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scrubbedexpat098 Jan 19th 2015 11:17 am

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Incredible, the man's a legend.....ODI's boring? :lol:

Gordon Barlow Jan 19th 2015 1:11 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 
Huh. Thanks a bunch, Alfresco. That's going to do a lot for West Indies cricket fans like me!

Alfresco Jan 19th 2015 9:37 pm

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Originally Posted by stevenglish1 (Post 11538659)
Incredible, the man's a legend.....ODI's boring? :lol:

Sokay. It's not the format of cricket that counts really in this respect, but the skill of a player.



Originally Posted by Gordon Barlow (Post 11538707)
Huh. Thanks a bunch, Alfresco. That's going to do a lot for West Indies cricket fans like me!

Sorry the WI were on the receiving end of this one. :( I like the WI.

It could have been another team for sure. :nod:

Bernieboy Jan 22nd 2015 10:49 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 
The Aussies whip the english,get in there:thumbsup:

Alfresco Feb 4th 2015 8:39 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 
http://britishexpats.com/forum/loung...5-poll-852151/

Alfresco Feb 15th 2015 3:50 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 
Come on Ireland. :fingerscrossed:

scrubbedexpat098 Feb 15th 2015 3:54 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 11566576)
Come on Ireland. :fingerscrossed:

Bad weekend for me, no west ham shirt or England cricket shirt, and kept quiet in public

Beoz Feb 17th 2015 10:50 am

Re: The Cricket Thread
 
Right where are we with the cricket? I've been in the wilderness and haven't seen sh8t. I did hear we demolished England though. I was in England at the time. It was kind of smothered sent to the small print somewhere.

Pollyana Feb 17th 2015 2:13 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 

Originally Posted by Beoz (Post 11568552)
Right where are we with the cricket? I've been in the wilderness and haven't seen sh8t. I did hear we demolished England though. I was in England at the time. It was kind of smothered sent to the small print somewhere.

England were woeful. But the drinks were better than the Gabba, in fact just about everything about the MCG was better than the Gabba :lol::sneaky: And I ended up in the section next to the Army - I don't know if they were an unofficial branch of the Barmy Army but they were in fine voice and very entertaining :thumbup:

Tempted with Ireland vs UAE at the Gabba after the Irish performance the other day........

OzTennis Feb 17th 2015 5:03 pm

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(Reporting in from Melbourne) Went to the MCG on Saturday with 84,500 others. Great venue, great occasion to witness but a bit anti-climatic for much of the time quite frankly as England were a very distant 2nd best in every facet of the game. We were sitting on level one in the Great Southern Stand, not very far from the guy in the Big Ben costume and the nutters in the sub-branch of the Barmy Army mentioned above.

Bring back Alistair Cook, all is forgotten! (4 ducks in 5 innings greatly inspires the troops Morgan). It was awesome to watch Johnson and Starc steaming in and bowling live as well as Finch, Maxwell, Marsh and Hadden dispatching the bowling. Mitch Marsh was a surprise packet with 5 wickets. Nice selection dilemma re bringing Clarke into the team - drop Watson for me and keep Bailey and Marsh and don't worry about Faulkner.

scrubbedexpat098 Feb 17th 2015 5:27 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 

Originally Posted by OzTennis (Post 11568744)
(Reporting in from Melbourne) Went to the MCG on Saturday with 84,500 others. Great venue, great occasion to witness but a bit anti-climatic for much of the time quite frankly as England were a very distant 2nd best in every facet of the game. We were sitting on level one in the Great Southern Stand, not very far from the guy in the Big Ben costume and the nutters in the sub-branch of the Barmy Army mentioned above.

Bring back Alistair Cook, all is forgotten! (4 ducks in 5 innings greatly inspires the troops Morgan). It was awesome to watch Johnson and Starc steaming in and bowling live as well as Finch, Maxwell, Marsh and Hadden dispatching the bowling. Mitch Marsh was a surprise packet with 5 wickets. Nice selection dilemma re bringing Clarke into the team - drop Watson for me and keep Bailey and Marsh and don't worry about Faulkner.

I was thinking the same about Cooke watching it myself. Amazing we love to blame the captain and not look at what he is captaining. We were shite, Australia were awesome much as it pains me to say. Still think the MCG is a big wok though ;)

scrubbedexpat098 Feb 17th 2015 5:50 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 

Originally Posted by Beoz (Post 11568552)
Right where are we with the cricket? I've been in the wilderness and haven't seen sh8t. I did hear we demolished England though. I was in England at the time. It was kind of smothered sent to the small print somewhere.

Did they beat you up or laugh at you for being a turn coat? How was old blighty anyway? Going there myself in December. Hope they haven't ruined the council estate I grew up on it was paradise as I remember

Pollyana Feb 17th 2015 7:11 pm

Re: The Cricket Thread
 

Originally Posted by OzTennis (Post 11568744)
(Reporting in from Melbourne) Went to the MCG on Saturday with 84,500 others. Great venue, great occasion to witness but a bit anti-climatic for much of the time quite frankly as England were a very distant 2nd best in every facet of the game. We were sitting on level one in the Great Southern Stand, not very far from the guy in the Big Ben costume and the nutters in the sub-branch of the Barmy Army mentioned above.

Bring back Alistair Cook, all is forgotten! (4 ducks in 5 innings greatly inspires the troops Morgan). It was awesome to watch Johnson and Starc steaming in and bowling live as well as Finch, Maxwell, Marsh and Hadden dispatching the bowling. Mitch Marsh was a surprise packet with 5 wickets. Nice selection dilemma re bringing Clarke into the team - drop Watson for me and keep Bailey and Marsh and don't worry about Faulkner.

OMG you must have been really near me. i was right by the gate where he was storing his costume when not wearing it!
i agree, fab venue, I've not been to a match there before and it was a really great experience :thumbup:

Beoz Feb 17th 2015 7:41 pm

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Originally Posted by stevenglish1 (Post 11568773)
Did they beat you up or laugh at you for being a turn coat? How was old blighty anyway? Going there myself in December. Hope they haven't ruined the council estate I grew up on it was paradise as I remember

You can only be classes a turn coat if you once turned your coat ..... never me.

Blighty was fine as always. The locals did lots of weather moaning which is an odd thing to do in January and Febuary. I mean, its the middle of winter, what did they expect.

scrubbedexpat098 Feb 19th 2015 4:33 pm

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Jesus H christ someone is having a laugh, we'll lose to the sweaties at this rate, I knew we were shite but this is embarrassing. Sling em all out, get 11 men who play like they're proud to have been selected.


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