The Official Cricket Thread 2006/2007 (3 Viewers)

[Crunch Time]

Khallis got CLEAN bowled by Lee for only 23!!

 

[Fast_heinz]

Dammit, why does Ashwell Prince have to suck so much!

SA need some decent middle order players, Kemp is alright but Dippenaar, Prince, Amla, De Bruyn and van Jaarsveld are crap. Should've picked Andrew Hall.

 

[Bookie]

^^^Dude, thats why most of those players aren't in the side. Personally, I'm a fan of van Jaarveld, but the fact that hes like 50 doesnt help. deBruyn and Amla are shit. Prince needs more time. Hall would be shit in tests. I'd stick with the side they have now, although I'd have either Kemp (if he becomes as good as he is in ODIs) or Dipenaar for Prince

Kallis had his fiorst innings in a while. Let him have till Sydney.

Lee's ball to Rudolph was the secks. I'm orgasming over it.

 

[copious]

I think they have a good middle order, and they'll go great guns in the next couple of years. If Gibbs and Kallis can hold the innings they have great potential in Rudolph, Kemp and Prince.

 

[Bookie]

Well after Langer and Hayden reitre, no team will challenge South Africas top 4 order.

 

[JessTW]

hey any girls readin this check out rudolph and de villies for RSA, man they r good lookin, now we can really enjoy the match.lol

 

[Bookie]

You're a bit slow.

Man, I am gonna enjoy de Villiers for the next 15 years. He is one hot motherfucker.

 

[Fast_heinz]

Looking forward to the return series in South Africa.

Also can't wait for the ODI's, SA have been unstoppable lately (except in India, which is pretty random anyway).

 

[phizzy]

Man, I am gonna enjoy de Villiers for the next 15 years. He is one hot motherfucker.

couldn't have put it better if i tried

 

[Bookie]

This is gay.

My fave player Pollock proves to the world he is the best in the world, but the rest did fuck all. Well done to Australia, and I cant wait for the Sydney test. I'll try to get out to 3 days at least, how about yourselves?

Oh, and my fellow deVilliers pervs, I dont think Abraham Benji will be playing in the ODIs, hes a bit too shit for them.

 

[HotShot]

Looking forward to the return series in South Africa.

Also can't wait for the ODI's, SA have been unstoppable lately (except in India, which is pretty random anyway).

ahh the indians, chappell is doing a bloody good job with them. cant wait for the india vs pakistan starts on jan 2nd, thats crazy just after new year what a way to start the year the two most in form teams hittting out against each other. mohamed yusuf, akmal, khan and akthar vs pathan,dravid,sehwag,tendulkar and singh.

as for south africa they just cant handle spin absolutely clueless. poor ntini.

 

[Smokey_22]

ahh the indians, chappell is doing a bloody good job with them. cant wait for the india vs pakistan starts on jan 2nd, thats crazy just after new year what a way to start the year the two most in form teams hittting out against each other. mohamed yusuf, akmal, khan and akthar vs pathan,dravid,sehwag,tendulkar and singh.

as for south africa they just cant handle spin absolutely clueless. poor ntini.

two most in form asian teams you mean?
Should be a great series!

 

[Smokey_22]

This is gay.

My fave player Pollock proves to the world he is the best in the world, but the rest did fuck all. Well done to Australia, and I cant wait for the Sydney test. I'll try to get out to 3 days at least, how about yourselves?

Oh, and my fellow deVilliers pervs, I dont think Abraham Benji will be playing in the ODIs, hes a bit too shit for them.

I dont think Shaun needed to prove anything. His career has been outstanding and his stats dont lie.

 

[Smokey_22]

Well after Langer and Hayden reitre, no team will challenge South Africas top 4 order.

Jaques will be a gun opener! Also Kallis isnt getting any younger...

 

[vizman]

DID ANYONE SEE ANDREW SYMONDS!!!...i swear single handedly owned South Africa 72 with the bat, 3/50, 2/6!!! 6 6's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bookie]

Jaques will be a gun opener! Also Kallis isnt getting any younger...

Dont get me wrong, Jaques is my fave player when it comes to Aussies, but againt the Saffers.....

So itll be in 4 years, say,

Jaques (age 30) - averageing mid 40s
??? - low 40s
Ponting (34) - mid 50s
Clarke (28) - high 40s

as opposed to

de Villiers (25) - say averaging high 40s
Smith (28) - mid 50s
Gibbs (35) - high 40s
Kallis (34) - mid 50s

South Africa are much more established than what Australia will be.

 

[HotShot]

Dont get me wrong, Jaques is my fave player when it comes to Aussies, but againt the Saffers.....

So itll be in 4 years, say,

Jaques (age 30) - averageing mid 40s
??? - low 40s
Ponting (34) - mid 50s
Clarke (28) - high 40s

as opposed to

de Villiers (25) - say averaging high 40s
Smith (28) - mid 50s
Gibbs (35) - high 40s
Kallis (34) - mid 50s

South Africa are much more established than what Australia will be.

