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Struggling to find a link.

Anyone out there had any joy?

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This one seems okay. Not Sky though.

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Thanks.

I have the cricket 365 one which is sky but it's really annoying with adverts popping up constantly.

Your link is much better. I don't have any affinity towards Sky.

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I like this from OBO

"Bumble is revealing how he spent his new year: "hotel room, room service, darts on TV"."

What more could a man ask for?

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111-2 at tea. I think that's rather ironic.

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Right, lets get Hussey out and we're into the dross.

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Forgot it was starting again last night - hopefully a couple of veetle or vip links tonight

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I had to put up with the Australians and Tony ****ing Gregg last night. They never shut up. The only one that's okay is Richie Benaud, and he often seems embarrassed by all their inane and repetitive prattle.

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VIP TV Linky

This one should be good for the darts then on to the cricket :thumbup:

will try and dig up a straight veetle later

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I always liked hearing Alan McGilvray on the radio.

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I don't either. It's the comfort of the familiar.:)

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Sorry - no direct veetle link tonight but the VIP link is pretty good :thumbup:

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Watching Sky on VIP, but the Pepsi Max asteroid rape adverts are giving me the creeps, (don't remember seeing it in the states).

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280 all out. Now let's do that 515-1 thing again.

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Collingwood's a dope. :thumbdown:

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But Bell is doing OK and the incredibly boring but incredibly successful Cooke trundles on to glory.

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But 11 short of making Nasser Hussain wear a pink suit. :frown:

Bell got away with one. I think he was out.

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My favourite quote of the series taken from Australia's Telegraph at the end of the second test.

"If there were still timeless tests England would still be batting in Brisbane".

Ian Bell's selection has pretty much amazed me since 2005. High batting average with runs amassed against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and then under any sort of pressure never really scores anything.

I am not surprised his first ashes hundred in his fourth ashes series has come when the contest is all but over.

In 2005 Bell was a passenger in England's victory very similar to Collingwood this time out.

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Have you been actually watching the cricket? Ian Bell's strokeplay was fantastic to watch yesterday, as it has been for the most part of the series.

True he scored runs against Bangladesh (who hasnt?), but never against Zimbabwe. His technique is good, he has scored at an average of 65 this series - in Australia, with the majority of his runs being in the 1st innings.
He is a key component for England and one of our best batsmen in the last 20 years.

http://bit.ly/hjFbGV

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7th on your list which features Paul Collingwood at 13th. We'll see where his average actually sits when his career his done.

Batsman like Trescothick, Robin Smith and Vaughan have all contributed far more significant innings when it mattered against real opposition in live tests.

Perhaps you would like to find the statistics of Ian Bell versus Australia.

This article sums up Ian Bell's distorted batting average:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/454970.html

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He's done alright this series but i generally agree that also not a big fan of Bell. They all bang on about his wonderful technique but often when the pressure is on he usually cacks his pants. Hopefully he's got over that with maturity as the England selectors seem to love him.

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Paul Collingwood has just quit test cricket.

13th best batsman of the last 20 years what a blow.

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A declaration at lunch? Lets put the Aussies in and have a bash at them.

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This is the first time ever in a Test match innings that partnerships 6, 7 and 8 have all produced 100 runs. Unprecedented.

Now let's put these mutants into bat and finish the job!

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Prior did the job, but that was the worst attempt at a stroke I remember seeing.

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639-9 at lunch? Clearly we should bat on and go for the draw. We can hold out for a day and a half against this bowling.

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I think the only remaining question is can the Aussies force a 5th day of play?

350 up and five sessions left to play. As a contest it's long since over. (c) Captain Obvious.

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Could Captain Obvious ;) please tell me whether it's Thursday or Frday in this weather forecast?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/93?

Captain Pessimist.

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Bloody Tremlett or whatever he's called.

Now I suppose we'll have to humiliate the colonials again.

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They might just win this today...

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Hmmm, the ball is swinging a bit so we in with a chance today. Mr. Cricket was a big wicket to get. One more right at the end and it'll be all over by lunch tomorrow.

edited to say. You might well be right. :D

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Well back tomorrow to finish them off before drinks. :thumbup:

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I agree. Done in the first hour.

The Barmy Army will be partying all over Sydney by midday!

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Weird, with this having developed in to such a one sided match, that half way through Englands innings, it looked like this game was going to be a contest.
With England at 226-5, the Aussies must have had hopes, they might have had a chance of a slender first innings lead.

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I had the misfortune of having to listen to the Aussie commentary of Ian Healy, Michael Slater and a bloke called Chapel last night. And, their excruciatingly painful accents aside, they live in absolute cuckoo-land. Six down, Haddin just been caught behind by great Hobbisan ball, with 180 odd runs to get, with less than a day and a half, Healy says, without a hint of sarcasm, to the other one, "well mate, if Johnson and Smith can put together a nice run I think we can win this one."

I think they've invented a new category beyond blind-optimism; 'Aussieism'.

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Ive been listening to these imbeciles too, Warne is a prat, Healy HATES the English, even dear old Richie Benaud is going senile.

Still, I do think that even Healy might have been a bit tongue in cheek with that comment. Its quite nice to listen to them bristling with indignation, they still think the team they used to play for is out there and that Warne could come in turn it on a sixpence and get 5 for very little to win the game.

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And Bumble in the post match wrap suggested that today thousands of Aussies would turn up disguised as plastic chairs. :rofl:

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VIP Linky for the last bit :thumbup:


VIP TV Link

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Nice...

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YES!!!!!!