Is that possible in the context of Meaningless Drivel?!Derek T. wrote:Are we off-topic yet?
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Murali's action has been shown to be clean.
Steve Bucknor made one of the worst decisions I have ever seen by an umpire by calling Monty Panesar out when he clearly was not. Little was made of this becasue Monty was batting at Number 11 and everybody fancied a break except Monty. The law on a catch is quite clear - it must come directly from bat or glove and certainly not from the middle of the pad. Where were the pedants and the bouts of righteous indignation then?
Steve Bucknor made one of the worst decisions I have ever seen by an umpire by calling Monty Panesar out when he clearly was not. Little was made of this becasue Monty was batting at Number 11 and everybody fancied a break except Monty. The law on a catch is quite clear - it must come directly from bat or glove and certainly not from the middle of the pad. Where were the pedants and the bouts of righteous indignation then?
Port is basically a red drink
Sorry - I was studying and managed to resist temptation at that point. Strange how that moment does not feature in the highlights!KillerB wrote:Where were the pedants and the bouts of righteous indignation then?
In other circumstances I would happily have debated the point!
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I was just checking as some of this rounders incidents happened in other years and possibly on other continents.AHB wrote:No. All the events being referred to in this thread occurred in Europe in 2008. How could we be off-topic?Derek T. wrote:Are we off-topic yet?
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I assume 'rounders' is a derogatory reference to cricket. In which case, the Month incident was but a few weeks ago in England - "Europe in 2008".Derek T. wrote:I was just checking as some of this rounders incidents happened in other years and possibly on other continents.
The Darrell Hair / Pakistan incident was at the Oval, admitedly in 2006 - but discussed by us in 2008. Tenuous? Maybe!
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Derogatory? No. Think of it as the Scottish equivalent of Americans talking about Soccerbenread wrote:I assume 'rounders' is a derogatory reference to cricket.Derek T. wrote:I was just checking as some of this rounders incidents happened in other years and possibly on other continents.
I think this means that we were approximately 21% off-topic, which doesn't seem too bad.benread wrote:In which case, the Month incident was but a few weeks ago in England - "Europe in 2008".
The Darrell Hair / Pakistan incident was at the Oval, admitedly in 2006 - but discussed by us in 2008. Tenuous? Maybe!
Derek
PS: Did anyone watch the footie tonight? Not great. I'm looking forward to The Netherlands stuffing France tomorrow
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Neither was I at the time! She is divorced though so no scandal. I think it was just friends!Derek T. wrote:benread wrote: Scotland have a reasonably well organised cricket team though. My mother new one of their coaches some years ago[!/quote]
I'm not sure what to make of that
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I will give her the benefit of the doubt and try to avoid thinking of you as Ben MacReadbenread wrote:Neither was I at the time! She is divorced though so no scandal. I think it was just friends!Derek T. wrote:I'm not sure what to make of thatbenread wrote: Scotland have a reasonably well organised cricket team though. My mother new one of their coaches some years ago
What about those Netherlanders!!! To dispose of Italy and France so clinically is stunning. I hope they keep it together mentally and don't suffer from the unrest within the squad that has tripped them up in the past.
Derek
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Didn't see the match yesterday, but I did manage to follow bits and pieces on the radio (that is to say, the radio was on all the time, but only bits and pieces came through...) An amazing result, and I must say that I didn't expect it. If the Dutch keep their game up, this could become a very interesting tournament!
They are excellent going forward. They are getting the breaks at the moment, but someone has to! Why they aren't playing Robben from the start instead of that clown Kuyt is beyond me as well.
The only thing is, I suspect it will come to a crashing end in the semi's. Hope I'm wrong. I'll get the hankey's ready, just in case.
The only thing is, I suspect it will come to a crashing end in the semi's. Hope I'm wrong. I'll get the hankey's ready, just in case.
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