Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 16:09 Mon 23 Dec 2013
From what I've read Panesar could wee all over both of themdjewesbury wrote:Borthwick and Tredwell called up. But Panesar favourite to play in Melbourne.
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It's just not cricket
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Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 16:28 Mon 23 Dec 2013
A man disgraces himself in public and urinates all over a load of bouncers ONCE...DRT wrote:From what I've read Panesar could wee all over both of themdjewesbury wrote:Borthwick and Tredwell called up. But Panesar favourite to play in Melbourne.
And he wonders why everyone laughs about it every time they see him
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 18:41 Mon 23 Dec 2013
jdaw1 wrote:It is possible to become concerned that there is a prospect of a slight slippage in our normally impeccable standards of politeness. Which just wouldn’t be cricket. Please help lessen this concern.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 22:23 Mon 23 Dec 2013
Am I right in thinking that Tredwell doesn't put much on the ball? Heaven forbid we get another ten years of Ashley Giles stylie 'the one that goes straight on'.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 10:57 Tue 24 Dec 2013
Giles took a reasonable number of wickets..
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 17:34 Tue 24 Dec 2013
So you would dismiss my quip about 'the one that goes straight on'?djewesbury wrote:Giles took a reasonable number of wickets..
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 17:36 Tue 24 Dec 2013
No. Not entirely. But he wasn't useless. He was not a wheelie bin.LGTrotter wrote:So you would dismiss my quip about 'the one that goes straight on'?djewesbury wrote:Giles took a reasonable number of wickets..
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 17:40 Tue 24 Dec 2013
Agreed. (Doesn't seem right somehow).djewesbury wrote:No. Not entirely. But he wasn't useless. He was not a wheelie bin.LGTrotter wrote:So you would dismiss my quip about 'the one that goes straight on'?djewesbury wrote:Giles took a reasonable number of wickets..
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:27 Wed 25 Dec 2013
Listening to TMS, I have spotted another element of Aussie strategy. Murder the opposition anthem! What on earth did that woman just sing? Sounded very little like the anthem as I know it!
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 14:38 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Prediction time:
How many runs will England have when they are bowled out on day 2?
DRT says 285.
How many runs will England have when they are bowled out on day 2?
DRT says 285.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 14:54 Thu 26 Dec 2013
325. I hope KP is spurred on by negative chat surrounding his contribution thus far; it often draws a good performance from him.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 19:20 Thu 26 Dec 2013
I am going to guess (hope for!) 375.
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Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 22:24 Thu 26 Dec 2013
336.
Message to Daniel; good job the plucky captain in waiting Bell posted a doughty 27. Where would we be without him
Message to Daniel; good job the plucky captain in waiting Bell posted a doughty 27. Where would we be without him
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 22:50 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Message to Owen. What's Bell's average for the last 18 months; and what is the average of the rest of the batting line-up combined over that period?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 22:54 Thu 26 Dec 2013
I was just saying.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:12 Thu 26 Dec 2013
I know. Do you seriously dislike Bell?LGTrotter wrote:I was just saying.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:22 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Yes. He irritates me so deeply and he has been so awful for such a long time that I could almost cry that he did so well this summer. You could throw a cucumber sandwich in any county dressing room and hit three batsmen with as much talent as Bell and they wouldn't be as useless as him in a crisis.djewesbury wrote:I know. Do you seriously dislike Bell?LGTrotter wrote:I was just saying.
Why does he annoy me so much?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:28 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Cor blimey. Strong words. I think he has a great deal of very natural talent. I think he is sometimes prone to strange decisions but I also think he keeps his head for the most part. I could kill myself quite happily whenever I hear him being interviewed but then again that's not what he's there for.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:29 Thu 26 Dec 2013
That last question was of course rhetorical.
He annoys me so much because he reminds me of all the dim witted soldiering on which this land is prone to. No matter that he only ever scored a run after Cook, Trott, Pietersen et al had put on 30,000 without loss. Forget that most of his big scores are on matches against poor sides or when the outcome of the match has been settled. Let's plough on with a man who has all the presence at the crease of Charlie Chaplin. Because he did well one summer.
