A VIEW TO A 'KILL'

Always figured there was not much point sledging unless you were cock of the walk, otherwise you just look like a cock. Even then most sledging leaves me cold. It is almost as though Spearmint Rhyno has forgotten Australia has been rubbish for a couple of years. We await the "taken out of context":

Ryan Harris 'in for the kill'

"They are down and out already. We know that when things aren't going great for this Indian side they get frustrated because there is a lot of individuals in that side."

"Their team wouldn't be sticking together at all right now."

"A lot of them don't like travelling and I am sure some of them would already be thinking about going home."

"I am aiming to go in for the kill in Perth. We want to keep them down and win this series 4-0."

"The Indian batsmen are not massive fans of having the ball bouncing around their ears and they will certainly cop a fair bit of that in Perth."

"I love bowling in Perth where the pitch is getting back to its old way of being fast and bouncy.

"The Indians have already lost two Tests and this is the pitch they will like playing on the least.

"I had a bit of a personal milestone in Perth last summer, but the bottom line was we lost the Ashes series."

"If I could take nine wickets again in Perth and help us to a series win over India, that would be way better than last year."

Comments

[Nick]

Sledging from outside the XI. Not cool.

[Lad Litter]

I sledged once and bowled the batsman next ball. Thought that was the way to go and continued. Never got another wicket while doing it and ended up continually looking like a cock, as you say. More effective to just concentrate on a good line and length. Ditto giving departing batsmen a send-off.

[via collins]

Our quicks doing very well focussing on line and length and not sledging/sending off this summer, fantastic to see.

'cept Pattinson of course, but he can do what he wants!

[Tony]

I don't mind sledging in a game. Never much done it myself, but I've had the odd chuckle and more than the odd massive cringe. The two times I sledged and got under someone's skin were both in footy and they were both throw-away lines where I didn't really mean to ping the bloke. On both occasions the sledgee lost the plot and got sent off for trying to smash me.

[Nick]

We got away for years with sledging because Australia was the best team by a country mile. Now that's no longer the case, why would we tempt fate? With Pattinson out, Harris and his glass knee are now exposed - and we have to think about Lyon. Does Starc come in? Maybe Copeland in a McDonald type role - maybe even McDonald himself? God forbid they recall Johnson!

We jagged a win in Perth last year and India beat us last time they were there.

[lou]

I thought Ryan Harris was better than that. Never seemed a **** in interviews before.

[Nick]

I wonder the the shiny new rotation policy includes wicketkeepers.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/548622.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/548596.html

[Nick]

*if

got too excited about the possibility of saying farewell to Haddin. Even illness can't strike him down - he can't catch a cold

[The Don has Risen]

You cannot sledge in a game as the Umpires should rightly intervene as this is not showing respect for the opposition.

I would rather an injured Tim Paine than a fully fit Haddin.

A neighbour gave me tickets to the big bash in Sydney.

1) Music apart from Led Zeppelin was appalling,
2) They had two people doing something with microphones all the games who are I assume part of one of the teams. dreadful
3)Security people came onto the field after EVERY wicket. why?
4) I do not know why my boys like this rubbish

[Tony]

If only Macaulay Paine had been rotated out of that stupid Johnnie Walker match in the lead up to last season's Ashes and in which he smashed his finger.