shane into the group. He was just too camp." - The Village People


Even though Kamran Akmal dropped 4 catches and cost us the test match Shane Watson is still by far our best selling item", Mustaq Azam: Owner/Proprietor of Islamabad Effigies

"As far as Im concerned I have no son" Shane's dad

Shane asked why he was not being sponsored by us, I replied because we don't have a cereal called C*NTOs" - Weetbix spokesman

"I learnt that by putting a cricket bat in his hands, it would keep Shane away from other boys' d*cks."
- Old man Watson

"I wish he would move into my street, it would sure take some of the heat off me" - Dennis Ferguson

"I have more sportsmanship than Shane" - Bone Cancer

How are Kurt Cobain and Shane Watson the same?
They both can't make it through the 90's

"We've made a fortune from our 'Men of Cricket' calendars. We sold 300 to Shane Watson alone." - Glenn McGrath

"Looking back, had shane been in the team we would have let him bowl the underarm ball" - Greg Chappel

“If we had known that there was going to be a w*nker in the ilk of Shane Watson playing for Australia, we would have saved the bodyline tactics for him.” – Douglas Jardine, English captain 1932-33.

"Despite his Aryan appearance, we still find him to be a c*nt" - Neo Nazis.

"Thanks to Shane Watson, I look civilised" Lleyton Hewitt

"My popularity is currently soaring all thanks to Shane Watson" - Fart in a Phone Booth

I could have had as popular a public profile as Chopper Read, if only I had picked up Shane Watson" - Ivan Milat

Bollinger has been the find of the season for mine.

He's probably now pretty much an automatic selection for all forms of the game.

Wouldn't you say?

Twelve months ago he'd have probably been number four for NSW.

Yep I'd agree with that.

Man of the Match in the U-19 world Cup final with 4/30. 

Logic says Australia shpuld win tonight but I suspect Pakistan is well over the odds. Think I will back them and hope they win the toss.

Well, your looking    --I considered the 3.00 for the hit & giggle---but passed   



 

No giggle mate.  Everyone's forgetting they're the T20 world champions.

Awesome win by the Aussies. Pakistan are 0-10 for the summer 

They could choke their way out of anything this mob these days I tell ya.

Is the current one day format the most idiotic idea. Watching these Aust v XXXX then Aust v XXXXX is just pointless.

Unfortunately I think channel NINE did not like the games that did not involve Australia in the triangular series.

That figures...in the old days they'd just play those matches as a day game in Tasmania !

I've sort of given up on cricket since 20/20.

I just wonder what the attendance/viewing numbers are for the current format?

I am going to relax this afternoon watching the cricket so they will have one watching.

Interested to see a photograph in this morning's Age newspaper of the "hot spot" technology used for umpiring decisions clearly shows that the toupee Doug Bollinger wears could not hide the fact that he is clearly bald. 

50-over cricket RIP

Did Wavell Hinds (?) hold on to that ball long enough ?