Next task... 400 Test wickets!
November 25, 2008
To take 300 Test wickets is something I never thought would happen in my wildest dreams.
A guy from Mount Warrigal playing for the Oak Flats Rats as a kid... you don't ever think you'll be surrounded by your team mates being congratulated for your 300th.
It's something I'm very proud of and who knows where it could go from here? If I can stay fit for a few more years I'm hoping I can cross off my 400th wicket.
I would like to think one day I can go past my idol Dennis Lillee but as for the other two, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, I like to call them the 'untouchables'.
As I said last week, a lot of people were incorrectly writing the Kiwis off even before the first Test began.
On the first day we were in a lot of trouble. There were many times during the Test where the result could have gone either way and it was only when Simon Katich completed his hundred was there a real turning point.
Bowling-wise Mitchell Johnson backed up beautifully from the first innings to the second innings and his nine wickets for the match took us over the line.
The Gabba, contrary to what it may have seemed like on TV, was a very good pitch to play on.
There was a couple of poor shots played from batsmen on both sides generally because they thought it was playing a lot worse than it actually was.
We knew the Gabba would be a good wicket to bowl on as far as the fast bowler goes, Adelaide, however, might be a different story
The Oval is generally a batsman’s paradise, but in saying that Les Burdett [curator] has been doing a great job giving the pitch something for the fast bowlers early on in recent years.
It's got a fair bit of carry but then usually flattens out early on day two.
Jason Krejza will definitely play a big role on days four and five.
It will be great for Jason to play his first home Test but on the flip side it is a very tough time for Shane Watson.
He hasn't done anything wrong but it's just unfortunate circumstances right now.
Shane will get to play for the Bulls rather than carry the drinks so he’ll have the opportunity to take a few wickets and put up a big score on Friday as well.
Matt Hayden seems to be having pressure laid on him from newspapers around Australia, but the way I look at it is the man has 99 Test matches to his name.
I think Australia is just used to see him scoring hundred after hundred.
When he gets his chance in Adelaide this weekend you'll see him really set himself for that big score.
He has a lot of cricket left in him and plenty left to give to the Australian cricket team.
We are one-nil up in the series but we still have a lot of work ahead of us.
New Zealand will come at us hard in Adelaide but if we can produce our best cricket we can come up with a two-nil win.
A guy from Mount Warrigal playing for the Oak Flats Rats as a kid... you don't ever think you'll be surrounded by your team mates being congratulated for your 300th.
It's something I'm very proud of and who knows where it could go from here? If I can stay fit for a few more years I'm hoping I can cross off my 400th wicket.
I would like to think one day I can go past my idol Dennis Lillee but as for the other two, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, I like to call them the 'untouchables'.
As I said last week, a lot of people were incorrectly writing the Kiwis off even before the first Test began.
On the first day we were in a lot of trouble. There were many times during the Test where the result could have gone either way and it was only when Simon Katich completed his hundred was there a real turning point.
Bowling-wise Mitchell Johnson backed up beautifully from the first innings to the second innings and his nine wickets for the match took us over the line.
The Gabba, contrary to what it may have seemed like on TV, was a very good pitch to play on.
There was a couple of poor shots played from batsmen on both sides generally because they thought it was playing a lot worse than it actually was.
We knew the Gabba would be a good wicket to bowl on as far as the fast bowler goes, Adelaide, however, might be a different story
The Oval is generally a batsman’s paradise, but in saying that Les Burdett [curator] has been doing a great job giving the pitch something for the fast bowlers early on in recent years.
It's got a fair bit of carry but then usually flattens out early on day two.
Jason Krejza will definitely play a big role on days four and five.
It will be great for Jason to play his first home Test but on the flip side it is a very tough time for Shane Watson.
He hasn't done anything wrong but it's just unfortunate circumstances right now.
Shane will get to play for the Bulls rather than carry the drinks so he’ll have the opportunity to take a few wickets and put up a big score on Friday as well.
Matt Hayden seems to be having pressure laid on him from newspapers around Australia, but the way I look at it is the man has 99 Test matches to his name.
I think Australia is just used to see him scoring hundred after hundred.
When he gets his chance in Adelaide this weekend you'll see him really set himself for that big score.
He has a lot of cricket left in him and plenty left to give to the Australian cricket team.
We are one-nil up in the series but we still have a lot of work ahead of us.
New Zealand will come at us hard in Adelaide but if we can produce our best cricket we can come up with a two-nil win.
It took you you 74 matches to reach 300, your able to meet the next task by playing in 70 matches and achieving another 300 wickets...though so happy for you Brett to make the 300 mark!!
Congratulations!
Cheers!
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