He annoys me so much because he reminds me of all the dim witted soldiering on which this land is prone to. No matter that he only ever scored a run after Cook, Trott, Pietersen et al had put on 30,000 without loss. Forget that most of his big scores are on matches against poor sides or when the outcome of the match has been settled. Let's plough on with a man who has all the presence at the crease of Charlie Chaplin. Because he did well one summer.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:29 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Surely not!LGTrotter wrote:You could throw a cucumber sandwich in any county dressing room
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:32 Thu 26 Dec 2013
And yes, to listen to him being interviewed with his sporting cliches coming so thick and fast that he scarcely has time to say aught about what is actually happening in the game is a special kind of torture. For me.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:33 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Feels good to get it off my chest. Thank you.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:35 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Owen, I remember having similar feelings about Jimmy Hill in the 1970s. I am almost over it now.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:43 Thu 26 Dec 2013
But like Jimmy he will retire a much lauded veteran, become a pundit and end his days on the MCC committee. Whereas he should be pelted to death with unwashed cricket equipment of the intimate kind.DRT wrote:Owen, I remember having similar feelings about Jimmy Hill in the 1970s. I am almost over it now.
And I'm not sure I have forty years of life left to get over it.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:45 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Yet he who is without sin cast the first box.LGTrotter wrote:But like Jimmy he will retire a much lauded veteran, become a pundit and end his days on the MCC committee. Whereas he should be pelted to death with unwashed cricket equipment of the intimate kind.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 23:49 Thu 26 Dec 2013
Oh dear. 240/8. Oh dear.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:00 Fri 27 Dec 2013
242/9. What a shambles.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:07 Fri 27 Dec 2013
I have no great expectations of the tail. But it's not helping.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:17 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Is it over yet?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:19 Fri 27 Dec 2013
No, but Panesar wishes it was. He just took a full toss in the box
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:20 Fri 27 Dec 2013
First time I've smiled during this whole tour.DRT wrote:No, but Panesar wishes it was. He just took a full toss in the box
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:22 Fri 27 Dec 2013
The fat lady has sung.
255 all out.
255 all out.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:27 Fri 27 Dec 2013
How many runs will Australia lead by when they declare during the first half of day 3?
DRT says 248.
DRT says 248.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:41 Fri 27 Dec 2013
You are on fire! Are you any good with horse racing? What do you think of Sprinter Sacre at Kempton?DRT wrote:How many runs will Australia lead by when they declare during the first half of day 3?
DRT says 248.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:52 Fri 27 Dec 2013
No chance. Bumped its knee on the way into the horsebox this evening and my sources tell me the jockey is under instruction not to try.LGTrotter wrote:You are on fire! Are you any good with horse racing? What do you think of Sprinter Sacre at Kempton?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:57 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Or the Welsh National?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:02 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Could be in Big Macs by then because of the knee.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:04 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Warner out. 19/1. Could be the big comeback everyone's been waiting for.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:06 Fri 27 Dec 2013
I can't hear you because I've got my fingers in my ears and I'm singing loudly.DRT wrote:Warner out. 19/1. Could be the big comeback everyone's been waiting for.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:15 Fri 27 Dec 2013
There are only three monkeys and you picked the wrong two. Cover your eyes!LGTrotter wrote:I can't hear you because I've got my fingers in my ears and I'm singing loudly.DRT wrote:Warner out. 19/1. Could be the big comeback everyone's been waiting for.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:25 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Watson gone for 10. 36/2. Oh my!
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:33 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Are you ready to give a prediction for the Australian innings?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:46 Fri 27 Dec 2013
LGTrotter wrote:Are you ready to give a prediction for the Australian innings?
I might have been too generous.Previously, DRT wrote:How many runs will Australia lead by when they declare during the first half of day 3?
DRT says 248.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 08:12 Fri 27 Dec 2013
I had a double take this morning when I looked at the score! I predict Haddin will score a 100 tomorrow and we will end around aprity before collpasing in our 2nd innings and being trounced again...
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 11:05 Fri 27 Dec 2013
I also did a double take but I do not expect Brad to get a ton. The other end will go down before that. Let's say he can harvest strike for a while before Lyon is skittled leaving us a lead of around 70.
Can England then bat all the rest of the day? If we can, we have the potential to win the match.
Can England then bat all the rest of the day? If we can, we have the potential to win the match.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 11:31 Fri 27 Dec 2013
Probably depends on whether or not Johnson is still on fire. He took three wickets for four runs at the start of last night's session. If he keeps that up it will be difficult for England to last all day. But this does look like England's best position yet.djewesbury wrote:Can England then bat all the rest of the day?
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 00:56 Sat 28 Dec 2013
Cook passes 8000 test runs.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:10 Sat 28 Dec 2013
Looking good at the moment but Carberry isn't helping with 1 from 33 balls!
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:12 Sat 28 Dec 2013
He's still there, that is plenty.
Re: It's just not cricket
Posted: 01:18 Sat 28 Dec 2013
Good point, but shouldn't the top/middle order batsmen be the ones who put on the runs whilst the tail hold on for as long as they can?