I dont think de Villiers will be in the high 40s, perhaps mid 40s. Smith, will around the 50 mark. Kallies will be in the mid 50s. Clarke if he can make it back into the aussies (which he should be able to) has potential to be high 40s but i dont think he will. hussey will averages in the mid 50s, and gilcrhist in the high 40s and early 50s.
TEST RANKINGS

Rank Player Team Rating 
1  Ricky Ponting  AUS  886  
2  Brian Lara  WI  874  
3  Inzamam-ul-Haq  PAK  870  
3  Matthew Hayden  AUS  870  
5  Jacques Kallis  SA  866  
6  Rahul Dravid  IND  836  
7  Virender Sehwag  IND  786  
8  Marcus Trescothick  ENG  768  
9  Sachin Tendulkar  IND  740  
10  Mohammad Yousuf  PAK  736

Interesting Tendulkar in there, he played like only three test matches this whole year. hayden has brought himself up... 3 Indians there.

Rank Player Team Rating 
1  Shane Warne  AUS  867  
2  Glenn McGrath  AUS  860  
3  Muttiah Muralitharan  SL  845  
4  Shoaib Akhtar  PAK  798  
5  Makhaya Ntini  SA  786  
6  Shaun Pollock  SA  782  
7  Andrew Flintoff  ENG  781  
8  Chaminda Vaas  SL  775  
9  Anil Kumble  IND  774  
10  Andre Nel  SA  759

no doubt that warne and mcgrath at the top followed closely by murali. nel in the top ten- interesting. 3 SA bowlers in there.

TEST ALLROUNDERS

Rank Player Team Rating 
1  Jacques Kallis  SA  4763  
2  Andrew Flintoff  ENG  4537  
3  Shaun Pollock  SA  3425  
4  Irfan Pathan  IND  3016  
5  Daniel Vettori  NZ  2788

ODI RANKINGS

Rank Player Team Rating 
1  Ricky Ponting  AUS  803  
2  Adam Gilchrist  AUS  782  
3  Graeme Smith  SA  778  
4  Andrew Symonds  AUS  726  
5  Mohammad Yousuf  PAK  725  
6  Chris Gayle  WI  718  
7  Inzamam-ul-Haq  PAK  708  
8  Michael Clarke  AUS  704  
9  Rahul Dravid  IND  702  
10  Kumar Sangakkara  SL  698

Ponting well ahead, 4 aussies, clarke still in top ten.

Rank Player Team Rating 
1  Glenn McGrath  AUS  829  
2  Brett Lee  AUS  811  
3  Shaun Pollock  SA  778  
4  Muttiah Muralitharan  SL  771  
5  Daniel Vettori  NZ  736  
6  Naved-ul-Hasan  PAK  735  
7  Chaminda Vaas  SL  697  
7  Irfan Pathan  IND  697  
9  Makhaya Ntini  SA  696  
10  Harbhajan Singh  IND  684

Bowling well they seem quite rite.

 

[Bookie]

I'm surprised Rana is above Pathan and Vaas in the ODI bowling

 

[Bookie]

Alruight Hotshot, youve done the rankngs, now here, I'll congratulate the big performers.

TEST MATCH CRICKET

1000+ Runs
Ponting 1544
Hayden 1380
Trescothick 1323
Lara 1110
Kallis 1011
de Villiers 1008
Inzamam 1000

Highest Batting average
Hussey 85.00
Inzamam 83.33
Kallis 72.21

Highest Individual Scores
Gayle 317 v South Africa
Younis Khan 267 v India
Lara 226 v Australia

50+ Wickets
Warne 96
Daylight
Flintoff 68
McGrath 62
Hoggard 58
Murali 52

Best Bowling averages
Other than Mark Boucher with an average of 6 We'll set a minimum 20 wickets
Murali 18.51
MacGill 19.61
Vaas 19.62

Best bowling in an innings
Murali 8/46 v Windies
Ntini 7/37 v Windies
Pathan 7/59 v Zimbabwe

Most fielding dismissals
Gilchrist 55
G. Jones 51
Boucher 44
non wk - G Smith 23

One Day Internationals

1000+ runs
Ponting 1191
Dravid 1092
Sehwag 1017

Highest batting averages
Hussey 146.75
Pietersen 65.33
Inzamam 54.62

Highest batting strike rates
Shahid Afridi 157.63
Cairns 110.15
Zaheer Khan 109.80

Highest individual scores
Dhoni 183* v Sri Lanka
Vincent 172 v Zimbabwe
Lara 156 v Pakistan

30+ wickets
Lee 51
Rana 45
McGrath 37
Ntini 36
Pathan 32

Best bowling averages
minimum of 10 wickets

Stuart Clark 17.80
Andrew Hall 17.88
Shane Bond 18.00
McGrath 18.48

Best Economy Rates
minimum 20 overs
Omari Banks 3.25
McGrath 3.65
Deighton Butler 3.76

Best bowling in an innings
Bond 6/19 v India
Rana 6/27 v India
Collingwood 6/31 v Bangladesh

Most fielding dismissals
Gilchrist 44
Boucher 39
G Jones 36
non wk - Sehwag 19

 

[Porndwarf]

Nice work, boys.