What to do with Martyn?
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Topic: What to do with Martyn?
Posted By: cricket_mstr
Subject: What to do with Martyn?
Date Posted: 04 April 2006 at 12:36pm
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Martyn has had a tipsy turvy comeback series scoring low scores but managing a match winning century and a 50. Clarke and Hodge want a spot so will they get it? ------------- Cricket watcher but tennis player :) |
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 April 2006 at 2:23pm
TIPSY turvy - no wonder he's battling , lad !!  ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: henjam
Date Posted: 04 April 2006 at 2:48pm
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I think clarke should be in, he is young very talented and needs a long run in the side to do his confidence a world of good, i thin kit is important australia bring in a few new, young faces soon, otherwise in a couple of years, they will be making many changes due to a lot of the current team being old, and they will end up with a lot of inexperinced players. |
Posted By: eddyc_solid
Date Posted: 04 April 2006 at 3:05pm
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Martyn is a good player as are hodge and clarke Hodge is just far too broing i was at the test match when he made 200 the crowd wanted him to get out so gilly n symonds could come in. clarke will get a chance to play hes got 10 years in him,for now marto is playing well so he should stay in There should be no changes made to this current team they won a series 3-0 what could be wrong ------------- The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 April 2006 at 3:13pm
Well they weren't real test cricket supporters lad. Australians who've been around test cricket for some time know what a great knock that was , double hundreds don't come around very often. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: eddyc_solid
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 12:26am
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people pay good money to watch cricket,a 200 is bad when it takes 2 days to complete it eventually costing your team the match.that was the most broing test match ive ever watched ------------- The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 6:40am
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My order is as follows: Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting (c) Damien Martyn Michael Hussey Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist (w/k) Shane Warne Brett Lee Stuart Clark Glenn McGrath Twelve Man: Andrew Symonds. Michael Clarke can also bowl a few overs here and there, so I think this order is fine, but none the less. The order should remain unchanged after winning a test series 3-0. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 7:07am
You haven't watched much test cricket , have you lad? Hodge's 203* took 7hrs 50 mins and 332 balls. That's more than a decent scoring rate in a test. I'll remind you that 2 full days is 12 hours , some way past his innings length! The match ended in a draw , but it was anything but boring. Without Rudolph's rearguard action (102 off 283) Australia would have won. Test cricket is an endurance race , not a sprint. If you want faster scoring , stick to the pajama game. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 8:39am
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I would keep Martyn in the side and wait for him to retire. I think he is 34 right now, I would keep him for another 2 years. So when he retires Australia can bring Hodge into the side. Clarke has to wait, he has to prove that he is better than Hussey somehow. Clarke should be used when Hussey retires, or when is injured. ------------- |
Posted By: eddyc_solid
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 1:43pm
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i love test cricket its cricket at its most purest,no it was 203* off about 500 balls matey get it right....lad the whole test match was block after block after block crickets about being positive and wanting to win for your country ------------- The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 1:46pm
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no matey, you get it right.... its not of 500 balls. Its off 332 balls. ------------- |
Posted By: Clapo
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 1:51pm
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i suggest you go and read up on your stats Eddyc, hodges 203* did in fact come from 332 balls as sledger posted. And if giving yourself 4 session to get out your opponents isn't positive cricket i don't know what is. You make it sound as if Australia batted like snails, and then was defensive in trying to get the SA side out ------------- 5-0 You Beauty!!!!! Thanks for the many fantastic memories Marto, Langer, Warney & Pidg |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 2:14pm
| better than hodge and as good as clarke |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 2:55pm
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replace martyn with hodge afte the tour of bangladesh and symonds with clarke ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: vize
Date Posted: 08 April 2006 at 3:03pm
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Yeah, i think Symonds is better suited to the ODI team than the test team. I think clarke should be given a chance in tests, he scored 151 and took 6/9 in his first test series against India
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Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 12:29am
| How can any of you even think of replacing Martyn with Hodge? |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 1:13am
| maybe because Hodge is brill? |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 1:16am
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out of any player in australia who deserves to play test cricket for australia its Brad Hodge the selectors have ignored him for sometime and if that 203* wasnt convincing enough then i don't know what is ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 5:53am
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Damnit. Who cares if he made a 203*. He is NOT consistant enough. He makes all low scores, then a half century, then makes low scores then makes a double century. That's why they took him out. |
Posted By: Captain_Amazing
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 7:21am
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Got to be Marto, and whats wrong with Gillespie. One bad series and he's out! (same as Marto). I hope Gillespie bowls well against the Deshi's to remind us all how sharp he is. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 7:40am
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and martyn dosent do that ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: cricket_mstr
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 8:17am
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The only reason why Hodges 200 wasn't good enough by the Western Australians was the they wanted Damion Martyn back in the side because he is a Western Australian Martain hasn't had a strong career because he's had some serious run droughts. Hodge as been doing well for the Vics, getting them to the final, and player of the series in the 20/20 domestic cup. Martyn hasn't done much recently outside SA ------------- Cricket watcher but tennis player :) |
Posted By: skip_eng
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:22am
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Marto hasnt been himself since gilo made him look like an amatuer at old trafford! what a ball! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3926596476600340497&q=ashley+giles&pl=true - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3926596476600340497 &q=ashley+giles&pl=true ------------- Ashley Giles took three good wickets, outbowling Shane Warne who matched him in the scorebook, but not on the field Best quote ever! Source: Cricinfo |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 3:47am
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Why is everyone on this forum suddenly inlove with Martyn? ------------- |
Posted By: eddyc_solid
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 9:33am
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hodge is the most boring and un-creative batsmen ive ever seen,hes deifnately up there with ian bell. ------------- The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 12:40pm
| Hodge is far from boring |
Posted By: eddyc_solid
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:47pm
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i just don't like him i don't no wat it is,anyone but hodge ------------- The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:51pm
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so what just because you don't like hodge it dosent mean he shouldnt be playing martyn failed again today against BANGLADESH he should finish his career in the ashes maybe thats if he even gets a place i think hes capable of scoring big tons but he'll fail more then he'll succsed michael clarke is still young and is capable of turning around matches in an instance martyn may have scored a 50 and ton against south africa but 2 good innings out of 8 innings including bangladesh isint good enough i think he should play out his career with W.A ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |