The Cricket Thread (...and other sport)
Dec 16th 2013, 6:44 am
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Sorry, what? This is an alternate reality even bigger than the Twilight Zone. I think you need to get out more and read what the English commentators were all saying before England arrived here.
Better team? Seriously? Try telling that to Botham and everyone else who predicted an epic England victory.
Better team? Seriously? Try telling that to Botham and everyone else who predicted an epic England victory.
Dec 16th 2013, 6:49 am
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I actually don't need you to agree with me to validate my point of view fella, just because it suits your anti-Aus agenda. Our Englishness is the only thing we have in common.
Dec 16th 2013, 7:27 am
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This is like watching bald men fight over a comb.
Dec 16th 2013, 7:27 am
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Comments from some Aussies at the WACA today:
Wow.... Barmy Army are really in full voice! I actually just heard a pin drop....on the outfield
pretty tame out here from the soap dodgers, not much cheering going on
Think barmy army have been big let down this series
Dec 16th 2013, 8:06 am
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Well I was hoping to be entertained by falling wickets this eve, instead being entertained by some pretty good Stokes batting. Oz losing their discipline here.
Dec 16th 2013, 8:17 am
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bet ya a beer that there's a seagull on the pitch 
Dec 16th 2013, 8:23 am
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ha I'm actually bald lol, bloody mods 
comments from one or two people yet you tar us all with the same brush, if that's the way you want it then that's fine, ball and chain, I shagged Matilda, cheating bad sports Aussies blah blah blah
comments from an Aussie fan
comments from an Aussie fan
we're all thieves and rapists, we even hate ourselves
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Dec 16th 2013, 9:15 am
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5 for 251 at stumps. This has not been the Johnson slaughterhouse people predicted. I think we'll struggle to get those last 5.
Stokes has been very impressive.
Stokes has been very impressive.
Dec 16th 2013, 9:16 am
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Dec 16th 2013, 10:37 am
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I think Haddin's spectacular catch off Root deserves some recognition:
Somebody should email this to Prior.
Somebody should email this to Prior.
Dec 16th 2013, 10:56 am
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I think Haddin's spectacular catch off Root deserves some recognition:
http://img.acianetmedia.com/i/dq5a.jpg
Somebody should email this to Prior.
http://img.acianetmedia.com/i/dq5a.jpg
Somebody should email this to Prior.
What wasn't so clever was Root reviewing. He seemed to get a feather touch in the 1st innings and genuinely didn't know it; this time poor review, maybe he thought he just hit the ground, who knows. Might come back to haunt that lost review; lets face it, England are half way there thanks to some decent fight from 4 or 5 batsmen. All to play for tomorrow, not likely England will survive as 1 wicket and there's not much left. Stokes very impressive, both Adelaide and Perth as well.
Dec 16th 2013, 11:05 am
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It was. Haddin and Prior are in many ways a barometer of team performance.
What wasn't so clever was Root reviewing. He seemed to get a feather touch in the 1st innings and genuinely didn't know it; this time poor review, maybe he thought he just hit the ground, who knows. Might come back to haunt that lost review; lets face it, England are half way there thanks to some decent fight from 4 or 5 batsmen. All to play for tomorrow, not likely England will survive as 1 wicket and there's not much left. Stokes very impressive, both Adelaide and Perth as well.
What wasn't so clever was Root reviewing. He seemed to get a feather touch in the 1st innings and genuinely didn't know it; this time poor review, maybe he thought he just hit the ground, who knows. Might come back to haunt that lost review; lets face it, England are half way there thanks to some decent fight from 4 or 5 batsmen. All to play for tomorrow, not likely England will survive as 1 wicket and there's not much left. Stokes very impressive, both Adelaide and Perth as well.