AUSSIE BASHING
I have a few friends/acquaintances over the ditch, but after the weekend even I can't summon the courage to rub their noses in it. Losing rugby to Wales is bad enough, but chuck in the demolition of their league team by our Kiwis and I think I might do the gloating quietly this time around. I am tempted though to conduct a poll to see which scrum is better - the Aussie union or the Aussie league one.
Scary thing it could get even worse - after 3 days the Windies are actually on level terms with the mighty Australian cricket machine, and while I fully expect a usual day 4 assertion of authority by the baggy green, the moons are obviously way out of alignment at the mo' so my usual brash "bugger the draw and pile on the Aussies" feeling is slightly muted and I will say a Windies win is a greater probability than a draw, so I'm being wary.
Of course, my 4 regular readers will recall the questioning of what is happening to Aussie sport in this blog a couple of months ago, and even the intelligentsia of the NZ media have picked up on this with an article in the latest issue of "Player". So, farking know-it-all, not only am I a know-it-all, I'm ahead-of-my-time know-it-all. Want further proof? Here's something I wrote on a betting forum before the third Windies Aussie test:
I'm now expecting Murphy's Law to come in play at Adelaide where I'll lay the draw and see the Windies rack up 450 in the first dig on the back of a Lara double ton.
Given my public predictions are wrong about 90% of the time, I'm dining out on this one for a while. Pity I don't play the spread markets as a buy of Lara runs would have been a healthy windfall. Still, thanks to those Aussie rugby teams mentioned earlier, the weekend has been kind - the Wallabies were 1.3 against Wales and the Kangaroos were 1.22 against the Kiwis - nice prices to go against.
To the future, a farkload of cricket coming up:
India play South Africa in the final ODI tonight and India have returned to their jekyll and hyde ways - I might sit this one out.
Pakistan play England in the final test - another game to be wary of with shortened days due to lack of daylight; my strategy will involve laying either side should they go below 3.0 during the first couple of days and take it from there; the draw deserves to be favourite pre-toss.
India and Sri Lanka start a test series later in the week - gut-feel says India for me.
Australia and NZ commence a ODI series on Saturday - Oz only have a 3 day turnaround after the final Windies test while NZ will have to make do without Fleming. If NZ is to sneak a win it will be the first one, but I remain reasonably concerned about their batting at the top of the order. With everything else that is happening to Aussie sport, a small punt on the blackcaps is called for.
Scary thing it could get even worse - after 3 days the Windies are actually on level terms with the mighty Australian cricket machine, and while I fully expect a usual day 4 assertion of authority by the baggy green, the moons are obviously way out of alignment at the mo' so my usual brash "bugger the draw and pile on the Aussies" feeling is slightly muted and I will say a Windies win is a greater probability than a draw, so I'm being wary.
Of course, my 4 regular readers will recall the questioning of what is happening to Aussie sport in this blog a couple of months ago, and even the intelligentsia of the NZ media have picked up on this with an article in the latest issue of "Player". So, farking know-it-all, not only am I a know-it-all, I'm ahead-of-my-time know-it-all. Want further proof? Here's something I wrote on a betting forum before the third Windies Aussie test:
I'm now expecting Murphy's Law to come in play at Adelaide where I'll lay the draw and see the Windies rack up 450 in the first dig on the back of a Lara double ton.
Given my public predictions are wrong about 90% of the time, I'm dining out on this one for a while. Pity I don't play the spread markets as a buy of Lara runs would have been a healthy windfall. Still, thanks to those Aussie rugby teams mentioned earlier, the weekend has been kind - the Wallabies were 1.3 against Wales and the Kangaroos were 1.22 against the Kiwis - nice prices to go against.
To the future, a farkload of cricket coming up:
India play South Africa in the final ODI tonight and India have returned to their jekyll and hyde ways - I might sit this one out.
Pakistan play England in the final test - another game to be wary of with shortened days due to lack of daylight; my strategy will involve laying either side should they go below 3.0 during the first couple of days and take it from there; the draw deserves to be favourite pre-toss.
India and Sri Lanka start a test series later in the week - gut-feel says India for me.
Australia and NZ commence a ODI series on Saturday - Oz only have a 3 day turnaround after the final Windies test while NZ will have to make do without Fleming. If NZ is to sneak a win it will be the first one, but I remain reasonably concerned about their batting at the top of the order. With everything else that is happening to Aussie sport, a small punt on the blackcaps is called for.
posted by Rob Crawford at 11:10 AM
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