The Cricket Thread (...and other sport)
Jul 14th 2013, 7:22 am
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Re: The Cricket Thread (...and other sport)
Probably want to choose your friends a little more wisely. Tonnes of cricket loving aussies on my FB and theres nothing of the sort. Plently mentioning what a great test is was though. Press has been pretty good too except for that tosser in the Times .... whats his name ....... Mr Unforgettable ...... simon wilde.
Now bring on Round Two
Jul 14th 2013, 7:42 am
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And those "cryptic comments" will cease, on any and all sides. Any more and I shall start butchering the thread and removing stuff. We are all commenting on reaction amongst friends and colleagues, but lets cut out the snide stuff and keep the thread in the vein which has lasted so well.
Its just not cricket to bring other issues in here. Thanks.
Its just not cricket to bring other issues in here. Thanks.
Jul 14th 2013, 7:45 am
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Ach I'm sure we all have people on facebook who's views don't agree with ours, doesn't stop them being our friends for other reasons, let them get it out of their system and if they are worth being friends with they will still be there when its all blown over!
Now bring on Round Two
Now bring on Round Two
As you say bring on round 2, I dont think England will let them get that close again and the tail can only wag so many times
Jul 14th 2013, 8:27 am
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And those "cryptic comments" will cease, on any and all sides. Any more and I shall start butchering the thread and removing stuff. We are all commenting on reaction amongst friends and colleagues, but lets cut out the snide stuff and keep the thread in the vein which has lasted so well.
Its just not cricket to bring other issues in here. Thanks.
Its just not cricket to bring other issues in here. Thanks.
Bring on game 2. Back in Oz this week so let the late nights commence.
Jul 14th 2013, 12:00 pm
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Great test - top cricket. I don't think Haddin was out but given what had gone on before, a not unexpected decision
As I thought before the series, Australia have proved that they are competitive
As I thought before the series, Australia have proved that they are competitive
Jul 14th 2013, 12:02 pm
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Jul 14th 2013, 1:06 pm
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snicko has since suggested he was, together with the hotspot and the clear noise with the bat nowhere near anything else, it is about as conclusive as DRS gets
Jul 14th 2013, 1:18 pm
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Jul 14th 2013, 1:20 pm
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Love it, hope the atmosphere here continues
Jul 14th 2013, 3:48 pm
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I was drifting into comotose territory but the unmistakable sound of willow making contact with leather woke me up!
Jul 14th 2013, 3:50 pm
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Jul 14th 2013, 4:52 pm
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Please do
Jul 14th 2013, 6:18 pm
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Even with the new fangled rules and regulations I'm fairly sure that smashing the cover off the ball and a member of the opposition taking the catch is still out these days.
I was drifting into comotose territory but the unmistakable sound of willow making contact with leather woke me up!
I was drifting into comotose territory but the unmistakable sound of willow making contact with leather woke me up!
Jul 14th 2013, 8:46 pm
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The trick here is to just play better than the opposition and make those narrow margins a no matter.
Aussies should hold their heads high. On paper they had no right to get within 14 runs and really should have been blown of the park. England will be disappointed by that when they look back.
Jul 14th 2013, 8:58 pm
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Its not really right to bring any decisions into the result of this game. Both teams use the DRS and it could certainly swing in both directions for remaining tests.
The trick here is to just play better than the opposition and make those narrow margins a no matter.
Aussies should hold their heads high. On paper they had no right to get within 14 runs and really should have been blown of the park. England will be disappointed by that when they look back.
The trick here is to just play better than the opposition and make those narrow margins a no matter.
Aussies should hold their heads high. On paper they had no right to get within 14 runs and really should have been blown of the park. England will be disappointed by that when they look back.
Siddle was panned before the start but has done well - 8 wickets
Apart from Anderson (who is seriously world-class), I didn't see that much good bowling from England
Both teams have batting issues
The runners-up cup (aka The Ashes) is a bit more wide open than last week that's for sure
